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California authorities identify those injured in deadly crash near US-Mexico border
katifcam/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(HOLTVILLE, Calif.) — Authorities have begun to identify the victims of a deadly car crash that happened earlier this week in California, just north of the U.S.-Mexico border.The incident was one of the deadliest border crashes on record and it’s believed to be linked to a migrant smuggling operation.The collision occurred…… read more »
Water slowly returns to Jackson, Mississippi residents but boil order remains
Oleksandr Filon/iStockBy MARLENE LENTHANG, ABC News(JACKSON, Miss.) — Water is slowly returning to homes in Jackson, Mississippi, but a boil water order remains for the city’s more than 160,000 residents, officials announced.The city is still struggling to restore water after the state was ravaged by winter storms three weeks ago. The storms crippled the city’s…… read more »
Cold blast hits Northeast as new storm gets ready to slam West, from California to Washington
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Winter is back for the Northeast.Upstate New York and New England are seeing below zero-degree wind chills Friday morning, as the I-95 corridor is seeing wind chills in the teens and single digits.Winds have been gusty Friday morning, blowing at more than 40 mph.The chilly weather…… read more »
Body found 465 feet below Grand Canyon rim believed to be missing Kentucky man, authorities say
jose1983/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Authorities believe they have found the body of a Kentucky man who disappeared at the Grand Canyon last week.John Pennington, 40, of Walton, Kentucky, was thought to have entered the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona on or around Feb. 23, abandoning his vehicle at the South…… read more »
Texas power grid CEO fired in wake of last month’s fatal blackouts
Aaron M. Sprecher/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBy HALEY YAMADA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Bill Magness, CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, was fired on Wednesday in the wake of February’s deadly blackouts that left millions without electricity and heat in freezing temperatures.As power grid manager, Magness was given a 60-day termination notice by…… read more »
San Diego Zoo vaccinates great apes against COVID-19
Goddard_Photography/iStockBy MARK OSBORNE, ABC News (SAN DIEGO) — The San Diego Zoo announced on Thursday it was in the process of inoculating many of its great apes after several of its gorillas became sick with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in January.So far, four orangutans and five bonobos are in the process of being…… read more »
