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Former Miss America winner Leanza Cornett dies at 49
M. Von Holden/WireImageBy MEGAN STONE, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Leanza Cornett, who was crowned Miss America in 1993, has died at the age of 49.The Miss America Organization confirmed the beauty queen's ...
ABC Audio Oct 29, 2020
Amid pandemic, hospitals warned of 'credible' and 'imminent' cyberthreat
beerkoff/iStockBy LUKE BARR, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are warning of an upcoming ransomw...
ABC Audio Oct 29, 2020
Coronavirus updates: Clemson's Trevor Lawrence, likely NFL top pick, tests positive
Samara Heisz/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1.1 million people worldwide.Over 44.9 million people across...
ABC Audio Oct 29, 2020
Zeta latest: 5 dead, massive power outages, delayed early voting in Georgia
ABC NewsBy EMILY SHAPIRO and MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- At least five people are dead after Hurricane Zeta slammed into the South, leaving a trail of destruction before turning toward the Nort...
ABC Audio Oct 29, 2020
Van full of explosives found in Philadelphia following week of social unrest: Police
ABC News/WPVI-TVBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (PHILADELPHIA) -- The city of Philadelphia is on high alert Thursday after authorities discovered a van filled with explosives and other suspicious cargo -- in...
ABC Audio Oct 29, 2020
3 men facing firearms charges had extremist ties, possible list of targets: Official
Marilyn Nieves/iStockBy LUKE BARR, ALEXANDER MALLIN, and LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- A senior law enforcement official told ABC News Wednesday that three men charged with federal firearms v...
ABC Audio Oct 28, 2020
NASA and SpaceX targeting Nov. 14 for next crewed launch to ISS
Andrei Stanescu/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(ORLANDO) -- In just a few weeks, NASA and SpaceX are set to launch a diverse crew of astronauts to the International Space Station as part of the...
ABC Audio Oct 28, 2020
Body camera turned on after fatal shooting of unarmed Black couple in Illinois, footage shows
aijohn784/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO and WILL GRETSKY, ABC News(WAKEGAN, Ill.) -- A police officer involved in a fatal shooting in Waukegan, Illinois, did not turn his body-worn camera on until after th...
ABC Audio Oct 28, 2020
'They didn't give a damn': Mother of slain Walter Wallace says police knew her son was in a mental crisis
Kali9/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(PHILADELPHIA) -- The mother of the 27-year-old Philadelphia man who was gunned down by officers Monday in front of his family's home said police knew he was ha...
ABC Audio Oct 28, 2020
Five arrested, charged as illegal agents for China
cbarnesphotography/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Five people were arrested Wednesday, and one more was being sought, on charges they acted as illegal agents of China.The six acted at ...
ABC Audio Oct 28, 2020