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As Pride Month gets underway, the LGBQT+ community mobilizes against racism
Anna Sergeeva/iStockBy TONY MORRISON, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- In a largely unprecedented move during an extraordinary time in our nation’s history, more than 100 LGBQT+ organizations have united i...
ABC Audio Jun 01, 2020
Why some police officers stood with protesters outraged over George Floyd's death
Jamie Squire/Getty ImagesBy ALEXANDRA SVOKOS, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As images of police officers in riot gear clashing with protesters in response to the death of George Floyd proliferated from across...
ABC Audio Jun 01, 2020
New video appears to show moments before George Floyd was pinned to ground
Hennepin County Jail By MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Investigators are looking into a new video that appears to show the moments before George Floyd was pinned to the ground and died.On May ...
ABC Audio Jun 01, 2020
Atlantic hurricane season underway: Experts predict above-normal season
Zenobillis/iStockBy MAX GOLEMBO and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The Atlantic hurricane season is now underway, and there's a 60% chance of an above-normal season, according to forecasters wit...
ABC Audio Jun 01, 2020
'Just relax': George Floyd's brother condemns violent protesters
ABC NewsBy ROSA SANCHEZ and ALEX PEREZ, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The younger brother of George Floyd is pleading with protesters not to "tear up your town" as violent demonstrations have wracked numerous...
ABC Audio Jun 01, 2020
'We're sick of it': Protesters explain why violence has erupted across the US
Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Amidst the cries for justice, the violent clashes with police, the burning of squad cars and the looting businesses a...
ABC Audio Jun 01, 2020
Volunteers across the US clean up glass, graffiti in wake of weekend protests
Heiko Küverling/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Volunteers turned out in droves over the weekend to help clean up their hometowns following the (sometimes violent) protests sparke...
ABC Audio Jun 01, 2020
Police chiefs say training aids officers in protests
Mihajlo Maricic/iStockBy LUKE BARR, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As the protests over the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer rage on across the country, police departments are...
ABC Audio Jun 01, 2020
Protests in some cities turn more peaceful
Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesBy JON HAWORTH, EMILY SHAPIRO and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- The death of George Floyd, a black man who died on Memorial Day after he was pinned...
ABC Audio Jun 01, 2020
Coronavirus updates: Fauci says meetings with Trump have 'dramatically decreased'
Myriam Borzee/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 373,000 people worldwide.Over 6.1 million people across the globe have been dia...
ABC Audio Jun 01, 2020