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New bill that would define 'consent' in NY has the support of two Weinstein accusers
RapidEye/iStockBy Marlene Lenthang, ABC News(ALBANY, N.Y.) -- Two women who testified against disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein have thrown their support behind a new bill that seeks to de...
ABC Audio Apr 07, 2021
Many of Derek Chauvin's law enforcement colleagues disagree with how he restrained George Floyd. Here's how they have testified.
DNY59/iStockBy Julia Jacobo, ABC News(MINNEAPOLIS) -- Law enforcement colleagues of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin largely have disagreed with the actions he took to restrain George F...
ABC Audio Apr 07, 2021
Severe weather to hit South with elevated tornado threat
ABC NewsBy Max Golembo, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A powerful storm system is moving through the Heartland bringing damaging winds, hail larger than golf balls and April snow.More than two dozen damaging s...
ABC Audio Apr 07, 2021
Lobby staff fired after attack on Asian American woman outside apartment building in New York City
NYPDBy Morgan Winsor, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Two lobby staff members who were on duty when a 65-year-old Asian American woman was attacked outside a New York City apartment building in broad daylight l...
ABC Audio Apr 07, 2021
Off-duty correctional officers allegedly run over group of people, crash through Taco Bell
Tanesha Renea Williams, 25, of Waldorf, Md., has been charged with attempted murder for running over several people in front of a Taco Bell on March 31. - (Charles County Sheriff's Office)By Mark Osbo...
ABC Audio Apr 07, 2021
1-year-old shot in head during apparent road rage incident in Chicago, police say
kali9/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(CHICAGO) -- A 1-year-old is in grave condition after he was shot in the head during an apparent road rage incident in Chicago, officials said.The shooting occu...
ABC Audio Apr 06, 2021
Key takeaways from the Derek Chauvin trial, Day 7
Marilyn Nieves/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(MINNEAPOLIS) -- A nationally renowned police use-of-force expert took the witness stand on Tuesday in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, testifying th...
ABC Audio Apr 06, 2021
California to fully reopen on June 15 if COVID-19 vaccine supply, hospitalization rates favorable
LordRunar/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO and MATTHEW FUHRMAN, ABC News(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- California will fully reopen its economy on June 15, as long as its COVID-19 vaccine supply is sufficient and ho...
ABC Audio Apr 06, 2021
Neighborhood celebrates the adoption of 3 siblings from foster care
ABCBy HALEY YAMADA and ERIC NOLL, ABC News(DERRY, N.H.) -- Three newly adopted siblings held a sign that read, "we've waited 4 years, 4 months, and 28 days for today!"Once separated by the foster care...
ABC Audio Apr 06, 2021
St. Louis inmates protest again over long trial wait times, COVID-19 fears
BlakeDavidTaylor/iStockBy KIARA ALFONSECA, ABC News(SAINT LOUIS, Mo.) -- About 60 incarcerated people in a Missouri jail escaped from their cells Sunday night in protest of living conditions at the fa...
ABC Audio Apr 06, 2021