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EPA finalizes new lead and copper rules for drinking water
jurisam/iStockBy ADISA HARGETT-ROBINSON, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- The Environmental Protection Agency finalized rules Tuesday that would require water utilities to notify the public about possible lea...
ABC Audio Dec 24, 2020
Bodycam footage in fatal shooting of Black man shows him holding cellphone, police apparently not rendering aid
iStock/ChiccoDodiFCBy: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- Columbus, Ohio, Mayor Andrew Ginther has called for the termination of a police officer involved in the shooting of an unarmed Black m...
ABC Audio Dec 23, 2020
Mother of Casey Goodson Jr., a Black Ohio man killed by deputy, says at funeral: 'We have to get justice'
iStock/MattGushBy: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- The mother of a 23-year-old Black man who allegedly was shot in the back by a white deputy sheriff at the doorstep of his home in Colum...
ABC Audio Dec 23, 2020
Ghislaine Maxwell objects to potential witness' attempt to end civil lawsuit
Jimi Celeste/Patrick McMullan via Getty ImagesBy JAMES HILL, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- For the second time this month, an alleged childhood sex-abuse survivor is running into unexpected opposition from G...
ABC Audio Dec 23, 2020
Coronavirus updates: December deadliest month of pandemic
narvikk/iStockBy ROSA SANCHEZ, EMILY SHAPIRO and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 78.4 million people worldwide and killed over 1.7 mi...
ABC Audio Dec 23, 2020
Storm hitting Midwest and South before heading to East Coast for Christmas
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A major holiday week storm is moving across the country and wreaking havoc along the way.On Tuesday afternoon and evening, damaging winds up to 95 mph wi...
ABC Audio Dec 23, 2020
Elderly man files suit, says he was naked, afraid when police wrongfully searched his home
DNY59/iStockBy JASMINE BROWN, STEPHANIE FUERTE and HALEY YAMADA, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A South Carolina man is filing suit after he says he was ordered outside in the middle of the night with a gun p...
ABC Audio Dec 23, 2020
Man who died after collapsing on United flight had COVID-19, coroner confirms
narvikk/iStockBy MINA KAJI and AMANDA MAILE, ABC News(NEW ORLEANS) -- A 69-year-old man who died shortly after collapsing on a United flight last week had COVID-19, a coroner's report released Tuesday...
ABC Audio Dec 22, 2020
Columbus, Ohio, police officer relieved of duty after fatal shooting of Black man
kali9/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News(COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- A Columbus, Ohio, police officer has been relieved of duty following the fatal shooting of a 47-year-old Black man Tuesday, Mayor Andrew Gin...
ABC Audio Dec 22, 2020
Millions traveling during holidays despite warnings amid worsening pandemic
Akabei/iStockBy SAM SWEENEY, ABC News(ATLANTA) -- Despite an explosion in COVID-19 cases nationwide and warnings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than four million people have...
ABC Audio Dec 22, 2020