National News Archives - WERH 90.1

Department of Education dismisses book ban investigations, ends guidance

Saturday, January 25 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it is rescinding all past guidance issued against the removal of books and will no longer employ a coordinator to investigate instances of unlawful book removals.The department also announced that...

Giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao make public debut at National Zoo

Saturday, January 25 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao made their long-awaited public debut at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C., ahead of Lunar New Year next week.Bao Li and Qing Bao, both 3, are emerging from quarantine and...

Suspects in Border Patrol agents killing in Vermont surveilled for days, had cellphones wrapped in foil

Friday, January 24 by ABC News

(CONVENTRY, Vt.) -- An arrest has been made in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent during a traffic stop in Vermont, according to the FBI, as bizarre details of the suspects' movements beforehand have been revealed in the arrest affidavit.Teresa Youngblut,...

When and where to see the northern lights after the latest solar storm

Friday, January 24 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Another display of the northern lights could be visible this weekend in several U.S. states following a severe solar storm.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space Weather Prediction Center forecast a planetary

Trump to tour LA wildfires after threats to withhold aid over water policy, voter ID

Friday, January 24 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- President Donald Trump will tour damage caused by wildfires in Los Angeles on Friday as he continues to feud with California Gov. Gavin Newsom over his handling of the disaster and federal aid.Trump told Fox News' Sean Hannity in an interview...

Prisoner at large after escaping from Texas hospital

Friday, January 24 by ABC News

(BELLVILLE, Texas) -- Police are searching for a prisoner who escaped custody while undergoing testing at a hospital in Bellville, Texas, on Thursday.The inmate, Salvador Saucedo, has red hair and tattoos and isn't handcuffed. He was wearing an orange shirt and blue pants when...

State Department halts X passport gender marker applications

Friday, January 24 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Secretary of State Marco Rubio has directed the State Department to freeze applications in the passport pipeline with “X” selected as the gender identifier, according to internal communication reviewed by ABC News.The move follows President Donald Trump's

Nashville school shooting suspect posted photos on social media just before opening fire in cafeteria: Police

Friday, January 24 by ABC News

(NASHVILLE) -- A teenager who opened fire with a 9 mm pistol in his Nashville high school cafeteria fired a total of 10 shots within 17 seconds of entering the room, according to police.Solomon Henderson, 17, had gone into a bathroom and posted photos...

California fires live updates: Newsom signs $2.5 billion relief package for LA

Friday, January 24 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- At least

Hundreds of displaced pets find refuge after being displaced in the LA wildfires

Friday, January 24 by ABC News

(Los Angeles) -- Whimpers and whines can be heard long before the sad feline and canine faces are visible within one Los Angeles-area animal shelter that has been overflowing since the fires.Nearly 1,000 displaced and stray animals have come through the Pasadena Humane Society,...

At least 11 dead after record-breaking snowstorm swept across the South

Friday, January 24 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The Gulf Coast is digging out from a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm that struck from Texas to Florida, closing airports, crippling roadways and leaving freezing temperatures in its wake.At least 11 deaths have been attributed to the storm and accompanying cold blast.In Dale...

Newark mayor says ICE raided a business, as agents make arrests in other Northeast cities

Friday, January 24 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Trump administration border czar Tom Homan recently promised to carry out “big raids” in sanctuary cities across the U.S. -- and scenes of immigration authorities detaining migrants Thursday have rattled some residents in cities like Newark, Boston and New York City.However,...

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