Myriam Borzee/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 538,000 people worldwide. Over 11.6 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 […]
carlballou/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (NEW YORK) — For the last six weekends, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown has awakened to word of another eruption of shootings in his city. On Monday, Brown stood at another news conference and admitted he was “biting my tongue,” trying desperately to maintain his […]
travelview/iStockBy SOPHIE TATUM, ABC News (NEW YORK) — International students studying in the United States on an F-1 or M-1 student visa won’t be able to continue their studies in the fall if their school only offers online classes, according to an announcement from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
Xtremest/iStockBy DANA SCHAEFFER, ABC News (NEW YORK) — In recent weeks, statues of Confederate leaders have toppled to the ground amid nationwide protests, and Mississippi lawmakers have decided to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the Mississippi state flag. Mississippi was the last state in the country to still have […]
kali9/iStockBy JON HAWORTH (FLORENCE, Ky.) — A father is in jail after losing an arm wrestling contest to his young son which led to a shooting and an 8-hour standoff with the police. The incident occurred on July 6 shortly before 1 a.m. in the morning when Boone County Sheriff’s […]
Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, JON HAWORTH, MEREDITH DELISO and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 535,000 people worldwide. Over 11.5 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, […]
iStockBy: KELLY MCCARTHY, ABC News (ATLANTA) — Popular sandwich chain Jimmy John’s said that employees at one of its franchise restaurants in Georgia had been fired after a now-viral video showed them pretend to hang an employee with bread dough shaped like a noose. “The actions seen in the video […]
iStock/Marco Curaba(NEW YORK) — BY: IVAN PEREIRA and JOSH MARGOLIN The New York Police Department commissioner warned officers of challenges they may face after the city and state enacted several reforms, including a ban on chokeholds, according to a memo obtained by ABC News. Commissioner Dermot Shea’s letter came a […]
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) — A park official says a retired veteran and former state trooper from Nevada helped prevent a man from drowning in a Utah reservoir. KUTV-TV reported the veteran pulled the man from the water at Sand Hollow Reservoir. Sand Hollow State Park manager Jonathan Hunt […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) — BY: IVAN PEREIRA and AARON KATERSKY The Manhattan district attorney has charged Amy Cooper, the white woman who was filmed threatening to call the police on a Black bird watcher in Central Park in May. “Today our office initiated a prosecution of Amy Cooper for falsely […]
