COVID survivors network launches site to help patients get antibody treatments
Maksim Tkachenko/iStockBY: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — They survived the coronavirus and now they are paying it forward by giving current patients a fighting chance to share their story. The coalition, Survivor Corps, launched an
Infuriated by Dems dropping minimum wage hike, progressives say 'time for wealth tax'
Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBY: TRISH TURNER, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — Democrats in the Senate were forced to abandon plans to increase the federal minimum wage in the face of concerns among their own
Miguel Cardona confirmed by the Senate as education secretary
Susan Walsh-Pool/Getty ImagesBY: SOPHIE TATUM, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — The Senate Monday evening voted 64-33 to confirm Miguel Cardona to lead the U.S. Education Department as schools across the country attempt to return to safe, in-person instruction
Black business owners must overcome obstacles to have a chance at building wealth
ABC NewsBY: DEBORAH KIM, EMILY TAGUCHI AND ANTHONY RIVAS, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — Josephine Bolling McCall was only 5 years old when her father was killed in 1947 in a brutal lynching on the side of
DHS chief defends Biden admin on immigration, says Trump 'gutted' system
Oliver Contreras/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBY: QUINN OWEN, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Monday defended the Biden administration’s handling of unaccompanied migrant children at the border against growing criticism, saying he hopes to
Teachers in LA County approved for vaccine in latest expansion
adamkaz/iStockBY: ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC NEWS (LOS ANGELES) — Teachers in Los Angeles County will be able to sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine starting Monday, as part of a wave of essential workers who are newly eligible
Major test for Voting Rights Act at Supreme Court as GOP pushes new election rules
flySnow/iStockBY: DEVIN DWYER, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) —As Republicans in nearly every state push new voting restrictions in the aftermath of the 2020 election, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear a major case to decide how
NFL star JJ Watt signs with Arizona
Scott Halleran/Getty ImagesBY: LEIGHTON SCHNEIDER, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — NFL star JJ Watt announced on Twitter that he is signing with the Arizona Cardinals. source: me. pic.twitter.com/1Y6okQBUy5 — JJ Watt (@JJWatt) March 1, 2021
Minneapolis scraps plans to pay social media influencers to spread information during Chauvin trial
oatawa/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News (MINNEAPOLIS) — Minneapolis has scrapped plans to pay social media influencers to share information during the upcoming trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd. In an
Water crisis in South persists following devastating winter storm
FRANCOIS PICARD/AFP via Getty ImagesBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News (JACKSON, Miss.) — Hundreds of thousands of residents in the South are still dealing with the after effects of two devastating winter storms as cities struggle to provide