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Month: June 2020

Coronavirus updates: US tops 2.5 million confirmed cases

Coronavirus updates: US tops 2.5 million confirmed cases

Cliff Hawkins/Getty ImagesBY: WILLIAM MANSELL AND ELLA TORRES, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 494,000 people worldwide. Over 9.8 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data […]

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Michigan police release video of excessive force arrest

Michigan police release video of excessive force arrest

Westland Mayor’s OfficeBy CHRISTINA CARREGA, ABC NEWS (WESTLAND, Mich.) — Video shows Michigan police beating man Westland Police released body camera footage of an officer using excessive force against a man with a developmental disability. A Michigan police officer was terminated from the force after an internal investigation found he […]

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Coronavirus updates: Pence’s campaign events postponed in Florida, Arizona

Coronavirus updates: Pence’s campaign events postponed in Florida, Arizona

Cliff Hawkins/Getty ImagesBY: WILLIAM MANSELL AND ELLA TORRES, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 494,000 people worldwide. Over 9.8 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data […]

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Princeton removes Woodrow Wilson’s name from public policy school

Princeton removes Woodrow Wilson’s name from public policy school

alex_ugalek/iStockBY: ELLA TORRES, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — The board of trustees at Princeton University voted Saturday to remove the name of Woodrow Wilson from the School of Public and International Affairs for the 28th president’s “racist thinking and policies.” “Identifying a political leader as the namesake for a public […]

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Latino communities suffer as some states see record numbers of COVID-19 cases

Latino communities suffer as some states see record numbers of COVID-19 cases

ABC NewsBY: ALLIE YANG, VICTORIA MOLL-RAMIREZ, CAITLIN FALLON, ABIGAIL CRUZ AND CONNOR BURTON, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — Latino communities suffer as some states see record numbers of COVID-19 cases Friday marked the third straight day of record high cases of COVID-19 nationwide. Twenty-nine states, including California, Texas, Arizona and […]

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Amid calls for police reform, better training needed to handle mental health emergencies: Experts

Amid calls for police reform, better training needed to handle mental health emergencies: Experts

LukaTDB/iStockBY: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — It’s a scenario that you’ve likely heard about from time to time. Police are sent to respond to a call of a mental health emergency and in some cases, there are tragic results. While some departments have implemented protocols to address these situations, […]

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Church warned to stop claiming COVID can be eliminated with air filtration

Church warned to stop claiming COVID can be eliminated with air filtration

Official White House Photo by Shealah CraigheadBY: ELLA TORRES, ABC NEWS (PHOENIX) — The attorney general of Arizona issued a warning letter to a megachurch that claims its air filtration system “kills 99 percent of COVID within 10 minutes.” Attorney General Mark Brnovich sent the letter to Phoenix’s Dream City […]

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Coronavirus updates: Man who led protests against stay-at-home orders tests positive

Coronavirus updates: Man who led protests against stay-at-home orders tests positive

Cliff Hawkins/Getty ImagesBY: WILLIAM MANSELL AND ELLA TORRES, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 494,000 people worldwide. Over 9.8 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data […]

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Judge urges release of children from ICE detention centers

Judge urges release of children from ICE detention centers

CHRISsadowski/iStockBY: QUINN OWEN, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — A federal judge ordered immigration authorities on Friday to release migrant children held at family detention centers. Dolly Gee, a specially assigned judge who oversees conditions for migrant children in U.S. custody, directed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to match minors held […]

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Major East Coast cities forecast to see severe weather Saturday

Major East Coast cities forecast to see severe weather Saturday

ABC NewsBY: DANIEL MANZO, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — Severe storms continue to form along a cold front that is currently moving through the central U.S. From Utah to Ohio, there have been at least 130 severe weather reports so far from this system. Some of those reports included up […]

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