fermate/iStockBy ELLA TORRES, ABC News (SALT LAKE CITY) — Utah’s governor said he has “no plans” to shut down the economy, directly pushing back at a public health official who warned that as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the state, “a complete shutdown” may be the only way to […]
Pgiam/iStockBy LAUREN LANTRY, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A Harvard Law student has filed a lawsuit against the university because tuition prices and fees have remained the same despite classes moving to remote learning due to the coronavirus pandemic. “I decided to sue Harvard because while they did make some […]
Toby Scott/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (SEATTLE) — Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced Monday that officials will work with community leaders and Black-led organizations to amicably dismantle the protester-occupied streets near Cal Anderson Park in the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. Community resources, rather than law enforcement, […]
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Damaging storms moved through a large part of the country Monday from New Mexico to New York. Damaging winds near 60 mph were reported near Richmond, Virginia, where trees fell on cars and a gas station was destroyed. Also, several inches […]
Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Anti-racism protesters tried to pull down a monument of Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, in a park near the White House on Monday night before police intervened. Scores of protesters broke through a fence surrounding the 168-year-old […]
Stewart Trial AttorneysBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (ATLANTA) — Friends and family will gather on Tuesday for the funeral of Rayshard Brooks, a black man who was shot dead in a Wendy’s parking lot by an Atlanta police officer. Brooks, a 27-year-old husband, father and stepfather, was running away from […]
San Jose Police DepartmentBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (SAN JOSE, Calif.) — A woman who deliberately coughed on a baby in a stroller at a restaurant is being hunted by police. The incident occurred in the afternoon of June 12 at approximately 5:25 p.m. at a Yogurtland establishment in San […]
Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO and JOSHUA HOYOS, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Infectious disease experts have warned that mass protests over the death of George Floyd could lead to another wave of COVID-19 infections. So far, Minneapolis, where the protest activity originated, has not seen a dramatic uptick in cases […]
The Orlando Pride have withdrawn from the upcoming National Women’s Soccer League tournament after six players and four staff members tested positive for COVID-19. The league says another round of testing will take place to confirm the results. But the Pride withdrew because of the number of positive results and […]
iStockBy: ABC News (NEW YORK) — Just yards off a North Carolina beach, 16-year-old Nick Arthur was attacked by a shark. The incident happened Thursday afternoon as the teen was jumping over waves on a sandbar. Authorities took Arthur from the beach on Cape Hatteras to a nearby hospital where […]
