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'Racial' social media posts, text messages should be used as evidence in Ahmaud Arbery murder, prosecutors say
Glynn County Sheriff's OfficeBY: JULIA JACOBO, ABC NEWS (ATLANTA) — Georgia state prosecutors have requested that "racial" social media posts and text messages be used as evidence to show motive...
ABC Audio Oct 05, 2020
'Between a rock and a hard place': Can the Secret Service say no to a president?
ABC NewsBY: LUKE BARR, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — As more White House officials test positive for COVID-19, attention is turning to the safety of U.S. Secret Service agents who are tasked with protec...
ABC Audio Oct 05, 2020
3 killed in Houston building collapse, 1 injured
Matt277/iStockBY: HALEY YAMADA, ABC NEWS (HOUSTON) — Authorities say at least three construction workers have been killed and one injured in a partial collapse of a building in Houston on Monday...
ABC Audio Oct 05, 2020
Kentucky AG ordered to respond to grand juror motion to speak freely about Breonna Taylor case
Jon Cherry/Getty ImagesBY: KARMA ALLEN, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — A Kentucky judge gave the state's attorney general three days to file a response to a motion from an anonymous grand juror who asked...
ABC Audio Oct 05, 2020
Thousands of North Carolina ballots in limbo amid challenges over rule changes
RiverNorthPhotography/iStockBY: TONYA SIMPSON, ABC NEWS  (NEW YORK) — A whirlwind of competing lawsuits and legal actions has thousands of ballots in North Carolina in limbo. With just a fe...
ABC Audio Oct 05, 2020
New Tropical Depression formed Caribbean could become Hurricane Delta
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Tropical Storm Delta formed this morning in the Caribbean near Jamaica and is forecast to become Hurricane this week as it moves into the Gulf of Mexico.M...
ABC Audio Oct 05, 2020
Teen who allegedly murdered 5-year-old half-sister arrested almost 500 miles away
MattGush/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A 17-year-old teenager in Maryland has been arrested almost 500 miles away after allegedly killing his 5-year-old half-sister and fleeing to Ohio.T...
ABC Audio Oct 05, 2020
Attorneys for Breonna Taylor's family ask governor to appoint new special prosecutor
Breonna Taylor FamilyBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) -- Saying their fight for justice is not over, attorneys for Breonna Taylor's family asked the governor of Kentucky to appoint a new ...
ABC Audio Oct 05, 2020
Coronavirus live updates: Virus can linger in air for hours: CDC
Samara Heisz/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1 million people worldwide.Over 35.2 million people across the globe have been d...
ABC Audio Oct 05, 2020
102-year-old woman casts her mail-in ballot in PPE, says to voters, 'So can you'
Darylann Elmi/iStockBy GMA TEAM, ABC News(CHICAGO) -- A 102-year-old woman who just cast her mail-in ballot for the 2020 election has a message for other would-be voters, "If I can do it, so can you."...
ABC Audio Oct 05, 2020