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States urging residents to be on the lookout for destructive invasive species
Cwieders/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Officials across multiple states are urging people to be on the lookout for an invasive species that can have a devastating impact on agricultu...
ABC Audio Aug 17, 2020
Lawsuit filed against FAA in stunt plane crash that killed TV news anchor
domnicky/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(NEW ORLEANS) -- The family of a New Orleans TV newscaster who was killed in a stunt plane crash a year ago has filed a $23 million lawsuit against the Feder...
ABC Audio Aug 17, 2020
New Zealand postpones general election due to COVID-19
zoranm/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, MATT ZARRELL and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) -- The novel coronavirus has now killed more than 773,000 people worldwide.More than 21.5 million people across the g...
ABC Audio Aug 16, 2020
Philadelphia police evade gunfire to rescue victims as bullets fly at large block party
Bastiaan Slabbers/iStockBY: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC NEWS (PHILADELPHIA) -- Philadelphia police officers evaded bullets while attempting to reach injured victims when multiple people wielding guns opened ...
ABC Audio Aug 16, 2020
Record breaking heat and fire danger in the West, mid-Atlantic flood risk in East
ABC NewsBY: BRITTANY BORER, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) -- Several daily high temperature records were broken from Washington State to Texas on Saturday like in Shreveport, Louisiana, which hit its first 100-...
ABC Audio Aug 16, 2020
Summer's ending. How are US schools' reopening plans still in crisis?
Halfpoint/iStockBY: MEREDITH DELISO, ABC NEWS(NEW YORK) -- In mid-July, seven weeks before the start of its school year, the Philadelphia school district announced it planned to reopen in a hybrid mod...
ABC Audio Aug 15, 2020
Coronavirus updates: University reports 29 cases of COVID in a single week
ReDunnLev/iStockBY: WILLIAM MANSELL AND SAMARA LYNN, ABC NEWS(NEW YORK) -- The novel coronavirus has now killed more than 762,000 people worldwide.More than 21.1 million people across the globe have b...
ABC Audio Aug 15, 2020
Fires still raging in California as record-breaking heat wave continues in West
ABC NewsBY: REED MCDONOUGH, ABC NEWS(NEW YORK) -- Wildfires in the West continue to rage as the region sees more record high temperatures.The extreme weather has proved to be particularly a problem in...
ABC Audio Aug 15, 2020
Lake Fire burns 11,000 acres with dangerous conditions ahead
The-Vagabond/iStockBy ELLA TORRES, ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- A wildfire that broke out in Los Angeles earlier this week has spread to 11,000 acres as of Friday, according to authorities.The Lake Fire, ...
ABC Audio Aug 14, 2020
9/11 Tribute in Light canceled due to COVID-19
Michael Ver Sprill/iStockBy ELLA TORRES, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The Tribute in Light, a 9/11 commemoration that takes place over Lower Manhattan, has been canceled this year due to the coronavirus pand...
ABC Audio Aug 14, 2020