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Coronavirus crosses grim milestone of 10,000 deaths in US nursing homes
Cecilie_Arcurs/iStockBy ALLISON PECORIN, CHO PARK, MATTHEW MOSK and HALLEY FREGER, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The number of nursing home residents who have succumbed to the novel coronavirus in the United ...
ABC Audio Apr 24, 2020
Las Vegas mayor slammed for suggesting workers could be COVID-19 'control group'
Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Circa Resort & CasinoBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(LAS VEGAS) -- Las Vegas casino and restaurant workers have pushed back on Mayor Carolyn Goodman's repeated calls...
ABC Audio Apr 24, 2020
Mayor against reopening state receives racist message
Paras Griffin/Getty ImagesBy CHRISTINA CARREGA, ABC News(ATLANTA) -- The mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, received a disturbing text message on Wednesday night after voicing concerns over Gov. Brian Kemp's ...
ABC Audio Apr 24, 2020
5-month-old daughter of New York firefighter dies of COVID-19
vchal/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ELLA TORRES and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A global pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 190,000 people worldwide.Over 2.7 million peopl...
ABC Audio Apr 23, 2020
Georgia NAACP leaders call on governor to keep shelter-in-place order
suesmith2/iStockBy MERDITH DELISO, ABC NEWS (ATLANTA) -- With Georgia set to reopen nonessential businesses starting this Friday, NAACP branches across the state are calling on Gov. Brian Kemp to main...
ABC Audio Apr 23, 2020
Attorney arrested over social media threats against Kentucky governor
iStock/AUSTIN MEURER(LOUISVILLE, Kentucky) -- BY: CHRISTINA CARREGAA Louisville, Kentucky, attorney has been arrested for allegedly writing social media posts deemed threats against Gov. Andy Beshear'...
ABC Audio Apr 23, 2020
Potty training is the trend for parents amid COVID-19 quarantine
iStock/globalmoments(NEW YORK) -- BY: JOANNE ROSATiffany Bari knew she wanted to start potty training her son before he turned 3 in May. But between work, his school, Easter celebrations and other wee...
ABC Audio Apr 23, 2020
'We disagree': Medical professionals counter coronavirus lockdown protesters
ABC News(RICHMOND, Virginia) -- BY: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC NewsWhen Dr. Erich Bruhn, a recently retired surgeon from Virginia, saw images of nurses in scrubs standing in a Denver street this week blocki...
ABC Audio Apr 23, 2020
1st COVID-19 death in the US was weeks earlier than previously thought
AlxeyPnferov/iStockBy ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News(SANTA CLARA, Calif.) -- Santa Clara, California, health officials have identified individuals who died of COVID-19 weeks earlier than the Seattle area ca...
ABC Audio Apr 23, 2020
Deadly tornado outbreak ongoing in the South
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO(NEW YORK) -- At least 26 reported tornadoes have now been reported in Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi with at least six people killed by the severe weather since Wedn...
ABC Audio Apr 23, 2020