By MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A very serious fire threat will unfold across parts of the Western U.S. Friday, through the weekend and into early next week.In Colorado, the East Troublesome fire has continued to greatly expand in size. The fire is now the second-largest in state history,…... Read More

By KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The families of some of the 73 residents residents who have died from COVID-19 while living at a Pennsylvania nursing home have filed a lawsuit against the facility, accusing it of recklessly handling the virus outbreak.The families of 10 deceased residents teamed up…... Read More

By HALEY YAMADA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Colorado residents are facing emergency evacuations after explosive growth from a new wildfire, the latest of the state‘s growing infernos.The entire town of Grand Lake was forced to evacuate Wednesday night after the East Troublesome Fire grew six times in size to encompass…... Read More

By TONYA SIMPSON and JENNY WAGNON COURTS, ABC News(TULSA, Okla.) -- A team of experts searching for victims of Oklahoma's 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre uncovered what it says is a mass grave on Wednesday, nearly a hundred years after white mobs burned down a section of town known as Black…... Read More

By RAHMA AHMED, ABC News (SALT LAKE CITY) -- Two years to the day after the brutal murder of University of Utah athlete Lauren McCluskey, her parents, Jill and Matt McCluskey, and the university announced a $10.5 million settlement in a lawsuit against the school. In addition, the school will…... Read More

By ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News(MILWAUKEE) -- Wisconsin admitted its first patient to a field hospital in the Wisconsin State Fair Park, near Milwaukee, on Wednesday, the same day that the state reported a record 48 deaths from the novel coronavirus.The field hospital, a 530-bed facility which opened last week, is…... Read More

By AARON KATERSKY and JAMES HILL, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A 2016 deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell talking about her role with Jeffrey Epstein was made public Thursday under court order.In the deposition, Maxwell, who has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of perjury and enabling Epstein’s alleged sex trafficking of…... Read More

By MORGAN WINSOR and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1.1 million people worldwide.Over 41.4 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…... Read More

By BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(WAUKEGAN, Ill.) -- The mayor of Waukegan, Illinois, made an emotional plea for residents to stay calm after police opened fire on a car occupied by an unarmed young Black couple, killing one and wounding the other.Mayor Sam Cunningham said he is close personal friends with…... Read More

By HALEY YAMADA, ABC News(PROVIDENCE, R.I.) -- A Rhode Island man was in a coma Wednesday after his moped crashed during a police chase earlier this week, sparking protests.Authorities are investigating whether Jhamal Gonsalves' moped was struck by a Providence police vehicle just before crashing on Sunday.Video before the crash…... Read More