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'Golden State Killer' addresses the court: 'I'm truly sorry'
DNY59/iStock By EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- Joseph DeAngelo, the man now known as the "Golden State Killer," addressed the court on Friday as he was sentenced to life in prison wit...
ABC Audio Aug 20, 2020
State Dept. fighting to deny US citizenship to gay couple's child
Kiyoshi Tanno/iStockBy CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The State Department is appealing a federal judge's decision that it must recognize the U.S. citizenship of a young girl born via surroga...
ABC Audio Aug 20, 2020
Steve Bannon indicted as part of crowdfunding campaign to build border wall
Kuzma/iStockBy ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- Steve Bannon has been federally indicted for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering in connection to a crowdfunding campaign to build a border wal...
ABC Audio Aug 20, 2020
Michigan reaches $600 million settlement for victims of Flint water crisis
domnicky/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY, SASHA PEZENIK and ELLA TORRES, ABC News(DETROIT) -- The state of Michigan has agreed to pay victims of the Flint water crisis $600 million as compensation, both sourc...
ABC Audio Aug 20, 2020
California fires update: Thousands of structures threatened as many remain evacuated
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Dozens of fires continue to burn in California Thursday as thousands of structures are threatened and many people remain under evacuation orders. The LNU ...
ABC Audio Aug 20, 2020
Georgia governor pushes back against reports of high COVID-19 infection rates in state
CGinspiration/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(ATLANTA) -- Georgia has one of the highest COVID-19 infection rates in the United States, according to recent reports on per capita cases -- a data poi...
ABC Audio Aug 20, 2020
Video shows man attacking three transgender women in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Police Dept.By KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- Police are looking to the public to help identify a man who was captured on video during an apparent assault of three transgender women...
ABC Audio Aug 20, 2020
Florida sheriff's office releases body camera footage of fatal police shooting
Orange County Sheriff's OfficeBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A sheriff's office released body camera footage Tuesday night from an arrest outside a Florida mall on Aug. 7, when deputies shot a...
ABC Audio Aug 20, 2020
Audio of investigators' interview with officer regarding George Floyd's arrest released
amphotora/iStockBy HALEY YAMADA, ABC News(MINNEAPOLIS) -- Audio recordings of an investigator interview with one of the former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s death were r...
ABC Audio Aug 20, 2020
Three European countries see biggest jump in coronavirus cases since lockdown
Myriam Borzee/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ELLA TORRES and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 792,000 people worldwide.Over 22.5 million people acros...
ABC Audio Aug 20, 2020