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Elijah McClain's family sues Aurora, officers over his death
DNY59/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(AURORA, Colo.) -- The family of Elijah McClain filed a lawsuit against the city of Aurora, Colorado, on Tuesday that accuses several officers and paramedics of vi...
ABC Audio Aug 12, 2020
First dog to test positive for COVID-19 in North Carolina dies
DenGuy/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News(RALEIGH, N.C.) -- The first dog to test positive for COVID-19 in North Carolina has died.The dog, who had been demonstrating signs of respiratory distress, was br...
ABC Audio Aug 12, 2020
Unmasked crowd takes over NYC bus for wild pop-up party captured on video
wdstock/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY and KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- New York City officials are trying to use social media to track down the culprits behind an illegal pop-up party on an MTA bus.So...
ABC Audio Aug 12, 2020
AMC announces timing for reopening theaters amid pandemic
narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, EMILY SHAPIRO and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The novel coronavirus has now killed more than 747,000 people worldwide.Over 20.5 million people across the glo...
ABC Audio Aug 12, 2020
Seattle police chief resigns in wake of 'personal' budget cuts to department
iStock/MUC1968BY: KARMA ALLEN(NEW YORK) -- Seattle’s police chief resigned late Monday in the wake of protests against police brutality and a recent Seattle City Council vote to defund her depar...
ABC Audio Aug 11, 2020
Downtown Chicago reopens for cleanup in wake of widespread looting
iStock/MelpomenemBY: KARMA ALLEN(WASHINGTON) -- Downtown Chicago's expressways and bridges reopened on Tuesday as business owners and emergency workers rushed to recover in the wake of widespread loot...
ABC Audio Aug 11, 2020
Teachers concerned over COVID-19 safety as schools reopen, new cases are reported
Halfpoint/iStockBy ANTHONY RIVAS, TENZIN SHAKYA and. ASHLEY RIEGLE, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Nancy Shively, a lifelong educator in Oklahoma, says she’s always loved teaching. But with the coronavir...
ABC Audio Aug 11, 2020
More than a million without power in Midwest from severe storms, heat wave continues Northeast
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A derecho moved through the Midwest Monday from Nebraska to Ohio producing more than 500 damaging severe storm reports and leaving more than one million p...
ABC Audio Aug 11, 2020
ASU staff, students protest return to school
Wolterk/iStockBy CAMMERON PARRISH, ABC News(TEMPE, Ariz.) -- Even as students have begun moving into housing at one of the biggest colleges in the United States, debate rages over if they should even ...
ABC Audio Aug 11, 2020
Jeffrey Epstein's suicide still looms over the BOP one year later
Florida Dept. of Law EnforcementBy LUKE BARR, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- One year after Jeffrey Epstein's suicide inside New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center there have been no answers from the fed...
ABC Audio Aug 11, 2020