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George Floyd's family disputes drug allegations
Stephen Maturen/Getty ImagesBY: KARMA ALLEN, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — The family of George Floyd pushed back against accusations levied against him in court on Friday after lawyers claimed he had t...
ABC Audio Sep 11, 2020
What we know about Breonna Taylor’s death and the ongoing fight for justice
Breonna Taylor FamilyBY: JOHN KAPETANEAS, LAURA COBURN, STEPHANIE FASANO, CHO PARK, SAMANTHA SERGI AND ANTHONY RIVAS, ABC NEWS This report is part of "Turning Point," a groundbreaking month-long serie...
ABC Audio Sep 11, 2020
New website aims to help you cut back on “doomscrolling”
iStock/stevanovikigor BY: MICHAEL DOBUSKI, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- "Doomscrolling," also known as “Doomsurfing,” refers to the practice of surfing or scrolling through bad news headlin...
ABC Audio Sep 11, 2020
California cop allegedly burglarized home after responding to death of elderly man
Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A California sheriff's deputy has been arrested and placed on administrative leave for allegedly burglarizing a home af...
ABC Audio Sep 11, 2020
Ceremonies marking 9/11 look much different due to pandemic
mbbirdy/iStockBy LAUREN LANTRY, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Nineteen years ago Friday, nearly 3,000 American lives were lost when planes were hijacked and flown into the World Trade Center in New York, the ...
ABC Audio Sep 11, 2020
Tropical wave to bring flooding rain to Florida, Alabama
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- There was a lot of flash flooding around the eastern U.S., from Florida to Washington, D.C. Thursday, where record rainfall fell.Some areas in Florida and...
ABC Audio Sep 11, 2020
West Coast grapples with world's worst air quality as Oregon, California wildfires rage
DaveAlan/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL AND KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(SAN FRANCISCO) -- An estimated 500,000 Oregon residents are facing evacuation because of the wildfires that have burned hundreds of thousand...
ABC Audio Sep 11, 2020
'Nothing scares me': For 9/11 responder, COVID was the hardest battle yet
Courtesy John Feal/Feal Good FoundationBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- For the last 19 years, Sept. 11 has cast a lingering shadow on John Feal.The Nesconset, New York resident and former const...
ABC Audio Sep 11, 2020
Four Houston cops fired for shooting man 21 times during alleged mental health crisis
Houston Police DepartmentBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(HOUSTON) -- Four Houston police officers were fired Thursday after a months-long investigation of a fatal shooting found that they were "objective...
ABC Audio Sep 11, 2020
Devastating wildfires raise concerns about lack of preparedness for climate change
deepblue4you/iStockBy STEPHANIE EBBS, GINGER ZEE and LINDSEY GRISWOLD, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Six of the 20 largest wildfires in California history started in August and September 2020 and with average...
ABC Audio Sep 11, 2020