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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 […]

Courtesy Kristiina ArrasmithBy KIARA BRANTLEY-JONES, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Devon Conley, a mom and trustee of the Mountain View Whisman School Board in California, said she typically spends the last few days of summer preparing to send her son back to school. This year, however, that process looks very different -- an entirely new set of challenges.Her 7-year-old son will be distance learning because of the coronavirus pandemic. "It's still […]

amphotora/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(BOISE, Idaho) -- Idaho state police troopers arrested states' rights activist Ammon Bundy Tuesday and wheeled him out of the Idaho Statehouse, still in his seat, after he disrupted a special legislative session, police said.His arrest, along with three other protesters, came a day after a crowd of unmasked protesters, some of whom were armed, broke glass, stormed the chambers and violated social distancing rules during […]

Florida Dept. of Law EnforcementBy JAMES HILL, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A federal judge in New York has ordered that a deposition of a co-executor of Jeffrey Epstein's estate be postponed while she considers a request from Epstein's alleged accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell to put a civil lawsuit on hold.Darren Indyke, an attorney whose work for Epstein's corporations and charities spans more than two decades, was scheduled to be questioned on […]

powerofforever/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News(TEMPLE, Texas) -- Authorities in Texas believe a body found Tuesday is likely that of missing Fort Hood soldier Sgt. Elder Fernandes, who was last seen on Aug. 17.Responding to a medical call Tuesday, police in Temple, Texas, located a deceased person near some railroad tracks. Police said identification found at the scene suggests the body is Fernandes', however, there has been no forensic confirmation yet. […]

kali9/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(DETROIT) -- A 20-year-old Michigan woman who was declared dead by paramedics and placed in a body bag for nearly three hours was discovered alive when a funeral home employee unzipped the bag and found her staring up at him, a lawyer for the woman's family said.Timesha Beauchamp, who's suffered from cerebral palsy since birth, was in critical condition and on a respirator Tuesday afternoon at […]

LordRunar/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- Thousands of California firefighters Tuesday continued to brave harsh weather conditions in their attempt to fight over two dozen wildfires across the state.The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, aka Cal Fire, said that 650 wildfires have now burned over 1.25 million acres in the state since Aug. 15."The significant acreage burned makes the fires collectively larger than the state of Delaware," […]