NYC adding more security officers at high risk schools
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (77WABC) – Students at high risk city schools will have to put up with some surprise metal detector scannings. Mayor de Blasio said they’ll also be adding more security officers , after nearly
NYC Mayoral Candidates Prepare for Final Debate
Midtown, Manhattan (77 WABC) – As early voting continues for the NYC mayoral race, Democratic candidate Eric Adams and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa prepare for their final debate. Both candidates spent the weekend rallying voters throughout the
Facebook Yanks Bolsonaro Video Claiming Vaccines Cause AIDS
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Facebook and Instagram have removed from their platforms a live broadcast that Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro delivered in which he said people in the U.K. who have received two coronavirus vaccine doses
NYPD’s PBA Files Lawsuit Over COVID Vax Mandate
NEW YORK (77WABC) — New York City’s largest police union filed a lawsuit Monday to try and block Mayor Bill de Blasio’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The Police Benevolent Association announced on Twitter that it submitted the lawsuit
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Whistleblower Haugen to Testify as UK Scrutinizes Facebook
LONDON (AP) — Former Facebook data scientist turned whistleblower Frances Haugen plans to answer questions from lawmakers in the United Kingdom who are working on legislation to rein in the power of social media companies. Haugen is
A 27-Year-Old Coram Woman Stabbed to Death; Found on the Front Lawn of Her Home
Coram, NY (77WABC)-Suffolk County Police received a 911 call late Saturday afternoon of an injured person at 19 Hartford Drive in Coran. Officers arrived to find 27-year-odl Meghan Kiefer, lying on the front lawn of her home
Twitter suspends Indiana Rep. Jim Banks for misgendering Assistant Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine
Indiana Rep. Jim Banks’s official Twitter account has been suspended after he intentionally misgendered Department of Health and Human Services assistant secretary for health Rachel Levine in a tweet. Banks shared a screenshot of the tweet where
Potentially historic rain, massive bomb cyclone and ‘atmospheric river’ slams Northern California
A “bomb cyclone” slammed the Pacific Ocean on Sunday in Northern California, soaking the West Coast with heavy rain, damaging winds, flooding and mudslides. Over 160,000 homes and businesses in California, more than 170,000 in Washington, and
Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Tom Brady throws 600th career touchdown pass
Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Tom Brady became the NFL’s all-time leader in career passing yards earlier this season, and on Sunday against the Chicago Bears, Brady found Mike Evans late in the first quarter for a 9-yard
