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Number of mass shootings in May was a record, research group says
Kameleon007/iStockBy JACK DATE, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- There were 59 mass shootings in May, the highest monthly total ever tallied since the Gun Violence Archive (GVA), a nonprofit research group, bega...
ABC Audio Jun 03, 2020
Twenty-five black students surprised with acceptance into elite Harvard program
marvinh/iStockBy CHRIS LUMSDEN, ABC News(ATLANTA) -- Twenty-five students received the surprise of a lifetime on their front doorsteps when they learned they had been accepted into a prestigious progr...
ABC Audio Jun 03, 2020
Feds warn 'violent opportunists' infiltrating George Floyd protests, could be 'emboldened' to attack police
amphotora/iStockBy MIKE LEVINE and JOSH MARGOLIN, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Federal authorities are increasingly worried that “violent opportunists” are infiltrating otherwise peaceful prote...
ABC Audio Jun 03, 2020
Severe weather in Northeast and Midwest, Tropical Storm Cristobal in Gulf of Mexico
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Severe weather has moved through a wide swath of land overnight all the way from Colorado to New York. There were nine reported tornadoes Tuesday from Col...
ABC Audio Jun 03, 2020
George Floyd's daughter speaks out about her dad for first time
ABC NewsBy STEPHANIE WASH, SABINA GHEBREMEDHIN and EVA PILGRIM, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- George Floyd was at his daughter Gianna Floyd's side from the moment she let her first cry out into the world.Jus...
ABC Audio Jun 03, 2020
NYPD detectives actively hunting looters, vandals during protests
tillsonburg/iStockBy JOSH MARGOLIN and AARON KATERSKY, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The New York Police Department's Intelligence Bureau is collecting license plate numbers from vehicles that carried vandals...
ABC Audio Jun 03, 2020
David McAtee 'appears' to have fired his gun first prior to death: Police
kali9/iStockBy ANTHONY RIVAS, ABC News(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) -- Authorities in Louisville, Kentucky, released additional video footage Tuesday showing what they claim is David McAtee, who was shot dead by ...
ABC Audio Jun 03, 2020
Floyd died of cardiopulmonary arrest, tested positive for COVID-19, autopsy shows
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesBy JON HAWORTH, ELLA TORRES and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The death of George Floyd, a black man who died on Memorial Day after he was pinned dow...
ABC Audio Jun 03, 2020
Over 100,000 new coronavirus cases for five days straight, WHO says
Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 383,000 people worldwide.Over 6.39 million people across t...
ABC Audio Jun 03, 2020
LGBTQ community calls for justice after black trans man shot, killed by police
iluhanos/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) -- LGBTQ advocates are calling for a full investigation and accountability into the shooting death of a black trans man by a police offic...
ABC Audio Jun 03, 2020