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A GoodYear's PhotographyBy NICOLE PELLETIERE, ABC News (DALLAS) -- A mother is speaking out about the false assumptions that are made about her as a Black parent to a white child.On Aug. 26, Jeena Wilder of Dallas, Texas, and her 6-year-old addressed the comments in a viral video shared with Wilder's 90,000 Instagram followers."There were specific questions people would ask like, 'Are you the nanny? Are you babysitting these kids?'" […]

Marilyn Nieves/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(KENOSHA, Wisc.) -- Jacob Blake, the Wisconsin man who was shot seven times in the back by a Kenosha police officer, appeared in court Friday for domestic abuse charges.Blake, 29, appeared via Zoom from his hospital bed, as he recovers from the Aug. 23 shooting that left him paralyzed from the waist down and sparked protests and civil unrest in the city.In July, Blake was […]

Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesBy QUINN OWEN, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement this week announced the end of a series of nationally coordinated arrests that resulted in more than 2,000 immigrants taken into custody.The vast majority of those arrested had a prior criminal charge or conviction while 15% did not. Assault and domestic violence topped the list of charges and convictions held by those arrested. […]

TheaDesign/iStockBy ALEXANDER MALLIN and WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News(LACEY, Wash.) -- A man sought in connection to the death of a pro-Trump protester in Portland, Oregon, last week is dead after being shot by officers who were trying to apprehend him Thursday night in Lacey, Washington.Michael Reinoehl, 48, was located by the FBI and U.S. Marshals, but when Reinoehl allegedly pulled a gun, taskforce members shot him, a law enforcement official […]

Garrett Aitken/iStockBy LARA PRILUCK, ABC News (SOUTH BEND, Ind.) -- When the coronavirus outbreak shuttered the city of South Bend's public schools in the spring, Dez-Jane Hall began connecting her second grade son to his virtual learning program, using links she had teachers send to her email, on her phone. But with two younger children to take care of at home, too, she found the transition difficult to manage."At first, […]

amphotora/iStockBy ALEXANDER MALLIN and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(KENOSHA, Wis.) -- Two Missouri men were arrested on firearm charges after a tipster warned law enforcement the pair were traveling to Kenosha, Wisconsin, with assault-style weapons, according to court documents.Michael M. Karmo, 40, and Cody E. Smith, 33, were arrested at a hotel near Kenosha on Tuesday and charged with illegal possession of firearms, the Department of Justice announced Thursday. According to […]

ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A frontal storm system will move into the Mid-Atlantic states Thursday and will bring a threat for damaging winds and tornadoes from Washington, D.C. to Philadelphia.Severe storms are expected to blossom in the early afternoon Thursday in western Pennsylvania and West Virginia and move east into the I-95 corridor between 5 and 6 p.m. ET.These storms come after more than a foot […]

ABC NewsBY: ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News(STURGIS, S.D.) -- Pandemic or no pandemic, the show will go on in South Dakota.The South Dakota State Fair opens Thursday and will run through Sept. 7. While it's not clear how many people plan to attend this year's event, more than 200,000 people visited the fair last year, according to the state's department of agriculture.Fair organizers have implemented health and safety measures, such as […]

ABC NewsBY: EVAN MCMURRY, JOHN KAPETANEAS, CHO PARK, EAMON MCNIFF, and JUJU CHANG, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- It was a statement that shocked almost everyone watching. For a few, it was a moment a long time coming.When pressed about a baseless conspiracy theory that he is leading the charge against a global Satanic pedophilic and cannibalistic syndicate, the president of the United States appeared to approve."If I can help save […]