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Family, police offer starkly different views of Jacob Blake in wake of shooting
STEPHEN MATUREN/AFP via Getty ImagesBy KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(KENOSHA, Wis.) -- Jacob Blake captured the attention of civil rights advocates around the world last week as cellphone video circulated of ...
ABC Audio Sep 01, 2020
George Mason University's first black president tackles racism, COVID-19
ABC NewsBy DEVIN DWYER and JACQUELINE YOO, ABC News(FAIRFAX, Va.) -- The largest and most diverse public university in Virginia is overhauling how it handles issues of race on campus.After a summer of...
ABC Audio Sep 01, 2020
Protesters gather after LA sheriff's deputies shoot Black man during confrontation
KABC-TVBy MARC NATHANSON, ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- Protesters gathered in South Los Angeles Monday night after Los Angeles sheriff's deputies shot and killed a Black man who they say had a handgun and...
ABC Audio Sep 01, 2020
Bureau of Prisons resumes in-person visits as inmates, staff continue to die from COVID-19
MivPiv/iStockBy LUKE BARR, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The Bureau of Prisons announced on Monday that in-person visits will resume at all 122 facilities within the bureau, according to an internal memo obta...
ABC Audio Sep 01, 2020
Coronavirus updates: US case count for COVID-19 tops six million
narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 850,000 people worldwide.Over 25.4 million people across the globe ...
ABC Audio Sep 01, 2020
Navy crew jumped from surveillance plane before it crashed
US NavyBY: MATT SEYLER, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Four sailors jumped from their twin-propeller E-2C Hawkeye aircraft before it crashed in Accomack County, Virginia, Monday afternoon, according to a Nav...
ABC Audio Aug 31, 2020
Video surfaces of police punching protester as governor debuts plan to end violence in Portland
ABCBY: BILL HUTCHINSON, KAYNA WHITWORTH, ANNIE PONG, and JENNA HARRISON, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- As the governor of Oregon announced a plan to end violence in Portland following a fatal shooting durin...
ABC Audio Aug 31, 2020
Former Navy cargo ship is sunk as part of scaled-back Naval exercise
US NavyBY: LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- This year's version of the RIMPAC naval exercise off the coast of Hawaii ended with a bang this weekend as the old Navy cargo ship USS Durham was sunk...
ABC Audio Aug 31, 2020
Louisiana residents wait hours for basic supplies in Hurricane Laura aftermath
iStock/Darwin BrandisBY: HALEY YAMADA, ABC News(LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana) -- Less than a week has passed since Hurricane Laura tore through Louisiana, leaving an estimated 180,000 people there without ...
ABC Audio Aug 31, 2020
NYC judge allegedly punched on way to court by a person on a bike
iStock/Marco_PiuntiBY: AARON KATERSKY, MARK CRUDELE, and IVAN REREIRA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A New York City judge was allegedly punched while she was walking to work Monday morning, according to law ...
ABC Audio Aug 31, 2020