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Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesBY: MEREDITH DELISO, ABC NEWS    (ROCHESTER, N.Y.) -- After the third night of protests in Rochester, New York, nearly a dozen people were arrested and three officers were hospitalized as thousands took to the streets calling for justice for Daniel Prude, a Black man who died after being restrained by police during a mental health emergency.Friday saw the largest crowds gathered since the release of body camera […]

Nathan Howard/Getty ImagesBY: MEREDITH DELISO, ABC NEWS    (PORTLAND, Wash.) --  Police found clothing and ammunition connecting a suspect killed during an encounter with authorities Thursday to the death of a pro-Trump protester in Portland, Oregon, days earlier, officials said.Michael Reinoehl, 48, was wanted for murder in the second degree with a firearm and unlawful use of a weapon with a firearm, the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office said Friday, when […]

Courtesy North Star Camp for BoyBY: RYAN SHEPARD, ABC NEWS    (NEW YORK) -- As the school year begins under the cloud of COVID-19 that has closed many schools across the country, students and parents have struggled to cope with remote learning. One summer camp in northern Wisconsin has an innovative solution: fall camp.North Star Camp for Boys was one of the very few sleepaway camps in the country to successfully […]

Deagreez/iStockBY: KARMA ALLEN, ABC NEWS    (BOSTON) -- Northeastern University said it has dismissed 11 freshmen who allegedly violated coronavirus social distancing rules this week as students returned to campus for the fall semester, officials said Friday.The students, all members of the university's study abroad program, known as N.U.in, were caught gathering on Wednesday at a temporary dormitory, located about a mile away from the school's Boston campus, school officials said.Staff […]

Andy Lyons/Getty ImagesBY: SAMARA LYNN, ABC NEWS    (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) -- As the Kentucky Derby is set to get underway Saturday afternoon, the city of Louisville is bracing for anticipated protests from far-right activists and those calling for justice in the aftermath of Breonna Taylor's fatal shooting by Louisville, Kentucky, police.So far, counter-protesters are gathering near Churchill Downs, where the Kentucky Derby is held, for what they call a "patriotic event" […]

Prude FamilyBy HALEY YAMADA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Joe Prude said learning that seven police officers involved in his brother's death were suspended brought immediate "relief for me and the family."“This is the moment that I’ve been waiting to see and dying to see,” Prude, Rochester, New York, said. “I got it. Now all I’m waiting on is to see [the] people get prosecuted to the fullest of the law.”Rochester […]

ABC NewsBY: BRITTANY BORER, ABC NEWS    (NEW YORK) -- Over 48 million Americans in the West are bracing for a dangerous heat wave that will last through the holiday weekend.Numerous record high temperatures are possible this weekend from California to Washington. High temperatures will reach the triple digits in Los Angeles on Sunday.The last time downtown Los Angeles reached a high temperature of 100 degrees or higher was on July […]

DutcherAerials/iStockBY: ARIELLE MITROPOULOS, ABC NEWS    (NEW YORK) -- Health experts are pleading with the American public to be vigilant during the upcoming Labor Day weekend to prevent a repeat of the increase in COVID-19 cases that followed the Memorial Day and the Fourth of July holidays."We don't want to see a repeat of the surges we've seen following holiday weekends," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of […]

ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Record-breaking heat is expected in the West during the holiday weekend, including Los Angeles, where the power grid could be put to the test.Already Thursday, record highs were tied in Palmdale, California, at 106 degrees and in Portland, Oregon, at 95 degrees, but this is just the beginning, especially for southern California and the Southwest.Some areas could see the hottest temperatures of […]