Ron and Patty Thomas/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — The Tennessee state legislature passed a restrictive ban on abortions in the state during the early morning hours Friday in a closed-door session. And opponents of the legislation, which bans abortions done as early as six weeks into a […]
cineman69/iStockBy ELLA TORRES, ABC News (TULSA, Okla.) — Tulsa, Oklahoma officials have announced precautions ahead of President Donald Trump’s rally on Saturday, his first since the pandemic began and one that has been criticized by some for a multitude of reasons. A curfew began in a section of Tulsa on […]
hapabapa/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The Air Force inspector general is investigating the use of military aircraft to monitor protests across the United States this month in the wake of George Floyd’s death. “Following discussions with the secretary of defense about shared concerns, the secretary of the […]
Bastiaan Slabbers/iStockBy ABBY CRUZ, ABC News (NEW YORK) — For 13 years, Philadelphia’s only accessible and intact stop on the Underground Railroad has celebrated Juneteenth with one of the largest street festivals in the city. If you thought the novel coronavirus pandemic would stop the historic Johnson House from celebrating […]
Bastiaan Slabbers/iStockBy ABBY CRUZ, ABC News (NEW YORK) — For 13 years, Philadelphia’s only accessible and intact stop on the Underground Railroad has celebrated Juneteenth with one of the largest street festivals in the city. If you thought the novel coronavirus pandemic would stop the historic Johnson House from celebrating […]
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Thousands of people are being forced to evacuate as more than three dozen wildfires are burning in the western part of the United States, from New Mexico to Alaska. The hardest-hit areas are in Arizona, where the Bighorn Fire near Tucson […]
David Ryder/Getty ImagesBy EMILY SHAPRIO and MATT GUTMAN, ABC News (SEATTLE) — Near downtown Seattle, a several-block section of the city is sealed off. Inside, people can walk freely among murals, access free food and gather to organize to protest. Critics have called it a block party, but participants are […]
David Ryder/Getty ImagesBy EMILY SHAPRIO and MATT GUTMAN, ABC News (SEATTLE) — Near downtown Seattle, a several-block section of the city is sealed off. Inside, people can walk freely among murals, access free food and gather to organize to protest. Critics have called it a block party, but participants are […]
kali9/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — A man who authorities say was armed with a gun was shot to death by sheriff’s deputies near Los Angeles on Thursday evening. The incident occurred just before 6 p.m. in the city of Gardena, California, about 15 miles south of downtown […]
MCCAIG/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(LOS ANGELES) — The family of Robert Fuller, the man who was found hanging in a California park last week, said police killed Fuller’s half-brother during a shootout after a traffic stop on Wednesday. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies in Kern County shot and killed […]
