By MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NOTRE DAME, Ind.) -- Before arriving on campus at the University of Notre Dame earlier this month, nearly all undergraduate and graduate students took COVID-19 tests. More than 11,800 tests yielded 33 positive cases, for a positivity rate of 0.28%.By Aug. 18, eight days after classes…
By LUIS MARTINEZ and MARTHA RADDATZ, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- A U.S. Navy sailor is being questioned by investigators for possible arson after allegedly starting the massive fire on the USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego in July, according to defense officials.The almost week-long fire caused so much damage that the…
By ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Health experts' fears about the hundreds of thousands of bikers who descended on South Dakota for the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in the middle of a pandemic are coming true.Dozens of coronavirus cases in eight states are believed to be linked to the 10-day…
By KARMA ALLEN, MAX GOLEMBO and MARC NATHANSON, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Laura is approaching the Gulf Coast as a Category 4 hurricane with "unsurvivable storm surge" expected in some areas, according to the National Hurricane Center."Unsurvivable storm surge with large and destructive waves will cause catastrophic damage from Sea…
By WILLIAM MANSELL, MORGAN WINSOR, SABRINA GHEBREMEDHIN, and BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(KENOSHA, Wis.) -- Authorities on Wednesday night identified the police officer who shot Jacob Blake, which has led to four days of protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and renewed calls nationwide to end police violence against people of color. The…
By IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(BOISE, Idaho) -- For the second time in 24 hours, Idaho state troopers arrested and physically removed state rights leader Ammon Bundy from the Boise statehouse after he violated the chamber's rules.Bundy, who joined several maskless protesters in three days of action against the state legislature…
By IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- The massive deadly infernos have become the second and third largest fires in state history and as firefighters work tirelessly, businesses in Santa Cruz are being looted.As California continues to battle raging wildfires across the state, it's getting help from neighbors across the…
By BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(DETROIT) -- A 20-year-old Michigan woman who was declared dead by paramedics and placed in a body bag for nearly three hours was discovered alive when a funeral home employee unzipped the bag and found her staring up at him, a lawyer for the woman's family…
By MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 819,000 people worldwide.Over 23.9 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…
By WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News(TEMPLE, Texas) -- Authorities in Texas believe a body found Tuesday is likely that of missing Fort Hood soldier Sgt. Elder Fernandes, who was last seen on Aug. 17.Responding to a medical call Tuesday, police in Temple, Texas, located a deceased person near some railroad tracks.…
