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Flower shop notes offer glimpse into New Yorkers connecting during coronavirus pandemic
iStock/Linda RaymondBy: ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Michael Sclafani didn't previously pay much attention to customers' personal messages as he hand-wrote cards to accompany the flowers the...
ABC Audio May 17, 2020
Tropical Storm Arthur set to impact parts of North Carolina
ABC News By: DANIEL MANZO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Two different weather systems and their interaction with each other will bring hazardous weather to the eastern half of the nation over the next two d...
ABC Audio May 17, 2020
If Oxford's coronavirus vaccine works, officials say UK will get it first
iStock/koto_fejaBy: JON HAWORTH, MATT ZARRELL, MEREDITH DELISO and MARC NATHANSON, ABC News  (NEW YORK) -- The novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 313,000 people worldwide.More th...
ABC Audio May 17, 2020
Man on Hawaiian vacation arrested, charged with breaking quarantine rules
swissmediavision/iStockBY: CHRISTINA CARREGA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A New York City man who went on vacation amid stay-at-home mandates and lockdown orders, experienced some of his Hawaiian vaca...
ABC Audio May 16, 2020
Cop rescues 8-foot snake found outside Bronx house
@NYPDSpecialopsBY: IVAN PEREIRA AND AARON KATERSKY, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A house in the Bronx got a special visitor on its doorstep Friday morning: an 8-foot boa constrictor, according to polic...
ABC Audio May 16, 2020
Feds warn of attacks related to bogus COVID-19 conspiracy theory
Bill Oxford/iStockBY: JOSH MARGOLIN, ABC News (NEW YORK) — What started as a bizarre and bogus conspiracy theory involving the novel coronavirus in Britain has apparently crossed the Atlantic Oc...
ABC Audio May 16, 2020
Texas cases of COVID-19 increasing by thousands since reopening
Pgiam/iStockBY: GINA SUNSERI AND ELLA TORRES, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Texas has seen a steady rise in novel coronavirus cases and fatalities since reopening just over two weeks ago. There are now ...
ABC Audio May 16, 2020
Barack Obama, LeBron James and Malala Yousafzai will salute graduating seniors
Scott Olson/Getty ImagesBY: ELLA TORRES, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The high school class of 2020 will be sent off with a memorable, albeit virtual, ceremony Saturday at 8 p.m. ET. Barack Obama will ...
ABC Audio May 16, 2020
Severe storms strike Northeast as tropical threat possible off Florida coast
ABC NewsBY: DANIEL MANZO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Multiple storm systems brought significant weather to parts of the Northeast and the southern U.S. on Friday and the active weather is expected to...
ABC Audio May 16, 2020
Coronavirus live updates: US death toll approaching 90,000
GabrielPevide/iStockBY: WILLIAM MANSELL AND ELLA TORRES, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 307,000 people worldwide. More than 4.5 million people acro...
ABC Audio May 16, 2020