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Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL and ELLA TORRES, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 589,000 people worldwide.Over 13.8 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 to testing […]

kali9/iStockBy KARMA ALLEN, ABC NEWS(BRAWLEY, Calif.) -- Investigators are still working to determine a motive in the death of 22-year-old Marilyn Cazares, who was found in an abandoned home in Brawley, California, on Monday. Her family said they believe it's a hate crime.Firefighters discovered her body while responding to reports of a fire in a deserted single-family home around 8:30 a.m. The official cause of death is currently under investigation."She […]

Colleen Michaels/iStockBy DR. SABINA BERA and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The largest school systems in the country will likely have very different starts to the upcoming school year.Earlier this week, Los Angeles announced that when classes resume Aug. 18, students will be fully remote indefinitely.Come September, New York City plans to begin the year with a hybrid model, with students attending school both in-person and online, the city […]

ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The dog days of summer are here. There are 18 states under a heat advisory, watch or warning Friday morning.The hottest weather Friday will be from Texas to the Dakotas, where it will feel like it’s over 100 degrees.The core of the hottest weather will be in the Plains and western Great Lakes on Saturday, where it will feel like it's above […]

Mark Wilson/Getty ImagesBy DEVIN DWYER, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg revealed Friday that she’s undergoing chemotherapy to treat a recurrence of cancer. In a statement, Ginsburg said she began treatment in May after a scan in February discovered lesions on her liver. Immunotherapy was first attempted but “proved unsuccessful,” she said. At 87, Ginsburg is the court’s oldest member and leader of its liberal […]

Glynn County Sheriff's OfficeBY: CHRISTINA CARREGA, ABC NEWS (ATLANTA) — The three men charged in connection to the murder of Ahmaud Arbery say they are not guilty. Gregory McMichael and his son Travis were arraigned on Friday after a grand jury indicted them last month for allegations that they unjustifiably ambushed, shot and killed Arbery, as William Bryan recorded the incident. Their retained attorneys each pleaded not guilty on their […]

carlballou/iStockBY: AARON KATERSKY AND CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) -- The New York Police Department have taken into custody an assistant of the tech entrepreneur who was found decapitated and dismembered in his apartment earlier this week, police sources confirmed to ABC News. Fahim Saleh, 33, was found dead in his New York City apartment on Tuesday. The death was officially deemed a homicide with the cause being multiple […]

Obtained by ABC NewsBY: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — Indiana prosecutors on Friday charged two white men who were filmed allegedly assaulting a Black man on July 4. Sean Purdy and Jerry Cox are facing battery, confinement and intimidation charges for their alleged roles in an attack on Vauhxx Rush Booker at Lake Monroe, according to the Monroe County Prosecutor's office. Booker, 36, an activist and member of […]

pinkomelet/iStockBy ARIELLE MITROPOULOS, ABC NEWS(NEW YORK) -- As the novel coronavirus surges across the U.S., with 71,000 new coronavirus cases across the country on Thursday, the most in a single day, the debate about whether state governments should be requiring masks has becoming increasingly contentious. In the past weeks, a growing number of states have begun issuing new mask requirements.In an analysis of all 50 states, ABC News found that […]