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Authorities identify Kenosha cop who shot Jacob Blake, say Blake had knife
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesBy WILLIAM MANSELL, MORGAN WINSOR, SABRINA GHEBREMEDHIN, and BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(KENOSHA, Wis.) -- Authorities on Wednesday night identified the poli...
ABC Audio Aug 26, 2020
California wildfires have killed 7, left over 1.25M acres burned
LordRunar/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- Thousands of California firefighters Tuesday continued to brave harsh weather conditions in their attempt to fight over two dozen wildfires ac...
ABC Audio Aug 25, 2020
Firefighting pilot killed in helicopter crash in Oregon
deepblue4you/iStockBy HALEY YAMADA, ABC News(PORTLAND) -- A helicopter pilot died Monday while battling the White River Fire in Mount Hood National Forest, officials said Tuesday.About 20 miles east o...
ABC Audio Aug 25, 2020
Details emerge after woman found alive in body bag at funeral home
kali9/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(DETROIT) -- A 20-year-old Michigan woman who was declared dead by paramedics and placed in a body bag for nearly three hours was discovered alive when a funera...
ABC Audio Aug 25, 2020
Hurricane Laura updates: Parts of Southeast Texas under mandatory evacuation as storm expected to make landfall Wednesday night
ABC NewsBy KARMA ALLEN and MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Residents in Galveston and Port Arthur, Texas, were ordered to evacuate as Hurricane Laura strengthens in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm is...
ABC Audio Aug 25, 2020
Coronavirus live updates: 5 states removed from New York travel advisory list
Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 813,000 people worldwide.Over 23.6 million people across the globe have been d...
ABC Audio Aug 25, 2020
Black man shot by police in Wisconsin is paralyzed, his father says
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesBy BILL HUTCHINSON and SABINA GHEBREMEDHIN, ABC News(KENOSHA, Wis.) -- Defying a nighttime curfew issued by the governor, hundreds of protesters angry over...
ABC Audio Aug 25, 2020
Smartphone app alerts University of Arizona students if they are exposed to COVID-19
AntonioGuillem/iStockBy TERI WHITCRAFT, MATT GUTMAN and ALYSSA PONE, ABC News(TUCSON, Ariz) -- When the University of Arizona opened its doors Monday, more than 8,300 students, faculty and staff had b...
ABC Audio Aug 25, 2020
Jerry Falwell Jr. officially resigns from Liberty University
wellesenterprises/iStockBy KYRA PHILLIPS, IVAN PEREIRA and JON HAWORTH, ABC News(LYNCHBURG, Va.) -- After a daylong back and forth, Jerry Falwell Jr. officially resigned from Liberty University Monday...
ABC Audio Aug 25, 2020
New York dedicates state park to LGBTQ civil rights icon Marsha P. Johnson, marking a first
ABC NewsBY: KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has dedicated the East River State Park in Brooklyn to Marsha P. Johnson, making it country's first state park to honor an LGB...
ABC Audio Aug 24, 2020