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Son allegedly stabs father to death during Zoom video chat: Police
vmargineanu/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A virtual meeting Thursday turned deadly when a man allegedly stabbed his father to death while on a Zoom chat, according to the Suffolk Cou...
ABC Audio May 22, 2020
COVID-related arson believed cause of church fire in Mississippi
JSABBOTT/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Investigators are looking into a potential arson case at a Mississippi church where members sued local leaders after receiving a citation for diso...
ABC Audio May 22, 2020
Coronavirus updates: Hydroxychloroquine given to 1,300 US veterans with COVID-19
narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 333,000 people worldwide.Over 5.1 million people across the globe have been diagnosed...
ABC Audio May 22, 2020
Increased COVID-19 testing in Michigan shows fewer cases as Whitmer again vows vigilance
sonreir es gratis/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC NEWS(LANSING, Mich.) -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's cautious approach to reopening Michigan put her at odds with protestors clamoring for faster solutions, but...
ABC Audio May 21, 2020
Man who filmed shooting of Ahmaud Arbery charged with murder
ABC NewsBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC NEWS(GLYNN COUNTY, Ga.) -- The Georgia Bureau of Investigation on Thursday said it arrested William "Roddie" Bryan Jr., 50, on charges of felony murder and criminal att...
ABC Audio May 21, 2020
National parks prepare to enforce social distancing on crowded Memorial Day weekend
kellyvandellen/iStockBy STEPHANIE EBBS, ABC NEWS(NEW YORK) -- As the Memorial Day weekend approaches, the National Park Service has begun reopening some big-name national parks closed during the COVID...
ABC Audio May 21, 2020
Communities of color continue to be hit hardest in most populated cities
narvikk/iStockBy SOO RIN KIM AND MATTHEW VANN, ABC NEWS(NEW YORK) -- In New York City, African Americans and Latinos are two times more likely to be hospitalized and to die from COVID than white Ameri...
ABC Audio May 21, 2020
Ohio gyms reopen after winning legal battle against state closure orders
aceshot/iStockBy MERIDITH DELISO, ABC NEWS(COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- It only took a few hours for the first clients to arrive after Pinnacle Performance in Columbus, Ohio, reopened its doors Wednesday."We ha...
ABC Audio May 21, 2020
Health officials shut down New Jersey gym that defied COVID-19 stay-at-home order
Igor Vershinsky/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON and AARON KATERSKY, ABC News(BELLMAWR, N.J.) -- A New Jersey gym that became a rallying point of resistance against Gov. Phil Murphy's stay-at-home order was c...
ABC Audio May 21, 2020
Above-normal Atlantic hurricane season expected: NOAA
Zenobillis/iStockBy MAX GOLEMBO and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- There's a 60% chance of an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admini...
ABC Audio May 21, 2020