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Wisconsin breaks own record for new COVID cases
Narvikk/iStockBy ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News(MADISON, Wisc.) -- Wisconsin broke its own single-day record for novel coronavirus cases on Friday, reporting 2,533 new infections and surpassing the single-d...
ABC Audio Sep 18, 2020
Black man beaten by Georgia deputy speaks out after release from jail: 'I feared for my life'
kali9/iStockBy EMILY SHAPIRO and BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga.) -- Roderick Walker, a Black man whose alleged assault and subsequent arrest by a Georgia deputy was captured on video, h...
ABC Audio Sep 18, 2020
New York Attorney General Leticia James announces body camera reforms in response to Daniel Prude's death
Prude FamilyBY MEREDITH DELISO AND JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(ROCHESTER, N.Y.) -- An independent investigation into the government handling of the death of Daniel Prude moved forward on Friday when the Ro...
ABC Audio Sep 18, 2020
New tropical depression forms in Gulf, forecast to become Tropical Storm Wilfred Friday
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As Sally remnants move out of the U.S. Friday, Tropical Depression 22 has formed in the Gulf of Mexico. It is forecast to become a hurricane this weekend,...
ABC Audio Sep 18, 2020
Coronavirus live updates: 'Largest mass fatality incident' in New York City: Report
Samara Heisz/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 947,000 people worldwide.Over 30.2 million people across the globe have been dia...
ABC Audio Sep 18, 2020
Shooters open fire on home with two NJ police officers, infant inside
Alex_Schmidt/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News(CAMDEN, N.J.) -- The home of two Camden County, New Jersey, police officers and their 10-day old infant was struck six times by bullets earlier this wee...
ABC Audio Sep 18, 2020
Suspect arrested, second at-large for firing assault rifle at Arizona state troopers: Officials
Arizona Department of Public SafetyBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(PHOENIX) -- One suspect has been arrested and a second is still at-large in an ambush-style shooting of Arizona troopers on Thursday, of...
ABC Audio Sep 18, 2020
Police officers, communities of color reflect on the struggle to build trust
ABC NewsBY: MATT GUTMAN, IGNACIO TORRES, JAKE LEFFERMAN, and HALEY YAMEDA, ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- The ambush of two Los Angeles sheriff's deputies this weekend shocked the country, but it was only t...
ABC Audio Sep 17, 2020
Shooting outside Wisconsin senior home leaves 4 hurt
iStock/carlballouBY: KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(MILWAUKEE) -- Wisconsin authorities are investigating a Wednesday shooting outside a senior citizens facility where a resident allegedly shot three neighbors...
ABC Audio Sep 17, 2020
Mask confrontation gets mom and 2-year-old kicked off flight
iStock/Biletskiy_EvgeniyBY: GENEVIEVE SHAW BROWN, ABC News(WASHINGTON) --  When Jodi Degyansky and her 2-year-old son boarded their return flight from Florida to Chicago's Midway Airport on South...
ABC Audio Sep 17, 2020