Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Colorado city halts emergency use of ketamine until Elijah McClain probe complete
iStock/z1bBY: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(AURORA, Colorado) -- A Colorado city has put a temporary ban on the use of ketamine by first responders more than a year after the death of Elijah McClain, a 23...
ABC Audio Sep 15, 2020
Colleges forced to reckon with rising COVID-19 cases
iStock/smolaw11BY: SOPHIE TATUM, ABC News(CHICAGO) -- From converting on-campus labs to designating quarantine dorms, many schools touted extensive safety strategies leading up to students’ retu...
ABC Audio Sep 15, 2020
Settlement reached in fatal Kentucky police shooting of Breonna Taylor: Sources
Breonna Taylor FamilyBy BILL HUTCHINSON, SABINA GHEBREMEDHIN and STEPHANIE WASH, ABC News(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) -- The city of Louisville, Kentucky, has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the fa...
ABC Audio Sep 15, 2020
Hurricane Sally updates: Gulf Coast braces for flooding, dangerous storm surge
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Sally is taking aim on the Gulf Coast where it's forecast to bring dangerous storm surge and historic and life-threatening flo...
ABC Audio Sep 15, 2020
Rochester mayor fires police chief amid leadership shake-up over Daniel Prude's death
amphotora/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(ROCHESTER, N.Y.) -- Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren fired Police Chief La'Ron Singletary Monday, two weeks before he was set to retire from his command, as part...
ABC Audio Sep 15, 2020
Eight hundred Chicago nurses strike for safer working conditions
PeopleImages/iStockBy ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News(CHICAGO) -- At least 800 Chicago nurses and several hundred health care workers went on strike Monday, calling for safer working conditions and fair pay....
ABC Audio Sep 15, 2020
Hispanic Heritage Month is more than a weeks-long party
NosUA/iStockBy ABBY CRUZ and CRISTINA CORUJO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Sept. 15 marks the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States. For many across the country, this is a way to celebrat...
ABC Audio Sep 15, 2020
Coronavirus news: US reports over 34,000 new cases as hotspots reemerge in Northeast
Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 930,000 people worldwide.Over 29.2 million people across the globe have been d...
ABC Audio Sep 15, 2020
Names of victims released as 4 gunmen still sought in deadly attack at party near Rutgers University
WABC-TVBY: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — All it took was 15 seconds for four gunmen to kill two people and injure seven others at a house party near Rutgers University, a surveillance v...
ABC Audio Sep 14, 2020
South Dakota AG involved in fatal car accident over the weekend told officers he hit a deer: Police
kali9/iStockBY: JOSHUA HOYOS AND IVAN PEREIRA, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — Investigators from two states are looking into a fatal accident that took place in South Dakota on Saturday night and involve...
ABC Audio Sep 14, 2020