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U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Julio Rivera/ReleasedBy LUIS MARTINEZ and MARTHA RADDATZ, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- A U.S. Navy sailor is being questioned by investigators for possible arson after allegedly starting the massive fire on the USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego in July, according to defense officials.The almost week-long fire caused so much damage that the Navy is now debating whether it makes sense to keep […]

wellesenterprises/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NOTRE DAME, Ind.) -- Before arriving on campus at the University of Notre Dame earlier this month, nearly all undergraduate and graduate students took COVID-19 tests. More than 11,800 tests yielded 33 positive cases, for a positivity rate of 0.28%.By Aug. 18, eight days after classes started, the campus had 147 confirmed cases and a positivity rate of nearly 16%. The cases had overwhelmed the school's […]

Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesBy WILLIAM MANSELL, MORGAN WINSOR, SABRINA GHEBREMEDHIN, and BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(KENOSHA, Wis.) -- Authorities on Wednesday night identified the police officer who shot Jacob Blake, which has led to four days of protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and renewed calls nationwide to end police violence against people of color. The Department of Justice also announced several other details, including that Blake had a knife and […]

LordRunar/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- The massive deadly infernos have become the second and third largest fires in state history and as firefighters work tirelessly, businesses in Santa Cruz are being looted.As California continues to battle raging wildfires across the state, it's getting help from neighbors across the country.The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, said it has received assistance from the U.S. military […]

pinkomelet/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(BOISE, Idaho) -- For the second time in 24 hours, Idaho state troopers arrested and physically removed state rights leader Ammon Bundy from the Boise statehouse after he violated the chamber's rules.Bundy, who joined several maskless protesters in three days of action against the state legislature over its coronavirus restrictions, showed up at the statehouse around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, soon after he posted bond for his […]

ABC NewsBy KARMA ALLEN and MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Laura is a Category 4 hurricane with "unsurvivable storm surge" expected in some areas, according to the National Hurricane Center."Unsurvivable storm surge with large and destructive waves will cause catastrophic damage from Sea Rim State Park, Texas, to Intracoastal City, Louisiana, including Calcasieu and Sabine Lakes," the NHC said in a statement. "This surge could penetrate up to 30 […]

Official White House Photo by Shealah CraigheadBy ELIZABETH THOMAS, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump on Wednesday tweeted that federal law enforcement and National Guard troops were on their way to Kenosha, Wisconsin, the site of violent protests, to "restore LAW and ORDER!"He still has not commented directly on the shooting of an unarmed Black man, Jacob Blake, that triggered the protests.Three people were shot and two killed in Kenosha […]

iStock/Darwin BrandisBY: JOYEETA BISWAS and MEGHAN KENEALLY, ABC News(NEW ORLEANS) -- Hurricane Laura is roaring toward the Texas-Louisiana border as a Category 4 storm and is expected to make landfall Wednesday or early Thursday, bringing with it dangerous storm surge and heavy rain.The National Weather Service (NWS) said an "unsurvivable storm surge with large and destructive waves" is expected to cause "catastrophic damage from Sea Rim State Park, Texas, to […]

ABC NewsBY: LAURA ROMERO and MATTHEW MOSK(MIAMI) -- Advocates for nursing home residents have raised concerns that some facilities being used by Florida officials as isolation units for those who test positive for the coronavirus have a checkered history of citations. Despite official assurances that the facilities have been fully vetted, it's a move they say could further endanger those who are already highly vulnerable.“Some of these centers are nursing […]