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Experts say echo chambers from apps like Parler, Gab contributed to attack on Capitol
BackyardProduction/iStockBy LAURA ROMERO, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- As Trump loyalists stormed the U.S. Capitol last week, conservative-leaning social media sites like Parler and Gab erupted with talk ...
ABC Audio Jan 12, 2021
Kentucky lawmaker introduces three new bills in wake of Breonna Taylor case
traveler1116/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (FRANKFORT, Ky.) -- A Kentucky lawmaker has begun the state's legislative session by introducing three bills that address police conduct and protests in th...
ABC Audio Jan 12, 2021
Police officer killed just one day before retirement in high-speed chase
amphotora/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A police officer has been killed in the line of duty just one day away from retirement when a suspect intentionally crashed into his police cruis...
ABC Audio Jan 12, 2021
Coronavirus live updates: Third House Dem tests positive after sheltering at Capitol
Samara Heisz/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 91.1 million people worldwide and killed ove...
ABC Audio Jan 12, 2021
Capitol rioter pictured with Nancy Pelosi's lectern released on bond
iStock/Tero VesalainenBy: IVAN PEREIRA and BENJAMIN STEIN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- The Capitol riot suspect accused of stealing Nancy Pelosi's lectern was released from jail Monday afternoon on a $25...
ABC Audio Jan 11, 2021
Divers recover human remains, debris after doomed flight carrying 62 crashed
iStockBy: MINA KAJI and AMANDA MAILE, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Two days after a 26-year-old Boeing 737 crashed off the coast of Jakarta, Indonesia, divers continue to scour the Java Sea floor in an atte...
ABC Audio Jan 11, 2021
Michigan bans open carry guns from statehouse
iStockBy: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Eight months after armed militias and anti-lockdown protesters breached Michigan's state Capitol, officials banned all open carry weapons from the stateh...
ABC Audio Jan 11, 2021
Armed protests being planned at all 50 state capitols, FBI bulletin says
iStock/LalocracioBy: AARON KATERSKY and CELIA DARROUGH, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Starting this week and running through at least Inauguration Day, armed protests are being planned at all 50 state capito...
ABC Audio Jan 11, 2021
Schools closed after Arizona teachers stage sickout
mixetto/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(GLENDALE, Ariz.) -- Multiple schools in an Arizona school district have closed Monday due to a massive teacher sickout protesting in-person learning as COVID-19...
ABC Audio Jan 11, 2021
Snow slams the South: Waco sees biggest snowstorm in 39 years
loops7/iStockBy MAX GOLEMBO and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A rare, heavy snow slammed the South overnight, leaving winter storm warnings stretching from Texas to Alabama Monday morning.Roadw...
ABC Audio Jan 11, 2021