By HALEY YAMADA, ABC News(PHILADELPHIA) -- Liam Spady had already come a long way by the time the COVID-19 pandemic hit this spring when the sudden lockdown put his future once again into the throes of uncertainty.The 22-year-old homeless college student had been taking courses at a community college in…
By WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than one million people worldwide.Over 34.2 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…
By EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Friday marks two years since Kierra Coles, a young, pregnant U.S. postal worker, disappeared from her Chicago neighborhood without a trace.There's still no sign of her, with the mysterious case classified by Chicago police as "a high-risk missing person investigation with potential foul…
By KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(FRANKFORT, Ky.) -- Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear vowed to halt a recent escalation of COVID-19 cases after reporting 17 more coronavirus-related deaths on Thursday, marking one of the state's highest one-day death tolls since the outbreak began earlier this year."What that shows is we are --…
By CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Google has announced a $1 billion investment over three years to start paying news publishers for content and to support the launch of a new product dubbed the "Google News Showcase."Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google parent company Alphabet Inc., announced the move…
By WILLIAM MANSELL and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1 million people worldwide.Over 34 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…
By EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- A Southern California community is mourning two brothers, ages 11 and 9, after they were struck and killed by a driver in suburban Los Angeles County, according to authorities.The children were crossing a street in Westlake Village when they were hit by a…
By MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Gusty, dry winds are expected on Thursday and Friday for parts of Northern California, where the Glass and Dolan Fires are burning as winds could gust up to 30 mph.Currently, 24 major fires are burning in California, forcing about 98,000 people to flee…
By JP KEENAN and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) -- Delisha Searcy has been pleading for police reform for more than a year after her 19-year-old son, De'Von Bailey, was shot in the back by officers in Colorado."I'm looking for in this election, people that are going to take…
By BILL HUTCHINSON, ALEX STONE and MATT GUTMAN, ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- A suspect has been arrested in the brazen ambush shooting that left two Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies severely wounded, authorities said.Authorities identified the suspect as 36-year-old Deonte Murray.Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced the arrest during…
