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WATCH LIVE: Hurricane Delta hits Texas, Louisiana

October 9, 2020 11:46 AM ABC 17 News Team

Watch live webcams from the area affected by Hurricane Delta.

6 people charged in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer

October 8, 2020 11:38 AM Associated Press

DETROIT (AP) Six people plotted to try to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at her vacation home. That’s according to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday. The FBI said in the court filing that four of the six men had planned to meet Wednesday to “make a payment on explosives and exchange tactical gear.” The

Trump says “I’m not going to do a virtual debate’ with Biden, as commission makes changes after his COVID-19 diagnosis

October 8, 2020 7:14 AM Associated Press

Trump says “I’m not going to do a virtual debate’ with Biden, as commission makes changes after his COVID-19 diagnosis.

Officer charged with fatally kneeling on George Floyd’s neck posts $1 million bail, attorney says

October 7, 2020 1:22 PM CNN

Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis police officer facing murder charges in George Floyd’s death, has posted $1 million bail, his attorney, Eric Nelson, said Wednesday.

Senior Pentagon leadership quarantining after exposure to coronavirus

October 6, 2020 12:58 PM CNN

The top US general, Gen. Mark Milley, and several members of the Pentagon’s senior leadership are quarantining after a top Coast Guard official tested positive for coronavirus, several US defense officials tell CNN.

Trump aims for Monday release after outside drive-by

October 5, 2020 10:48 AM Associated Press

President Donald Trump is hoping for a Monday discharge from the military hospital where he is being treated for COVID-19.

President Trump could return to the White House as soon as Monday

October 4, 2020 11:07 AM Zach Boetto

WASHINGTON D.C. (KMIZ) The President’s multidisciplinary medical team said President Trump could be discharged from the hospital as soon as Monday. The medical team gave an update outside of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Sunday around 10:45 a.m. During the update, Dr. Sean Conley, President Trump’s physician, mentioned they provided the President with oxygen on

Officer to grand jury: No search of Breonna Taylor’s home

October 2, 2020 11:37 AM Associated Press

A law enforcement officer says police did not end up searching Breonna Taylor’s apartment on the day she was shot and killed by police who had arrived with a search warrant.

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.