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Search for victims of 1921 'race massacre' begins in Tulsa
KTULBY: JENNY WAGNON COURTS(TULSA, Oklahoma) -- The city of Tulsa is breaking ground on a mission to find the truth. It's a mission many agree is 99 years too late, but officials are beginning a journ...
ABC Audio Jul 13, 2020
Ghislaine Maxwell wrapped cellphone in foil to 'evade detection,' prosecutors allege
iStockBy: AARON KATERSKY, JAMES HILL and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Ghislaine Maxwell tried to "flee" FBI agents during her arrest earlier this month at her New Hampshire estate, where inv...
ABC Audio Jul 13, 2020
New York legislators introduce bill to require liability insurance for police
iStock/ChiccoDodiFCBy: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Doctors are required to have insurance if they want to practice medicine. Some states require attorneys have malpractice insurance if they w...
ABC Audio Jul 13, 2020
Judge halts first federal execution in nearly two decades
DNY59/iStock BY: LUKE BARR AND ALEXANDER MALLIN, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department on Tuesday morning put to death convicted killer Daniel Lewis Lee in the first execution of a federal i...
ABC Audio Jul 13, 2020
1-year-old boy killed in Brooklyn as gun violence continues in cities
Ben185/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A 1-year-old boy was shot and killed and three adults were wounded at a cookout in Brooklyn Sunday night, capping a day of shootings in the city, ac...
ABC Audio Jul 13, 2020
1,000-degree blaze continues to rage aboard Navy ship in San Diego
MattGush/iStockBy LUIS MARTINEZ and MATT SEYLER, ABC News (SAN DIEGO) -- More than 400 sailors are working to put out the massive fire that continues to rage aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard in San Die...
ABC Audio Jul 13, 2020
Record heat and severe storms expected across the country
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Twelve states Monday morning were under heat warnings and advisories from California to Florida.Dozens of records fell across the Southwest, including Tex...
ABC Audio Jul 13, 2020
Coronavirus updates: Florida has 47 hospitals with no ICU beds
Myriam Borzee/iStockBy JON HAWORTH and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 570,000 people worldwide.Over 12.9 million people across the globe h...
ABC Audio Jul 13, 2020
Investigation launched after video appears to show officer leaning on man's neck
vmargineanu/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(ALLENTOWN, Pa.) -- Authorities are investigating after a video appears to have captured a police officer kneeling on a man's neck while attempting to res...
ABC Audio Jul 13, 2020
Severe storms in Central US, record heat in Southwest continues
ABC News By: DANIEL MANZO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Powerful thunderstorms across the Central U.S. and gusty storms in the Northeast have caused at least 327 reports of severe weather in the last 24 hou...
ABC Audio Jul 12, 2020