ablokhin/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (RICHMOND, Va.) — Virginia state lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday that would abolish the state’s death penalty. Virginia House of Delegates member Mike Mullin and state Sen. Scott Surovell introduced bills to Read More
ABC NewsBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (KENOSHA, Wis.) — Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old father, said he “kinda went limp” when he was shot seven times by a Wisconsin police officer and was left partially paralyzed. Two of Blake’s children witnessed the Read More
NoDerog/iStockBy MINA KAJI, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will begin handing down stricter punishments to unruly airline passengers without a warning, including “fines of up to $35,000 and imprisonment.” FAA Read More
narvikk/iStockBy ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News (AUSTIN, Texas) — Intensive care units in Austin, Texas, are expected to run out of capacity within days as hospitalizations in the area continue to rise. As of Jan. 12, hospitals were at 90% capacity, with 180 of the 200 Read More
Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBy LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The security preparations for next week’s presidential inauguration increased yet again Wednesday with now up to 20,000 National Guardsmen authorized to provide security at the Read More
Tidewater Regional JailBy JULIA JACOBO, AARON KATERSKY and ALEXANDER MALLIN, ABC News (NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) — The rioter seen wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” hoodie during the siege on Capitol Hill has been arrested. Robert Keith Packer, 56, was arrested in Read More
BlakeDavidTaylor/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (MERCED COUNTY, Calif.) — Authorities in California are still on the hunt for three of the six men they say escaped from jail over the weekend using a makeshift rope. The six inmates, who range in age from 19 to 22, Read More
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A strong cold front moved through the West Coast overnight bringing damaging winds, heavy rain and landslides. Winds gusted near 70 mph in western Washington overnight causing 350,000 power outages. A landslide was Read More
Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 91.4 million people worldwide and killed over 1.95 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by Read More
Obtained by ABC NewsBy JAMES GORDON MEEK and CATHERINE SANZ, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — A retired U.S. Navy SEAL is facing questions from the FBI after boasting in a Facebook video about “breaching the Capitol” last Wednesday after traveling to Washington Read More
