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Man who allegedly tried to fake his own death outed by typo, prosecutors say
Johnrob/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A New York man who allegedly faked his own death last year in an attempt to avoid sentencing on felony charges was ultimately thwarted by a typo...
ABC Audio Jul 23, 2020
District of Columbia residents band together to feed hungry during coronavirus
ABC NewsBy BECKY PERLOW, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The logistics of getting even one can of pinto beans into the hands of a hungry family is no small feat, but an army of volunteers in the nation's capi...
ABC Audio Jul 23, 2020
Scientists flock to mysterious 'blue hole' off Florida's Gulf Coast
borchee/iStockBy KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Scientists are flocking to Florida’s Gulf Coast for a glimpse of a mysterious 425-feet-deep "blue hole" on the ocean floor.The glowing mystery...
ABC Audio Jul 23, 2020
Legality of federal agents in Portland scrutinized as protests become more violent
ABCBy KRISTOFER RIOS, MARJORIE MCAFEE, NEIL GIARDINO, ZOE LAKE, JOHN KAPETANEAS, and ANTHONY RIVAS(PORTLAND) -- Garrison Davis, a 17-year-old videographer and citizen journalist in Portland, Oregon, h...
ABC Audio Jul 22, 2020
Raytheon employee sentenced for keeping classified documents at his home
JHVEPhotography/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY, ABC NEWS(WASHINGTON) -- A Raytheon engineer who "endangered national security" was sentenced Wednesday to 1 1/2 years in prison.Ahmed Serageldin had worked on ...
ABC Audio Jul 22, 2020
1 dead, 1 injured at mall shooting in St. Louis suburb
kali9/IStockBy ELLA TORRES, ABC NEWS(SAINT LOUIS, Mo.) -- One person is dead and another injured after a shooting Wednesday at a mall in suburban St. Louis, police said.The person who died was identif...
ABC Audio Jul 22, 2020
Kansas school board rejects governor's executive order delaying start of the school year
wellesenterprises/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC NEWS(TOPEKA, Kan.) -- As school districts across the country grapple with how and when to reopen safely during the coronavirus pandemic, the Kansas Stat...
ABC Audio Jul 22, 2020
Suspect in fatal hit-and-run at Black Lives Matter protest in Seattle pleads not guilty
kuzma/iStockBy BILL HUTCHISON, ABC NEWS(SEATTLE) -- The suspect in a hit-and-run on a closed Seattle freeway that left a Black Lives Matter protester dead and another seriously injured was arraigned o...
ABC Audio Jul 22, 2020
Parents taking kids' education into their own hands this fall
iStock/coscaronBY: GENEVIEVE SHAW BROWN(WASHINGTON) -- If there's one conversation dominating parent groups right now -- online, in person or in a rapid flurry of group texts -- it's this: What will t...
ABC Audio Jul 22, 2020
At least 13 nuns from same Michigan convent have died since coronavirus pandemic began
iStock/Anton_HerringtonBY: KARMA ALLEN(LIVONIA, Michigan) -- At least 13 nuns from a single convent in Livonia, Michigan, have died since the COVID-19 pandemic began nearly three months ago.A dozen nu...
ABC Audio Jul 22, 2020