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Marines fire commander after training accident that killed nine
Nick J./iStockBy LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Marine Corps has fired the commander in charge of the unit involved in a deadly training accident off the coast of Southern California ...
ABC Audio Oct 14, 2020
New Pentagon handbook adds confusion, frustration for transgender troops: Critics
icholakov/iStockBy KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Lt. Col. Bree Fram said her years in the U.S. military have been some of the best of her life, but she hasn't been able to fully appreciate her ...
ABC Audio Oct 14, 2020
Girl dies after being forced to jump on trampoline in extreme heat as punishment: Police
Odessa Police DepartmentBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (ODESSA, Texas) -- Two people have been arrested following a capital murder investigation of an 8-year-old girl who died after being forced to continuo...
ABC Audio Oct 14, 2020
Coronavirus updates: Barron Trump also tested positive for COVID, Melania says
Samara Heisz/iStock By MORGAN WINSOR and JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than one million people worldwide.Over 38.4 million people across t...
ABC Audio Oct 14, 2020
Santa Fe obelisk toppled during Indigenous Peoples' Day protest
duckycards/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(SANTA FE, N.M.) -- Santa Fe's leaders are calling for calm after a group of protesters toppled a controversial monument in the city's plaza Monday during an ...
ABC Audio Oct 13, 2020
Sweet 16 party connected to 37 COVID-19 cases in 'super-spreader' event: Officials
narvikk/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A Sweet 16 party at a Long Island, New York, catering hall is being called a COVID-19 "super-spreader event" that has now been connected to 37 c...
ABC Audio Oct 13, 2020
South Dakota officials release 911 call, autopsy results in fatal crash involving AG Jason Ravnsborg
kali9/iStockBy KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(HIGH MORE, S.D.) -- South Dakota officials released the autopsy results of the man who was fatally struck by Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg's car, revealing that...
ABC Audio Oct 13, 2020
Executors of Jeffrey Epstein estate say they’re running low on funds
Kuzma/iStockBy JAMES HILL, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Lawyers for the co-executors of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's estate contend that the attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands is "crippling the ad...
ABC Audio Oct 13, 2020
Security guard claims self-defense in fatal shooting at Denver protest; victim identified
kali9/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(DENVER) -- A private security guard jailed on suspicion of murder charges claims he fatally shot a U.S. Navy veteran in self-defense during a weekend confronta...
ABC Audio Oct 13, 2020
Suspects in plot against MI governor also discussed kidnapping VA Gov. Northam
Kuzma/iStockBy KARMA ALLEN and LUKE BARR, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer allegedly discussed taking similar action against Virginia Gov. Ral...
ABC Audio Oct 13, 2020