South Dakota AG Jason Ravnsborg faces 3 misdemeanor charges for fatal crash
Blake David Taylor/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (HYDE COUNTY, S.D.) — South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg faces three misdemeanor charges after fatally striking a pedestrian on a highway in September, officials announced Thursday. The charges include
Winter Ice Village returns March 19!
By Pepper Fisher and Amanda Bacon PORT ANGELES – The Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce has announced that the Winter Ice Village, cancelled this winter due to Covid restrictions, will be opening for one month starting on
NTSB says missing pilot’s plane ran out of fuel
PORT ANGELES (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board says the crash of a small plane near Port Angeles that killed one person happened after it apparently ran out of fuel. The agency said in a report
Gas explosion at Bronx apartment leaves 9 hurt, including 2 kids in critical condition: Police
kali9/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY and MARK CRUDELE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A gas explosion at an apartment in New York City has left nine people injured, including two children who are in critical condition, police and fire
Biden to announce US will donate $4 billion for COVID-19 vaccines for poor countries
TriggerPhoto/iStockBy BEN GITTLESON, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden plans to announce on Friday that the United States will contribute $2 billion to a U.N.-backed program seeking to distribute COVID-19 vaccine doses to people in the
ICE issues new interim enforcement guidelines on arrests, deportations
danielfela/iStockBy QUINN OWEN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has updated the instructions it gives to field officers to outline new priorities for arresting and deporting undocumented immigrants, according to three Department of Homeland
What pregnant, breastfeeding people should know about COVID-19 vaccines
Blue Planet Studio/iStockBy KATIE KINDELAN, GMA(NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 vaccine becomes more widely available to people younger than 65 and outside of the health care community, it is raising questions for breastfeeding and pregnant people
Pfizer launches COVID-19 vaccine trial in pregnant women
Udom Pinyo/iStockBy DR. STEPHANIE WIDMER, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Pfizer and BioNTech have announced a new trial to evaluate their COVID-19 vaccine in pregnant women. Their vaccine, along with Moderna’s, are the two mRNA vaccines currently
Mars' Perseverance successfully touches down on Mars
Petmal/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — NASA’s Perseverance rover successfully touched down on Mars Thursday afternoon, as part of one of the agency’s most ambitious deep-space missions to search for signs of ancient life on
Sen. Ted Cruz responds to media reports of flying to Cancun amid brutal Texas weather, said he wanted to be 'good dad'
MEGA/GC ImagesBy MARLENE LENTHANG, ABC News (HOUSTON) — Sen. Ted Cruz acknowledged Thursday that he flew to Mexico with his family even as his state reels from a historic storm that has left hundreds of thousands of