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Mississippi shaping up to become nation’s next COVID-19 hot spot
EMPPhotography/iStockBy KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has ordered some residents to wear masks, bowing to political pressure as COVID-19 infection rates continue to…
Coronavirus live updates: US weekly COVID-19 cases, deaths down
narvikk/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 712,000 people worldwide.More than 19.1 million people across the globe have been…
Power outage hits large portions of Manhattan in New York City
franckreporter/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Large portions of Manhattan in New York City were without power Friday morning as at least 1.3 million people are still without power…
Man reunited with dog he thought had died in California wildfire
deepblue4you/iStockBy ERIC NOLL and HALEY YAMADA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Man and man's best friend have been reunited after the Apple Fire in California.Greg Skeens thought he had seen the last of his…
At Army secretary promises changes at Fort Hood following Vanessa Guillen’s murder
US ArmyBy LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News(FORT HOOD, Texas) -- After a two-day visit to Fort Hood, Texas, Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy said the murder of Spc. Vanessa Guillen will lead to changes to…
In bombshell plea, close friend admits to murdering former Arkansas state senator
Rebecca O'Donnell is seen at a court appearance in Arkansas, Jan. 29, 2020. - (ABC News)By TAMMY GLASS, CHRIS FRANCESCANI and KATE HOLLAND, ABC News(POCOHANTAS, Ark.) -- Rebecca O'Donnell faces the…
2020 may be ‘one of the busiest’ hurricane seasons on record: NOAA
Zenobillis/iStockBy DANIEL MANZO and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(SILVER SPRING, Md.) -- The U.S. could be in for an "extremely active" Atlantic hurricane season this year, possibly "one of the busiest on…
After Isaias rocks Each Coast, more storms on the way
ABC NewsBy DANIEL MANZO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Along the East Coast, where millions are still without power thanks to Hurricane and Tropical Storm Isaias, the region is set to get more rain in the…
Video shows prison inmate saying ‘I can’t breathe’ as officers restrain him before…
Forsyth County Jail By KELLY MCCARTHY, ABC News
(NEW YORK) -- Video released of five North Carolina detention officers restraining an inmate in a cell shows the prisoner saying "I can't breathe"…
US COVID-19 death toll rises for fifth straight week
Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, EMILY SHAPIRO and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 712,000 people worldwide.Over 19 million…