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Firefighters make progress on California blazes after getting a break from the weather
iStock/josemoraesBY: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Firefighters battling a barrage of ferocious wildfires across California say they got a break from the weather when a forecasted dry light...
ABC Audio Aug 24, 2020
Scott Peterson's death sentence overturned in murder of pregnant wife
ABC NewsBy MIKE GUDGELL, JIM VOJTECK and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (SAN FRANCISCO) -- The California Supreme Court overturned the death penalty sentence for Scott Peterson, who was found guilty of mur...
ABC Audio Aug 24, 2020
Suspects in deadly 3-state shooting rampage arrested in South Dakota
iStock/carlballouBY: BILL HUTCHINSON(SIOUX FALLS, S.D.) -- A nationwide manhunt for a man and a woman suspected in a string of shootings in Ohio, West Virginia and Indiana that left two people dead an...
ABC Audio Aug 24, 2020
Missing Ft. Hood soldier believed to have 'left of his own accord'
Killeen Police DepartmentBy MATT SEYLER, ABC News(KILLEEN, Texas) -- As the search for missing Fort Hood soldier Sgt. Elder Fernandes continues, his unit at a Texas base says he seems to have left by ...
ABC Audio Aug 24, 2020
Authorities issue citywide curfew after police shoot Black man in Wisconsin
kali9/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(KENOSHA, Wis.) -- Authorities issued a curfew in Kenosha, Wisconsin, as angry crowds gathered in protest after a Black man was shot and seriously wounded by poli...
ABC Audio Aug 24, 2020
Marco weakens as hurricane warning dropped, Laura could become powerful hurricane as it moves into the Gulf
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Marco has weakened even more as of 5 a.m. Monday morning and winds are now down to 60 mph.Marco is expected to continue weakening and Hurricane Warnings h...
ABC Audio Aug 24, 2020
Sixteen-year-old girl falls to her death at New York's Zoar Valley
vmargineanu/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(OTTO, N.Y.) -- A 16-year-old girl died over the weekend after falling off a steep ledge in New York state's Zoar Valley, authorities said.Deputies from the...
ABC Audio Aug 24, 2020
Coronavirus updates: First long-lasting disinfectant approved by EPA
Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The global coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 806,000 people worldwide, nearly a quarter of those in the U.S.More 23.2 million p...
ABC Audio Aug 24, 2020
Coronavirus updates: Florida COVID-19 cases on verge of grim milestone
ANPerryman/iStockBY: JON HAWORTH, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) -- The global coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 803,000 people worldwide, nearly a quarter of those in the U.S.More 23.1 million peopl...
ABC Audio Aug 23, 2020
Marco and Laura both forecast to hit the US as hurricanes
ABC NewsBY: DANIEL MANZO, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) -- Tropical Storm Marco has now strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane as warnings have been issued for parts of the Gulf Coast.Marco is currently 325 m...
ABC Audio Aug 23, 2020