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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, […]

Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesBy JOSHUA HOYOS, IVAN PEREIRA and MARC NATHANSON, ABC News(ROCHESTER, N.Y.) -- Rochester, New York police reported no arrests Sunday night after demonstrators protesting the death of Daniel Prude descended on the city's Public Safety Building, a day after nearby demonstrations resulted in numerous clashes between protesters and police."The Rochester Police Department would like to thank our local and state law enforcement partners for their assistance and […]

amphotora/iStockBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A manhunt is on for a 29-year-old suspected of shooting a Georgia sheriff's deputy early Monday.Dalton Potter, a wanted Texas fugitive, was allegedly driving a stolen trailer when he was pulled over on a traffic stop, 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 […]

Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 890,000 people worldwide.Over 27.2 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 […]

filo/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(PORTLAND, Ore.) -- The 100th consecutive night of protests in Portland, Oregon quickly escalated into a riot Saturday as people hurled "multiple fire bombs, mortars, rocks and other items" at officers, police said.One of the homemade bombs caught a community member on fire. Medics offered treatment at the scene, and the injured individual was later taken to a hospital by a private vehicle, according to a […]

Toa55/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(FRESNO, Calif.) -- Authorities have rescued dozens of people near a reservoir in California who became trapped by a fast-moving wildfire in a national forest.Local fire departments and law enforcement agencies from Fresno and Madera counties are conducting the massive rescue operation in the Mammoth Pool Reservoir area of the Sierra National Forest, with help from the National Guard. Military helicopters have been airlifting people to […]

iStockBy: ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Michael Bloomberg isn't shy about leveraging his fortune in an attempt to solve intractable problems, like obesity and gun violence. On Sept. 3, the billionaire added another public health project to his fix-it list: America's Black doctor shortage.Bloomberg announced Thursday that he would give $100 million to the nation's four historically Black medical schools: Meharry Medical College, Howard University College of Medicine, […]

iStock/MotortionBy: BILL HUTCHINSON and STEPHANIE WASH, ABC News (KENOSHA, Wis.) -- In his first public comments about being shot seven times in the back and paralyzed by a Wisconsin police officer, Jacob Blake described the pain he endures 24 hours a day and how his life changed in the snap of a finger.The 29-year-old Black man, who was shot last month in Kenosha in front of three of his children, […]

iStock/MotortionBy: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A federal magistrate judge has recommended that criminal charges be dismissed in a 2018 duck boat sinking during a storm on a Missouri lake that killed 17 people, including nine from the same family.U.S. Magistrate Judge David P. Rush made the recommendation on Friday, writing that a 47-count indictment against the duck boat's captain, operations supervisor and on-duty manager should be dropped […]