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Child, 5, wandering alone after midnight leads police to mother's murder scene
ABC News/WABC-TVBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News(DUMONT, N.J.) -- A 5-year-old child who was found wandering alone outside of an apartment complex shortly after midnight Tuesday ended up leading authorities t...
ABC Audio Jun 17, 2020
'We have done nothing' since Charleston massacre, mourner says
wellesenterprises/iStockBy TERRANCE SMITH, ABC News (CHARLESTON, S.C.) -- On the evening of June 17, 2015, a 21-year-old Dylann Roof entered the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, atten...
ABC Audio Jun 17, 2020
Virginia governor proposes Juneteenth as official paid state holiday
staycool_de/iStockBy ANDREA TUCCILLO, ABC News (RICHMOND, Va.) -- Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday that he's proposing legislation to make Juneteenth a permanent paid state holiday.During...
ABC Audio Jun 17, 2020
Facebook takes down Proud Boys, American Guard accounts connected to protests
Wachiwit/iStockBy MATTHEW MOSK and MARK OSBORNE, ABC NEWS(NEW YORK) -- Facebook executed a takedown Tuesday of social media accounts connected to two organizations the company considers to be hate gro...
ABC Audio Jun 16, 2020
More than 1 out of 3 tested federal inmates were positive for coronavirus
iStock/FooTToo(WASHINGTON) -- BY: LUKE BARRMore than 35% of federal inmates who have tested for coronavirus were positive, according to data from The Bureau of Prisons.The agency says that of its 16,8...
ABC Audio Jun 16, 2020
George Floyd's brother offers message to protesters: 'It’s gonna be a marathon'
ABC News(HOUSTON) -- BY: JOANNE ROSAGeorge Floyd's brother, Philonise Floyd, said on "The View" Tuesday that he believes "everybody is getting closer to justice" for his brother "because everybody's f...
ABC Audio Jun 16, 2020
Suspect in sergeant's slaying now charged in killing of federal officer in Oakland: Officials
Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office(SANTA CRUZ, Calif.) -- BY: EMILY SHAPIRO and LUKE BARRSteven Carrillo, the man suspected of killing a Santa Cruz, California, sheriff's sergeant this month, has now ...
ABC Audio Jun 16, 2020
Timeline: Inside the investigation of Breonna Taylor's killing and its aftermath
Breonna Taylor Family(LOUISVILLE, Kentucky) -- BY: CHRISTINA CERREGA and SABINA GHEBREMEDHINIt has been more than three months since Breonna Shaquille Taylor was gunned down in a hail of bullets by Lo...
ABC Audio Jun 16, 2020
Investigators release disciplinary records of Rayshard Brooks arresting officers, 911 call
iStock/ChiccoDodiFC(ATLANTA) -- BY: IVAN PEREIRAThe Atlanta Police Department released new information regarding the two officers involved in the arrest that led to Rayshard Brooks' death last week, a...
ABC Audio Jun 16, 2020
'I am mama' movement is a call for mothers in the fight against systemic racism
(RICHMOND, Virginia) -- BY: GENEVIEVE SHAW BROWNKierra Henderson is the mom of four boys ages 7, 5, 3 and 2 months. The Richmond, Virginia, writer behind the Beloved Mama Facebook page penned a post a...
ABC Audio Jun 16, 2020