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California surpasses 4 million acres burned as battle against wildfires goes on
Toa55/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- In already the worst wildfire season in California history, the state marked another grim milestone on Sunday when it surpassed 4 million acres bu...
ABC Audio Oct 05, 2020
Two college students plummet four floors while taking selfie at rooftop party
ABC News/WPVI-TVBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News(PHILADELPHIA) -- Two college students have been hospitalized after plummeting four stories while they were allegedly trying to take a selfie at a rooftop party...
ABC Audio Oct 05, 2020
New York City mayor wants all schools, nonessential business closed in 9 hot zones
James Andrews/iStockBY: JULIA JACOBO, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) -- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has requested to close down schools and nonessential businesses, including dining, in nine zip codes wit...
ABC Audio Oct 04, 2020
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, police Officer Jacob Hancher fatally shot in line of duty
MattGush/iStockBY: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC NEWS (MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) -- A Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, police officer was killed and another was wounded when they responded to a domestic incident and ca...
ABC Audio Oct 04, 2020
Tropical Storm Gamma hits Yucatan Peninsula with torrential rain, gusty winds
ABC NewsBY: DANIEL MANZO, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) -- Tropical Storm Gamma has winds of 50 mph this morning and is moving north at 5 mph. The storm is located over the southern Gulf of Mexico and is about ...
ABC Audio Oct 04, 2020
Trump COVID-19 live updates: Bodyman for Trump tests positive
Official White House Photo by Amy RossettiBY: JON HAWORTH, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) -- The mystery surrounding President Donald Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis and condition deepened Saturday after several roun...
ABC Audio Oct 04, 2020
Tropical Storm Gamma makes landfall in Mexico after gaining strength
ABC NewsBY: DANIEL MANZO, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) -- Gamma made landfall near Tulum, Mexico around 11:45 a.m. CT as a strong tropical storm with maximum sustained winds near 70 mph.The storm is now moving...
ABC Audio Oct 03, 2020
Breonna Taylor grand jury recordings released and filed
Breonna Taylor FamilyBy KARMA ALLEN, EMILY SHAPIRO and SABINA GHEBREMEDHIN, ABC News(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) -- Audio recordings from the three-day grand jury hearings in the Breonna Taylor case were filed w...
ABC Audio Oct 02, 2020
Coronavirus live updates: House passes $2.2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus bill
narvikk/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1 million people worldwide.Over 34.2 million people across the globe have been diag...
ABC Audio Oct 02, 2020
Missing pregnant postal worker's disappearance still a mystery two years later
National Missing and Unidentified Persons SystemBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Friday marks two years since Kierra Coles, a young, pregnant U.S. postal worker, disappeared from her Chicago ne...
ABC Audio Oct 02, 2020