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Law enforcement has 'delicate balance' at polls on election day, police chiefs say
Courtesy Katherine StadlerBY: LUKE BARR, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — As business owners in Washington, D.C., and New York City board up their storefronts to protect against potential election unrest, ...
ABC Audio Nov 02, 2020
Holden Matthews sentenced to 25 years for setting fire to 3 historically Black churches in Louisiana
ABC NewsBY: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC NEWS (NEW ORLEANS) — A white man who pleaded guilty to torching three historically Black Louisania churches in a 10-day span was sentenced on Monday to 25 years ...
ABC Audio Nov 02, 2020
Massachusetts governor issues overnight stay-at-home advisory amid rise in COVID-19 cases
Sean Pavone /iStockBY: JULIA JACOBO AND ARIELLE MITROPOULOS, ABC NEWS (BOSTON) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has issued an overnight stay-at-home order, among other new mandates, in respons...
ABC Audio Nov 02, 2020
South Dakota AG was 'distracted' when he hit, killed pedestrian with car: Investigation
South Dakota Department of Public SafetyBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(HIGHMORE, S.D.) -- South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg was "distracted" when he fatally struck a pedestrian on a highway in ...
ABC Audio Nov 02, 2020
Ohio secretary of state stresses 'election night results are never final'
da-kuk/iStockBy QUINN SCANLAN, ABC News(COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- With just one day until Election Day, the question of when Americans will know the results of the 2020 election is top of mind, as President ...
ABC Audio Nov 02, 2020
Actress Lori Loughlin begins prison sentence for role in 'Varsity Blues' scandal
John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesBy KAROLINA RIVAS and ANGELINE JANE BERNABE, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Actress Lori Loughlin began her two-month sentence for her involvement in the so-...
ABC Audio Nov 02, 2020
Cold blast, lake effect snow and strong winds to hit Northeast
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Another cold blast is hitting the Northeast on Monday with a threat for damaging winds and up to a foot of lake effect snow in western New York.Already, w...
ABC Audio Nov 02, 2020
US is leaving the Paris Agreement: How that will affect efforts to stop climate change
acilo/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. is set to officially withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement on Wednesday, three years after President Donald Trump announced his intent t...
ABC Audio Nov 02, 2020
Coronavirus updates: New cases on the rise in 49 states, territories
Myriam Borzee/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER and MARC NATHANSON ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1.2 million people worldwide.Over 46.5 millio...
ABC Audio Nov 02, 2020
Protests erupt over fatal shooting of Black man by deputies near Vancouver, Washington
iStock/Zbynek PospisilBY: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- With tensions already running high over the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old Black man by sheriff's deputies, protests this weekend in...
ABC Audio Nov 01, 2020