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Kids4Change757BY: ESTHER CASTILLEJO and HALEY YAMADA, ABC News(HAMPTON, Virginia) -- Eleven-year-old Cartier Carey spent his summer at his lemonade stand in Hampton, Virginia raising money to buy diapers, wipes and other supplies for parents who needed help during the COVID-19 pandemic.Cartier told ABC News that he noticed a shortage of diapers in stores during the pandemic and wanted to help.“There was no diapers at all and I was like, ‘Oh, […]

narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 892,000 people worldwide.Over 27.3 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 criteria for diagnosis -- through clinical means or a lab test -- has […]

Taphouse_Studios/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The images are stark -- people clashing with police, buildings on fire, vandalism, shootings and even killings.Some, including President Donald Trump, appear to have conflated some of the violence across the nation with protests that have sprung up in the wake of the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.But an ABC News examination of a string of fatal and […]

Gopakumar Sudhir/iStockBy LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The California National Guard helicopter crews that rescued more than 200 people from a fast-approaching forest fire this weekend have labeled the daring flights as the most dangerous of their careers.A CH-47 Chinook helicopter and a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flew through a valley of intense smoke and embers to get to the dock where the frightened lakeside campers had gathered just […]

amphotora/iStockBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A manhunt is intensifying for a 29-year-old suspected of shooting a Georgia sheriff's deputy.Dalton Potter, a wanted Texas fugitive, was allegedly driving a stolen trailer when he was pulled over on a traffic stop early Monday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said. BLUE ALERT issued for Dalton Potter, age 29. Potter is suspected of shooting a Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office deputy overnight. Last […]

BlakeDavidTaylor/iStockBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A juvenile has been arrested for allegedly stabbing two people at a New Jersey beach on Labor Day, prosecutors announced Tuesday.The stabbing victims, both male, survived the attack at Point Pleasant Beach, said Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer.They were in serious but stable condition Tuesday morning, Billhimer said.The suspect, from Newark, New Jersey, has been charged with two counts of attempted murder, possession […]

Toa55/iStockBy MATT ZARRELL, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The National Guard is working to rescue dozens of people who are still trapped near the Creek Fire in Fresno County, California.There are multiple locations where people are unable to get out; the record-high heat, low humidity, wind conditions and rugged terrain have made rescue operations difficult.There are currently rescue operations underway -- a National Guard helicopter is trying to reach Hidden Lake […]

ABC NewsBY: IVAN PEREIRA(OAK GLEN, Calif.) -- A gender reveal photo shoot allegedly caused one of this weekend's destructive wildfires in California, according to firefighters.Representatives from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, aka Cal Fire, said a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device that was used during the photo op on Sept. 5 allegedly sparked the El Dorado fire, which is burning near Oak Glen in San Bernardino County.The couple, their […]

batuhan toker/iStockBy MATTHEW FUHRMAN and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- Temperatures in one part of Los Angeles County surged to 121 degrees Sunday, the highest reading ever recorded in that county, as the West Coast grapples with a dangerous heat wave.The National Weather Service said the San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Woodland Hills recorded a temperature of 121 degrees, two degrees higher than the previous record set in 2006.California, […]