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Anthony Fauci recovering after hospitalization for West Nile virus

Saturday, August 24 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was hospitalized with a case of West Nile virus and is now recovering at home, a spokesperson said.Fauci is expected to make a full recovery, the... Read More.

NASA says Boeings Starliner astronauts will return to Earth on different spacecraft in February

Saturday, August 24 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The two astronauts who went up to the International Space Station (ISS) on Boeing's Starliner will have to come home on a different spacecraft, NASA officials announced Saturday.Astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams, who performed the first crewed test... Read More.

Two bodies found in Missouri home leveled by explosion

Friday, August 23 by ABC News

(EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo.) -- Two bodies were found in the rubble of a Missouri home that was completely leveled in an explosion early Friday morning. The bodies are believed to be the residents of the home.The explosion was so powerful it blew open doors... Read More.

2nd former officer charged in Tyre Nichols death pleads guilty in federal plea deal

Friday, August 23 by ABC News

(MEMPHIS) -- A second former Memphis police officer federally charged in connection with the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols has pleaded guilty, weeks before the trial is set to begin, court filings show.Emmitt Martin III is one of five former officers indicted last year... Read More.

Former deputy charged with manslaughter in death of airman Roger Fortson

Friday, August 23 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The Florida state attorney has filed charges against former deputy Eddie Duran in the shooting death of United States Air Force Sr. Airman Roger Fortson who was killed in his own home.Duran was charged with one count of manslaughter with a... Read More.

At least five Secret Service officials involved in planning Trumps Butler rally put on administrative leave

Friday, August 23 by ABC News

(BUTLER, Penn.) -- At least five U.S. Secret Service officials involved in the planning of Donald Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, where a gunman attempted to kill the former president, have been placed on administrative leave, according to two sources familiar... Read More.

Former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to shut down engines in-flight shares his story

Friday, August 23 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Joseph Emerson, a former Alaska Airlines pilot, calls it the biggest mistake of his life.Emerson was inside an Alaska Airlines cockpit last October when he raised his arms and pulled two large red levers that could have shut down both engines,... Read More.