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Coronavirus causes drop in sexual assault reports at military academies
PinkOmelet/iStockBy LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The number of reported sexual assaults and unwanted sexual contact at the three military academies went down last year according to an annual...
ABC Audio Feb 25, 2021
California becomes first state to surpass 50,000 COVID-19 deaths
CasPhotography/iStockBy ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- California became the first state to report 50,000 deaths from COVID-19 this week, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.The sta...
ABC Audio Feb 25, 2021
Trump's tax returns given to Manhattan prosecutors
DNY59/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has taken possession of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns, a spokesman for the offic...
ABC Audio Feb 25, 2021
New York City's highest-ranking uniformed police officer is retiring
amphotora/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- New York City's highest-ranking uniformed police officer, Terence Monahan, who memorably took a knee with George Floyd protesters in Washington...
ABC Audio Feb 25, 2021
Stormy weather pattern on the way for the West and the South
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- The beautiful and tranquil weather around the country is over on Thursday as several storms systems are expected to move from West to East with heavy rai...
ABC Audio Feb 25, 2021
'COVID's so wicked': Families confront losing multiple loved ones
HRAUN/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- COVID-19 has killed more than 500,000 people in the United States -- an unimaginable toll that has had ripple effects across the country.But some...
ABC Audio Feb 25, 2021
More Americans identify as LGBT than ever before: Poll
nktwentythree/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A new poll has found that more adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender than ever before.According to a Gallup poll relea...
ABC Audio Feb 25, 2021
Teenage girl dies after saving younger brother when they fell in frozen lake
real444/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A teenage girl has died after saving her brother when they both fell into a frozen lake in Ohio, officials said.An officer who responded to the...
ABC Audio Feb 25, 2021
Neighbor gives up COVID-19 vaccine appointment to stranger in need
ABCBy HALEY YAMADA and ERIC NOLL, ABC News(AUSTIN, Texas) -- As many struggle to get a vaccine appointment, two neighbors who met online found a way to help each other.Grandmother Emily Johnson of Aus...
ABC Audio Feb 24, 2021
South Dakota attorney general faces call to resign over fatal crash as impeachment proceedings begin
Marilyn Nieves/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(PIERRE, S.D.) -- Nearly a week after the South Dakota attorney general was charged with three misdemeanors for fatally striking a pedestrian on a high...
ABC Audio Feb 24, 2021