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FangXiaNuo/iStockBY: MARK OSBORNE, ABC NEWS(ATLANTA) -- Nine people have tested positive for COVID-19 at a Georgia high school where a photo of a packed hallway went viral earlier this week.Six students and three staff members who were at the school last week have tested positive, according to a letter sent to parents Saturday that was acquired by ABC News. The positive cases were reported to the school after private tests."We […]

ABC NewsBY: BRITTANY BORER, ABC NEWS(NEW YORK) -- A line of thunderstorms is moving across portions of Missouri and Illinois this morning.Flash Flood Watches are in effect as some spots could see as much as 2 to 4 inches of rain with due to thunderstorms.Another round of storms is expected to follow a cold front across Minnesota, South Dakota and Nebraska as it moves through the region this afternoon and […]

USGSBY: MATT ZARRELL, ABC NEWS(SPARTA, N.C.) -- A 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck near the border between North Carolina and Virginia on Sunday morning.The earthquake was reported near Sparta, North Carolina, at 8:07 a.m., according to the USGS.There are no reports of damage or injuries. The tremors were felt from Virginia to South Carolina.The quake is the strongest the area has seen in over 100 years. The largest earthquake in the […]

Courtesy Frank WimberlyBY: ELLA TORRES, ABC NEWS (NEW ORLEANS) -- Frank Wimberly began grieving for his brother, Quinnyon, last fall after learning that he was one of three construction workers killed in the collapse of the Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans.Yet 10 months later, Wimberly said the pain still feels fresh because his brother's body hadn't been recovered.Authorities have been working to remove the 36-year-old's body and that of […]

MivPiv/iStockBY: ELLA TORRES, ABC NEWS (LOS ANGELES) -- The remains of seven Marines and a Navy Sailor who were killed when their amphibious assault vehicle (AAV) sank during a training exercise on July 30 off of San Clemente Island in Southern California have been recovered, the Marine Corps announced Friday night.After initially saying recovery efforts would likely be unsuccessful, officials with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), I Marine Expeditionary […]

beerkoff/iStockBY: WILLIAM MANSELL AND ELLA TORRES, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 721,000 people worldwide.More than 19.3 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 […]

By MARK OSBORNE, ABC News(BIRMINGHAM, Al.) -- A mother of three from Kansas has now been missing for a week after leaving on a trip to visit family in Alabama.Marilane Carter, 36, left her home in Overland Park, Kansas, just outside Kansas City, on the night of Saturday, Aug. 1, according to police. She was last seen in surveillance footage checking into a hotel in West Plains, Missouri, the following […]

ABC NewsBY: DANIEL MANZO, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) -- Summer storms brought another round of heavy rain, flooding and damaging winds to parts of the eastern U.S. on Friday.An 89 MPH wind gust was reported in Cumberland County, New Jersey, on Friday night, and damaging winds downed some trees in Delaware as well. Over 4 inches of rain also fell in Winterthur, Delaware.These summer storms come just days after Isaias […]

Leonsbox/iStockBy LUKE BARR, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The Bureau of Prisons has spent almost $3 million dollars on ultraviolet sanitizing devices to combat COVID-19 at 122 federal prisons, regional offices and its central office in Washington, D.C., according to the Bureau of Prisons, which confirmed the purchase to ABC News.The contract, which was obtained by ABC News and dated May 15, says that GM Hill Engineering, based in Jacksonville, Florida, is […]