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Severe weather threats in forecast for Midwest, Northeast

Thursday, June 25 by ABC News

By DANIEL MANZO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Summer storms on Wednesday brought at least four reported tornadoes in parts of the South, including an EF-1 tornado with winds up to 110 mph in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The National Weather Service... Read More.

At least 25 state fairs have been canceled or postponed due to COVID-19

Thursday, June 25 by ABC News

By MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Normally this time of year, Stacey Pittroff-Barona would be in the middle of fair season. Her dad would be back from Australia, having run their carnival ride, the Giant Slide, and food stand,... Read More.

Coronavirus updates: US reports second highest number of new cases in single day

Thursday, June 25 by ABC News

By MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 482,000 people worldwide.Nearly 9.5 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new... Read More.

Up to 150K coronavirus deaths possible by July 18, CDC says

Thursday, June 25 by ABC News

By MATT GUTMAN, EMILY SHAPIRO, BRIAN HARTMAN and MARK OSBORNE, ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- As coronavirus cases continue to climb across the country, a new forecast from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the U.S. could soon see... Read More.

Judge blocks removal of Honduran teen being deported under CDC coronavirus rule

Thursday, June 25 by ABC News

By QUINN OWEN, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily barred the Trump administration from deporting a 16-year-old Honduran boy pending a decision on a controversial public health order that limits opportunities for migrants to apply for asylum.

White supremacist terrorism ‘on the rise and spreading,’ State Dept. says in new report

Thursday, June 25 by ABC News

BY: CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — The threat of racially or ethnically motivated terrorism, especially white supremacist terrorism, is "on the rise and spreading geographically," according to a new report by the State Department, as the threat from ISIS and other radical... Read More.

Public pressure mounts to revisit 2019 death of Elijah McClain, 23, while in custody

Thursday, June 25 by ABC News

BY: CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC NEWS (DENVER) — As the world sees unprecedented protests calling for an end to police brutality and systemic racism in the name of George Floyd, a Black man who died while in police custody, the death of another Black... Read More.