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ICE officers alleged to have used 'excessive' force, verbally abused detainees: Report
Grandriver/iStockBy QUINN OWEN, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- An Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Eloy, Arizona, was in violation of multiple detention standards that put the health a...
ABC Audio Apr 01, 2021
Virginia Supreme Court says Confederate statues can be removed
Marilyn Nieves/iStockBy MARLENE LENTHANG, ABC News(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- The Virginia Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Charlottesville can remove two statues of Confederate generals, which civil r...
ABC Audio Apr 01, 2021
Knife attack on Jewish family in New York being investigated as possible bias crime, police say
kali9/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- An Orthodox Jewish couple visiting New York City with their toddler were all slashed by a man with a knife in what police are i...
ABC Audio Apr 01, 2021
FDA authorizes rapid, non-prescription COVID-19 tests
narvikk/iStockBy MATTHEW VANN, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- More Americans will soon be able to purchase over-the-counter rapid coronavirus tests without a prescription at their local pharmacy or retail st...
ABC Audio Apr 01, 2021
Chicago mayor defies governor, refuses to open COVID-19 vaccine to all due to uptick in cases
Jonathan Daniel/Getty ImagesBy MARLENE LENTHANG, ABC News(CHICAGO) -- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the city won't open the vaccine to everyone 16 and older along with the rest of the state in two...
ABC Audio Apr 01, 2021
Remains of missing 10-year-old girl found in rural Iowa, police say
FBIBy Morgan Winsor, ABC News(DAVENPORT, Iowa) -- Human remains that were found in rural Iowa last week belong to a 10-year-old girl who has been missing for almost nine months, authorities said Wedne...
ABC Audio Apr 01, 2021
Derek Chauvin trial exposes trauma and survivor's guilt of witnesses to George Floyd's death
Micha Chodyra/iStockBy Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News(MINNEAPOLIS) -- The opening days of Derek Chauvin's murder trial have included gripping testimony and evidence -- whether it's been reliving the moment...
ABC Audio Apr 01, 2021
Police officer resigns after video shows him slamming K-9 into patrol car
Salsibury Police DepartmentBy Morgan Winsor, ABC News(SALISBURY, N.C.) -- A police officer in Salisbury, North Carolina, has resigned after video surfaced showing him mistreating a K-9 during training...
ABC Audio Apr 01, 2021
Winter blast moving through eastern US
ABC NewsBy Max Golembo, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A winter blast is moving through the eastern U.S. Thursday behind a storm system that brought flash flooding and storm damage to the South.This storm is m...
ABC Audio Apr 01, 2021
Video shows smugglers dropping two children from 14-foot border fence into US, authorities say
ElFlacodelNorte/iStockBy Morgan Winsor, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Smugglers were caught on camera dropping two young children from the top of a 14-foot-high border fence separating the United States and M...
ABC Audio Apr 01, 2021