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Florida State University faces backlash for memo saying it will 'no longer allow employees' to care for kids while working remotely
iStock/RAUL RODRIGUEZ(NEW YORK) -- BY: KATIE KINDELANConfusion over a Florida university's memo to employees about caring for children while working remotely has put a spotlight on the pain working pa...
ABC Audio Jul 08, 2020
Puerto Rico residents go without water every 24 hours in drought during pandemic
iStock/Javier_Art_Photography(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) -- BY: MARIYA MOSELEY and CRISTINA CORUJO, ABC NewsAmid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Puerto Rico is not only enduring a health crisis but also...
ABC Audio Jul 08, 2020
How Black Lives Matter became a multicultural awakening
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- BY: GENTRIX SHANGA, ABC NewsIn 2013, the Black Lives Matter movement took form first as a hashtag and then as protests across the country in response to Trayvon Martin's death. N...
ABC Audio Jul 08, 2020
Emotional rescue: Firefighters reunite daughter and mom at nursing home window
Courtesy Jessica Carmine(NEW YORK) -- BY: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC NewsThere was no blaze to put out nor an injured victim to treat, but Maryland firefighters responded to a forlorn woman's call to help h...
ABC Audio Jul 08, 2020
Scrabble to ban slurs, other offensive words from official tournaments
iStock/Rena-Marie(NEW YORK) -- BY: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC NewsWords of hate and bias won't appear on any Scrabble board in official tournaments going forward.Hasbro, which owns the rights to the board game...
ABC Audio Jul 08, 2020
Virginia completes testing of more than 2,600 rape kits to eliminate backlog
iStock/TNTbomb_dot_com(RICHMOND, Virginia) -- BY: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC NewsThe state of Virginia has eliminated its backlog of rape kits, some of which went untested for decades, according to its attorne...
ABC Audio Jul 08, 2020
Texas set to resume executions after COVID-19 delay
FooTToo/iStockBy ELLA TORRES, ABC News(AUSTIN, Texas) -- Texas is set to move forward with the execution of an inmate Wednesday, its first since a five-month delay due to the coronavirus pandemic.Bill...
ABC Audio Jul 08, 2020
South Carolina emerging as coronavirus hot spot, as hospitalizations rise and virus spreads
solarseven/iStockBy OLIVIA RUBIN and LUCIEN BRUGGEMAN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As the coronavirus pandemic continues to pummel states across the country, South Carolina is dealing with a brewing crisis ...
ABC Audio Jul 08, 2020
California couple charged with hate crime for allegedly vandalizing Black Lives Matter mural
SteveChristensen/iStockBy ELLA TORRES, ABC News(CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, Calif.) -- A white California couple has been charged with a hate crime after they were seen on video defacing a Black Lives Matter...
ABC Audio Jul 08, 2020
States moving to reinforce reproductive rights amid the pandemic, new report finds
Andrei Vasilev/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- During the first half of the year, 44 states and the District of Columbia introduced nearly 550 bills that protect reproductive health ac...
ABC Audio Jul 08, 2020