Senate Democrats pass climate, tax and health care bill after marathon voting session
John Baggaley/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Sunday passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) along party lines, 51-50, handing Democrats a crucial legislative win as the midterm cycle ramps up — despite GOP objections at the billions in spe…
Secretary Blinken to arrive in Congo, Rwanda amid international tensions
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(NAIROBI, Kenya) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is scheduled to meet with officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda this week, arriving in the middle of an ongoing conflict between …
Three men in Ahmaud Arbery case to be sentenced on hate crime charges
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — The three men convicted of hate crimes in the death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery will be sentenced Monday.
Gregory McMichael; his son, Travis McMichael; and their neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan each fac…
First on ABC: Nonprofits set to receive $1.5M in gun violence prevention
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Hundreds of thousands of dollars in new funding are set to be given out this week to community organizations as part of a major anti-gun violence organization’s latest nationwide efforts.
Everytown for Gun…
Scoreboard roundup — 8/7/22
iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Pittsburgh 8, Baltimore 1
St. Louis 12, NY Yankees 9
San Francisco 6, Oakland 4
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 1, Houston 0
Tampa Bay 7, Detroit 0
Kans…
Multiple injuries in shooting in downtown Cincinnati
kali9/Getty Images(CINCINNATI) — At least nine people were injured in a shooting in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the early hours of Sunday, police said.
Officers were already on the scene to disperse a “large disorderly crowd” when gunfire broke out at about…
Biden cleared to leave isolation following second negative COVID-19 test
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden has been cleared to break isolation now that he has tested negative for COVID-19 for the second time, his physician announced on Sunday.
An antigen test taken by Biden on Su…
London museum agrees to return stolen Nigerian artifacts, including Benin bronzes
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(LONDON) — A British museum will return 72 artifacts to the Nigerian government that were forcibly taken over a hundred years ago.
The Horniman Museum and Gardens agreed to hand over the artifacts, including several sculptu…
Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson call it quits
MEGA/GC ImagesKim Kardashian and Pete Davidson have split up after nine months of dating, sources tell E! News.
The Kardashians star, 41 and the 28-year-old Saturday Night Live alum still have “a lot of love and respect for each other,” say insiders, …
Authorities investigate killings of Muslim men in Albuquerque as possibly connected
Sheila Paras/Getty Images, FILE(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Saturday she will send additional state police to Albuquerque after the fourth murder of a Muslim man in the city in recent months.
“I am angered and sad…