Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Kyle Rittenhouse extradition 'dangerous' due to political climate: Lawyers
Marilyn Nieves/iStockBy KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(CHICAGO) -- Defense attorneys for alleged killer Kyle Rittenhouse argued on Friday that it would be dangerous to extradite the 17-year-old teenager, citin...
Oct 09, 2020
Breonna Taylor case sparks renewed scrutiny of grand juries in police misconduct cases
DNY59/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) -- When a Kentucky grand jury failed to return homicide charges against three white police officers in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor (i...
Oct 09, 2020
After foiled kidnapping plot, Michigan Gov. Whitmer says threats are 'ongoing'
ABC NewsBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the alleged target of a foiled kidnapping plot, says the threats against her and other officials haven't stopped."There ...
Oct 09, 2020
Hurricane Delta makes landfall in Louisiana as Category 2 storm: Updates
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, EMILY SHAPIRO, MELISSA GRIFFIN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Quick-moving Hurricane Delta has made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane.The storm made landfall around 6 p.m...
Oct 09, 2020
DOJ sues Yale for allegedly discriminating against Asian American, white applicants
sshepard/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Justice has sued Yale University for allegedly discriminating against Asian American and white undergraduate applicants.In ...
Oct 09, 2020
Kentucky judge mulls grand juror's request to speak publicly in Breonna Taylor case
Kuzma/iStockBy KARMA ALLEN and SABINA GHEBREMEDHIN, ABC News(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) -- A Kentucky judge weighed arguments in court on Thursday, considering a motion to dismiss a juror's request to speak pub...
Oct 09, 2020
Coronavirus live updates: Birx warns of 'troubling signs' in Northeast amid 'very different' spread of COVID-19
narvikk/iStock By MORGAN WINSOR and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1 million people worldwide.Over 36.6 million people across the gl...
Oct 09, 2020
Protests continue as NYC renews restrictions for COVID-10 hot spots
Allison Dinner/Getty ImagesBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- For the second night in a row, protests erupted in Brooklyn, New York, on Wednesday, the day before new restrictions in COVID-19 ho...
Oct 08, 2020
Texas officer charged in death of Jonathan Price fired for 'egregious violation'
BlakeDavidTaylor/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO and MARC NATHANSON, ABC News(WOLFE CITY, Texas) -- A police officer who faces murder charges in the shooting death of a Black man in East Texas has been fired...
Oct 08, 2020
Princeton agrees to backpay nearly $1M to female professors after gender discrimination allegations
aimintang/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(PRINCETON, N.J.) -- Princeton University has agreed to pay $925,000 in back pay and at least $250,000 in future salary adjustments to resolve allegatio...
Oct 08, 2020