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Former Jeffrey Epstein companion Ghislaine Maxwell arrested
Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesBy Aaron Katersky, Ivan Pereira and Alexandra Svokos(NEW YORK) -- Ghislaine Maxwell, the former companion of Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested by the FBI in New Hampshire on Thur...
ABC Audio Jul 02, 2020
Summer heat building, July 4 weekend to be hot and hazy
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- In the last 48 hours, almost a foot of rain fell near Grand Forks, North Dakota, which flooded fields, overwhelmed drains and swamped farmsteads.Severe st...
ABC Audio Jul 02, 2020
Miami cop relieved of duty after video shows him appearing to punch woman in the face
ChiccoDodiFC/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News(MIAMI) -- At least one Miami-Dade County police officer has been relieved of duty after a video posted to Instagram appears to show two officers in a verbal...
ABC Audio Jul 02, 2020
Advocates demand action after coronavirus spurs 2,000 reports of anti-Asian bias
Asian Pacific Policy and Planning CouncilBy STACY CHEN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A new report says that Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States have been the target of more than 2,000 ...
ABC Audio Jul 02, 2020
Teachers worry about return to classroom amid surges in COVID-19 cases
smolaw11/iStockBy SOPHIE TATUM, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- August Plock, a high school social studies teacher in Pflugerville, Texas, said he is slated to be back in the classroom on Aug. 13. But as new CO...
ABC Audio Jul 02, 2020
Alabama students throwing 'COVID parties' to see who gets infected: Officials
City of Tuscaloosa - Government/FacebookBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(TUSCALOOSA, Ala.) -- Students in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 have been attending parties in the city...
ABC Audio Jul 02, 2020
Sixty-six University of Washington frat members test positive for COVID-19
Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, EMILY SHAPIRO and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 520,000 people worldwide.Over 10.8 million ...
ABC Audio Jul 02, 2020
People who stayed home before lockdown likely helped slow spread of COVID-19: Researchers
Kai und Kristin Fotografie/iStockBy ALEXIS CARRINGTON, ABC NEWS(NEW YORK) -- A new study has found that people who were proactive and stayed home even before lockdown orders were implemented in the Un...
ABC Audio Jul 01, 2020
Alabama students throwing 'COVID parties' to see who gets infected: Officials
Rawf8 / BlackJack3D / iStockBy Bill Hutchinson, ABC News(TUSCALOOSA, AL) -- Students in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 have been attending parties in the city and surroundi...
ABC Audio Jul 01, 2020
Suspect connected to missing Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen dies by suicide
US ArmyBy Christina Carrega and Luis Martinez, ABC News(FORT HOOD, Tx) -- When Mayra Guillen went to the military base in Fort Hood, Texas, after her sister went missing two months ago, she said she e...
ABC Audio Jul 01, 2020