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Assault on biracial woman in Wisconsin being investigated as hate crime
katifcam/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News(MADISON, Wis.) -- An assault on an 18-year-old biracial woman in Wisconsin is being investigated as a hate crime after she was set on fire in her car, accor...
ABC Audio Jun 26, 2020
Three die after being washed into ocean in Southern California
TeamDAF/iStockBy MARK OSBORNE, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Three people were killed on Thursday when they were washed into the Pacific Ocean in Ventura County, California.The apparent accident happened at j...
ABC Audio Jun 26, 2020
Officials see pushback as more states, counties require people to wear masks in public
LeManna/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- After Gov. Roy Cooper issued a mandatory mask requirement across North Carolina on Wednesday amid rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in ...
ABC Audio Jun 26, 2020
A family party, reopened bars: Where COVID-19 clusters have broken out around the US
Kameleon007/iStockBy CHRISTINA CARREGA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As hospitals in some areas struggle and ICU beds run short, recent events like bar crawls and family gatherings may have contributed to th...
ABC Audio Jun 26, 2020
Coronavirus updates: Pence, asked on soundness of Trump rallies, cites Constitution
narvikk/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, EMILY SHAPIRO and LIBBY CATHEY, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 490,000 people worldwide.Over 9.6 million people ac...
ABC Audio Jun 26, 2020
NYPD officer arrested on strangulation charges after caught-on-camera incident
kuzma/iStockBy CHRISTINA CARREGA and AARON KATERSKY(NEW YORK) -- A New York City police officer with a history of excessive force accusations turned himself in on Thursday, four days after he allegedl...
ABC Audio Jun 25, 2020
Saharan dust plume heads to US skies this weekend
ABC NewsBy GINGER ZEE and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC NEWS(NEW YORK) -- The skies over the East Coast and South are going to be a bit dusty this weekend.A massive dust plume from the Sahara desert is already ma...
ABC Audio Jun 25, 2020
Severe weather threats in forecast for Midwest, Northeast
ABC NewsBy DANIEL MANZO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Summer storms on Wednesday brought at least four reported tornadoes in parts of the South, including an EF-1 tornado with winds up to 110 mph in Baton Ro...
ABC Audio Jun 25, 2020
At least 25 state fairs have been canceled or postponed due to COVID-19
ABC News Photo IllustrationBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Normally this time of year, Stacey Pittroff-Barona would be in the middle of fair season. Her dad would be back from Australia, hav...
ABC Audio Jun 25, 2020
Judge blocks removal of Honduran teen being deported under CDC coronavirus rule
Kuzma/iStockBy QUINN OWEN, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily barred the Trump administration from deporting a 16-year-old Honduran boy pending a decision on a controvers...
ABC Audio Jun 25, 2020