By ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News(COUER d'ALENE, Idaho) -- When it comes to caring for patients with coronavirus in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and surrounding rural areas, Kootenai Health is the only game in town."We're pretty much it," said Andrea Nagel, a spokesperson at the hospital, in the northern part of the…... Read More

By LUCIEN BRUGGEMAN, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Mail delivery standards in parts of the country remain well below levels prior to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's cost-cutting overhaul of the Postal Service in July, a new report from a Senate Democrat found Friday, casting renewed scrutiny on the beleaguered agency and its…... Read More

By EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(SALT LAKE CITY) -- A Utah man was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to the killing of University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck.Ayoola Ajayi addressed the court to offer an apology for Lueck's June 2019 slaying. The…... Read More

By ALEXANDER MALLIN, ABC News(MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.) -- A self-described member of the 'Boogaloo Bois' has been charged with participating in a riot after he allegedly shot 13 rounds from an AK-47 style assault rifle into a Minneapolis Police Department building during the civil unrest following the death of George Floyd…... Read More

By MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1.1 million people worldwide.Over 41.9 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems…... Read More

By KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(ROCHESTER, N.Y.) -- Investigators in Rochester, New York, are offering up to $10,000 for information on a September shooting that killed two teenagers and injured more than a dozen others.Police announced the reward alongside grieving families on Thursday, urging witnesses to come forward with any information…... Read More

By EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- The family of missing Connecticut mom Jennifer Dulos wants her declared legally dead so they can have "closure," according to a family attorney.The mother of five vanished in May 2019 amid a custody dispute with her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos. After months…... Read More

By MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A very serious fire threat will unfold across parts of the Western U.S. Friday, through the weekend and into early next week.In Colorado, the East Troublesome fire has continued to greatly expand in size. The fire is now the second-largest in state history,…... Read More

By KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The families of some of the 73 residents residents who have died from COVID-19 while living at a Pennsylvania nursing home have filed a lawsuit against the facility, accusing it of recklessly handling the virus outbreak.The families of 10 deceased residents teamed up…... Read More

By HALEY YAMADA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Colorado residents are facing emergency evacuations after explosive growth from a new wildfire, the latest of the state‘s growing infernos.The entire town of Grand Lake was forced to evacuate Wednesday night after the East Troublesome Fire grew six times in size to encompass…... Read More