New highly contagious Covid-19 variant discovered
SOUTH AFRICA (77WABC) – Another day, another COVID-19 variant has now been discovered. The C.1.2. variant was discovered in South Africa by the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform, known as Krisp, and the National Institute for
Out of order! Mayor de Blasio blames court system for rising crime
NEW YORK CITY (77WABC) – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio placed the blame for rising crime squarely on the court system. During his Monday press briefing, the mayor said that the city had 18 trial
US OPEN 2021 begins today in NYC!
New York, NY (77WABC)- The U.S Open is back! Following the Olympics, the event begins today in Flushing Queens with actual fans in the seats! It was held last year as well, but without an audience due
NYC Mayoral Candidate Curtis Sliwa comforts homeless man in viral Tiktok video
New York, NY (77WABC)- Last Wednesday, New York City Mayoral Candidate Curtis Sliwa held a press conference at Penn Station denouncing the homeless ‘humanitarian crisis.’ At one point, a shirtless homeless man stepped in front of the
Listen: Mother of marine killed in Afghanistan blasts Pres. Biden
NEW YORK (77WABC) – Kathy McCollum is the mother Rylee McCollum. The 20-year-old marine was one of 13 U.S. service members killed in a suicide bombing attack last week in the Afghanistan capital of Kabul. Kathy called
Hurricane Ida leaves more than a million without power
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More than a million customers in Louisiana and Mississippi are without power, according to PowerOutage.US, which tracks outages nationwide. A category 4 Hurricane Ida left scores of coastal Louisiana residents trapped by floodwaters
NY Gov. Hochul Orders an Investigation Into Subway Disruptions
New York, NY (77WABC)-NY Gov. Kathy Hochul has called for a full investigation into Sunday night’s subway disruptions which caused outages on the MTA’s number 1 through 7 and “L” subway lines into early Monday. Backup systems
A Carjacking in the Bronx; Five Suspects at Large
Bronx, NY (77WABC)-A 26-year-old woman was robbed of her 2019 black Nissan sedan late at night on Monday August 16th. The NYPD says the carjacking took place around 10:30 at night after the woman was approached for
Ida weakens to a tropical storm over Mississippi after barreling through Louisiana as a Cat 4 hurricane, causing widespread damage, power outages
Ida weakened to a tropical storm early Monday over southwestern Mississippi, after battering southern Louisiana on Sunday as a Category 4 storm with winds of 150 miles per hour. In a 4 a.m. CDT update, the National
An Armed Robbery at a Brooklyn Gas Station Nets $1000
Brooklyn, NY (77WABC)-Police are looking for two armed gunmen who held up a Shell Gas Station at 2193 Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn. The two men entered the Convenience store at the gas station around 5 in the
