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COVID-19 live updates: Former CDC head ‘very encouraged’ by US data

Monday, October 25 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 4.9 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 735,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering. Just 67% of Americans... Read More.

Nine-year-old boy’s remains found in home along with abandoned kids: Sheriff

Monday, October 25 by ABC News

(HOUSTON) -- The remains of a 9-year-old boy have been discovered in a Houston home along with three abandoned children, authorities said. One of the children, a 15-year-old, said his 9-year-old brother had been dead for one year and his body was in the room... Read More.

Charlottesville civil trial over deadly 2017 ‘Unite the Right’ rally set to begin

Monday, October 25 by ABC News

(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- A dark moment in U.S. history is set to be revisited when a federal civil trial begins in Charlottesville, Virginia, over a violent 2017 white nationalist rally that ended with an alleged neo-Nazi ramming his car into counterprotesters, killing one and... Read More.

Philadelphia students ‘scared to go to school’ as gun violence escalates

Monday, October 25 by ABC News

(PHILADELPHIA) -- Joshua Corneilius, 17, should be enjoying his senior year of high school, but instead, he is constantly worried about the violence occurring both inside and outside of his North Philadelphia school. In the last year, nine kids at Simon Gratz High School were... Read More.

Hate crimes against Asians rose 76% in 2020 amid pandemic, FBI says

Monday, October 25 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Hate crimes against people of Asian descent rose by 76% in 2020, according to newly republished data by the FBI. The FBI previously issued hate crime data in August, but due to an error in reporting Ohio's statistics, the data was incomplete. The... Read More.

1 dead, 7 injured in shooting at off-campus party near Georgia university

Saturday, October 23 by ABC News

(GEORGIA) -- One person is dead and seven others injured after a shooting at an off-campus party near a Georgia university. The incident occurred early Saturday morning in Fort Valley, near Fort Valley State University, authorities said. Several students suffered non-life-threatening injuries, the university said. Georgia Bureau... Read More.

Howard University students protest housing conditions with on-campus tent city

Saturday, October 23 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- Dozens of Howard University students are sleeping outdoors in a tent encampment on campus grounds to protest what they describe as "poor" and "unlivable" conditions in the college dormitories. Students told ABC News that portions of the university living quarters have... Read More.