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Coronavirus updates: US reports under 30,000 new cases for first time since June
narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 892,000 people worldwide.Over 27.3 million people across the globe have been diagnose...
ABC Audio Sep 08, 2020
Gender reveal photo shoot pyrotechnics caused one of this weekend's California wildfires: Firefighters
ABC NewsBY: IVAN PEREIRA(OAK GLEN, Calif.) -- A gender reveal photo shoot allegedly caused one of this weekend's destructive wildfires in California, according to firefighters.Representatives from the...
ABC Audio Sep 07, 2020
Louisville mayor names new interim police chief amid months of unrest
ABC NewsBY: EMILY SHAPIRO(LOUISVILLE) -- A new interim police chief was named in Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday amid months of unrest in the city.The new interim chief, Yvette Gentry, is a former mem...
ABC Audio Sep 07, 2020
'Armed and dangerous' man wanted in shooting of sheriff's deputy, second suspect in custody
amphotora/iStockBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A manhunt is intensifying for a 29-year-old suspected of shooting a Georgia sheriff's deputy.Dalton Potter, a wanted Texas fugitive, was alleged...
ABC Audio Sep 07, 2020
Demonstrators march to Rochester Public Safety Building to protest death of Daniel Prude
Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesBy JOSHUA HOYOS, IVAN PEREIRA and MARC NATHANSON, ABC News(ROCHESTER, N.Y.) -- Rochester, New York police reported no arrests Sunday night after demonstrators protestin...
ABC Audio Sep 07, 2020
Coronavirus updates: India overtakes Brazil as second worst-hit country
Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 883,000 people worldwide.Over 27.1 million people across the...
ABC Audio Sep 07, 2020
Los Angeles County records its highest temperature on record
batuhan toker/iStockBy MATTHEW FUHRMAN and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- Temperatures in one part of Los Angeles County surged to 121 degrees Sunday, the highest reading ever recorded in that...
ABC Audio Sep 07, 2020
Authorities rescue dozens trapped by fast-moving wildfire in Northern California
Toa55/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(FRESNO, Calif.) -- Authorities have rescued dozens of people near a reservoir in California who became trapped by a fast-moving wildfire in a national forest.Loc...
ABC Audio Sep 07, 2020
Portland police declare riot on 100th straight night of protests
filo/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(PORTLAND, Ore.) -- The 100th consecutive night of protests in Portland, Oregon quickly escalated into a riot Saturday as people hurled "multiple fire bombs, morta...
ABC Audio Sep 07, 2020
Magistrate recommends dropping federal criminal charges in 2018 Missouri duck boat accident that killed 17
iStock/MotortionBy: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A federal magistrate judge has recommended that criminal charges be dismissed in a 2018 duck boat sinking during a storm on a Missouri lake ...
ABC Audio Sep 06, 2020