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North Carolina man wrongly convicted of rape released from prison after 44 years
kuzma/iStockBy KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(STANLY COUNTY, N.C.) -- A North Carolina man hugged his family as a free man for the first time in decades this week after serving 44 years in prison for a crime h...
ABC Audio Aug 28, 2020
Law school graduates in Florida say bar test software compromised computers
playb/iStockBy LUKE BARR, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Law school graduates in Florida were required to download software to take the bar exam virtually amid coronavirus -- and a number of them now say they ...
ABC Audio Aug 28, 2020
Extradition hearing for alleged Kenosha gunman, Kyle Rittenhouse, set for Sept. 25
DNY59/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(KENOSHA, Wis.) -- Kyle Rittenhouse, the alleged Wisconsin gunman who is accused of opening fire during protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake and...
ABC Audio Aug 28, 2020
Wisconsin attorney general won't say whether Kenosha police knew Jacob Blake had a knife before shooting him
amphotora/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(KENOSHA, Wis.) -- As more details emerge surrounding the police shooting of Jacob Blake, who remains hospitalized, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul is re...
ABC Audio Aug 28, 2020
After Hurricane Laura, med student enlists colleagues to help hometown
Courtesy of Russell J. LedetBy KELLY MCCARTHY, ABC News(LAKE CHARLES, La.) -- Shortly after Good Morning America introduced a former security guard-turned-medical student on the front lines of the pan...
ABC Audio Aug 28, 2020
Hurricane Laura remnants heading toward Northeast
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The death toll from Hurricane Laura is now at 16, according to reports. Carbon monoxide poisoning due to unsafe operation of power generators killed more than half of the victims...
ABC Audio Aug 28, 2020
Sen. Rand Paul says he was 'attacked by an angry mob' after leaving White House
ABC NewsBy LAUREN LANTRY and MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Sen. Rand Paul claimed he was "attacked by an angry mob" early Friday morning in Washington, D.C., while walking with his wife from ...
ABC Audio Aug 28, 2020
Transgender civil rights icon honored with public monument in NJ hometown
nito100/iStockBy KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(ELIZABETH, N.J.) -- New Jersey officials approved a piece of land to build a monument dedicated to transgender activist Marsha P. Johnson in her hometown of Eliz...
ABC Audio Aug 28, 2020
'Tired of broken promises,' Sharpton says, as thousands march on nation's capital
Anthony Peltier/iStockBy ADIA ROBINSON and KIARA BRANTLEY-JONES, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Thousands seeking criminal justice reform gathered at the National Mall on Friday under the rallying cry "Get Y...
ABC Audio Aug 28, 2020
Rev. Jesse Jackson calls for swift indictment of officers in Jacob Blake shooting
Scott Olson/Getty ImagesBy BILL HUTCHISON, ABC News(KENOSHA, Wis.) -- National civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson is joining the family of Jacob Blake, a Black man shot multiple times in the back ...
ABC Audio Aug 27, 2020