National News Archives

WATCH: President Trump flown to Walter Reed Medical Center

October 2, 2020 4:23 PM Associated Press

The White House says President Donald Trump will spend a “few days” at a military hospital after contracting COVID-19.

President Trump tests positive for COVID-19 how does it affect his campaign?

October 2, 2020 1:42 PM Riane Cleveland

The president’s campaign manager postponed all future campaign events with the Trump family on Friday.

Trump, first lady positive for virus; he has ‘mild symptoms’

October 2, 2020 9:21 AM Associated Press

A White House official says the president is experiencing “mild symptoms” of COVID-19.

FBI looking for information on unknown male regarding nationwide sexual exploitation investigation

September 30, 2020 4:26 PM Karl Wehmhoener

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KMIZ) The FBI is seeking assistance from across the nation with obtaining identifying information regarding an unknown male who may have critical information pertaining to the identity of a child victim in an ongoing sexual exploitation investigation. The video depicting John Doe 42 is believed to have been produced prior to October of

The Latest: 2 officers shot, wounded amid Taylor protests

September 23, 2020 8:41 PM Associated Press

Police say two officers have been shot and wounded amid a night of protests in Louisville, Kentucky, over a lack of charges in the Breonna Taylor case.

Local prosecutor explains how indictment in Breonna Taylor case translates in Missouri law

September 23, 2020 5:55 PM Sydney Olsen

On Wednesday a grand jury in Kentucky indicted one of the officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor with wanton endangerment.

200,000 people have died from Covid-19 in the US. That’s more than the US battle deaths from 5 wars combined

September 22, 2020 10:55 AM CNN

Since the first known US Covid-19 death on February 6, an average of more than 858 people have died from the disease every day.

Hurricane Sally makes landfall in Gulf Shores

September 16, 2020 5:29 AM Brittany Wiley

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) Hurricane Sally made landfall near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm just before 5 a.m. Wednesday. The National Hurricane Center said Sally is bringing torrential rain over a coastal storm surge that will cause dangerous flooding from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi and well inland in the days ahead. The

The state health department reported a record breaking rise in COVID-19 cases on Saturday.

GOP’s slimmed-down virus bill scuttled by Senate Democrats

September 10, 2020 12:52 PM Associated Press

Thursday’s mostly party-line vote capped weeks of wrangling over a fifth relief bill that all sides say they want but are unable to deliver on.

3 Texas officers shot by gunman, who holds person in home

August 17, 2020 8:27 AM Associated Press

Police in a suburb of Austin, Texas, say three officers have been shot and a man remains barricaded inside a home with at least one of his family members.

Court overturns Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence

July 31, 2020 3:09 PM Associated Press

A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.

Missouri added to White House’s ‘red list’ for COVID-19 cases

July 29, 2020 1:33 PM Nathalie Jones

The report said Missouri confirmed more than 100 new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 state residents last week.

Trump deploys feds to more states under ‘law-and-order’ push

July 22, 2020 3:55 PM Associated Press

President Donald Trump says he will send federal agents into Chicago and Albuquerque to help combat rising crime as he runs for reelection under a “law-and-order” mantle.

Judge halts execution amid claims inmate isn’t mentally fit

July 15, 2020 8:48 AM Associated Press

A U.S. judge has halted the execution of a federal death row inmate whose lawyers argue suffers from dementia.

Supreme Court rules Manhattan DA can obtain Trump taxes

July 9, 2020 9:28 AM Associated Press

The Supreme Court has upheld a prosecutor’s demand for President Donald Trump’s tax returns

WATCH: Fulton County prosecutor news conference on Atlanta police shooting

June 17, 2020 1:55 PM ABC 17 News Team

The prosecuting attorney in Fulton County, Georgia, said Wednesday that charges have been filed against police officers after the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks. Watch the announcement in the player below.

WATCH: George Floyd visitation service

June 8, 2020 12:04 PM ABC 17 News Team

Thousands of mourners came out Monday in Houston for the visitation of a man whose death at the hands of police has sparked protests nationwide. A private funeral service Tuesday will follow the service in Houston, George Floyd’s home town. Floyd died while a Minneapolis police officer had a knee on his neck, prompting protests

WATCH: George Floyd memorial service in Minneapolis

June 4, 2020 11:56 AM ABC 17 News Team

A memorial service was held Thursday for George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Murder charge upgraded in Floyd case, 3 other cops charged

June 3, 2020 1:41 PM Associated Press

Prosecutors are charging a Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd’s neck with second-degree murder, and for the first time are leveling charges against three other officers.

WATCH: President Trump says U.S. cutting ties with WHO

May 29, 2020 2:03 PM ABC 17 News Team

President Donald Trump said at a White House news conference Friday that the United States is cutting ties with the World Health Organization. Trump said the agency’s relationship with China was the reason for the decision to cut off U.S. funding to the organization. Watch the news conference in the player below.