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Latinos, many with essential jobs, disproportionately affected by COVID-19
ABC NewsBY: IGNACIO TORRES, JESSICA HOPPER, and ALLIE YANG(HOUSTON) -- For years, the highlight of Candido’s day has been returning home from work to his wife and children, Caleb and Emma. He ha...
ABC Audio Jul 23, 2020
Philly officer who pepper sprayed peaceful protesters charged with assault
Courtesy Emily RuttBY: ELLA TORRES(PHILADELPHIA) -- A Philadelphia police officer has been charged with three counts of simple assault after video purportedly showed him spraying peaceful, kneeling pr...
ABC Audio Jul 23, 2020
Derek Chauvin, ex-officer accused of killing George Floyd, charged with tax evasion
ABC NewsBY: CHRISTINA CARREGA(MINNEAPOLIS) -- The former Minneapolis police officer accused of killing George Floyd is also facing multiple felony charges of tax evasion.Derek Chauvin and his estrange...
ABC Audio Jul 23, 2020
Michael Cohen released back to home confinement
JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty ImagesBy AARON KATERSKY and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former attorney, will be released from a federal prison and return...
ABC Audio Jul 23, 2020
Civil rights trailblazer C.T. Vivian to be laid to rest
Frederick M. Brown/Getty ImagesBy ELLA TORRES, ABC News(ATLANTA) -- The funeral for civil rights pioneer Rev. C.T. Vivian, known for helping end segregation in the South and his close allyship with Re...
ABC Audio Jul 23, 2020
Three systems from Atlantic to Pacific to threaten US with tropical rain, wind
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- There are three systems from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean that could threaten the U.S. with tropical rain and wind. The most imminent storm is tropic...
ABC Audio Jul 23, 2020
Riot declared in Portland, mayor in crowd as feds disperse tear gas
Paula Bronstein/Washington PostBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News(PORTLAND, Ore.) -- The civil unrest and tensions in Portland, Oregon, boiled over again Thursday night as federal agents sprayed tear gas in...
ABC Audio Jul 23, 2020
Judge to rule on unsealing records in defamation case against Ghislaine Maxwell
Kuzma/iStockBy JAMES HILL, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As Ghislaine Maxwell sits in a federal detention center in Brooklyn, New York, facing allegations that she conspired with the late Jeffrey Epstein to s...
ABC Audio Jul 23, 2020
CDC makes new coronavirus death toll prediction for mid-August
Samara Heisz/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 631,000 people worldwide.Over 15.4 million people across the glob...
ABC Audio Jul 23, 2020
Teachers have a lot of questions about returning to school during the pandemic
smolaw11/iStockBy KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The start of the 2020-2021 school year is unlike any other.Amid the growing coronavirus pandemic, many students, parents and teachers across the...
ABC Audio Jul 23, 2020