Rob Johnson
Morning anchor
Huntington, West Virginia
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Rob anchors mornings newscasts and Midday at WSAZ.
Two journalists tested positive for coronavirus after witnessing the Trump administration’s final three federal executions, but the Bureau of Prisons knowingly withheld the diagnoses from other media witnesses and did not perform any contact tracing.
Governors have mixed responses to the Biden administration's plans to ramp up vaccine distribution.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield called China “a strategic adversary” that threatens the world.
The Biden administration is giving states an approximately 17% boost in vaccine next week following complaints around the U.S. of shortages so severe that some vaccination sites had to cancel tens of thousands of appointments with people waiting for their first shot.
Quarantine hotels have been used to limit virus transmissions in countries including Australia, New Zealand, China, India and Singapore but the practice has not been widely adopted in Europe.
The health department said 100,162 people have died after testing positive, including 1,631 new deaths reported Tuesday.
Ohio congressman hints he may run for seat
The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office says they will be holding it at South Eastern Beauty Academy starting at 9:30 a.m.
A growing number of Republican senators say they oppose holding an impeachment trial.
The House impeached Trump on a single charge of incitement of insurrection for the deadly attack on the Capitol that unfolded on Jan. 6.
British officials say they are confident that the vaccines that have been authorized for use against COVID-19 will be effective against the new strain identified in the country.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday that the Covid variant found in the UK may have a higher mortality risk.
The Kentucky Department of Education tells WSAZ that 82,158 people of public and private K-12 educators and support staff indicated they wanted to receive the vaccination, and it’s a number expected to rise.
The U.S. formally left the Paris Accord pact in November.
Paul Erickson, a former conservative operative once romantically linked to Russian agent Maria Butina who was convicted in investment schemes, has been pardoned by President Donald Trump as part of a flurry of clemency action in the final hours of his White House term.
The sober moment on the eve of Biden’s inauguration — typically a celebratory time in Washington when the nation marks the democratic tradition of a peaceful transfer of power — was a measure of the enormity of loss for the nation.
Floyd County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Lita received a bullet and stab protective vest, thanks to a charitable donation from non-profit Vested Interest in K9′s Inc.
He talked about it Tuesday afternoon during a press conference.
The panel concluded that "many countries took minimal action to prevent the spread (of COVID-19) internally and internationally." The pandemic has killed at least 2 million people worldwide so far.
The coronavirus is becoming more genetically diverse, and health officials say the high rate of new cases is the main reason.
Joe Biden faces a fraught moment as he prepares to deliver a speech that aides say he wants to use to “call Americans to unity.”
The Kansas City Chiefs forced the Cleveland Browns to punt in the waning minutes Sunday with star quarterback Patrick Mahomes out with a concussion.
The couple had many plans for 2021, including getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Their friends hope their deaths serve as a stark message about the importance of the vaccine.
Defense attorneys won temporary stays of execution this week for Higgs and another inmate, Corey Johnson, after arguing that their recent COVID-19 infections put them at greater risk of unnecessary suffering during the lethal injections.
The U.S. government has executed a drug trafficker for a series of slayings in Virginia in 1992, despite his recent COVID-19 infection.
Calls to hotlines reporting suspected abuse are down compared to 2019, while calls to support centers from hard-up families seeking assistance have increased.
Johnson & Johnson is contracted to deliver 100 million vaccine doses to the U.S. government if it wins approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Even though the trial won’t happen until Trump is already out of office, it could still have the effect of preventing him from running for president again.
Overall, the House voted 232-197 for impeachment after Trump was charged with “incitement of insurrection” over the deadly mob siege of the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6.
The Trump Organization is under city contract to operate the two ice rinks and a carousel in Central Park as well as a golf course in the Bronx.
The woman was the 11th prisoner executed since July, when President Donald Trump resumed federal executions following 17 years without one.
Augusta National Chairman Fred Ridley said Tuesday the club intends to allow a limited number of spectators for the Masters on April 8-11.
President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence appear to have come to a détente after nearly a week of silence, anger and finger-pointing.
A 2019 U.N. report on biodiversity showed that human activities are putting nature in more trouble now than at any other time in human history.
Republican members of Congress who voted against certifying Joe Biden’s presidential victory, even after a mob broke into the Capitol, are being denounced by critics in their home districts who demand that they resign or be ousted.
The FBI has launched an investigation on all those who stormed the building.
The rampage shocked the world and left the country on edge, forcing the resignations of three top Capitol security officials over the failure to stop the breach.
The injections were administered at Windsor Castle, where the queen and her husband have been spending their time during the lockdown in England.
One of the famed Tuskegee Airmen has died from complications of the coronavirus, it was announced Friday.
Trump offered no clues for how he would spent his final hours in office.
The violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is intensifying scrutiny over security at an inauguration ceremony for President-elect Joe Biden already reshaped by a pandemic and the prospect that his predecessor may not attend.
Sadiq Khan declared a “major incident,″ as the rapid spread of the virus pushed hospitals to breaking point.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said 1.5 million people across the United Kingdom have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
So far, Britain has inoculated 5 million people with two other vaccines.
The amendment allows for the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet to declare a president unfit for office. The vice president then becomes acting president.
The virus is surging in virtually every state, with California particularly hard hit.
The website offers a pre-registration process online.