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Hiker recounts seeing mysterious monolith removed from Utah desert site

BY: IVAN PEREIRA AND DRAGANA JOVANOVIC, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — The truth behind the pair of mysterious monoliths is out there, and investigators on two continents are hard at work searching for... Read More.

New York City advises elderly to remain at home as COVID cases grow

BY: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — New York City officials are advising senior citizens to avoid as much nonessential travel outside of their households as the number of coronavirus cases... Read More.

CDC advisers to vote on who should get COVID-19 vaccine first

By STEPHANIE EBBS and ARIELLE MITROPOULOS, ABC News(ATLANTA) -- A group of independent experts is set to vote Tuesday on who should get the first shots of a COVID-19 vaccine once it's... Read More.

Mother shot at funeral for teen son killed by Florida sheriff’s deputy

By BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(COCOA, Fla.) -- Nursing a bullet wound to her left leg, Quasheda Pierce said she remembers saying her final tearful goodbyes to her 18-year-old son whose casket had... Read More.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court hears Bill Cosby’s plea to overturn sex assault conviction

BY: AARON KATESKY, ABC NEWS (PHILADELPHIA) — Justices of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court appeared open to one part of Bill Cosby's plea to overturn his sex assault conviction but less sympathetic to a... Read More.

Suspect in string of unprovoked attacks in Massachusetts likely enjoys ‘thrill of the assault,’ police chief says

By JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(WALTHAM, Mass.) -- Authorities are offering a $5,000 reward to find the person, or persons, responsible for a string of violent attacks on the streets of Waltham, Massachusetts.At... Read More.

Iconic Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico collapses before plans to demolish

By CRISTINA CORUJO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Scientists, students and Puerto Ricans are among those mourning the collapse of the iconic radio telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.The telescope collapsed Tuesday morning after... Read More.

Forest management could reduce carbon dioxide emissions by billions of tons a year: Study

By JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Forest management, when implemented correctly, can not only reduce the number of devastating wildfires that rage every year but also the billions of tons of... Read More.

Coronavirus live updates: Ex-CDC head warns of ‘bumps in the road’ with vaccination

By MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 63.3 million people and killed over 1.4 million worldwide,... Read More.

Giving Tuesday: Teen donates ‘snack packs’ to food pantries and more kids giving back

By RENI CALISTER and DANIELLE GENET, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Fifteen-year-old Michael Platt has been hard at work during the pandemic, donating thousands of “snack packs” -- healthy, shelf-stable items -- to local... Read More.