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The-Vagabond/iStockBy ELLA TORRES, ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- A wildfire that broke out in Los Angeles earlier this week has spread to 11,000 acres as of Friday, according to authorities.The Lake Fire, which grew to 10,000 ... read more

Michael Ver Sprill/iStockBy ELLA TORRES, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The Tribute in Light, a 9/11 commemoration that takes place over Lower Manhattan, has been canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic."This incredibly difficult decision ... read more

Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesBy JOHN SANTUCCI, KATHERINE FAULDERS and AARON KATERSKY, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Robert Trump, the younger brother of President Donald Trump, has been hospitalized in New York, sources told ABC News, ... read more

ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- At least 94 wildfires are burning in the U.S., as record heat scorches the West. Several new wildfires exploded in southern California Thursday, including the Ranch Fire ... read more

smolaw11/iStockBy ANNE FLAHERTY, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The United States' attempt to return children to the classroom this fall has turned into a slow-motion train wreck, with at least 2,400 students and staff either infected ... read more

filo/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Several top prosecutors have faced pushback in recent weeks for what critics say has been too lenient a response to unrest, including looting.The Cook County State's attorney, ... read more

Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The novel coronavirus has now killed more than 753,000 people worldwide.Over 20.9 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by ... read more

Samara Heisz/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The novel coronavirus has now killed more than 753,000 people worldwide.Over 20.7 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the ... read more

BlakeDavidTaylor/iStockBy ALEXANDER MALLIN, ABC News(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) -- The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department announced on Thursday the arrest of a suspect in the murder case of 4-year-old LeGend Taliferro, whose tragic killing in late ... read more

sshepard/iStockBy ALEXANDER MALLIN and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Justice has accused Yale University of illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants.A two-year civil rights investigation, in response to ... read more

BCFC/iStockBy JAMES HILL, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A lawyer for an alleged child-sex trafficking victim contends in a new court filing that attorneys for Jeffrey Epstein's $655 million estate are engaged in a "concerted and ... read more

Breonna Taylor FamilyBy ELLA TORRES, STEPHANIE WASH and SABINA GHEBREMEDHIN, ABC News(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) -- More than 150 days after the killing of Breonna Taylor, a young Black medical worker fatally shot in Louisville, Kentucky, by ... read more

Samara Heisz/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The novel coronavirus has now killed more than 750,000 people worldwide.Over 20.6 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the ... read more

ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Wildfire season is in full effect Thursday as multiple fires throughout the West are being fueled by bone dry conditions. The Lake fire broke out north of ... read more

grandriver/iStockBy KIARA BRANTLEY-JONES, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The Navajo community suffered one of the highest COVID-19 infection rates per capita in the country just three months ago but with the implementation of strict public ... read more