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Bastiaan Slabbers/iStockBY: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC NEWS (PHILADELPHIA) -- Philadelphia police officers evaded bullets while attempting to reach injured victims when multiple people wielding guns opened fire at a Saturday night block party that drew up to 300 revelers, authorities said.At least five people, including three teenagers, were wounded in the shooting that erupted near a playground in the Poplar neighborhood of North Philadelphia around 11:30 p.m., Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw […]

ABC NewsBY: BRITTANY BORER, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) -- Several daily high temperature records were broken from Washington State to Texas on Saturday like in Shreveport, Louisiana, which hit its first 100-degree day of the year.Today, we expect more of the same across the western third of the country and parts of Texas with temperatures in the triple digits.In total, 54 million Americans are forecast to experience 100-degree heat this […]

ABC NewsBY: REED MCDONOUGH, ABC NEWS(NEW YORK) -- Wildfires in the West continue to rage as the region sees more record high temperatures.The extreme weather has proved to be particularly a problem in California. As the state battled both extreme heat and wildfires, Pacific Gas and Electric Company initiated rotating outages Friday night at the request of California's grid operator.The outages, which impacted 220,000 customers, are now over, the company […]

Halfpoint/iStockBY: MEREDITH DELISO, ABC NEWS(NEW YORK) -- In mid-July, seven weeks before the start of its school year, the Philadelphia school district announced it planned to reopen in a hybrid model, with both in-person and online learning. The decision came, the school board said, after months of collaboration between city leaders and public health experts, as well as feedback from more than 35,000 survey respondents.Then, nearly two weeks later, it […]

ReDunnLev/iStockBY: WILLIAM MANSELL AND SAMARA LYNN, ABC NEWS(NEW YORK) -- The novel coronavirus has now killed more than 762,000 people worldwide.More than 21.1 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 actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to testing shortages, […]

The-Vagabond/iStockBy ELLA TORRES, ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- A wildfire that broke out in Los Angeles earlier this week has spread to 11,000 acres as of Friday, according to authorities.The Lake Fire, which grew to 10,000 acres in just a few hours on Wednesday, was more contained than it had been at 12%.Cal Fire said that crews took advantage of improved weather conditions, with slightly lower temperatures and moisture from tropical […]

Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL and ELLA TORRES, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The novel coronavirus has now killed more than 753,000 people worldwide.Nearly 21 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 actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to testing shortages, […]

filo/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Several top prosecutors have faced pushback in recent weeks for what critics say has been too lenient a response to unrest, including looting.The Cook County State's attorney, Kim Foxx, was among the latest to face criticism after looting and violence overtook the streets of Downtown Chicago early Monday. Several Chicago officials this week charged that Foxx's progressive reforms, such as raising the bar […]

smolaw11/iStockBy ANNE FLAHERTY, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The United States' attempt to return children to the classroom this fall has turned into a slow-motion train wreck, with at least 2,400 students and staff either infected with COVID-19 or self-isolating because of exposure, and the vast majority of large school districts opting to go online this summer amid rising cases of the virus.President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Betsy Devos have […]