REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — Ending his most recent COVID-19 isolation, President Joe Biden on Sunday left the White House for the first time since becoming infected with the coronavirus last month and headed to a reunion with first lady Jill Biden in their home state of Delaware. The president had […]
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China keeps up pressure on Taiwan with 4th day of drills
BEIJING — China said Sunday it carried out its fourth consecutive day of military drills in the air and sea around Taiwan in the wake of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the self-ruled island, despite international calls to calm the tensions. The People’s Liberation Army said the exercises […]
Multiple injuries in shooting in downtown Cincinnati
At least nine people were injured in a shooting in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the early hours of Sunday, police said. Gunfire broke out at about 1:45 a.m. near the 1300 block of Main Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood, the Cincinnati Police Department told ABC News affiliate WCPO. The total number […]
Democrats advance Inflation Reduction Act, setting up Senate ‘vote-a-rama’
Senate Democrats passed their first procedural vote on the Inflation Reduction Act on Saturday. The motion to proceed on the $739 billion climate, tax and health care bill passed in a 51 to 50 vote. Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote. Now, Republicans and Democrats have up to […]
Multistate manhunt for man charged with aggravated murder after 4 people fatally shot
The FBI is involved in a multistate manhunt for a man charged with aggravated murder in the fatal shooting of four people in Ohio. The FBI has issued a wanted poster for 39-year-old Stephen Marlow, whom they said should be considered “armed and dangerous.” He has ties to Indianapolis, Chicago […]
Cancer-causing chemical found in Michigan pond
Michigan state investigators said test samples taken Thursday from Hubbell Pond in Milford showed low-level presence of a toxic chemical that was released into the Huron River System by the Tribar Manufacturing company in Wixom last weekend. Two crews from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy sampled […]
Officer once charged in Freddie Gray case gets promoted
BALTIMORE — One of the six police officers who faced charges in the 2015 deadly arrest of Freddie Gray has been promoted from lieutenant to captain. The Baltimore Sun reports that Alicia White will serve as captain of the department’s Performance Standards Section, which conducts audits and inspections to make […]
Tribe: California wildfire near Oregon causes fish deaths
HAPPY CAMP, Calif. — A wildfire burning in a remote area just south of the Oregon border appears to have caused the deaths of tens of thousands of Klamath River fish, the Karuk Tribe said. The tribe said in a statement that the dead fish of all species were found […]
Taliban: Bomb blast kills 2 people in Shiite area of Kabul
ISLAMABAD — A bomb went off Saturday in a minority Shiite neighborhood of the Afghan capital, killing at least two people and wounding 22, a Taliban official said. According to Khalid Zadran, the Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Kabul police chief, the explosion occurred in western Kabul’s Puli-e Sokhta area. One […]
School dean who shot student ordered to pay $10M judgment
BOSTON — A former dean at a Boston high school known affectionately by students as “Rev” has been ordered by a federal judge to pay more than $10 million in damages to a former student he was convicted of trying to kill in a dispute over drug sales. The default […]