U.S.Associated Press2 arrested in road rage shooting death of 6-year-old
Two people were arrested Sunday in connection to a road rage shooting in Southern California that killed a 6-year-old boy, the California Highway Patrol said. Eriz Marcus Anthony, 24, and Lee Wynne, 23, were taken into custody outside their home in Costa Mesa, the highway patrol said in a statement. Aiden Leos, 6, was fatally shot in the abdomen on May 21 while seated in the back seat of a car driven by his mother, Joanna Cloonan, on State Route 55 in the city of Orange.
PoliticsAxiosProgressive dam about to break
House progressives are getting fed up with efforts to accommodate Republican senators — and Joe Manchin. Why it matters: The White House is under growing pressure to accede to the left's demand to bust the filibuster. One of the clearest signs of this coming confrontation is a tweet this morning by Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.), a leading House progressive, who criticized Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) for announcing his opposition to a sweeping voting-rights bill passed by the House in March.
WorldThe Telegraph'I die every day': Hamas releases audio of captive 'Israeli soldier'
Hamas has released an audio clip of a man claiming to be an Israeli hostage held in Gaza, a week after the leader of the Palestinian militant group said he was willing to negotiate a prisoner exchange with Israel. In the recording broadcast by Al-Jazeera Arabic on Sunday, a man's voice says he is "an Israeli soldier held captive" by Hamas and that he “dies every day”. The authenticity of the clip has not been established, with the Israeli military saying it was investigating.
WorldReutersAfghan troops suffer 'shockingly high' casualties as violence mounts
At least 150 Afghan troops have been killed or injured in the last 24 hours in a surge of attacks by Taliban militants as foreign forces withdraw, senior government officials said on Monday. Casualties were "shockingly high", one added. The Taliban seized Shahrak district of western Ghor province on Monday and forced Afghan troops to retreat to nearby villages after a heavy firefight, local officials said.
WorldAxiosCrocodiles, snakes and bodies: Panama struggles to contain migrants’ dangerous exodus
Panama is struggling to handle a surge of migrants crossing the deadly jungles of the Darién Gap separating the country from Colombia — many bound for the U.S., government officials, migration experts and members of Congress tell Axios. Why it matters: Vice President Kamala Harris departed Sunday on her first trip to Central America after being tasked with the migration crisis. Most migrants reaching the U.S. border still hail from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras or El Salvador.
WorldAssociated PressIran cleric who founded Hezbollah, survived book bomb, dies
Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour, a Shiite cleric who as Iran's ambassador to Syria helped found the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and lost his right hand to a book bombing reportedly carried out by Israel, died Monday of the coronavirus. He was 74. A close ally of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Mohtashamipour in the 1970s formed alliances with Muslim militant groups across the Mideast.
HealthReutersJ&J vaccine drive stalls out in U.S after safety pause
Safety concerns about Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine along with overall flagging demand for vaccinations have slowed its U.S. rollout to a crawl, leaving close to half of the 21 million doses produced for the United States sitting unused. J&J's vaccine was supposed to be an important tool for reaching rural areas and vaccine hesitant Americans because it requires only one shot and has less stringent storage requirements than the two-dose vaccines from Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc. But Americans have largely eschewed it over the six weeks it has been back in use after a pause to study a rare safety issue, according to data from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and interviews with health officials and pharmacists in eight states across the country.
WorldAxiosAt least 35 dead and dozens injured after 2 trains collide in Pakistan
Details: Up to 20 people were trapped in the Millat Express' wreckage after the collision with the Sir Syed Express in Ghotki district in Sindh province, just over 270 miles north of Karachi, AP reports. The Millat Express had derailed for an as-yet unknown reason and the Sir Syed Express struck the train soon after. What they're saying: Prime Minister Imran Khan tweeted that he has asked Railways Minister Azam Khan Swati to go to the crash scene and oversee rescue operations, adding he has ordered a "comprehensive investigation into railway safety fault lines."
PoliticsKansas City StarJosh Hawley wants Anthony Fauci out, but he knows who really fumbled the pandemic
Josh Hawley is calling for the head of the man he claims is responsible for the United States' tragically inept response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Friday, Missouri's junior senator joined the chorus of GOP voices insisting that Dr. Anthony Fauci must step down as director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. “The time has come for Fauci to resign and for a full congressional investigation into the origins of #COVID19 — and into any and all efforts to prevent a full accounting,” he tweeted.
PoliticsBBCG7: Biden calls for nations to boost their economies
The deal struck on tax understandably grabbed most of the attention at the G7 Finance Ministers' meeting, ahead of this week's Leaders' Summit in Cornwall. The message from Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen here in London - which will be echoed by US President Joe Biden in Cornwall - is that all G7 nations, including the UK, should not even be talking about withdrawal of support. "G7 economies have the fiscal space to speed up their recoveries to not only reach pre-Covid levels of GDP, but also to support a return to pre-pandemic growth paths," said Secretary Yellen in a speech on Saturday.
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2 stabbed multiple times in Visalia bar
Police are searching for the suspect who stabbed two people at at the Fifth Quarter Bar in Visalia just before 2 am on Sunday.
U.S.Idaho StatesmanMan missing for eight nights mysteriously walks out of Croatan National Forest in NC
The 20-year-old man who vanished late May in Croatan National Forest just as mysteriously reappeared Sunday, according to the Carteret County Sheriff's Office. Details of how Joshua Clauson survived more than a week without food and water have not been released. “On Sunday morning, a citizen called Carteret County Communications to report that a man walked out of a wooded area near the caller's residence on Rams Horn Road in Newport,” the sheriff's office said in a release.
U.S.CBS NewsTexas bakery sells out of inventory after facing Pride backlash
Confections in Lufkin, Texas announced on Thursday that it would be selling rainbow cookies for Pride Month. Confections took to Facebook to reveal that many of its customers had sent hateful messages and canceled orders and claimed its "likes" were also plummeting.
PoliticsAssociated Press'Get used to me': Postmaster evokes Trump style in Biden era
He's been criticized by lawmakers from both parties for changes to the agency that have resulted in service slowdowns. Democrats are particularly worried that he's purposefully undermining the post office, which is critical to the conduct of elections and is one of the few federal agencies a vast majority of Americans like. The scrutiny of DeJoy, 63, has intensified as the Justice Department investigates him over political fundraising at the North Carolina-based company he ran prior to his work at the post office.
U.S.INSIDERThe mom of a teen accused of murder was caught on video scrubbing blood off her son's jeans, prosecutors say
A 14-year-old in Florida is accused in the brutal murder of seventh-grader Tristyn Bailey. The teen's mom was also arrested after trying to wash blood off her son's jeans, prosecutors said. The mother of a 14-year-old boy charged with first degree murder in Florida has also been arrested for tampering with evidence, according to St. Johns County Sheriff's Office.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderBoris Johnson got annoyed when Biden mentioned the US and UK's 'special relationship' because he thinks it makes Britain look needy, report says
Biden mentioned the US-UK "special relationship" on a call with Johnson, The Atlantic reported. Johnson told Biden he didn't like using the term, the outlet said. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was upset that President Joe Biden referred to the "special relationship" between the US and UK, according to a new profile by The Atlantic's Tom McTague.
U.S.INSIDERA Texas woman was arrested after posing as her 13-year-old daughter for a day of a middle school
Casey Garcia, 30, posed as her 13-year-old daughter for what she described as a social experiment. Garcia said she made it through nearly an entire school day before getting caught. Casey Garcia was arrested on Friday in El Paso, Texas after she was identified posing as her 13-year-old daughter and for almost an entire school day.
U.S.The IndependentMan ‘throws baby’ at police after high-speed chase: ‘Not a little toss or anything… It was a throw’
Florida authorities have released a video of the shocking moment a man threw a baby at police officers pursuing him in following a high-speed chase. Indian River County Sheriff's Office alleged on Friday that 32-year-old John Henry James III led police through an intense pursuit through Gifford before throwing a 2-month-old infant at a deputy. I've seen some crazy stuff but this is definitely up there," Deputy Jacob Curby told CBS12 News.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderFox News anchor Chris Wallace grilled Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, suggesting he's 'naive' about bipartisanship in his filibuster stance
Sen. Joe Manchin wrote an op-ed article reiterating his reluctance to end the filibuster. On "Fox News Sunday," Chris Wallace pressed Manchin on his hopes for bipartisan cooperation. "Haven't you empowered Republicans to be obstructionists?" Wallace asked.
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Violent, deadly weekend in Chicago
Eight people were injured during a mass shooting on the South Side, were among at least 47 other shot in Chicago weekend violence.
U.S.Associated PressFormer NBA star works to end solitary confinement in prisons
Caron Butler can easily point to the lowest moment in his life — the days he spent as a teenager locked in a solitary confinement cell inside a juvenile prison. The former UConn and NBA star planned to be at Connecticut's state Capitol on Monday to ask Gov. Ned Lamont to sign legislation that would strictly limit the use of solitary confinement and other forms of inmate isolation in prisons. The bill, which requires almost all inmates be allowed at least 6 1/2 hours out of their cells and also limits the use of certain restraints, received final legislative approval Sunday morning.
WorldThe TelegraphFormer Ireland and Lions rugby player to touch down as the UK's special envoy to America
Boris Johnson has appointed a former Ireland and Lions rugby player as a special envoy to help lobby Joe Biden's administration over Northern Ireland. Trevor Ringland will be the first Special Envoy to the United States and Northern Ireland, tasked with “promoting Northern Ireland's interests across the US”. The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) said that the new post would reflect the UK Government's commitment to peace in the country.
U.S.Business InsiderRand Paul says he and his family have received death threats amid 'outspoken' clashes with Fauci over origins of COVID-19
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said he'd received death threats for his criticism of Dr. Anthony Fauci. Paul has recently accused Fauci of misleading the public on the possible origins of the coronavirus. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul told Fox News on Friday that he's been receiving death threats for his public criticism of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious diseases expert.
U.S.The IndependentThree killed and several wounded in shooting after graduation party in Florida
At least three people have been killed and multiple individuals have been injured after a shooting following a graduation party in Florida. The shooting occurred at around 2am on Sunday morning in a hookah lounge in a strip mall in Kendall in Miami-Dade County, southwest of Miami. It's the second mass shooting to take place in the area on consecutive weekends, police said.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderTrump is a 'clear and present danger' and his words will 'surely kill again' says Lincoln Project co-founder
Donald Trump's words will "surely kill again," said Steve Schmidt, co-founder of the anti-Trump PAC The Lincoln Project. Schmidt said the media had wrongly suggested Trump was losing influence over the country and the Republican party. "Trump has the ability to kill and destroy with the spoken word ... His words will surely kill again," he said.
“It may seem desperate at this point, but I can’t be mad at any and all efforts to get people vaccinated.”
“I won’t get rich, but I will get to live my life. That seems like reward enough.”
“Offering incentives may encourage people who are not actively opposed to vaccination but may have put it off.”
“At some point, the government is simply rewarding irresponsible behavior.”
“Sure, people should do it without needing an incentive. But what’s the alternative? Not enough people get vaccinated.”