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California city sees COVID-19 outbreaks at 9 facilities, including food processing plants

iStock/koto_fejaBy: LAUREN EFFRON, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- One California city is grappling with COVID-19 outbreaks at nine of its industrial facilities, including one food processing plant that reported having at least 153 positive cases, according to health officials.The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said the largest outbreak occurred at the Farmer John meatpacking plant in Vernon, California, which is owned by Smithfield Foods and produces Dodger Dogs, among other products.Health officials said 153 employees of 1,837 who work at that facility tested ...

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Gun rights advocates spark outrage by hanging effigy of Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear at protest

iStock/somboon kaeoboonsongBy: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (FRANKFORT, Ky.) -- Democratic and Republican leaders denounced gun rights supporters for hanging an effigy of Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear from tree outside the state capitol building during a Memorial Day weekend demonstration.The symbolic lynching occurred on Sunday at a rally by gun rights groups that was initially organized to celebrate Second Amendment freedoms to bear arms. But as the rally in Frankfort went on, it turned into a protest against Beshear's coronavirus-prompted stay-at-home orders.As country singer Lee Greenwood's ...

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Restaurant owner discusses effects of COVID-19 on his Georgia community

ucpage/iStockBy ERIC MOLLO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Georgia was one of the earliest states in the country to relax coronavirus restrictions. Businesses are opening back up again across the state, including in Albany, a hard-hit city of over 70,000 people, many of whom are African-American.Glenn Singfield was born and raised in Albany, Georgia. He is the owner of two restaurants there, The Flint, a sprawling establishment located in a brick building along the Flint River, which runs ...

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California wineries reopen for Memorial Day weekend

Juanmonino/iStock(SONOMA COUNTY, Calif.) -- The California Wine Country has been hit hard in recent years by wildfires and now COVID-19 shutdowns. But this Memorial Day weekend, life is beginning to return once again. In Sonoma County wineries that serve food and restaurants can now reopen with patio dining only. Seats in dining areas must be spaced apart and patrons must also wear masks. Mary Geddling, while getting food at a restaurant in Healdsburg, told ABC News, life hasn't returned to normal yet."It is a little ...

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‘Hug Time’: Woman’s clever invention allows family to give grandma safe hugs

'Hug Time' inventor, Carly Marinaro, pictured in front of her plastic hug shield she made from PVC pipe, a window insulator kit, and industrial gloves in Rockford, Illinois. - (Courtesy Carly Marinaro) By HALEY YAMADA, ABC News(ROCKFORD, Ill.) -- While hugging has proven difficult amid social distancing guidelines from the coronavirus pandemic, that didn't stop Carly Marinaro, who created the "Hug Time'' plastic shield, from surprising her 85-year-old grandmother with safe hugs from her and her grandchildren.Marinaro, from Rockford, Illinois, said it was Mother's Day ...

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GOP groups sue to block California Gov. Gavin Newsom's mail-in ballot order

NoDerog/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Calling it a "brazen power grab" and voter-fraud "recipe for disaster," state and national Republican groups filed a federal lawsuit alleging the California governor's executive order to send mail-in ballots to every voter in the state for the November 2020 election is illegal.The Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee and California Republican Party filed the lawsuit against Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Secretary of State Alex Padilla accusing them of using the coronavirus pandemic as "a ploy" to ...

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Prince William says having children brought back 'emotions' of Princess Diana's death

Comic Relief/BBC Children in Need/Comic Relief via Getty ImagesBy KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News(LONDON) -- Prince William is opening up about his experience of becoming a father, calling it "the biggest life-changing moment."William, 37, and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, are the parents of Prince George, 6, Princess Charlotte, 5, and Prince Louis, 2.William spoke about fatherhood with former soccer player Marvin Sordell for a new BBC One documentary, "Football, Prince William and our Mental Health." When Sordell opened up about the impact of ...

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