Bill Oxford/iStockBy ALEXANDRA MYERS and KAITLYN FOLMER, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — In what could be another blow to government efforts to ramp up coronavirus testing, federal officials said they are now investigating a reportedly bungled effort to supply 4 million COVID-19 test kits to state health agencies. “We are aware […]
amphotora/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (PHILADELPHIA) — Philadelphia’s mayor and police commissioner apologized for using tear gas on protesters earlier this month and issued a moratorium on the practice after weeks of criticism. Mayor Jim Kenney told reporters Thursday he was compelled to speak out against his officers’ actions during […]
Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty ImagesBy ELLA TORRES, ABC News (TRENTON, N.J.) — New Jersey’s Department of Corrections has removed an officer after a video purportedly showed him mocking the death of George Floyd. The agency tweeted Tuesday that “removal charges have been served” on the officer, who was identified […]
narvikk/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 490,000 people worldwide. Over 9.6 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by […]
GJS/iStockBy KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A Black Broadway star is sharing his pride after purchasing a home built by slaves. “I wish I could’ve told my ancestors when they were breaking their backs in 1820 to build this house that 200 years later a free gay black […]
ABC NewsBy DANIEL MANZO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The latest round of summer storms brought over 100 reports of severe weather on Thursday in three general clusters around the country. One cluster was the deep South, where damaging winds up to 60 mph were reported in parts of Louisiana […]
narvikk/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 486,000 people worldwide. Over 9.6 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for […]
katifcam/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News (MADISON, Wis.) — An assault on an 18-year-old biracial woman in Wisconsin is being investigated as a hate crime after she was set on fire in her car, according to the Madison Police Department. The victim, Althea Bernstein, told authorities she was stopped at a […]
TeamDAF/iStockBy MARK OSBORNE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Three people were killed on Thursday when they were washed into the Pacific Ocean in Ventura County, California. The apparent accident happened at just after 4:30 p.m. local time near the Pacific Coast Highway when the three individuals were swept by a […]
LeManna/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — After Gov. Roy Cooper issued a mandatory mask requirement across North Carolina on Wednesday amid rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the state, several sheriffs publicly said they would not enforce the mandate when it goes into effect on Friday. The sheriff […]
