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Family of Pamela Turner see indictment of Texas officer who fatally shot her as 'step closer' to justice
iStock/z1bBY: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(BAYTOWN, Texas) -- More than 16 months after a mentally ill Black woman was shot to death in a struggle with a police officer in the parking lot of her suburban...
ABC Audio Sep 17, 2020
Smoke from West Coast wildfires travels to Europe
milehightraveler/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Heavy smoke from the dozens of wildfires blazing up and down the West Coast has traveled as far east as Europe -- nearly 5,000 miles -- sa...
ABC Audio Sep 17, 2020
DOJ mulled federal charges against Portland city officials over response to unrest
DNY59/iStockBy ALEXANDER MALLIN, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department researched the possibility of bringing criminal or civil rights charges against Portland city officials related to their...
ABC Audio Sep 17, 2020
New York City public middle, high schools delay in-person learning until October
onurdongel/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Three days before New York City public schools were supposed to open their doors for in-person learning, officials announced...
ABC Audio Sep 17, 2020
Why slow-moving hurricanes like Sally are especially dangerous
imagedepotpro/iStockBy DAN PECK and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- nSally, which made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane near Gulf Shores, Alabama, on Wednesday, crawled ashore at an incredibly ...
ABC Audio Sep 17, 2020
Hurricane Sally remnants to bring flooding rain to Georgia, Carolinas
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Sally is now a tropical depression and is expected to become a remnant low as it moves from Alabama into Georgia and the Carolinas.As Sally remnants move ...
ABC Audio Sep 17, 2020
Nursing home transferring residents following COVID-19 outbreak at facility
Daisy-Daisy/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- All residents at a Connecticut nursing home are being moved following a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility, which has resulted in 28 hospital...
ABC Audio Sep 17, 2020
Reward for wanted gunman who shot two LA sheriff's deputies grows to nearly $300K
amphotora/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The reward offered for a gunman wanted in the shooting of two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies last week has nearly tripled following don...
ABC Audio Sep 17, 2020
How Vermont became a 'model for the country' in responding to the pandemic
kickstand/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- It's mid-September, and Dr. Mark Levine is feeling really good. Vermont, where he serves as the state's health commissioner, has had the lowes...
ABC Audio Sep 17, 2020
Rare blue moon to light up the sky on Halloween
Sjo/iStockBy ZOE MOORE, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- On Halloween, the sky will be lit up by a rare blue moon on the spookiest night of the year.While it is called a blue moon, the moon won't actually appea...
ABC Audio Sep 17, 2020