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Father's loss to son in arm wrestling leads to shooting, 8-hour police standoff
kali9/iStockBy JON HAWORTH(FLORENCE, Ky.) -- A father is in jail after losing an arm wrestling contest to his young son which led to a shooting and an 8-hour standoff with the police.The incident occu...
ABC Audio Jul 07, 2020
Jimmy John's fires employees after viral video of bread dough noose
iStockBy: KELLY MCCARTHY, ABC News (ATLANTA) -- Popular sandwich chain Jimmy John's said that employees at one of its franchise restaurants in Georgia had been fired after a now-viral video showed the...
ABC Audio Jul 06, 2020
NYPD commissioner warns officers of challenges following new regulations, budget reduction
iStock/Marco Curaba(NEW YORK) -- BY: IVAN PEREIRA and JOSH MARGOLINThe New York Police Department commissioner warned officers of challenges they may face after the city and state enacted several refo...
ABC Audio Jul 06, 2020
Amy Cooper charged in Central Park false report against Black bird watcher
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- BY: IVAN PEREIRA and AARON KATERSKYThe Manhattan district attorney has charged Amy Cooper, the white woman who was filmed threatening to call the police on a Black bird watcher i...
ABC Audio Jul 06, 2020
Severe storms and flash flooding in the East, gusty winds set to fuel wildfires in the West
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Nearly 50 wildfires are burning in the U.S. Monday morning from Minnesota to California. Some of the worst fires Monday morning are the Soledad Fire north...
ABC Audio Jul 06, 2020
Children killed as gun violence mars holiday weekend in Chicago, Atlanta
carlballou/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON and BENJAMIN STEIN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A rash of shootings in Chicago and Atlanta marred the Fourth of July weekend and left the families of three children griev...
ABC Audio Jul 06, 2020
Atlanta mayor says she has tested positive for coronavirus
Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, JON HAWORTH, MEREDITH DELISO and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 535,000 people worldwide.Over ...
ABC Audio Jul 06, 2020
Remains of missing Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen identified, lawyer says
U.S. ArmyBy MEREDITH DELISO and ABBY CRUZ, ABC News(KILLEEN, Texas) -- The Army has identified the remains of missing Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen, her family's lawyer said in a statement Sunday ...
ABC Audio Jul 06, 2020
Girl, 13, dies after violent carjacking of family van with four kids inside
ABC News/KABC-TVBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- A 13-year-old girl has died after a violent carjacking took place while she and her three siblings waited in her family’s car as their pa...
ABC Audio Jul 06, 2020
Tree in Maryland falls on garage during thunderstorm, trapping 19
pkazmercyk/iStockBy ROSA SANCHEZ, ABC News (PASADENA, Md.) -- Nineteen people were rushed to hospitals in Maryland after a tree fell on a garage during a thunderstorm, trapping them.Seventeen adults a...
ABC Audio Jul 06, 2020