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amphotora/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(KENOSHA, Wis.) -- As more details emerge surrounding the police shooting of Jacob Blake, who remains hospitalized, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul is refusing to answer questions on whether officers knew beforehand that Blake had a knife."We're not commenting on that detail at this point in the investigation. Mr. Blake stated to investigators that he had a knife in his possession and there was one that […]

DNY59/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(KENOSHA, Wis.) -- Kyle Rittenhouse, the alleged Wisconsin gunman who is accused of opening fire during protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake and of killing two people, did not appear for his first scheduled court appearance Friday.The 17-year-old from Antioch, Illinois, requested to waive his presence at the extradition hearing. His lawyer, however, did not waive the extradition to Wisconsin request during the short […]

nito100/iStockBy KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(ELIZABETH, N.J.) -- New Jersey officials approved a piece of land to build a monument dedicated to transgender activist Marsha P. Johnson in her hometown of Elizabeth, New Jersey. The monument would be the first in the country to honor a transgender person, according to Union County officials.City and county officials met with members of the Johnson family on Thursday afternoon to formally announce that the […]

ABC NewsBy LAUREN LANTRY and MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Sen. Rand Paul claimed he was "attacked by an angry mob" early Friday morning in Washington, D.C., while walking with his wife from the White House after listening to President Donald Trump's closing remarks at the Republican National Convention."Just got attacked by an angry mob of over 100, one block away from the White House," Paul said in a post […]

kali9/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON and WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News(MINNEAPOLIS) -- Violence erupted in Minneapolis overnight when protesters took to the streets, some looting and vandalizing businesses, after social media posts wrongly claimed officers fatally shot a Black man who police alleged died by suicide following his involvement in a homicide.At least six people were arrested when the civil unrest took an ugly turn in the city where a national wave of […]

Scott Olson/Getty ImagesBy BILL HUTCHISON, ABC News(KENOSHA, Wis.) -- National civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson is joining the family of Jacob Blake, a Black man shot multiple times in the back by a police officer, in calling for prosecutors to indict the officer and others involved in the incident that has sparked violent protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin.During a news conference Thursday organized in Kenosha by local officials of the […]

ABC NewsBy WILLIAM MANSELL, DANIEL MANZO and MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Laura is barreling inland across the southeastern United States as a powerful tempest with an "unsurvivable storm surge" expected in some areas, according to the National Hurricane Center.The storm made landfall near the Texas-Louisiana border early Thursday as a Category 4 major hurricane with a maximum sustained wind speed of 150 mph."Unsurvivable storm surge with large […]

kali9/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, JOSH MARGOLIN and JACK DATE, ABC News(KENOSHA, Wis.) -- Kyle Rittenhouse was taken into custody on suspicion of first-degree intentional homicide in the Tuesday shooting, some of which was captured on cellphone video.One of the victims in the deadly shootings at a protest Tuesday night in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was shot five times, including in the head, and a second was shot in the chest, according to a […]

Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Health experts' fears about the hundreds of thousands of bikers who descended on South Dakota for the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in the middle of a pandemic are coming true.Dozens of coronavirus cases in eight states are believed to be linked to the 10-day motorcycle event earlier this month. South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming and Washington state health departments […]