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Month: July 2020

Severe storms in Central US, record heat in Southwest continues

Severe storms in Central US, record heat in Southwest continues

ABC News By: DANIEL MANZO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Powerful thunderstorms across the Central U.S. and gusty storms in the Northeast have caused at least 327 reports of severe weather in the last 24 hours. The wind reports have been quite notable in the central U.S. A 90 mph […]

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Man arrested and charged over missing Amish teenage girl who vanished last month

Man arrested and charged over missing Amish teenage girl who vanished last month

iStock/ijoe84By: JON HAWORTH, ABC News (EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP, Penn.) — LAA Pennsylvania man has been charged with the kidnapping of an Amish teenager who has been missing since last month and has yet to be found. East Lampeter Township Police in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, charged 34-year-old Justo Smoker on Friday […]

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Coronavirus updates: Florida breaks 1-day record for new COVID-19 cases

Coronavirus updates: Florida breaks 1-day record for new COVID-19 cases

iStock/koto_fejaBy: JON HAWORTH and MATT ZARRELL, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 566,000 people worldwide. Over 12.7 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 […]

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Church asks Utah Mormons to wear face coverings in public

Church asks Utah Mormons to wear face coverings in public

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is asking all its members in Utah to wear face coverings when in public. The Deseret News reports that the Utah Area Presidency sent out the request in an email on Friday evening. The area presidency operates […]

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Utah hospitals call for statewide mask mandate as beds fill

Utah hospitals call for statewide mask mandate as beds fill

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah healthcare company executives called on state leaders to require masks as intensive care unit bed space dwindles amid a sustained surge in coronavirus cases. The newest plea comes one day after Republican Gov. Gary Herbert said he will require masks in schools as they […]

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SpaceX cancels launch of dozens more Starlink satellites

SpaceX cancels launch of dozens more Starlink satellites

Andrei Stanescu/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC NEWS(MERRITT ISLAND, Fla.) — SpaceX scrubbed its launch of dozens of Starlink satellites Saturday from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. SpaceX wrote on Twitter that the mission needed “more time for checkouts” and the team was working to identify the next launch opportunity. The launch — […]

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Northeast travel restrictions add to small business owners’ struggles

Northeast travel restrictions add to small business owners’ struggles

gregobagel/iStockBy ARIELLE MITROPOULOS, ABC NEWS(BOSTON) — Every year, more than 20 million visitors flock to Boston’s Faneuil Hall Marketplace, which, after being closed for several months, reopened July 1. But for the first time in its nearly 300-year history, it’s largely empty. “There is no foot traffic,” business owner Sara […]

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30-year-old man dies after attending ‘COVID party’ thinking virus was a ‘hoax’

30-year-old man dies after attending ‘COVID party’ thinking virus was a ‘hoax’

Myriam Borzee/iStockBy ELLA TORRES, ABC NEWS (SAN ANTONIO, Texas) — “I think I made a mistake. I thought this was a hoax, but it’s not.” Those were the final words of a 30-year-old patient who died at a San Antonio, Texas, hospital this week after attending a so-called “COVID party,” […]

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Coronavirus live updates: US Army sending medical task force to Houston

Coronavirus live updates: US Army sending medical task force to Houston

sonreir es gratis/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — Over 12.5 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 Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are […]

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Near record heat expected in Southwest as heatwave grips large parts of US

Near record heat expected in Southwest as heatwave grips large parts of US

ABC NewsBy DANIEL MANZO, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Fay has now transitioned to a post-tropical cyclone, with winds of 35 mph. The storm’s center is located about 30 miles south of Albany, New York, on Saturday and is moving north at 17 mph. As the storm came […]

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