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Cruise lines extend COVID-19 pause on sailing from the US

The Cruise Lines International Association is announcing that ships will not be sailing from U.S. ports throughout the summer, extending a pause put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic
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Latest updates on COVID-19: June 19, 2020

ABC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jen Ashton with the latest news on the coronavirus.
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VIDEO: Latest updates on COVID-19: June 19, 2020
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More answers to your COVID-19 questions

ABC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jen Ashton, Dr. Neha Chaudhary and Dr. Monica Goldson answer questions on the minds of many parents.
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VIDEO: More answers to your COVID-19 questions
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What Supreme Court? Trump's HHS pushes LGBT health rollback

The Trump administration is moving forward with a rule that rolls back health care protections for transgender people, even after a Supreme Court ruling this week that protects the LGBT community from sex discrimination on the job
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FILE - In this June 30, 2019, file photo parade-goers carrying rainbow flags walk down a street during the LBGTQ Pride march in New York, to celebrate five decades of LGBTQ pride, marking the 50th anniversary of the police raid that sparked the modern-day gay rights movement. Democrats flooded Twitter and email inboxes this week with praise for the watershed Supreme Court decision shielding gay, lesbian and transgender people from job discrimination. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)
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The Latest: Oklahoma’s new virus cases continue to surge

Oklahoma’s new cases of the novel coronavirus have continued to skyrocket as the state reported its second-biggest daily increase in its case load
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A member of the security stands in front of the Toennies meatpacking plant, Europe's biggest slaughterhouse, in Rheda-Wiedenbrueck, Germany, Thursday, June 18, 2020. Hundreds of new COVID-19 cases are linked to a large meatpacking plant, officials ordered the closure of the slaughterhouse, as well as isolation and tests for everyone else who had worked at the Toennies site — putting about 7,000 people under quarantine. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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Trump turns virus conversation into 'US vs. THEM' debate

President Donald Trump’s push to resume big rallies comes despite concern that he's putting the public's health at risk
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White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany pauses while speaking during a press briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Friday, June 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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What is a COVID-19 social bubble?

Social bubbles expand social interaction and contain risk by limiting exposure.
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What is a COVID-19 social bubble?
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Russia fines opposition radio station for fake news

Russian opposition-leaning radio station Echo Moskvy and its website editor have been fined the equivalent of $3,745 for the posting of a political analyst who questioned Russia’s coronavirus statistics
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FILE - In this Monday, June 10, 2019 file photo, The Ekho Moskvy (Echo of Moscow) radio station's editor-in-chief, Alexei Venediktov, speaks to the Associated Press at the radio station's office in Moscow, Russia. Russian opposition-leaning radio station Echo Moskvy and its website editor have been fined the equivalent of $3,745 for posting of a political analyst who questioned Russia's coronavirus statistics, the station's chief editor Alexei Venediktov said Friday, June 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
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Vulnerable US Latino communities hard hit by COVID-19

As the coronavirus spreads deeper across America, it is ravaging through Latino communities from the mid-Atlantic to the Southwest, infecting them at alarmingly high rates and amplifying the inequalities they live with
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In this June 13, 2020, photo, a man walks past Our Lady of Guadalupe church in Guadalupe, Ariz. As the coronavirus spreads deeper across America, it's ravaging through the homes and communities of Latinos from the suburbs of the nation's capital to the farm fields of Florida to the sprawling suburbs of Phoenix and countless communities in between. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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UN: China's latest virus outbreak likely came from Europe

The emergencies chief of the World Health Organization confirmed the U.N. agency has received genetic sequences from China regarding Beijing’s latest outbreak and said it appears the virus came from Europe
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Deliverymen collect food orders in Beijing on Friday, June 19, 2020. China declared a fresh outbreak in Beijing under control after numbers for new cases stabilized as hundreds of thousands are tested. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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UN: China's latest virus outbreak likely came from Europe

The emergencies chief of the World Health Organization confirmed the U.N. agency has received genetic sequences from China regarding Beijing’s latest outbreak and said it appears the virus came from Europe
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Deliverymen collect food orders in Beijing on Friday, June 19, 2020. China declared a fresh outbreak in Beijing under control after numbers for new cases stabilized as hundreds of thousands are tested. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Cyprus to start random virus testing at its airports

Cyprus government officials say random coronavirus tests will be carried out on a proportion of travelers arriving to the east Mediterranean island nation as an added layer of protection against the virus’ spread
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A visitor wearing a mask to protect against the coronavirus looks at ancient artifacts placed inside a glass-protected display area at Cyprus Archaeological Museum in the capital Nicosia, on Thursday, June 18, 2020. Cyprus' museums opened to the public earlier this month as the government gradually lifted most of a string of tough restrictions imposed in March to check the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
June 19

Asia Today: South Korean cases rise, Singapore reopening

South Korea has reported 49 cases of COVID-19 as the virus continues to spread in the densely populated capital area where half of the country’s 51 million people live
June 19
Relatives of admitted patients wearing face masks as a precaution against coronavirus talk outside a hospital in New Delhi, India, Thursday, June 18, 2020. India is the fourth hardest-hit country by the COVID-19 pandemic in the world after the U.S., Russia and Brazil. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
June 19

Cocaine smugglers aim to take advantage of Spain's lockdown

Spanish authorities say they seized 3.8 metric tons of cocaine in just over a month at Valencia's port as drug smugglers presumed police would be off-guard during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Nursing homes represent more than 1 in 4 COVID-19 deaths

Nursing homes residents account for nearly 1 in 10 of all the coronavirus cases in the United States and more than a quarter of the deaths
June 19
FILE - In this April 20, 2020, file photo, emergency medical technicians transport a patient from a nursing home to an emergency room bed at St. Joseph's Hospital in Yonkers, N.Y. Nursing home residents account for nearly 1 in 10 of all the coronavirus cases in the United States and more than a quarter of the deaths, according to an Associated Press analysis of government data released Thursday, June 18. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
June 19

China company says its vaccine could be complete by 'autumn'

It claims its COVID-19 vaccine candidate is proving to be effective on humans.
June 19
An engineer displays an experimental vaccine for the COVID-19 coronavirus that was tested at the Quality Control Laboratory at the Sinovac Biotech facilities in Beijing, April 29, 2020.
June 19

Britain lowers virus alert, Germany sees spike in cases

Britain has lowered its coronavirus threat level by one notch Friday and become the latest country to claim it’s getting a national outbreak under control
June 19
A boy wearing a face mask sells balloons on a street in Kolkata, India, Friday, June 19, 2020. India is the fourth hardest-hit country by the COVID-19 pandemic in the world after the U.S., Russia and Brazil. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
June 19

Latinos shoulder disproportionate coronavirus cases: CDC data

'Unfortunately, this is how it is for Latinos,' advocate says.
June 19
Mexican migrant workers pick blueberries during a harvest at a farm in Lake Wales, Fla., March 31, 2020.
June 19

The Latest: Coronavirus still spreading in 2nd S Korea wave

The coronavirus continues to spread in South Korea, particularly in the densely populated Seoul metropolitan region, which is home to half the country's 51 million people
June 19
Members of the South Korean military band wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus cross a road during an event to commemorate the upcoming 70th anniversary of the Korean War, in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
June 19

California to send every voter mail-in ballot for November

California will send every registered voter a mail-in ballot for the November election
June 19
FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2018, file photo, mail-in ballots are placed in bins to be processed after arriving at the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters in Sacramento, Calif. The California Assembly on Thursday, June 18, 2020, sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill to require county election officials to mail a ballot to every registered voter in the state, which would cement into law the Democratic governor's earlier order to mail out ballots statewide in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Newsom, citing health risks, announced in early May that the state will send every voter a mail-in ballot for the November contest, but that order has been challenged in court. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
June 19

Heat, virus no deterrent for Trump fans camped outside arena

Despite the heat, the growing risk of the coronavirus and a lukewarm reception from local officials, backers of Donald Trump are already camped out outside an arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where the president will hold his first campaign rally in months
June 19
Supporters of President Trump, including a man dressed as the border wall, line up outside outside an arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 18, 2020, where the president will hold his first campaign rally in months this weekend .Despite the heat, the ever-growing risk of coronavirus and a lukewarm reception from local officials, dozens of backers of Trump are already camped out outside the arena (AP photo/ Tom McCarthy)
June 19

The Latest: Coronavirus still spreading in 2nd S Korea wave

The coronavirus continues to spread in South Korea, particularly in the densely populated Seoul metropolitan region, which is home to half the country's 51 million people
June 19
Health workers analyze samples collected during mass coronavirus testing inside a mobile laboratory in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, June 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
June 19

Living with COVID-19 in Alabama

ABC’s Will Carr discusses the rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations in Alabama and how residents in Montgomery are reacting to a new mask rule in the city.
June 19
VIDEO: Living with COVID-19 in Alabama
June 19

California orders people to wear masks in most indoor spaces

California is now requiring people to wear masks in most indoor settings and outdoors when distancing isn’t possible under a new statewide order
June 19
FILE - In this June 4, 2020, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom wears a face mask during his stop at the Legendary Coffee and Books in Stockton, Calif. Gov. Newsom's administration on Thursday, June 18, 2020, mandated that Californians wear masks in most indoor settings as the state continues to battle the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)
June 19

Mexico posts record 5,662 new coronavirus cases in one day

Mexico has posted another record one-day increase in confirmed oronavirus cases, with 5,662
June 19
A health worker in protection gear to curb the spread of the new coronavirus gives alcohol to a vendor to disinfect her hands at the Central de Abasto market in Mexico City, Thursday, June 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
June 19

AP PHOTOS: A first-person view inside Beijing's virus tests

As the number of COVID-19 cases climbed in Beijing in recent days, officials identified more than 350,000 people who needed to be tested. I was one of them. After word first emerged of a cluster of cases at a sprawling wholesale market in the Chinese capital, I had gone to the area to take photographs. Although I never entered the Xinfadi market and only took photos from nearby streets, unknown to me, I had been flagged as a potential vector for the virus. My phone rang on Wednesday afternoon. An official from my neighborhood’s community association informed me that I should shortly report to the gates of a nearby sports stadium to be bused to a coronavirus testing site. The caller did not know my name, but they knew that someone associated with my cellphone number had been in the vicinity of the market. I may have been tracked through my cellphone. A Beijing city official said Wednesday that 355,000 people have been identifed for testing via big data, but he did not specify...
June 19
Workers in protective suits take the temperatures of people at a COVID-19 testing site for those who were potentially exposed to the coronavirus outbreak at a wholesale food market in Beijing, Wednesday, June 17, 2020. As the number of cases of COVID-19 in Beijing climbed in recent days following an outbreak linked to a wholesale food market, officials announced they had identified hundreds of thousands of people who needed to be tested for the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
June 18

Judge OKs housing for 7,000 LA homeless living near freeways

A judge has approved an agreement in which the city and county of Los Angeles will provide housing for nearly 7,000 homeless people living near freeways
June 18
FILE - This May 21, 2020 file photo shows a homeless encampment at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Beaudry Avenue along the 110 Freeway during the coronavirus outbreak. in downtown Los Angeles. A judge has approved an agreement in which the city and county of Los Angeles will provide housing for almost 7,000 homeless people who live near freeways. Officials said Thursday, June 18, 2020 the city will provide 6,000 new beds within 10 months and another 700 beds over 18 months. Meanwhile the county will spend $300 million over five years to fund services for the people. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
June 18

US drops planned limit for toxin that damages infant brains

The Trump administration has rejected imposing federal drinking-water limits for a chemical used in fireworks and other explosives and linked to brain damage in newborns
June 18
Andrew Wheeler, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, listens during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee oversight hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency, Wednesday, May 20, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)
June 18

Utah tribal COVID-19 relief founder provides essential items to Utah’s tribes

Heather Tanana, founder of Utah tribal COVID-19 relief, discussed her work helping Native American communities hit with COVID-19 suffering from food and water insecurity.
June 18
VIDEO: Utah tribal COVID-19 relief founder provides essential items to Utah’s tribes
June 18

More answers to your COVID-19 questions

ABC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jen Ashton discussed the correlation between vitamin D and COVID-19 infections and what we know about the Texas woman who tested positive a second time.
June 18
VIDEO: More answers to your COVID-19 questions
June 18

Phoenix mayor on steps to protect city amid coronavirus spike

Mayor Kate Gallego of Phoenix, Arizona, discussed what she thinks is contributing to the surge and what she’s doing to stop the spread.
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Latest updates on COVID-19: June 18, 2020

ABC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jen Ashton with the latest news on the coronavirus.
June 18
VIDEO: Latest updates on COVID-19: June 18, 2020
June 18

Britain scraps virus tracing app for Google-Apple system

Britain is scrapping plans to launch its own coronavirus contact tracing smartphone app because of technical problems and will now work on building one using technology supplied by Apple and Google
June 18
FILE - In this Wednesday, March 11, 2020 file photo, Matt Hancock, Britain's Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, leaves 10 Downing Street in London. Britain is scrapping plans to launch its own coronavirus contact tracing smartphone app because of technical problems and will now work on building one using technology supplied by Apple and Google, it was announced Thursday, June 18 2020. The government’s app had been undergoing trials on the Isle of Wight, and was expected to be rolled out to the rest of the country later. But officials overseeing the app’s development said they couldn’t overcome a number of technical challenges they found during field tests with the app. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
June 18

Turkey makes masks mandatory in Istanbul, 46 other provinces

Turkish authorities have made the wearing of masks mandatory in three major cities to curb the spread of COVID-19 following an uptick in confirmed cases since the country allowed the reopening of many businesses
June 18
People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of coronavirus, walk in the city's historical part of Ulus, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, June 18, 2020. Turkish authorities have made the wearing of masks mandatory in three major cities to curb the spread of COVID-19 following an uptick in confirmed cases since the reopening of many businesses.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
June 18

Decline in new US virus deaths may be temporary reprieve

The daily number of deaths from COVID-19 in the United States has been falling, but experts warn the trend may reverse as states reopen and people drop their guards
June 18
FILE - In this June 16, 2020, file photo, signs remind patrons to wear masks and other protocols because of the coronavirus pandemic as they stroll through the Disney Springs shopping, dining and entertainment complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The number of deaths per day from the coronavirus in the U.S. has fallen in recent weeks to the lowest level since late March, even as states increasingly reopen for business. But scientists are deeply afraid the trend may be about to reverse itself. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
June 18

Will COVID become more dangerous? That's up to us, experts say

But ... a dangerous second wave of infections in the fall is possible.
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People wearing masks walk in Gantry Plaza State Park, Long Island City on May 30, 2020 in New York City.
June 18

NYC restaurants can open with outdoor seating on Monday

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says restaurants will be allowed to open with outdoor seating on Monday as the city enters the second phase of easing coronavirus restrictions
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June 18

Decline in new US virus deaths may be temporary reprieve

The daily number of deaths from COVID-19 in the United States has been falling, but experts warn the trend may reverse as states reopen and people drop their guards
June 18
FILE - In this June 16, 2020, file photo, signs remind patrons to wear masks and other protocols because of the coronavirus pandemic as they stroll through the Disney Springs shopping, dining and entertainment complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The number of deaths per day from the coronavirus in the U.S. has fallen in recent weeks to the lowest level since late March, even as states increasingly reopen for business. But scientists are deeply afraid the trend may be about to reverse itself. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
June 18

Michigan board: Take 2nd look at anti-abortion signatures

Michigan’s elections board has ordered a second look at whether an anti-abortion group collected enough signatures to put veto-proof legislation before the Republican-led Legislature to ban a second-trimester procedure
June 18
June 18

Union says 'sick system' after slaughterhouse outbreak

Germany’s agriculture minister says that conditions at a slaughterhouse where hundreds of workers tested positive for COVID-19 were untenable and backed an official investigation into the outbreak
June 18
A truck leaves the Toennies meatpacking plant in Rheda-Wiedenbrueck, Germany, Wednesday, June 17, 2020. More than 400 new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded among workers at a large meatpacking plant in western Germany, authorities said Wednesday, in an outbreak that may have been linked to the easing of travel restrictions.( David Inderlied/dpa via AP)
June 18

Poll: Americans not buying White House spin on coronavirus

Vice President Mike Pence says the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic is “a cause for celebration,” but a new poll finds more than half of Americans calling it fair or poor
June 18
FILE - In this March 22, 2020, file photo Vice President Mike Pence speaks alongside President Donald Trump during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington. Pence says the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic is “a cause for celebration,” but a new poll finds more than half of Americans calling it fair or poor. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
June 18

Coronavirus map: Tracking the spread in the US and around the world

The outbreak, which began in China, has sickened over 8.3 million worldwide.
June 18
This handout illustration image taken with a scanning electron microscope shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow)also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19 isolated emerging from the surface of cells (blue/pink) cultured in the lab.
June 18

Poor People's Campaign eyes 'virtual march' in poverty fight

An anti-poverty coalition is scheduled to hold a virtual march as part of the Poor People’s Campaign to highlight the plight of struggling U.S. residents
June 18
FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2019, file photo, former Vice President Al Gore, left, founder of the Climate Reality Project, and the Rev. William Barber II, president of the Repairers of the Breach, visit Lowndes County resident Charlie Mae Holcombe to talk about the failing wastewater sanitation system at her home in Hayneville, Ala. An anti-poverty coalition led by Barber is scheduled to hold a virtual march Saturday. The Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington aims to build upon the nation’s principles to pursue solutions to poverty — something advocates say is getting especially severe in rural areas. (AP Photo/Julie Bennett, File)
June 18

Test maker targeted by FDA says it responded to US concerns

A company targeted by the Food and Drug Administration for selling unauthorized coronavirus antibody tests says it has responded to U.S. regulators' concerns
June 18
FILE - This Oct. 14, 2015 file photo shows the Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md. On Wednesday, June 17, 2020, the FDA said it has sent warning letters to three companies for marketing adulterated and misbranded COVID-19 antibody tests. The companies targeted by FDA include: Medakit Ltd. of Hong Kong, Antibodiescheck.com of the United Arab Emirates and Sonrisa Family Dental D.B.A. My COVID19 Club of Chicago. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
June 18

Asia Today: Beijing's daily cases drop, India's rise sharply

China’s capital has reported a decline in newly confirmed cases of coronavirus, with a public health expert saying a recent outbreak in the city was under control and the number of new cases should drop in the coming days
June 18
A student walks by security guard as she leaves from a school after classes were cancelled in Beijing on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. On Wednesday, the city of 20 million people raised its threat level from 3 to 2, leading to the cancellation of classes, suspended reopenings and stronger requirements for social distancing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
June 18

Europe hit by local infection spikes; China's outbreak wanes

Europe is grappling with local spikes in coronavirus infections as the continent’s lockdown restrictions eased
June 18
People wear face masks as they leave a train at the central train station in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, June 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
June 18

Race for virus vaccine could leave some countries behind

As work intensifies on potential coronavirus vaccines, rich countries are placing advance orders for the inevitably limited supply to guarantee their citizens are immunized first
June 18
A lab technician works during research on coronavirus, COVID-19, at Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceutical in Beerse, Belgium, Wednesday, June 17, 2020. Janssen Pharmaceutical hopes to begin clinical trials on a potential vaccine for COVID-19 in the middle of the summer. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
June 18

Pregnant women not more susceptible to COVID-19, current data suggests

"We do not have evidence that pregnant women are more likely to get COVID-19."
June 18
June 18

Coronavirus ‘second wave’ debate ‘misses the whole point,’ experts say

Experts say we're still in the first wave of the virus.
June 18
Vice President Mike Pence waits to order during a lunch stop at Sally's, June 16, 2020, in Forest City, Iowa.
June 18

Couple accused of killing son by forcing him to drink water

A Colorado couple accused of killing their 11-year-old son by forcing him to drink large amounts of water are facing several charges, including child abuse and first-degree murder
June 18