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What we know about the jurors in the Derek Chauvin trial
ABC News Photo IllustrationBy Bill Hutchinson, ABC News(MINNEAPOLIS) -- Like all jurors, they were randomly plucked from their community to perform a civic duty. But the panel chosen to decide the fat...
ABC Audio Apr 01, 2021
Parents, LGBTQ advocates speak out on Arkansas bills targeting transgender rights
DustyPixel/iStockBy Meredith Deliso, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Dozens of bills that LGBTQ advocates say would impact transgender rights are being considered in states across the country this year. Arkansa...
ABC Audio Apr 01, 2021
Four dead, including child, after 'multiple victims' shot in California
kali9/iStockBy William Mansell and Marlene Lenthang, ABC News(ORANGE, Calif.) -- At least four people are dead, including a child, after "multiple victims" were shot Wednesday in Orange, California, a...
ABC Audio Apr 01, 2021
Texas trooper Chad Walker dies five days after being shot in ambush
Texas DPS/TwitterBy Morgan Winsor, ABC News(WACO, Texas) -- A Texas state trooper and married father of children has died five days after being shot in an ambush last week.Texas Highway Patrol Trooper...
ABC Audio Apr 01, 2021
Religious leaders work to build trust in COVID-19 vaccine in communities of color
ABCBy ASHLEY LOUSZKO, ALLIE YANG, LAURA COBURN, JINSOL JUNG, and NEIL GIARDINO, ABC News(PITTSBURGH, Penn.) -- Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rev. Paul Abernathy has been helping his Pennsy...
ABC Audio Mar 31, 2021
Witness breaks down while watching body camera footage of George Floyd's arrest: 'I feel helpless'
PoolBy JULIA JACOBO and WHITNEY LLOYD, ABC News(MINNEAPOLIS) -- A man who witnessed George Floyd's arrest broke down on the stand as he watched composite footage from the encounter.Charles McMillian, ...
ABC Audio Mar 31, 2021
New York legalizes recreational marijuana, expunges former pot convictions
grandriver/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(ALBANY, N.Y.) -- New York state has legalized marijuana for adults and will expunge the criminal records of people previously convicted of crimes that would ...
ABC Audio Mar 31, 2021
More tornadoes possible in South as Northeast braces for cold
ABC NewsBy Max Golembo, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A large storm system is moving east across the U.S., with tornadoes and flash flooding expected in the South and a wintry blast to the north.There were tw...
ABC Audio Mar 31, 2021
Over 100 fully vaccinated people contract COVID-19 in Washington state, officials say
Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy Morgan Winsor, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Over 100 people in Washington state have tested positive for COVID-19 more than two weeks after becoming fully vaccinated against the disea...
ABC Audio Mar 31, 2021
Militia extremists developing strategies to work around social media crackdown, DHS warns
Gwengoat/iStockBy Will Steakin and Josh Margolin, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Violent anti-government extremists are developing communication strategies to circumvent recent clampdowns by the government a...
ABC Audio Mar 31, 2021