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NYC cuts $1B from police budget amid calls for reform
JayLazarin / iStockBy Ivan Pereira, ABC NewsNew York City reduced a billion dollars from the NYPD in its city budget for the next year.Police reform advocates, cop supporters and President Trump expre...
ABC Audio Jul 01, 2020
7-year-old raises thousands to get multicultural crayons and books into classrooms
Madison Wilson of Solvang, California, got the idea to donate multicultural crayons and books to schools after noticing the lack of diversity in movies and literature. Vashti WilsonBy Nicole Pelletier...
ABC Audio Jul 01, 2020
Veteran Oklahoma police officer killed, rookie in critical condition, after suspect shoots both in the head
carlballou/iStockBy CHRISTINA CARREGA, ABC News(TULSA, Okla.) -- A veteran Tulsa, Oklahoma, police officer died Tuesday after a traffic stop went wrong.Six weeks after Officer Aurash Zarkeshan complet...
ABC Audio Jul 01, 2020
DHS launches rapid deployment teams to federal monuments over the July 4th weekend
SeanPavonePhoto/iStockBy LUKE BARR, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- As President Donald Trump ramps up his hard-line rhetoric against protesters, The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday it is launc...
ABC Audio Jul 01, 2020
America's national parks face existential crisis over race
Acting National Park Service Director David Vela. - (ABC News)By STEPHANIE EBBS and DEVIN DWYER, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As millions of Americans escape home quarantine to the great outdoors this summer...
ABC Audio Jul 01, 2020
Seattle police clear CHOP zone, make arrests after mayor's executive order
David Ryder/Getty ImagesBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(SEATTLE) -- Following "ongoing violence and public safety issues," Seattle's mayor has issued an executive order to clear the Capitol Hill Organized ...
ABC Audio Jul 01, 2020
Heat wave expands across US, flash flooding and wildfire danger continues
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Hot weather continues to spread throughout the lower 48 states from Arizona to New York Wednesday morning.Seven states from Kansas down to Louisiana are u...
ABC Audio Jul 01, 2020
Despite widow's tearful plea, judge grants bond to ex-cop who killed her husband
Fulton County Sheriff's OfficeBy STEPHANIE WASH and BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(ATLANTA) -- A white former Atlanta police officer charged with felony murder in the death of Rayshard Brooks, a Black man ...
ABC Audio Jul 01, 2020
Two teens charged with murder in alleyway beating death of homeless man
Kuzma/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News(CAMDEN, N.J.) -- Two teenagers have been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the beating death of a 63-year-old homeless man.Police discovered 63-year...
ABC Audio Jul 01, 2020
Suspected carjacker leads police on chase before driving off cliff into ocean
Santa Cruz Police DepartmentBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News(SANTA CRUZ, Calif.) -- A man has been arrested -- and is lucky to be alive -- after leading police on a chase at speeds of more than 100 mph that e...
ABC Audio Jul 01, 2020