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Top Republican pushes back on Biden, says new taxes in debt deal are nonstarter
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Texas Rep. Jodey Arrington, the House Budget Committee chairman, on Sunday pushed back on President Joe Biden’s call for tax increases as part of a deal [Read More…]
Biden and McCarthy to meet on Monday to negotiate directly on debt ceiling
by Marc Guitard/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet on Monday to directly negotiate on how to raise the federal government’s debt ceiling in the final days before [Read More…]
Sen. Van Hollen blames House Republicans for ‘insane situation’ over debt ceiling
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Chris Van Hollen on Sunday argued that House Republicans, led by Speaker Kevin McCarthy, had created an “insane situation” as the White House negotiates with lawmakers on raising the [Read More…]
New York cannabis store licenses look to undo stigma placed on former convicts
ABC News (NEW YORK) — When Roland Conner was a teenager in the 1990s, he was imprisoned on a marijuana-related charge. Conner told ABC News that he struggled with the stigma of that criminal record for [Read More…]
Mother accused of abandoning newborn found alive in woods denied bond in ‘Baby India’ case
Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office (FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga.) — A woman accused of putting her newborn in a plastic bag and abandoning her in the Georgia woods nearly four years ago has been denied bond after prosecutors [Read More…]
Hiroshima survivor’s message to Putin: ‘You don’t know the reality of a nuclear weapon’
ABC News (HIROSHIMA, Japan) — Nearly eight decades after surviving the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, 85-year-old Keiko Ogura had this message for Russian President Vladimir Putin: “You don’t know what is a nuclear weapon, the [Read More…]
Two construction workers killed in massive fire at Charlotte site
Charlotte Fire Department (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — Two construction workers were killed in a massive fire at a Charlotte construction site Thursday, which fire officials said was accidental. Reginald Johnson, the fire chief for the Charlotte Fire [Read More…]
Louisville police capture inmate who escaped through car window, briefly kidnapped two
Louisville Metro Police (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — Louisville police caught a convicted felon who they say escaped police custody on Thursday and then briefly kidnapped two people, forcing them to drive him away. “He was in the [Read More…]
Man who claimed self-defense in shooting death of Sinzae Reed avoids murder charge
ABC News (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Krieg Butler, a 36-year-old white man who shot and killed 13-year-old Sinzae Reed, in Columbus, Ohio, in October was indicted by a grand jury Friday on charges of tampering with evidence [Read More…]
3-year-old shoots two people in Indiana, leading to arrest of man wanted for murder
Douglas Sacha/Getty STOCK images (LAFAYETTE, Ind.) — A shooting in Indiana that injured two people after a three-year-old accessed a gun led to the arrest of a man wanted for murder in Illinois, authorities said. Trayshaun [Read More…]
Nebraska lawmakers pass bill restricting abortion, gender-affirming care for trans minors
ilbusca/Getty Stock Images (LINCOLN, Neb.) — Nebraska lawmakers voted on Friday to restrict abortion access after 12 weeks and to ban gender affirming care for trans youth. The bill, passed by the Nebraska legislature in a [Read More…]
Jeremy Renner seen jogging on special treadmill in new recovery milestone
Marvel Studios Jeremy Renner isn’t just reaching milestones during his recovery from his near-fatal snowplow accident: He’s jogging past them. The Avengers star posted his latest at-home recovery feat on Thursday evening, in an Instagram [Read More…]
Auli’i Cravalho not reprising role as Moana for upcoming live-action remake
Natasha Campos/Getty Images for GreenSlate Auli’i Cravalho will not be playing Moana in the forthcoming live-action remake of the 2016 animated Disney film. The 22-year-old actress shared the news in a video on her Instagram [Read More…]
Jim Brown, NFL great and ‘Dirty Dozen’ actor, dead at 87
Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Disney+ Jim Brown, one of the most famous pro football players to successfully tackle Hollywood, has died, according to an Instagram post from his wife, Monique. Brown was 87. “He passed [Read More…]
Tori Spelling asks for help after sharing family’s ‘spiral of sickness’ due to ‘extreme mold’
Amy Sussman/Getty Images, FILE Actress Tori Spelling is sharing a warning with other parents and asking for help after mold problems caused her family to experience a “spiral of sickness.” Spelling, who shares five children [Read More…]
‘John Wick’ franchise shoots past a billion bucks
Lionsgate Yeah, I guess you can say he’s in the black. Keanu Reeves‘ John Wick movie series, which kicked off in 2014 with a modestly budgeted revenge film about a dude avenging his murdered puppy, [Read More…]
Russia may lack reserves to respond to Ukrainian counteroffensive: Officials
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Western officials said Russia’s forces in Ukraine are so badly depleted that Russia may lack the reserves to effectively respond to a major counteroffensive from Ukrainian troops in the coming [Read More…]
Louisville police search for inmate who escaped through car window then briefly kidnapped two
Louisville Metro Police (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — Louisville, Kentucky police are searching for a convicted felon who escaped police custody on Thursday and then briefly kidnapped two people, forcing them to drive him away. A Kentucky [Read More…]
Arrest made nearly four years after abandoned baby found alive in plastic bag
Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — Nearly four years after an abandoned newborn was found alive in a plastic bag in Georgia, an arrest has been made in the case, authorities announced. The baby [Read More…]
After optimism, debt ceiling talks on ‘pause,’ McCarthy’s top negotiator says
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After optimistic talk from both House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden earlier this week, Rep. Garrett Graves, who is leading debt ceiling talks for House [Read More…]