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Month: July 2020

Heat wave expands across US, flash flooding and wildfire danger continues

Heat wave expands across US, flash flooding and wildfire danger continues

ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hot weather continues to spread throughout the lower 48 states from Arizona to New York Wednesday morning. Seven states from Kansas down to Louisiana are under a Heat Advisory where temperatures will be in the 90s for the most part, but […]

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Despite widow’s tearful plea, judge grants bond to ex-cop who killed her husband

Despite widow’s tearful plea, judge grants bond to ex-cop who killed her husband

Fulton County Sheriff’s OfficeBy STEPHANIE WASH and BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (ATLANTA) — A white former Atlanta police officer charged with felony murder in the death of Rayshard Brooks, a Black man who was shot twice in the back, was granted a bond of $500,000 on Tuesday despite Brooks’ widow […]

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Unidentified remains found in search for missing soldier Vanessa Guillen

Unidentified remains found in search for missing soldier Vanessa Guillen

U.S. ArmyBy CHRISTINA CARREGA, ABC News (FORT HOOD, Texas) — Investigators searching for missing Fort Hood, Texas, soldier Vanessa Guillen have unearthed unidentified human remains near the Leon River, authorities say. The remains, which will undergo an identification process, were found near where a previous search was conducted on June […]

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Two teens charged with murder in alleyway beating death of homeless man

Two teens charged with murder in alleyway beating death of homeless man

Kuzma/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (CAMDEN, N.J.) — Two teenagers have been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the beating death of a 63-year-old homeless man. Police discovered 63-year-old Bobby J. Hill Jr. unresponsive in an alleyway and suffering from severe head trauma with multiple injuries to his head […]

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Suspected carjacker leads police on chase before driving off cliff into ocean

Suspected carjacker leads police on chase before driving off cliff into ocean

Santa Cruz Police DepartmentBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (SANTA CRUZ, Calif.) — A man has been arrested — and is lucky to be alive — after leading police on a chase at speeds of more than 100 mph that ended up with him driving off a cliff and into the […]

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Buffalo protester who was injured by police released from hospital

Buffalo protester who was injured by police released from hospital

Courtesy Bill JacobsonBy MARK OSBORNE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The 75-year-old protester who was pushed to the ground by police officers in Buffalo, New York, has been released from the hospital almost four weeks after being injured. Martin Gugino was attending a protest outside City Hall on June 4 […]

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Robert E. Lee’s descendant says taking down Confederate symbols a ‘no-brainer’

Robert E. Lee’s descendant says taking down Confederate symbols a ‘no-brainer’

ABC NewsBy ALLIE YANG, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Rev. Robert Lee IV is the great-great-great-nephew of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, and he says that taking down Confederate symbols in public spaces is a “no brainer.” “I see them as idolatries… They have been created into idols of white […]

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New Orleans housing leader warns of ‘eviction’ avalanche as end of COVID-19 aid looms

New Orleans housing leader warns of ‘eviction’ avalanche as end of COVID-19 aid looms

ABC NewsBy JON SCHLOSBERG and KAYNA WHITWORTH, ABC News (NEW ORLEANS) — As the coronavirus pandemic enters its fifth month, an increasing number of renters from across the country are facing a grim reality — possible eviction. In New Orleans, mothers like Shankya Phillips worry about their families and the […]

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Hampton Inn employee fired for calling cops on Black guests at hotel pool

Hampton Inn employee fired for calling cops on Black guests at hotel pool

Missy Williams-Wright/FacebookBy IVAN PEREIRA and SASHA PEZENIK, ABC News (WILLIAMSTON, N.C.) — A Hampton Inn employee has been fired after she called the police on a Black family staying at the hotel and using the pool. A representative from Hilton, which owns Hampton Inn, said the unidentified white employee at […]

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