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Month: August 2021

COVID-19 live updates: Over 134,000 cases reported in Florida over the past week

COVID-19 live updates: Over 134,000 cases reported in Florida over the past week

CasPhotography/iStock (NEW YORK) — The United States is facing a COVID-19 surge this summer as the more contagious delta variant spreads. More than 615,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 and over 4.2 million people have died worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at […]

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One dead, One critical in shooting near Coors Field in Denver

One dead, One critical in shooting near Coors Field in Denver

Stock Photo/Getty Images (DENVER) — One person is dead and another is in critical condition following a shooting in Denver, near the Coors Field baseball stadium, Denver police said. The Denver Police Department responded to the area of 22nd and Blake Streets around 10:30 p.m. on Friday, about 45 minutes after […]

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What to know about Florida’s anti-riot law and the corresponding legal challenge

What to know about Florida’s anti-riot law and the corresponding legal challenge

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Florida’s controversial anti-riot law is going to have its day in court. Civil rights groups including the ACLU of Florida, the Dream Defenders and the Black Collective have sued the state and Gov. Ron DeSantis, alleging HB 1, the law called “Combating Public Disorder,” specifically […]

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Key moments from Day 15 of the Olympic Games

Key moments from Day 15 of the Olympic Games

Lintao Zhang/Getty Images (TOKYO) — Each day, ABC News will give you a roundup of key Olympic moments from the day’s events in Tokyo, happening 13 hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time. After a 12-month delay, the unprecedented 2020 Summer Olympics is taking place without fans or spectators and under a […]

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Phoenix Union high schools tells students to mask up, despite Arizona’s statewide ban

Phoenix Union high schools tells students to mask up, despite Arizona’s statewide ban

iStock/coldsnowstorm (PHOENIX) — The school year began on Monday in classrooms across the Phoenix Union High School District, and despite Arizona’s ban on mask mandates, students and staff were all wearing masks indoors in adherence to the district’s mitigation requirements. On June 30, Gov. Doug Ducey signed a law prohibiting mask […]

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8 people missing as Dixie Fire continues path of destruction in California

8 people missing as Dixie Fire continues path of destruction in California

Trevor Bexon/Getty Images (PLUMAS COUNTY, Calif.) — Eight people are missing as the Dixie Fire rages on in California, the Plumas County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Saturday. “We are seeking the public and the media’s assistance is helping us locate the individuals so we can report back to their […]

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Police continue search for witnesses in fatal Atlanta park stabbing

Police continue search for witnesses in fatal Atlanta park stabbing

iStock/z1b (ATLANTA) — Atlanta police have spoken with a jogger who they initially thought may have witnessed the stabbing death of a woman in Piedmont Park last week. Police are ramping up the search for possible witnesses of the “gruesome” stabbing death of Katie Janness, 40, and her dog Bowie, who […]

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Scoreboard roundup — 8/6/21

Scoreboard roundup — 8/6/21

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Friday’s sports events:  MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL  INTERLEAGUE  Final  Chicago White Sox   8  Chicago Cubs   6  Final  St. Louis           4  Kansas City    2  Final  L.A. Angels         4  L.A. Dodgers   3 […]

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Students can transfer schools to avoid COVID-19 ‘harassment’ like mask mandates, Florida’s board of education says

Students can transfer schools to avoid COVID-19 ‘harassment’ like mask mandates, Florida’s board of education says

Octavio Jones/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — dThe Florida Board of Education passed a rule Friday allowing parents in the state to skirt mask mandates that districts may enforce for their children. The rule, passed unanimously at an emergency meeting, lets parents transfer their kids to a private school or another […]

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Sheriff’s deputy overdoses after exposure to fentanyl during arrest

Sheriff’s deputy overdoses after exposure to fentanyl during arrest

San Diego County Sheriff’s Department (SAN DIEGO) — The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department released body camera footage of the crucial moments in which a deputy saved another’s life after he was overdosed from fentanyl exposure during an arrest last month. Deputy David Faiivae was a trainee at the scene […]

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