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kali9/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC NEWSA judge has lifted the gag order in the high-profile cases of the four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd.The hearing on Tuesday followed a July 9 order from Judge Peter Cahill, barring the defendants -- Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Kiernan Lane and Tou Thao -- and all attorneys to not speak publicly about the cases. All four defendants' lawyers […]

Myriam Borzee/iStockBy JON HAWORTH and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- The novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 611,000 people worldwide.Over 14.7 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 due to […]

Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, IVAN PEREIRA and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 600,000 people worldwide.Over 14.5 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 […]

CGinspiration/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Since officials announced Georgia's first confirmed cases of COVID-19 on March 2, the state has drawn national attention over the coronavirus pandemic. It was one of the first states in the country to begin reopening its economy, and has since joined others in pausing its phased approach amid rising numbers of new cases and hospitalizations.Most recently, its Republican governor, Brian Kemp, has become […]

kali9/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, AARON KATERSKY, and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Roy Den Hollander, whom the FBI has called the “primary subject” in the shooting at Judge Esther Salas’ New Jersey home, was also the leading suspect in the murder of a like-minded attorney in California earlier this month, multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News.Hollander, an attorney who took on cases against feminist causes, was found dead by […]

DNY59/iStockBy KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(ST. LOUIS) -- Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed briefings in support of a St. Louis couple charged for brandishing their guns at civil rights protesters outside their mansion last month, claiming self defense.St. Louis' top prosecutor charged Mark and Patricia McCloskey on Monday with felony unlawful use of a weapon for allegedly displaying their guns in a threatening manner, but Schmitt said he's seeking to […]

Michael Ciaglo/Getty ImagesBy ELLA TORRES, ABC News(AURORA, Colo.) -- City council members in Aurora, Colorado, unanimously passed a resolution Monday evening allowing for an "independent, unbiased" investigation into the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old unarmed Black man who died after he was apprehended by Aurora, Colorado, police in August 2019.The resolution stated that a neutral-third investigation is needed "to discern the facts about what transpired that night of August […]

Myriam Borzee/iStockBy JON HAWORTH and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- The novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 611,000 people worldwide.Over 14.7 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 due to […]

CGinspiration/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Since officials announced Georgia's first confirmed cases of COVID-19 on March 2, the state has drawn national attention over the coronavirus pandemic. It was one of the first states in the country to begin reopening its economy, and has since joined others in pausing its phased approach amid rising numbers of new cases and hospitalizations.Most recently, its Republican governor, Brian Kemp, has become […]