Achieving fitness New Year's Resolution more important than ever
nathaphat/iStockBY: LEIGHTON SCHNEIDER, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — Getting and staying healthy is more important than ever this year with the COVID-19 pandemic raging across the country. The Centers For Disease Control says obesity is a comorbidity
More than 3 million have voted early in Georgia Senate runoff
Art Wager/iStockBy QUINN SCANLAN, ABC News (ATLANTA) — More than 3 million Georgians have already voted in the Jan. 5 runoff election, a figure that both smashes the previous turnout record for a statewide runoff in the
Doctor erases cancer patients’ medical debt totaling $650,000
Dr. Omar Atiq, far left, an oncologist, forgave his patients’ around $650,000 medical debt.- (Courtesy Omar Atiq)By KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News (PINE BLUFF, Ark.) — Around 200 people are starting 2021 off without any medical debt thanks
WATCH: ESPN’s Jesse Palmer breaks down big college football matchups
ABC NewsBy ABC News(NEW YORK) — New Year’s Day is a big day for college football fans as some of the country’s top teams take to the field in big bowl games. TJ Holmes talks to ESPN’s
4-year-old Texas boy Messiah Taplin fatally shot on New Year's Day
LPETTET/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (ARLINGTON, Texas) — A 4-year-old boy was shot and killed in Arlington, Texas, in the first hour of the New Year, according to police. The boy, identified by the Tarrant County Medical
Coronavirus live updates: Hospital employee arrested for intentionally leaving vaccine out of fridge
Myriam Borzee/iStockBy ROSA SANCHEZ, ERIN SCHUMAKER, IVAN PEREIRA, EMILY SHAPIRO and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 83.3 million people worldwide and killed over 1.8
Army vet and single mom adopts three habits to pay down $87,000 debt
Courtesy Nyajuok Tongyik DoluonyBy SARA RUSSELL and ANGELINE JANE BERNABE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — With the start of a new year and new resolutions, some may be looking to tackle their debt this year. One woman
Threats sparked by disinformation could spark real world violence in Georgia, activists say
CGinspiration/iStockBy FERGAL GALLAGHER, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — A spike in disinformation about the election process in Georgia has prompted online threats against officials, poll workers and campaign staff that activists fear could lead to real-world violence. The
State legislatures to start 2021 with focus on election procedures
hermosawave/iStockBy MEG CUNNINGHAM, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — After the president’s and his allies’ failed attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in courtrooms and statehouses across the battleground states, state legislatures are now setting their sights on
Russia's Bolshoi Ballet show goes on despite pandemic
Gwengoat/iStockBy ALINA LOBZINA, ABC News (MOSCOW) — In a rare sight in the pandemic era, the grandiose auditorium of the Bolshoi in Moscow started filling up with people arriving to see the legendary Nutcracker ballet on a