Disney’s Animal Kingdom announces three rhinos are expecting at park
FILE photo – LyleGregg/iStockBy ANGELINE JANE BERNABE, ABC News(BAY LAKE, Fla.) — Sept. 22 marks World Rhino Day and Disney’s Animal Kingdom has a major announcement in the world of conservation: three white rhino are expected to give birth at the park.This is the first time that the park has ever had this many expectant…… read more »
Coronavirus live updates: ‘When you lose trust, you lose lives,’ former acting CDC director says
narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 965,000 people worldwide.Over 31.3 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins…… read more »
Tropical depression Beta brings heavy rain, dangerous flash flooding to Texas: Latest path
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, EMILY SHAPIRO and MELISSA GRIFFIN, ABC News(NEW YORK) — Tropical depression Beta, which made landfall in Texas Monday night as a tropical storm, is pounding Houston with torrential rain and flash flooding — and more rain is still expected for the city and surrounding areas.The latestHouston is buried under 1 foot…… read more »
Brooklyn municipal building to be renamed for hometown legend Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) — The Brooklyn municipal building will be renamed for hometown legend Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday.Ginsburg, who died on Friday at age 87, was born in Brooklyn in 1933 and raised in the…… read more »
Coronavirus live updates: US death toll less than 200 away from hitting 200,000 mark
narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 965,000 people worldwide.Over 31.3 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins…… read more »
Tropical Storm Beta could drop up to 20 inches of rain in parts of Texas
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Beta, which made landfall in Texas Monday night, is bringing pounding rain and flash flooding to Houston — and more rain is expected for the city.A flash flood watch has been issued from Victoria, Texas, to New Orleans.Water rescues have been reported…… read more »
