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FBI catches man 46 years after he escaped from Denver prison

Raghu_Ramaswamy/iStockBy MARK OSBORNE, ABC News(DENVER) -- The old saying is "you can run, but you can't hide." It worked for a long time for one prison escapee, but the FBI finally caught up to him in hiding on Wednesday.After 46 years, Luis Archuleta was arrested in New Mexico, and will be returned to Denver, where he escaped from a prison cell in 1974.Archuleta, also known as Larry Pusateri, escaped from […]

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New data suggests COVID-19 surge could be leveling off, FEMA says

Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, EMILY SHAPIRO and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 696,000 people worldwide.Over 18.3 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 […]

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At least five dead, millions without power after Tropical Storm Isaias hits East Coast

ABC NewsBy DANIEL MANZO, EMILY SHAPIRO, MELISSA GRIFFIN and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Tropical Storm Isaias is bringing rain and wind to western New England, gradually weakening as it moves northeastward.In its path up the East Coast, the storm has battered New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania with heavy rain, flooding, tornadoes and rough winds.One person in Maryland, one in Connecticut, one in New York and […]

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Thousands of cockfighting roosters rescued from California ranch

Facebook/Los Angeles County Sheriff's DepartmentBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- Up to 3,000 cock fighting roosters, along with several hundred livestock animals, have been recovered from a California ranch following an investigation into animal cruelty.The recovery began at approximately 7 a.m. on Aug. 3 when Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies who were assigned to the Community Partnerships Bureau served a search warrant on a multi-acre ranch in the Chatsworth […]

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Marine AAV that sank in deadly accident found 385 feet under Pacific Ocean

Nick J./iStockBy MATT SEYLER, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Search crews have located a Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicle nearly 400 feet under the ocean's surface after it sunk in a deadly accident off the coast of Southern California last week, according to military officials."Officials with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), and the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) positively identified on Aug. 3 the […]

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Two kids among five dead in Denver house fire, arson suspected

Denver Fire Department via TwitterBy CLAYTON SANDELL, EMILY SHAPIRO and JEFFREY COOK, ABC News(DENVER) -- Five people are dead, including two children, in an early morning house fire that Denver police and fire officials say appears to be arson.The fire was reported around 2:40 a.m. local time, the Denver Fire Department said. Responding officers tried to get people out of the house but the intense heat pushed them back, the […]

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Hearings for Chad Daybell, charged after missing Idaho kids found dead on his property, resume

strickke/iStockBy ELLA TORRES and ASHLEY RIEGLE, ABC News(ST. ANTHONY, Idaho) -- Preliminary hearings resumed Tuesday for Chad Daybell, who is charged in the case of two Idaho children found dead in June after a monthslong search.Daybell's wife, Lori Vallow, who is the mother of the children, Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow, has also been charged.The hearings began Monday and included harrowing testimonies from detectives who found the bodies of Tylee […]

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Coronavirus updates: Fauci says family still getting death threats

narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 702,000 people worldwide.Over 18.6 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 […]

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Former officer who killed Rayshard Brooks should be jailed for violating bond, DA says

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 […]

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