ChiccoDodiFC/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (ATLANTA) — A number of police officers in Georgia’s capital and most populous city have resigned in recent weeks amid nationwide protests against police brutality and racial injustice. The Atlanta Police Foundation revealed Monday night that eight officers within the Atlanta Police Department have resigned […]
kali9/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) — A man was shot in New Mexico’s largest city on Monday night as protesters tried to take down a bronze statue of a Spanish conquistador, authorities said. The victim was transported to a local hospital where he was listed in critical but […]
ULora/iStockBy ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News (MIAMI) — Miami, which is among Florida’s most populous cities, will not move into the next phase of reopening because of concerns about rising COVID-19 cases, Mayor Francis Suarez announced during a Monday news conference. Although the majority of Florida is in Phase 2 of […]
tillsonburg/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Three New York City police officers have been hospitalized after allegedly ingesting bleach that had been put into their milkshakes at a Shake Shack restaurant in New York City. The incident occurred on the evening of June 15 when the three officers […]
smolaw11/iStockBy SOPHIE TATUM, ABC News (NEW YORK) — States face an estimated $615 billion budget deficit over the next three years due to the economic fallout from COVID-19 — a shortfall that could rival the deficits seen after the 2008 recession and could threaten to throw the nation’s public schools […]
Obtained by ABC NewsBy MINA KAJI, ABC News (ORLANDO, Fla.) — A woman who was able to board a Delta flight without a boarding pass or ID bypassed the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) document checker by blending in with two families and then boarding the plane alongside a passenger with […]
iStock/ThamKCBy: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Rayshard Brooks’s life was one that was dedicated to hard work and his family, according to those who knew him. The 27-year-old spent most of his life in the Atlanta area with several siblings and cousins. He married Tomika Miller eight years […]
iStock/MotortionBy: EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles County officials are promising a thorough investigation into the death of a young black man who was found hanging from a tree. Robert Fuller, 24, was found dead on June 10 in Palmdale, California. Nothing was found at the scene […]
iStock/vzphotosBy: CARSON BLACKWELDER, ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — It’s official: the 2021 Oscars have been postponed. The board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences met Monday to discuss the upcoming awards ceremony amid the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic and ultimately decided to push it from Sunday, […]
iStock/ijoe84By: MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Tallahassee police are investigating the deaths of two women, including a teenager, who were reported missing this month. Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Salau, 19, and Victoria Sims, 75, were found Saturday night in southeast Tallahassee, the Tallahassee Police Department announced on Monday. The deaths […]
