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California to loan 500 ventilators to national stockpile

April 6, 2020 @ 5:27 pm

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s governor says the state will loan 500 ventilators to the national stockpile for use by New York and other states experiencing a crush of hospitalizations due to the coronavirus. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s...

Jersey City Councilman Michael Yun Dies of COVID-19

April 6, 2020 @ 4:18 pm

NEW YORK (77 WABC) – Jersey City Councilman Michael Yun has died of complications due to the coronavirus. Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop made the announcement on twitter. It’s w/a heavy heart that we share that Councilman...

Jersey City Councilman Michael Yun Dies of COVID-19

April 6, 2020 @ 4:18 pm

NEW YORK (77 WABC) – Jersey City Councilman Michael Yun has died of complications due to the coronavirus. Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop made...

SUNY Downstate Medical Center to Only Treat COVID19 Patients

April 6, 2020 @ 4:03 pm

New York (77 WABC) – SUNY Downstate Medical Center in East Flatbush, Brooklyn is transitioning to treating COVD-19 patients only. Dr. Robert Gore told...

Murphy: Curve is Flattening in NJ as Death Total Hits 1,003

April 6, 2020 @ 3:05 pm

NEW YORK (77 WABC) – Though the curve is flattening in New Jersey, Governor Phil Murphy says the Garden State still has a week-and-a-half...

NJ's First Field Hospital Opens At The Meadowland Exposition...

April 6, 2020 @ 2:31 pm

photo credit:@ericlandskroner via twitter NEW YORK (77 WABC) – As New Jersey hits 41,090 confirmed cases of COVID-19, their first field hospital opened today...

Trump, Biden spoke by phone about coronavirus outbreak

April 6, 2020 @ 7:12 pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he had a “really wonderful, warm conversation” with Joe Biden about the coronavirus outbreak. Speaking at his...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson moved to intensive care

April 6, 2020 @ 3:34 pm

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to the intensive care unit of a London hospital after his coronavirus symptoms...

Funeral Homes Can't Meet COVID-19 Demand

April 6, 2020 @ 1:51 pm

NEW YORK (77 WABC/AP) – There are now over 4,500 COVID-19 deaths in New York State, which brings us to a morbid question. How...

Americans brace for 'hardest, saddest' week of their lives

April 6, 2020 @ 8:18 am

NEW YORK (AP) — Americans are bracing for what the nation’s top doctor warns would be “the hardest and saddest week” of their lives...

British Open canceled until '21 as golf schedule reworked

April 6, 2020 @ 10:57 am

Golf will only have three major championships at the most this year. The R&A announced it is canceling the British Open in July because...

Indianapolis Colts Owner Jim Irsay Donates 10,000 Masks Duri...

April 6, 2020 @ 5:55 am

Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay announced Sunday on Twitter that he acquired over 10,000 N95 masks and plans on distributing them to some of...

NFL Teams Prepare For Virtual 2020 Draft From Homes

April 6, 2020 @ 5:50 am

The 2020 NFL Draft now will be done from home, with top team officials participating in the April 23-25 event from their individual residences....

Tom Dempsey, Who Held NFL Field Goal Record for 40 Years, Di...

April 5, 2020 @ 9:40 am

Tom Dempsey’s historic 63-yard field goal on Nov. 8, 1970 pic.twitter.com/UcZNBoOw9t — New Orleans Saints (@Saints) April 5, 2020 NEW YORK (77 WABC)...

This is America Episode 115: Journalists Jab Jesus

April 3, 2020 @ 11:07 am

Today, Rich gives a quick commentary on a piece in the New York Times attacking Christianity and the Administration. Then, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says that he will be forced to shut down worship...

This is America Episode 114: Recoveries and Respirators

March 31, 2020 @ 10:56 am

Today, we have an excerpt of Rich’s live coronavirus special on WABC Radio in New York City. Looking at the latest numbers of patients that have recovered from COVID19. Then Speaker Pelosi goes on a rant blaming...