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Retired NYPD chief sues department over alleged 'glass ceiling' for female officers
tillsonburg/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A "glass ceiling" keeps women from climbing to the highest ranks of the nation's largest police force, a retired New York Po...
ABC Audio Aug 11, 2020
Government partners with Moderna to make 100M vaccine doses
Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, EMILY SHAPIRO and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 738,000 people worldwide.Over 20 million pe...
ABC Audio Aug 11, 2020
Downtown Chicago under lockdown in wake of looting, violent unrest
Kathryn Kirsch/iStockBy KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(CHICAGO) -- At least 100 people were arrested in Chicago overnight as looting and violence overtook the streets, injuring multiple police officers, author...
ABC Audio Aug 10, 2020
Southern California church holds indoor services in defiance of restraining order
KABC-TVBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A Southern California church that was sued and issued a restraining order over hosting indoor services defied state and local mandates when it opened i...
ABC Audio Aug 10, 2020
Heat Advisory from the Plains to the Northeast, fire and heat in West
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Another heat wave is developing across the eastern United States Monday all the way from Texas to Massachusetts.There are 12 states from Oklahoma to Massa...
ABC Audio Aug 10, 2020
Helicopter crash kills wildlife researchers conducting aerial sheep survey
georgeclerk/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Three wildlife researchers were killed in a helicopter crash in West Texas while they were conducting an aerial survey, officials said.Wildlife...
ABC Audio Aug 10, 2020
Minneapolis activists launch efforts to preserve Black Lives Matter protest art
Courtesy Leesa KellyBy DEENA ZARU and ARIELLE MITROPOULOS, ABC News(MINNEAPOLIS) -- As protests over the police killing of George Floyd spread across all 50 states, Black Lives Matter art popped up on...
ABC Audio Aug 10, 2020
NASA drops 'insensitive' celestial nicknames in effort to address systemic discrimination
LaserLens/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced that they will stop using nicknames of celestial bodies that are culturally...
ABC Audio Aug 10, 2020
New COVID-19 cases, deaths both down from previous week: FEMA memo
Myriam Borzee/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, EMILY SHAPIRO and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 733,000 people worldwide.Over 20 million peo...
ABC Audio Aug 10, 2020
3 arrested in murder of off-duty officer who moonlighted as USPS truck driver
Jefferson County, MS Sheriff's Office via FacebookBY: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC NEWS(NEW YORK) -- Three men have been arrested in connection with the murder of a Mississippi Highway Patrol officer while he wa...
ABC Audio Aug 09, 2020