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Police officer involved in Breonna Taylor's death fired three months later
Breonna Taylor FamilyBy ROSA SANCHEZ, ABC News(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) -- One of the three police officers involved in the death of Breonna Taylor has been terminated from the force.Brett Hankison was fired ...
ABC Audio Jun 24, 2020
Former NYC detective recommends 'throwing out the book' on police training
amphotora/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A retired top New York City detective is recommending "throwing out the book" on training for would-be police officers across the country and ...
ABC Audio Jun 24, 2020
Dad pleads guilty in hot car deaths of 1-year-old twins: DA
ABC NewsBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A father has pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree reckless endangerment in the hot car deaths of his one-year-old twins, New York prosecutors s...
ABC Audio Jun 24, 2020
Texas Children's Hospital now taking adult patients as coronavirus cases rise
Myriam Borzee/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(HOUSTON) -- The rise in new COVID-19 cases in Texas is gotten so taxing that a children's hospital in Houston is now admitting adult patients.The Texas Ch...
ABC Audio Jun 23, 2020
LAX to conduct temperature screenings on travelers in effort to combat COVID-19
Starflamedia/iStockBy GIO BENITEZ, AMANDA MAILE and MINA KAJI, ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- A new screening procedure will monitor temperatures of passengers traveling to and from Los Angeles Internationa...
ABC Audio Jun 23, 2020
NYC cracks down on selling of illegal fireworks as complaints skyrocket
photovs/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As complaints of illegal fireworks skyrocket in New York City, the mayor says he's establishing a task force to crack down on s...
ABC Audio Jun 23, 2020
Utah governor has 'no plans' to shut down state, despite rising COVID-19 cases
fermate/iStockBy ELLA TORRES, ABC News(SALT LAKE CITY) -- Utah's governor said he has "no plans" to shut down the economy, directly pushing back at a public health official who warned that as COVID-19...
ABC Audio Jun 23, 2020
ABC News Exclusive: Harvard Law student sues university over tuition prices as classes remain online
Pgiam/iStockBy LAUREN LANTRY, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A Harvard Law student has filed a lawsuit against the university because tuition prices and fees have remained the same despite classes moving to re...
ABC Audio Jun 23, 2020
Seattle will work to deescalate, dismantle 'CHOP' autonomous zone, mayor says
Toby Scott/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(SEATTLE) -- Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced Monday that officials will work with community leaders and Black-led orga...
ABC Audio Jun 23, 2020
Storms, flash flooding from New Mexico to New York; wildfires continue West
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Damaging storms moved through a large part of the country Monday from New Mexico to New York. Damaging winds near 60 mph were reported near Richmond, Virg...
ABC Audio Jun 23, 2020