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Michigan man exonerated of murder after imprisoned nearly 40 years
Courtesy of the Forbes familyBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- When he emerged a free man from Michigan's Kinross Correctional Facility and went directly into eight days of COVID-19 quarantine...
ABC Audio Dec 17, 2020
Kansas mayor resigns amid backlash for supporting mask mandate
ABC NewsBy ALLIE YANG, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Mayor Joyce Warshaw of Dodge City, Kansas, resigned Tuesday after receiving an onslaught of harassment and threats following a mask mandate that she helped...
ABC Audio Dec 17, 2020
Coronavirus updates: Congress to have access to vaccine starting now
Myriam Borzee/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, EMILY SHAPIRO, ERIN SCHUMAKER, IVAN PEREIRA and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 74.4 million...
ABC Audio Dec 17, 2020
Al-Shabaab operative plotted 9/11-style attack: Prosecutors
DNY59/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- At the direction of al-Shabaab, the Somalia-based affiliate of al-Qaeda, Kenyan national Cholo Abdi Abdullah conspired to hijack aircraft in order ...
ABC Audio Dec 16, 2020
Federal government in 2020 executed more prisoners than all 50 states: Death penalty research group
Official White House Photo by Tia DufourBy LUKE BARR, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The federal government in 2020 executed more people than all 50 states combined, a new year-end report from the Death Pena...
ABC Audio Dec 16, 2020
Winter storm updates: Nor'easter moves in, Northeast braces for up to 2 feet of snow
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, EMILY SHAPIRO and MELISSA GRIFFIN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A nor'easter is hitting the Northeast U.S., where it's set to drop 1 to 2 feet of snow and possibly bring near-blizzard...
ABC Audio Dec 16, 2020
Man with chainsaw chases McDonald's employees, steals food and drink
Facebook/Westbrook Police DepartmentBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News(PORTLAND, Maine) -- A man has been arrested after entering a McDonald’s establishment and stealing food before chasing employees with...
ABC Audio Dec 16, 2020
'Unprecedented' named People's Choice 2020 Word of the Year by Dictionary.com
tzahiV/iStockBy OLIVIA EUBANKS, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- After Dictionary.com named "pandemic" its Word of the Year, users of the online dictionary elected "unprecedented" as the People's Choice 2020 Wor...
ABC Audio Dec 16, 2020
'Miracle' the German Shepherd survives after owner throws her off motel balcony
Volusia County CorrectionsBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A woman has been arrested after attacking a maid and throwing her German Shepherd off of a motel balcony.The incident occurred at approx...
ABC Audio Dec 16, 2020
Coronavirus updates: China will suspend international flights over COVID cases
narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, EMILY SHAPIRO, ERIN SCHUMAKER and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 73.7 million people and killed over...
ABC Audio Dec 16, 2020