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Samara Heisz/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 903,000 people worldwide.Over 27.8 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The criteria for diagnosis -- through clinical means or a lab test -- […]

Toa55/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A 1-year-old was killed and his parents suffered third-degree burns after attempting to escape a wildfire in Washington state, authorities said.Jacob Hyland, 31, and Jamie Hyland, 26, of Renton, Washington, were discovered with their child on the bank of the Columbia River in Okanogan County Wednesday morning after they had abandoned the car they were traveling in, officials said. All three had suffered […]

deepblue4you/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL and JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(SALEM, Ore.) -- At least seven people have died in the western United States as firefighters battle dozens of wildfires up and down the coast.Nearly 200 wildfires across nine western states are currently burning.In Okanogan County, Washington, a child died and his parents suffered third-degree burns when the family attempted to outrun the Cold Springs wildfire, authorities said. Sheriff Tony Hawley said the […]

Jocelyn SierraBy ALLIE YANG and DENISE MARTINEZ-RAMUNDO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Ryan McCarthy, secretary of the U.S. Army, doesn't know if there will ever be justice for Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen, but he says "it's clear" that the Army let her family down."We have to find answers and we will hold people accountable," McCarthy told ABC News' 20/20.Guillen was a 20-year-old Houston native who loved to run. She was a […]

DaveAlan/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- At least eight people in Oregon, California and Washington are dead as a result of the devastating wildfires ravaging the West Coast and the destruction and death toll are only anticipated to get worse, according to Oregon Gov. Kate Brown.There are 37 active fires, with more than 672,000 acres burned in the state as of early Thursday morning, according to the Oregon Office […]

stefanamer/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO and DR. JAY BHATT, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As schools attempt to bring students back to school safely, a game-changer might come out of central Illinois.The University of Illinois' Urbana-Champaign campus has one of the most aggressive COVID-19 testing protocols among institutions of higher education in the country, as it aims to keep students on campus during the pandemic this fall.Twice a week, the university tests all […]

ABC NewsBY: AARON KATERSKY and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Two protesters who took part in Saturday night's protest in Rochester, New York, were charged for allegedly assaulting police officers, federal prosecutors said.Adam Green, of Dansville, New York, and Dallas Williams-Smothers, of Rochester, both 20, were charged in the Western District of New York with civil disorder for two incidents during Saturday's demonstration, according to U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy […]

U.S. Attorney's OfficeBY: AARON KATERSKY and JUSTIN DOOM(NEW YORK) -- Ethan Melzer, the former Army private accused of plotting with a Satanic neo-Nazi group known as O9A to kill fellow soldiers, pleaded not guilty to new charges brought Wednesday.The superseding indictment includes two new counts of illegal transmission of defense information."While deployed overseas as a member of the United States Army the defendant was also a member of a white […]

iStock/Sean PavoneBY: KARMA ALLEN(WASHINGTON) -- Milwaukee's outgoing health commissioner said she faced racism and received threats during her tenure -- events she said contributed to her decision to resign last week.Dr. Jeanette Kowalik said she received anti-Black and anti-immigration threats from white supremacists and was faced with a racist and toxic environment as head of the Milwaukee Health Department."It's one thing to get into a position, it's another thing to […]