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Record breaking heat settles in the Southwest
iStock/enter89 By: DANIEL MANZO (LOS ANGELES) -- A storm system moving through the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast is bringing heavy rain and occasional gusty winds from Illinois to New England this mornin...
ABC Audio Apr 26, 2020
CDC adds six new possible symptoms of coronavirus
iStock/mrtom-uk By: JON HAWORTH, MEREDITH DELISO, MATT ZARRELL and MARC NATHANSON, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed over 205,000 people worldwide.More than 2.8...
ABC Audio Apr 26, 2020
FBI offers $5000 reward for information about fire at a Missouri Islamic Center
pictore/iStockBy CHRISTINA CARREGA, ABC News(CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo.) -- A fire that broke out at a Cape Girardeau mosque during the early morning hours after the start of Ramadan is under investigation b...
ABC Audio Apr 25, 2020
Fewer domestic violence calls during COVID-19 outbreak has California officials concerned
Kameleon007/iStockBy ALEX STONE, ALEXANDER MALLIN and MATT GUTMAN, ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- Since the beginning of COVID-19-related stay-at-home orders, police and advocacy groups across the country h...
ABC Audio Apr 25, 2020
Driver in crash may have passed out from wearing N95 mask too long: Police
Lincoln Park Police DepartmentBy CHRISTINA CARREGA, ABC News(LINCOLN PARK, N.J.) -- The driver of a single-car crash in Lincoln Park, New Jersey, is "believed" to have passed out behind the wheel afte...
ABC Audio Apr 25, 2020
Massachusetts surpasses 50K COVID-19 cases, death toll jumps after 'reporting error'
Blake Nissen for The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesBy ARIELLE MITROPOULOS and ELLA TORRES, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Confirmed cases and deaths under the novel coronavirus in Massachusetts saw a startling ...
ABC Audio Apr 25, 2020
Heavy rain, gusty storms hit Central Plains as heatwave begins in Southwest
ABC NewsBy DANIEL MANZO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A storm system moving through the Central Plains on Friday brought the latest round of severe weather in the U.S., including three tornadoes. Wind gusts ...
ABC Audio Apr 25, 2020
Why coronavirus-battered universities may not be able to use their endowments
jorgeantonio/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The saga of elite universities initially slated to receive million-dollar bailouts as part of the CARES Act erupted in a firestorm of c...
ABC Audio Apr 25, 2020
NYC social worker describes challenges of 'shelter in place' orders for vulnerable tenants
Alison SutterBy JINSOL JUNG, HALLEY FREGER and ALEXANDRA MYERS(NEW YORK) -- For Alison Sutter, the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the inequities that were already apparent in New York City.The 29-yea...
ABC Audio Apr 25, 2020
New coronavirus outbreak on Navy destroyer in Pacific, 18 sailors positive
Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Matthew F. Jackson/U.S. NavyBy LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Eighteen sailors aboard the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Kidd, operating in the Pacific Ocean, ...
ABC Audio Apr 25, 2020