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New wildfire in Colorado prompts mandatory evacuations
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A new wildfire broke out northwest of Denver -- called the East Troublesome wildfire -- and it is 19,086 acres and 10% contained with mandatory evacuation...
ABC Audio Oct 22, 2020
Deaths, hospitilizations and at least 68 COVID-19 cases after weeklong church event
SunnyGraph/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) -- At least two people are dead, four hospitalized and at least 68 positive cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed following a weeklong convo...
ABC Audio Oct 22, 2020
Coronavirus live updates: US reports highest daily death toll since mid-September
Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1.1 million people worldwide.Over 41.4 million people across...
ABC Audio Oct 22, 2020
Parents of 545 kids separated at border still haven't been found: ACLU
sabther/iStockBy LAUREN LANTRY, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The American Civil Liberties Union said in a court filing submitted on Tuesday that they have been unable to contact parents of 545 children who...
ABC Audio Oct 21, 2020
Boston Public Schools suspend all in-person learning amid rising COVID-19 positivity rate
pinkomelet/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(BOSTON) -- All in-person learning for Boston Public School students has been suspended after health officials found that the citywide COVID-19 positivity ...
ABC Audio Oct 21, 2020
University of Arizona students asked to minimize holiday travel to stem COVID spread
wellesenterprises/iStockBy ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News(The University of Arizona has reported at least 2,433 COVID-19 infections among students and staff as of Oct. 20, according to university tracking d...
ABC Audio Oct 21, 2020
Defense seeks to dismiss 25 murder charges against doctor accused of killing patients
BlakeDavidTaylor/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- Defense attorneys for a former Ohio doctor charged with 25 counts of murder for allegedly ordering fatal doses of pain medication fo...
ABC Audio Oct 21, 2020
Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll appears in court in defamation lawsuit
Marilyn Nieves/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The Department of Justice opted to forego oral arguments at a hearing Wednesday afternoon on whether the United States...
ABC Audio Oct 21, 2020
'Protect Breonna, protect myself': Breonna Taylor's boyfriend recounts night she was killed
Courtesy of Breonna Taylor's FamilyBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) -- When Breonna Taylor's door flew open in the middle of the night, her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, said what was going th...
ABC Audio Oct 21, 2020
Multiple injuries in New York state school bus crash
wsfurlan/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(NEW WINDSOR, N.Y.) -- A yellow school bus crashed into a work truck Wednesday morning on a two-lane New York state road, seriously injuring several people, ...
ABC Audio Oct 21, 2020