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Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers want court order to muzzle prosecutors, lawyers for accusers
Laura Cavanaugh/Getty ImagesBy JAMES HILL, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell, the former British socialite accused of participating in a sex-trafficking conspiracy with the late Jeff...
ABC Audio Jul 22, 2020
Fifteen people shot outside Chicago funeral: Police
WLS-TVBy WILLIAM MANSELL and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(CHICAGO) -- At least 15 people were shot outside a Chicago funeral home in a drive-by shootout during a ceremony for a man who was killed in an earl...
ABC Audio Jul 22, 2020
South sees record coronavirus daily death toll for second straight day
narvikk/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, EMILY SHAPIRO and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 621,000 people worldwide.Over 15.1 million people across ...
ABC Audio Jul 22, 2020
Suspect in shooting called federal judge Esther Salas a 'lazy and incompetent Latina'
kali9/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As a federal judge, Esther Salas has presided over thousands of cases. Several of them have been high-profile, including the convictions of The Re...
ABC Audio Jul 22, 2020
Man kicks down door, shoots ex-girlfriend dead as she lay with daughter
ABC News/KTRK-TVBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (HOUSTON) -- A man has surrendered to police after allegedly kicking down the door to his ex-girlfriend’s house in the early hours of the morning and sho...
ABC Audio Jul 22, 2020
Judge lifts gag order on former Minneapolis officers charged in George Floyd's death
kali9/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC NEWSA judge has lifted the gag order in the high-profile cases of the four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd.The hearing on Tu...
ABC Audio Jul 21, 2020
TSA officers discover 'artfully concealed' assault rifle inside suitcase at airport
TSABY: AMANDA MAILE and SAM SWEENEY(NEWARK) -- A New Jersey woman was arrested after officials found an assault rifle that the Transportation Security Administration described as "artfully concealed" ...
ABC Audio Jul 21, 2020
Minnesota leaders ban chokeholds, 'warrior training' in comprehensive police reform bill
ABC News/KTSPBY: IVAN PEREIRA(MINNEAPOLIS) -- Nearly two months after George Floyd died at the hand of Minneapolis police officers, Minnesota state leaders approved a comprehensive police reform bill ...
ABC Audio Jul 21, 2020
Michael Cohen was sent back to prison over tell-all book on Trump, suit claims
JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty ImagesBy AARON KATERSKY and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Michael Cohen alleges he was sent back to federal prison and put in solitary confinement as retaliation ov...
ABC Audio Jul 21, 2020
City council passes resolution calling for independent investigation into Elijah McClain death
Michael Ciaglo/Getty ImagesBy ELLA TORRES, ABC News(AURORA, Colo.) -- City council members in Aurora, Colorado, unanimously passed a resolution Monday evening allowing for an "independent, unbiased" i...
ABC Audio Jul 21, 2020