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Forsyth County Jail By KELLY MCCARTHY, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Video released of five North Carolina detention officers restraining an inmate in a cell shows the prisoner saying "I can't breathe" before he lost consciousness and died two days later.The five officers and a nurse were charged last month with involuntary manslaughter in the December 2019 death of John Neville, a 56-year-old Black man, at Forsyth County Detention Center […]

Forsyth County Jail By KELLY MCCARTHY, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Video released of five North Carolina detention officers restraining an inmate in a cell shows the prisoner saying "I can't breathe" before he lost consciousness and died two days later.The five officers and a nurse were charged last month with involuntary manslaughter in the December 2019 death of John Neville, a 56-year-old Black man, at Forsyth County Detention Center […]

ABC NewsBy DANIEL MANZO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Along the East Coast, where millions are still without power thanks to Hurricane and Tropical Storm Isaias, the region is set to get more rain in the coming days. Already Thursday morning, a round of storms is moving through parts of Maryland and Virginia. These storms are headed off to Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey in the next few hours.A new flash […]

Zenobillis/iStockBy DANIEL MANZO and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(SILVER SPRING, Md.) -- The U.S. could be in for an "extremely active" Atlantic hurricane season this year, possibly "one of the busiest on record," the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Thursday.2020 is forecast to see 19 to 25 named storms, of which seven to 11 will become hurricanes. Out of those, three to six are forecast to become major hurricanes, […]

Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 708,000 people worldwide.Over 18.8 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 […]

Miramar Police Department via TwitterBy CHRISTINA CARREGA, ABC News(MIRAMAR, Fla.) -- It has been 10 days since 2-year-old Kamdyn was found wandering in a Miramar, Florida, parking lot located over 12 hours away from his family.Police in South Florida, including Miramar and Hollywood departments, have been on the hunt for the toddler's mother, Leila Cavett, since July 26.The white Chevy pickup truck the 21-year-old was last seen driving was found […]

ABC NewsBy DANIEL MANZO and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Tropical Storm Isaias raced up the East Coast, delivering torrential rain and ferocious winds, and, according to reports, killed at least 6 people. Among the deaths was a man in New York City -- a downed tree crushed his car, New York ABC station WABC reported.Isaias made landfall in North Carolina as a Category 1 hurricane late Monday before […]

Kuzma/iStockBy STEPHANIE EBBS, ABC News(ATLANTA) -- The former Atlanta police officer charged with the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks in a Wendy's parking lot in June could be facing imprisonment for allegedly violating the conditions of his bond agreement.Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard filed a motion Tuesday to revoke former officer Garrett Rolfe's bond, after Howard 's office was notified that Rolfe had left the state "for a short […]

narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, EMILY SHAPIRO and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 704,000 people worldwide.Over 18.7 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 […]