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Seven dead in Alabama shooting
kali9/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News(NEW YORK) --  Seven people are dead in Alabama Friday following an overnight shooting, according to the Morgan County Sheriff's Office.Deputies responded ...
ABC Audio Jun 05, 2020
George Floyd’s friend, witness to his death speaks out: He did not resist arrest
Steel Brooks/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesBy SABINA GHEBREMEDHIN, FRANK ELARIDI and COURTNEY HAN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Maurice Lester Hall was a friend of George Floyd's for more than 20 years and ...
ABC Audio Jun 05, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic leads Navy to start 'safe haven' ports of call for its ships
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kaylianna Genier/ReleasedBy LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- As the USS Theodore Roosevelt left Guam on Thursday to resume a deployment in...
ABC Audio Jun 05, 2020
George Floyd's brother to David Muir: 'We're all standing together' for justice
ABC NewsBy ENJOLI FRANCIS, ESTHER CASTILLEJO and ERIC NOLL, ABC News(NEW YORK) --  Terrence Floyd, the brother of George Floyd, whose death after being restrained by police officers has sparked p...
ABC Audio Jun 05, 2020
What the latest research tells us about racial bias in policing
dlewis33/iStockBy ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As widespread protests in response to George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis officers continue, Americans are calling for reform. Demo...
ABC Audio Jun 05, 2020
Cops arrest cyclist for allegedly assaulting George Floyd activists who were posting flyers in park
Obtained by ABC NewsBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Police arrested a cyclist Friday who was allegedly caught on video assaulting and cursing at activists who were posting flyers in support of ...
ABC Audio Jun 05, 2020
DC protester seen injured in viral photos: 'We want the same rights as you'
ABC NewsBy BYRON PITTS, STEPHANIE FASANO and ANTHONY RIVAS, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Abimbola George, a protester who was injured near the White House last weekend, says he doesn't expect the demonstrato...
ABC Audio Jun 05, 2020
More than $4.5M raised to rebuild Minneapolis' historic Lake Street after protests
Lake Street CouncilBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(MINNEAPOLIS) -- Some $4.5 million has been raised to rebuild the historic and diverse Lake Street area of Minneapolis, after it suffered immense dam...
ABC Audio Jun 05, 2020
George Floyd protest updates: Nearly 60 police resign from team over suspension of officers who shoved protester
Steel Brooks/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesBy WILLIAM MANSELL and CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- The death of George Floyd, a black man who died on Memorial Day after he was pinned down ...
ABC Audio Jun 05, 2020
Woman accused of murdering stepson facing new charges for attempted escape
BlakeDavidTaylor/iStockBy ANTHONY RIVAS, ABC NEWS(EL PASO COUNTY, Co.) -- The stepmother of an 11-year-old Colorado boy who went missing before his body was found across the country two months later i...
ABC Audio Jun 04, 2020