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LAPD chief apologizes after equating looters to George Floyd's death
steinphoto/iStockBy STACY CHEN, ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore has apologized for "misspeaking" after making controversial remarks about the death of George Floyd at a ...
ABC Audio Jun 03, 2020
Small-town police chief killed during violence at George Floyd protests
amphotora/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (ST. LOUIS) --  A retired St. Louis police captain who became a small-town police chief was found fatally shot early Tuesday outside a pawn shop that ...
ABC Audio Jun 03, 2020
Mother of George Floyd's young daughter speaks out as friends march through Houston
Sergio Flores/Getty ImagesBy KELLY MCCARTHY, ABC NEWS(HOUSTON) -- As family and friends of George Floyd flooded the streets of his hometown in Houston, Texas on Tuesday to spread a message of hope, th...
ABC Audio Jun 02, 2020
Nationwide protests return focus to why George Floyd was initially detained
iStock/ChiccoDodiFC(WASHINGTON) -- BY: IVAN PEREIRAAs protests continue around the country in the wake of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis in late May, there's been further examination of why he wa...
ABC Audio Jun 02, 2020
'They're thinking I was trying to vandalize my own store': Black business owner recounts looting, police response
Courtesy Kris Shelby (WASHINGTON) -- BY: CATHERINE THORBECKEA black business owner in Atlanta who was preparing to reopen his shop after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered it for months said he lost e...
ABC Audio Jun 02, 2020
Six Atlanta police officers charged in forceful arrests of college students in car
vmargineanu/iStockBy CHRISTINA CARREGA, ABC News(ATLANTA) -- Six Atlanta police officers have been charged after forcefully pulling two college students out of a car, smashing its windows and using a ...
ABC Audio Jun 02, 2020
Funeral and memorial services for George Floyd schedule announced
cmannphoto/iStockBy CHRISTINA CARREGA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Family, friends and supporters of George Floyd will honor his memory in three cities starting on Thursday.Floyd died on May 25 after being ...
ABC Audio Jun 02, 2020
Fifty Spelman grads learn their student debt has been paid
ABC NewsBy HALEY YAMADA, ABC News(ATLANTA) -- One couple has donated more than $1 million to Spelman College, a historically black institution for women in Atlanta, in order to pay the remaining tuiti...
ABC Audio Jun 02, 2020
COVID-19 has made food insecurity worse in Puerto Rico
Michelle Valentin is shown in this photo, helping distribute food in Puerto Rico. - (Courtesy Michelle Valentin)By CHRISTINA CORUJO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- With the COVID-19 pandemic, the phone at the ...
ABC Audio Jun 02, 2020
'It’s a tough place to be in right now': US police face scrutiny and violence amid angry protests
amphotora/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- While police officers across the country have come under scrutiny for a series of ugly encounters with protesters demanding justice in the wak...
ABC Audio Jun 02, 2020