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New push to honor Black D-Day hero denied valor award
Johncairns/iStockBy JAMES GORDON MEEK, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- A group of lawmakers launched a new effort Tuesday to recognize a Black hero of D-Day with the Medal of Honor, enlisting the support of a...
ABC Audio Sep 09, 2020
Coronavirus news: University imposes quarantine for all students
Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 897,000 people worldwide.Over 27.5 million people across the...
ABC Audio Sep 09, 2020
11-year-old donates over 22,000 diapers to single moms through lemonade stand
Kids4Change757BY: ESTHER CASTILLEJO and HALEY YAMADA, ABC News(HAMPTON, Virginia) -- Eleven-year-old Cartier Carey spent his summer at his lemonade stand in Hampton, Virginia raising money to buy diap...
ABC Audio Sep 08, 2020
Rochester police chief, entire command staff retire suddenly following protests over death of Daniel Prude
iStock/Tero VesalainenBy: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (ROCHESTER, N.Y.) -- After days of protests against the Rochester Police Department in light of the death of Daniel Prude, its top officer and command ...
ABC Audio Sep 08, 2020
27 arrested in Seattle as police claim protesters threw rocks, Molotov cocktails
iStock/july7thBy: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News At least 27 people were arrested during Labor Day protest in Seattle in which police said rioters hurled rocks and Molotov cocktails at officers.The latest ...
ABC Audio Sep 08, 2020
After Florida deputies detain innocent Black man, sheriff asks him to help with bias training
iStockBy: KARMA ALLEN and MARC NATHANSON, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- After Florida deputies detained an innocent Black man who they say fit the description of an accused burglar, body camera footage showe...
ABC Audio Sep 08, 2020
Juvenile arrested for allegedly stabbing two people at Jersey shore: Prosecutor
BlakeDavidTaylor/iStockBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A juvenile has been arrested for allegedly stabbing two people at a New Jersey beach on Labor Day, prosecutors announced Tuesday.The stab...
ABC Audio Sep 08, 2020
National Guard attempting to rescue dozens trapped amid California wildfire
Toa55/iStockBy MATT ZARRELL, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The National Guard is working to rescue dozens of people who are still trapped near the Creek Fire in Fresno County, California.There are multiple lo...
ABC Audio Sep 08, 2020
Inside the daring helicopter flights that rescued 200 from a California fire
Gopakumar Sudhir/iStockBy LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The California National Guard helicopter crews that rescued more than 200 people from a fast-approaching forest fire this weekend have la...
ABC Audio Sep 08, 2020
Several deaths have been connected to protests, but the story is more complicated
Taphouse_Studios/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The images are stark -- people clashing with police, buildings on fire, vandalism, shootings and even killings.Some, including Presiden...
ABC Audio Sep 08, 2020