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Neo-Nazi and Proud Boys groups push Trump campaign poll watching operation online: Reports
Nathan Howard/Getty ImagesBY: JOSH MARGOLIN, OLIVIA RUBIN AND LUKE BARR, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — Officials in multiple states are taking aggressive steps to protect voters from efforts by militias...
ABC Audio Oct 17, 2020
Colorado sees its largest ever wildfire as cold blasts Midwest and Northeast
ABC NewsBY: REED MCDONOUGH, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — The Cameron Peak Fire is now the largest wildfire in Colorado's history. It has burned more than 173,000 acres and more than 1,300 personnel are...
ABC Audio Oct 17, 2020
Key coronavirus indicators suggest as winter approaches, US headed in wrong direction
narvikk/iStockBy ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Coronavirus cases in the United States are headed toward a third peak, as cases continue to climb throughout the Midwest, Mountain West, Northe...
ABC Audio Oct 16, 2020
Two USS Theodore Roosevelt sailors test positive for COVID 19
Seaman Cameron Davis mans the helm of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) as the ship operates in the Philippine Sea, May 21, 2020, following an extended visit to Guam in the midst of...
ABC Audio Oct 16, 2020
Portland, Oregon, and Oakland, California sue over federal law enforcement presence for protests
DNY59/iStockBy LUKE BARR, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Portland, Oregon, and Oakland, California, sued the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security over the use of federal agents and offic...
ABC Audio Oct 16, 2020
Strong winds, record heat will produce critical fire danger in California Friday
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Due to gusty winds and record heat in the Southwest and California, the areas are facing a critical fire danger Friday, especially in the Golden State.Fir...
ABC Audio Oct 16, 2020
Trump administration rejects California's request for wildfire disaster assistance
Toa55/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The federal government has denied California's request for a disaster declaration for wildfires that have burned swathes of land across the U.S. s...
ABC Audio Oct 16, 2020
How have students fared in the coronavirus pandemic? New data sheds some light
smolaw11/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- When the coronavirus pandemic disrupted school for millions of students last spring, studies projected alarming rates of learning loss as schoo...
ABC Audio Oct 16, 2020
Army makes changes to prioritize missing soldiers after Vanessa Guillen's death
powerofforever/iStockBy LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- In the wake of the high-profile disappearance of Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen earlier this year, as well as other high-profile incidents, t...
ABC Audio Oct 16, 2020
Miami grapples with how to save treasured bay from rising seas, pollution
Art Wager/iStockBy STEPHANIE EBBS, JON SCHLOSBERG, GINGER ZEE and LINDSEY GRISWOLD, ABC News(MIAMI) -- An unprecedented fish kill in Miami's Biscayne Bay this summer has brought a new push to address ...
ABC Audio Oct 16, 2020