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Biden reflects on deadly Maui wildfire, saying community shows strength and resilience a year later

Thursday, August 8 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden penned a letter to commemorate one year since the fatal fires in Maui.In the letter, he reflected on the devastation he saw in his visit to the island and how the flames impacted the communities in Lahaina and Kula."We...

Tropical Storm Debby live updates: Debby makes 2nd landfall in South Carolina

Thursday, August 8 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Tropical Storm Debby is slamming the Southeast with heavy rain after making landfall in Florida as a Category 1 hurricane on Monday.At least six people have been killed in Florida and Georgia.Here's how the news is developing:Debby makes 2nd landfall in...

Wearing masks in public is now illegal in this New York county, with exceptions

Thursday, August 8 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Lawmakers in a suburban New York county approved a bill to ban masks in public spaces, saying concealing your identity is a misdemeanor offense punishable by up to a year of jail time and a $1,000 fine.Proponents of the Mask Transparency...

Romanian oligarch hired Hunter Biden to influence US policy, special counsel says

Thursday, August 8 by ABC News

(WILMINGTON, Del.) -- Prosecutors in special counsel David Weiss' office are accusing Hunter Biden of accepting payments from a Romanian businessman who was attempting to "influence U.S. government agencies," while his father Joe Biden was vice president.If true, the allegation would mark the closest...

Georgia school chief says state will restore public funding for AP African American studies course

Wednesday, August 7 by ABC News

Georgia Schools Superintendent Richard Woods announced on Wednesday that the state will restore public funding for Advanced Placement (AP) African American studies to be taught in public schools after seeking "guidance and clarity" from the state’s attorney general regarding whether state law permits its...

Man accused of poisoning child with eyedrops after allegedly killing wife same way

Wednesday, August 7 by ABC News

(GASTONIA, N.C.) -- A North Carolina man accused of fatally poisoning his wife with eyedrops is now being accused of attempting to poison their 11-year-old daughter with the same substance, resulting in her hospitalization, according to court documents.Joshua Lee Hunsucker's was booked on Tuesday...

Multiple motorists rescued from flooded roadways in New Jersey and New York

Wednesday, August 7 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Multiple motorists stranded on flooded roadways in New York and New Jersey had to be rescued from their submerged vehicles Tuesday night as some parts of the region got six inches of rain in about three hours, according to officials.The super-soaker...

Dog starts house fire by chewing portable phone battery, officials say

Wednesday, August 7 by ABC News

(TULSA, Okla.) -- A dog in Tulsa, Oklahoma, started a house fire after biting into a lithium ion battery, fire officials said.The Tulsa Fire Department recently released dramatic footage of the fire, which took place in May, showing the portable cellphone battery sparking and...

NASA says Boeings Starliner astronauts may have to come home on different spacecraft

Wednesday, August 7 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The two astronauts who went up to the International Space Station (ISS) on Boeing's Starliner may have to come home on a different spacecraft, NASA officials said during a press conference Wednesday.Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams, who performed the...

Wrongful death lawsuit filed over Titan submersible implosion

Wednesday, August 7 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The estate of a Titanic researcher who was among the five people killed when the Titan submersible catastrophically imploded while on a deep-dive voyage to the site of the famous shipwreck last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit seeking more...

Harvard failed its Jewish students and must face antisemitism lawsuit, judge rules

Wednesday, August 7 by ABC News

(BOSTON) -- Harvard University "failed its Jewish students" and must face a lawsuit over antisemitism on campus following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack against Israel, a federal judge in Boston ruled.Judge Richard Stearns said Jewish students plausibly claimed Harvard had been indifferent to their...

Man in intimate relationship with Detroit neurosurgeon charged in his murder: Prosecutor

Wednesday, August 7 by ABC News

(DETROIT) -- A man in an "intimate relationship" with a Michigan neurosurgeon has been charged in the doctor's slaying, authorities announced Wednesday.Dr. Devon Hoover, 53, was found shot dead in his Detroit home on April 23, 2023, prosecutors said. He was shot twice in...

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