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DOJ sues Yale for allegedly discriminating against Asian American, white applicants
sshepard/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Justice has sued Yale University for allegedly discriminating against Asian American and white undergraduate applicants.In ...
ABC Audio Oct 09, 2020
Kentucky judge mulls grand juror's request to speak publicly in Breonna Taylor case
Kuzma/iStockBy KARMA ALLEN and SABINA GHEBREMEDHIN, ABC News(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) -- A Kentucky judge weighed arguments in court on Thursday, considering a motion to dismiss a juror's request to speak pub...
ABC Audio Oct 09, 2020
Coronavirus live updates: Birx warns of 'troubling signs' in Northeast amid 'very different' spread of COVID-19
narvikk/iStock By MORGAN WINSOR and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1 million people worldwide.Over 36.6 million people across the gl...
ABC Audio Oct 09, 2020
Protests continue as NYC renews restrictions for COVID-10 hot spots
Allison Dinner/Getty ImagesBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- For the second night in a row, protests erupted in Brooklyn, New York, on Wednesday, the day before new restrictions in COVID-19 ho...
ABC Audio Oct 08, 2020
Texas officer charged in death of Jonathan Price fired for 'egregious violation'
BlakeDavidTaylor/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO and MARC NATHANSON, ABC News(WOLFE CITY, Texas) -- A police officer who faces murder charges in the shooting death of a Black man in East Texas has been fired...
ABC Audio Oct 08, 2020
Princeton agrees to backpay nearly $1M to female professors after gender discrimination allegations
aimintang/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(PRINCETON, N.J.) -- Princeton University has agreed to pay $925,000 in back pay and at least $250,000 in future salary adjustments to resolve allegatio...
ABC Audio Oct 08, 2020
FBI says it foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
Handout/DNCC via Getty ImagesBy ALEXANDER MALLIN and LUKE BARR, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department on Thursday announced charges against six individuals in Michigan allegedly involved in m...
ABC Audio Oct 08, 2020
Utah man to spend life in prison in slaying of college student Mackenzie Lueck
Kuzma/iStockBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(SALT LAKE CITY) -- A Utah man will spend life in prison as part of his guilty plea in the killing of college student Mackenzie Lueck, whose charred body was left...
ABC Audio Oct 08, 2020
Hurricane Delta takes aim on the Gulf Coast, storm surge warning in effect
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, EMILY SHAPIRO and MELISSA GRIFFIN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Delta is taking aim on Louisiana where it's expected to make landfall Friday afternoon near Cameron -- the sa...
ABC Audio Oct 08, 2020
Coronavirus updates: Trump can return to 'public engagements' on Saturday, doctor says
Samara Heisz/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than one million people worldwide.Over 36.4 million people across t...
ABC Audio Oct 08, 2020