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Douglas Sacha/Getty Images/STOCK(REDAN, Ga) -- A police chief who was allegedly seen on camera body-slamming a student has been put on paid leave, Georgias DeKalb County School District (DCSD) said Friday. In a video that has been circulating on social media, DCSD Police Chief Brad Gober allegedly slams a student to the ground after the student appears to resist another officer who attempted to grab his arm. The student was then handcuffed and escorted out of the cameras view. It is unclear wha...

Anna Webber/Getty Images for Breakthrough PrizeAshton Kutcher and Mila Kunis issued an apology on Saturday in response to criticism over their character letters in support of convicted rapist Danny Masterson, with whom they both starred on That 70s Show. Masterson, 47, was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison on Thursday after he was found guilty of two counts of forcible rape in a retrial. Kutcher and Kunis were among those who provided character letters in support of Masterson, asking the j...

ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Amid a rise in COVID-19 infections -- as seen by first lady Jill Bidens recent bout with the virus -- public health experts are tracking the numbers but arent "predicting that this is going to be a tsunami of hospitalizations and deaths the way we saw a year or more ago," Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday. "Given the level of immunity that we all have ... in other words, people who have been vaccinated, boosted, people who have been infected like you and I, wh...

Said Echarif/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(MARAKECH, Morocco) -- A rare and powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night and killed at least 1,037 people in the countrys strongest quake in more than a century, according to Morocco’s Interior Ministry. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the quake had 6.8-magnitude when it hit at 11:11 p.m. locally, with shaking that lasted several seconds. Morocco’s National Seismic Monitoring and Alert Network measured it at 7 on th...

ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Delaware Democratic Sen. Chris Coons and New Hampshires Republican Gov. Chris Sununu on Sunday weighed in on their respective parties 2024 prospects ahead of what appears to be an increasingly likely rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. Coons told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl that he believes Biden will overcome voter discontent, as seen most recently in a CNN survey last week, and be formidable in a general election...

Getty ImagesThe Nacelle Companys hit Icons Unearthed series will get back underway on Vice TV for a fifth season on Wednesday, October 4, with Icons Unearthed: James Bond. The special look back at the 60 years of the suave superspy will feature interviews with George Lazenby, who succeeded Sean Connery in the role for just one movie, 1969s On Her Majestys Secret Service. It will also feature narration from and interviews with Gloria Hendry, who played Rosie in 1973s Live and Let Die. The series ...

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Lee is churning over the Atlantic Ocean as a powerful Category 4 hurricane with winds of 155 mph, just below the strength of a Category 5, which begins at 157 mph winds. On Thursday, Lee strengthened from a Category 2 hurricane to a Category 4, and finally to a Category 5 by 11 p.m. ET. Lee will remain a powerful, major hurricane through the weekend. Lee will bypass the northern Caribbean islands, sparing Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The only impact on...

Toya Sarno Jordan/Getty Images(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) -- New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has temporarily banned the right to carry firearms in public in Albuquerque in response to recent gun violence. Lujan Grisham issued on Friday a 30-day suspension of open and concealed carry laws in Bernalillo County, where Albuquerque, the states most populous city, is seated. There are exceptions for law enforcement officers and licensed security guards. The move comes a day after she declared gun viol...

Thanasis/Getty Images/STOCK(NEW YORK) -- As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise across the United States, many Americans may be wondering how to best keep themselves and their loved ones safe. In the years since the pandemic began, protocols and recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been updated as new information and interventions have become available. ABC News spoke to public health experts about whats the latest to know about vaccine availability, whe...

Said Echarif/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(MARAKECH, Morocco) -- A rare and powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night and killed at least 1,037 people in the countrys strongest quake in more than a century, according to Morocco’s Interior Ministry. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the quake had 6.8-magnitude when it hit at 11:11 p.m. locally, with shaking that lasted several seconds. Morocco’s National Seismic Monitoring and Alert Network measured it at 7 on th...