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Buffalo protester who was injured by police released from hospital
Courtesy Bill JacobsonBy MARK OSBORNE, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The 75-year-old protester who was pushed to the ground by police officers in Buffalo, New York, has been released from the hospital almost ...
ABC Audio Jul 01, 2020
Robert E. Lee’s descendant says taking down Confederate symbols a ‘no-brainer’
ABC NewsBy ALLIE YANG, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Rev. Robert Lee IV is the great-great-great-nephew of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, and he says that taking down Confederate symbols in public spaces ...
ABC Audio Jul 01, 2020
Party guests exposed to COVID-19 not cooperating, officials say
narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, EMILY SHAPIRO and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 515,000 people worldwide.Over 10.6 million people ...
ABC Audio Jul 01, 2020
Unidentified remains found in search for missing soldier Vanessa Guillen
U.S. ArmyBy CHRISTINA CARREGA, ABC News (FORT HOOD, Texas) -- Investigators searching for missing Fort Hood, Texas, soldier Vanessa Guillen have unearthed unidentified human remains near the Leon Rive...
ABC Audio Jul 01, 2020
New Orleans housing leader warns of ‘eviction’ avalanche as end of COVID-19 aid looms
ABC NewsBy JON SCHLOSBERG and KAYNA WHITWORTH, ABC News(NEW ORLEANS) -- As the coronavirus pandemic enters its fifth month, an increasing number of renters from across the country are facing a grim re...
ABC Audio Jul 01, 2020
Hampton Inn employee fired for calling cops on Black guests at hotel pool
Missy Williams-Wright/FacebookBy IVAN PEREIRA and SASHA PEZENIK, ABC News(WILLIAMSTON, N.C.) -- A Hampton Inn employee has been fired after she called the police on a Black family staying at the hotel...
ABC Audio Jul 01, 2020
What happened to Elijah McClain? Protests help bring new attention to his death
Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty ImagesBy KNEZ WALKER, CANDACE SMITH, IGNACIO TORRES, DEBORAH KIM, ALLIE YANG, and ANTHONY RIVAS, ABC NEWS(AURORA, Colo.) -- Sheneen McClain’s...
ABC Audio Jun 30, 2020
Facebook removes 220 'boogaloo'-related accounts from its platform
wachiwit/iStockBY LUKE BARR and CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC NEWS(NEW YORK) -- Facebook announced the removal of 220 accounts, 28 pages and 106 groups that are associated with the little-known but emergin...
ABC Audio Jun 30, 2020
Colorado officers under investigation after troubling photos surface of them near Elijah McClain memorial
amphotora/iStockBy CLAYTON SANDELL and BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(AURORA, Colo.) -- Photos have surfaced of Colorado police striking troubling poses near where an unarmed Black man was placed in a chok...
ABC Audio Jun 30, 2020
Louisville Metro Council to investigate mayor's handling of Breonna Taylor, David McAtee cases
Stephen Maturen/Getty ImagesBy CHRISTINA CARREGA and SABINA GHEBREMEDHIN(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) -- Members of the Louisville, Kentucky, Metro Council -- on both sides of the aisle -- are criticizing investi...
ABC Audio Jun 30, 2020