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Month: October 2020

Protester allegedly assaults officers inside Rochester police station

Protester allegedly assaults officers inside Rochester police station

Ben185/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News (ROCHESTER, N.Y.) — Protesters entered the Rochester, New York, public safety building Tuesday and allegedly assaulted two police officers, the department said. The incident began after a protester was incorrectly detained after a warrant for his arrest had the wrong date for failing to appear. […]

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Coronavirus live updates: US reports more than 52,000 new cases

Coronavirus live updates: US reports more than 52,000 new cases

Samara Heisz/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than one million people worldwide. Over 38.1 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 […]

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Red flag warnings in West as record heat, gusty winds expected in California

Red flag warnings in West as record heat, gusty winds expected in California

ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) — Offshore winds are drying air out and heating it up along the California coast as a record high temperature was broken at San Diego Brown Field Airport Tuesday at 100 degrees. Phoenix is expected to break an all-time number of days for […]

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Marines fire commander after training accident that killed nine

Marines fire commander after training accident that killed nine

Nick J./iStockBy LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Marine Corps has fired the commander in charge of the unit involved in a deadly training accident off the coast of Southern California in July that killed eight Marines and a Navy sailor. The service members drowned after their amphibious […]

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New Pentagon handbook adds confusion, frustration for transgender troops: Critics

New Pentagon handbook adds confusion, frustration for transgender troops: Critics

icholakov/iStockBy KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(WASHINGTON) — Lt. Col. Bree Fram said her years in the U.S. military have been some of the best of her life, but she hasn’t been able to fully appreciate her success because she knows that it’s a pleasure other transgender people may never get. Fram, […]

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Girl dies after being forced to jump on trampoline in extreme heat as punishment: Police

Girl dies after being forced to jump on trampoline in extreme heat as punishment: Police

Odessa Police DepartmentBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (ODESSA, Texas) — Two people have been arrested following a capital murder investigation of an 8-year-old girl who died after being forced to continuously jump on a trampoline in extreme heat as a punishment, according to police. Odessa Police in Odessa, Texas, charged […]

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Cross Country Roundup: 10/13

Cross Country Roundup: 10/13

Region 14 Cross Country Championships OREM, Utah-Tuesday, Manti, North Sanpete, Delta and Juab’s boys and girls cross country teams competed at the Region 14 cross country championships at Lakeside Park in Orem. The North Sanpete girls took the Region 14 title with a score of 46 with Manti placing third […]

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Prep Sports Roundup: 10/13

Prep Sports Roundup: 10/13

Volleyball Region 14 MT. PLEASANT, Utah-The North Sanpete Hawks swept Manti 3-0 Tuesday in Region 14 volleyball action, downing the Templars in straight sets. NEPHI, Utah-The Union Cougars waxed Juab 3-0 in Region 14 volleyball action Tuesday. The Cougars prevailed 25-17, 27-25 and 25-18 to overpower the Wasps in the […]

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Santa Fe obelisk toppled during Indigenous Peoples’ Day protest

Santa Fe obelisk toppled during Indigenous Peoples’ Day protest

duckycards/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (SANTA FE, N.M.) — Santa Fe’s leaders are calling for calm after a group of protesters toppled a controversial monument in the city’s plaza Monday during an Indigenous Peoples’ Day protest. The protesters used chains and ropes to bring down the obelisk, which activists contend […]

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Sweet 16 party connected to 37 COVID-19 cases in ‘super-spreader’ event: Officials

Sweet 16 party connected to 37 COVID-19 cases in ‘super-spreader’ event: Officials

narvikk/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A Sweet 16 party at a Long Island, New York, catering hall is being called a COVID-19 “super-spreader event” that has now been connected to 37 confirmed cases, officials said. The Sept. 25 celebration also caused 270 people to quarantine, Suffolk County […]

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