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Coronavirus updates: US passes 250,000 deaths, nearly 1 in 5 worldwide
Myriam Borzee/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, EMILY SHAPIRO, ERIN SCHUMAKER, IVAN PEREIRA and JON HAWORTH, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 1.3 million people worldw...
ABC Audio Nov 18, 2020
Lawyers for Epstein victim seek 'previously concealed information' from Justice Department
Courtney Wild is seen here holding a photo of her younger self. - (ABC News)By JAMES HILL, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Attorneys for an alleged victim of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein contend in a n...
ABC Audio Nov 17, 2020
At least one dead, more than 40,000 displaced as Hurricane Iota tears through Central America
ABC NewsBy EMILY SHAPIRO and MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Iota is ripping through Central America, where at least one person is dead and more than 40,000 are displaced.Iota made landfa...
ABC Audio Nov 17, 2020
US successfully intercepts ICBM with ship-launched missile in historic test
U.S. Missile Defense Agency/U.S. NavyBy LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- In a first-of-its-kind test, the United States has successfully used a small, ship-fired missile to intercept a target In...
ABC Audio Nov 17, 2020
Coronavirus updates: US deaths hit highest single-day mark since May
Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, ERIN SCHUMAKER, IVAN PEREIRA, MORGAN WINSOR and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1.3 million peopl...
ABC Audio Nov 17, 2020
Hate crimes in US reach highest point since 2008, FBI statistics show
MattGush/iStockBY: LUKE BARR, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — After a gunman walked into a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, last summer, and killed nearly two dozen — mostly Hispanic — people, inv...
ABC Audio Nov 16, 2020
Philadelphia officials announce new, stricter COVID-19 restrictions through 2021
Divepic/iStockBY: JULIA JACOBO, ABC NEWS (PHILADELPHIA) — City officials in Philadelphia will implement a series of new, stricter measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as the number of case...
ABC Audio Nov 16, 2020
Former Harvard fencing coach arrested over college admissions
marvinh/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY, ABC News(BOSTON) -- Peter Brand, the former fencing coach at Harvard, and Jie Zhao, a Maryland businessman, were arrested Monday morning and charged with conspiracy.Th...
ABC Audio Nov 16, 2020
Hurricane Iota makes landfall in Nicaragua as Category 4 storm
ABC NewsBy EMILY SHAPIRO and MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Iota made landfall in northern Nicaragua Monday night as a Category 4 storm, bringing life-threatening storm surge to the coas...
ABC Audio Nov 16, 2020
Key takeaways from the Justice Department review of Jeffrey Epstein sweetheart deal
Florida Dept. of Law EnforcementBy JAMES HILL, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Victims’ rights lawyers who have been battling the U.S. Department of Justice for a dozen years over the controversial &ldq...
ABC Audio Nov 16, 2020