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Coronavirus outbreak at Illinois veterans home infects nearly 200 residents, staff
WLS-TV/ABC7By MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(CHICAGO) -- A COVID-19 outbreak in an Illinois veterans home has infected nearly 200 people and taken the lives of 23 residents so far, officials said.On Nov. 1...
ABC Audio Nov 19, 2020
New Mississippi flag welcomed as step in reconciling state's Confederate past
Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- It may be just a magnolia, but for many Mississippians, it is a symbol of a long-awaited reckoning with their state'...
ABC Audio Nov 19, 2020
'Dangerous' person of interest arrested after remains of three people found
Colorado Bureau of InvestigationBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A "dangerous" person of interest has been arrested after the remains of three people were found on two properties near each other...
ABC Audio Nov 19, 2020
Coronavirus updates: CDC urges Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving
narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, EMILY SHAPIRO, ERIN SCHUMAKER, IVAN PEREIRA, JON HAWORTH and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 1.3 million pe...
ABC Audio Nov 19, 2020
Number of COVID-19 'long haulers,' survivors experiencing lasting virus symptoms, is growing
Courtesy of Rodolfo LopezBy ASHLEY SCHWARTZ-LAVARES, ERIELLE RESHEF, LAUREN PEARLE, and HALEY YAMADA, ABC News(TEMPE, Az.) -- New mothers often experience many sleepless, tired nights taking care of t...
ABC Audio Nov 18, 2020
Iota continues to bring deadly floods to Central America
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, CHRISTINE THEODOROU and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Nine people have been confirmed dead in Central America from Iota’s fury as the system continues to bring lif...
ABC Audio Nov 18, 2020
Will there be an American insurgency?
krblokhin/iStockBy MICK MULROY, ABC News(NEW YORK) – David Kilcullen, one of the world’s leading counterinsurgency theorists, recently posed the question of whether the United States is on...
ABC Audio Nov 18, 2020
Wedding with over 300 guests in Washington state linked to COVID-19 outbreak
jessekarjalainen/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A wedding in Washington state attended by over 300 people has been linked to nearly 40 COVID-19 cases so far, health officials said.The...
ABC Audio Nov 18, 2020
Video shows Quawan Charles leaving home day he was reported missing: Officials
Family of Quawan CharlesBy MEREDITH DELISO and SABINA GHEBREMEDHIN, ABC News (LAFAYETTE, La.) -- Footage obtained in the homicide investigation of a missing Black teen shows Quawan "Bobby" Charles lea...
ABC Audio Nov 18, 2020
NYC funeral home that stored dozens of bodies in rental trucks shut down
sshepard/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The Brooklyn, New York funeral home that was caught storing dozens of bodies in rental trucks after it ran out of space due to the surge in COVID-...
ABC Audio Nov 18, 2020