Updated: 3 hours ago
|By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL TARM
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.
Updated: 7 hours ago
|Governors have mixed responses to the Biden administration's plans to ramp up vaccine distribution.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By Associated Press
Linda Thomas-Greenfield called China “a strategic adversary” that threatens the world.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2021 at 9:35 PM EST
|By JONATHAN DREW and ZEKE MILLER
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.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2021 at 3:57 PM EST
|By Associated Press
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.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2021 at 12:25 PM EST
|By Associated Press
The health department said 100,162 people have died after testing positive, including 1,631 new deaths reported Tuesday.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2021 at 3:06 PM EST
|By Kyle Midura
Ohio congressman hints he may run for seat
Updated: Jan. 25, 2021 at 9:11 AM EST
|By WSAZ News Staff
The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office says they will be holding it at South Eastern Beauty Academy starting at 9:30 a.m.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2021 at 3:15 PM EST
|By Associated Press
A growing number of Republican senators say they oppose holding an impeachment trial.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2021 at 7:20 PM EST
|By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO
The House impeached Trump on a single charge of incitement of insurrection for the deadly attack on the Capitol that unfolded on Jan. 6.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2021 at 4:09 PM EST
|By Associated Press
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.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2021 at 1:49 PM EST
|UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday that the Covid variant found in the UK may have a higher mortality risk.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2021 at 7:17 PM EST
|By Kimberly Keagy
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.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2021 at 2:21 PM EST
|By Associated Press
The U.S. formally left the Paris Accord pact in November.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 3:06 PM EST
|By Associated Press
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.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 1:01 AM EST
|By Associated Press
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.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2021 at 7:05 PM EST
|By Kimberly Keagy
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.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2021 at 2:40 PM EST
|By WSAZ News Staff
He talked about it Tuesday afternoon during a press conference.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2021 at 2:00 PM EST
|By Associated Press
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.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2021 at 12:05 PM EST
|By MARILYNN MARCHIONE
The coronavirus is becoming more genetically diverse, and health officials say the high rate of new cases is the main reason.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2021 at 12:22 PM EST
|By Associated Press
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.”
Updated: Jan. 17, 2021 at 6:58 PM EST
|By Associated Press
The Kansas City Chiefs forced the Cleveland Browns to punt in the waning minutes Sunday with star quarterback Patrick Mahomes out with a concussion.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2021 at 1:44 AM EST
|By WRTV Staff
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.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2021 at 4:33 AM EST
|By Associated Press
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.
Updated: Jan. 15, 2021 at 2:14 AM EST
|By Associated Press
The U.S. government has executed a drug trafficker for a series of slayings in Virginia in 1992, despite his recent COVID-19 infection.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2021 at 6:07 PM EST
|By Associated Press
Calls to hotlines reporting suspected abuse are down compared to 2019, while calls to support centers from hard-up families seeking assistance have increased.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2021 at 7:41 AM EST
|By CNN
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.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2021 at 9:17 PM EST
|By Associated Press
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.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2021 at 6:36 PM EST
|By WSAZ News Staff
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.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2021 at 12:48 PM EST
|By Associated Press
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.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2021 at 2:13 AM EST
|By Associated Press
The woman was the 11th prisoner executed since July, when President Donald Trump resumed federal executions following 17 years without one.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2021 at 12:33 PM EST
|By Associated Press
Augusta National Chairman Fred Ridley said Tuesday the club intends to allow a limited number of spectators for the Masters on April 8-11.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2021 at 8:22 AM EST
|By Associated Press
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.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2021 at 11:25 PM EST
|By Jim Treacy
Ashland pulled away from Johnson Central Monday night at Anderson Gym
Updated: Jan. 11, 2021 at 11:18 PM EST
CW 10 p.m. newscast
Updated: Jan. 11, 2021 at 1:37 PM EST
|By Associated Press
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.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2021 at 8:39 AM EST
|By Associated Press
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.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2021 at 11:26 PM EST
|By Jim Treacy
Tomcats need OT to beat Boyd County
Updated: Jan. 9, 2021 at 6:30 PM EST
|By CNN Staff
The FBI has launched an investigation on all those who stormed the building.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2021 at 3:11 PM EST
|By Associated Press
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.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2021 at 11:46 AM EST
|By Associated Press
The injections were administered at Windsor Castle, where the queen and her husband have been spending their time during the lockdown in England.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2021 at 12:28 AM EST
|By Associated Press
One of the famed Tuskegee Airmen has died from complications of the coronavirus, it was announced Friday.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2021 at 9:10 PM EST
|By Associated Press
Trump offered no clues for how he would spent his final hours in office.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2021 at 11:51 AM EST
|By Associated Press
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.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2021 at 11:36 AM EST
|By Associated Press
Sadiq Khan declared a “major incident,″ as the rapid spread of the virus pushed hospitals to breaking point.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2021 at 11:22 AM EST
|British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said 1.5 million people across the United Kingdom have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2021 at 8:19 AM EST
|By Associated Press
So far, Britain has inoculated 5 million people with two other vaccines.
Updated: Jan. 7, 2021 at 4:22 PM EST
|By Associated Press
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.
Updated: Jan. 7, 2021 at 2:56 PM EST
|By Associated Press
The virus is surging in virtually every state, with California particularly hard hit.
Updated: Jan. 7, 2021 at 2:49 PM EST
|By WSAZ News Staff
The website offers a pre-registration process online.