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Vaccine mandates would make a difference: NIH director
ABC's This Week(NEW YORK) -- National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins said Sunday he believes vaccine requirements could make a difference in slowing the rapid spread of COVID-1...
Julia Cherner and Davone Morales, ABC News Aug 08, 2021

Florida's largest school districts impose mask mandates, but some students can opt out
Octavio Jones/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- This weekend, some of Florida's largest school districts have moved to require masks for students, the latest in a weeklong saga that began when Gov. Ron D...
Will McDuffie, ABC News Aug 08, 2021

Video released of daring rescue attempt on sinking Seacor Power ship
Coast Guard/Bristow Video(NEW YORK) -- The Coast Guard has released a video that shows a nail-biting race to save lives aboard the tragic Seacor Power -- an oil industry boat that capsized off th...
Samara Lynn, ABC News Aug 07, 2021

COVID-19 live updates: Over 134,000 cases reported in Florida over the past week
CasPhotography/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The United States is facing a COVID-19 surge this summer as the more contagious delta variant spreads. More than 615,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 and o...
Emily Shapiro, Ivan Pereira, Erin Schumaker, and Marlene Lenthang, ABC News Aug 07, 2021

One dead, One critical in shooting near Coors Field in Denver
Stock Photo/Getty Images(DENVER) -- One person is dead and another is in critical condition following a shooting in Denver, near the Coors Field baseball stadium, Denver police said. The Denver P...
Marlene Lenthang, ABC News Aug 07, 2021

What to know about Florida's anti-riot law and the corresponding legal challenge
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Florida's controversial anti-riot law is going to have its day in court. Civil rights groups including the ACLU of Florida, the Dream Defenders and the Black ...
Lalee Ibssa, ABC News Aug 07, 2021

Phoenix Union high schools tells students to mask up, despite Arizona's statewide ban
iStock/coldsnowstorm(PHOENIX) -- The school year began on Monday in classrooms across the Phoenix Union High School District, and despite Arizona's ban on mask mandates, students and staff were a...
Arielle Mitropoulos Aug 07, 2021

5 people missing as Dixie Fire continues path of destruction in California
Trevor Bexon/Getty Images(PLUMAS COUNTY, Calif.) -- Five people are missing as the Dixie Fire rages on in California, the Plumas County Sheriff's Office said in a statement Saturday. "We are seeking t...
Rosa Sanchez, ABC News Aug 07, 2021

Police continue search for witnesses in fatal Atlanta park stabbing
iStock/z1b(ATLANTA) -- Atlanta police have spoken with a jogger who they initially thought may have witnessed the stabbing death of a woman in Piedmont Park last week. Police are ramping up the s...
Marlene Lenthang, ABC News Aug 07, 2021

Students can transfer schools to avoid COVID-19 'harassment' like mask mandates, Florida's board of education says
Octavio Jones/Getty Images(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) -- dThe Florida Board of Education passed a rule Friday allowing parents in the state to skirt mask mandates that districts may enforce for their children...
Will McDuffie, ABC News Aug 06, 2021
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