Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russians launching large-scale offensive in Luhansk region
Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the east. Ukrain…
One dead and three others, including cop, injured in DC shooting: Police
kali9/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A 15-year-old boy has died and three adults, including a police officer, were injured in a shooting in Washington, D.C., Sunday night, officials said.
The shooting took place near 14th and U streets Northwest, in a po…
Scoreboard roundup — 6/19/22
iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Boston 6, St. Louis 4
Arizona 7, Minnesota 1
Cleveland 5, LA Dodgers 3
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 2, Tampa Bay 1
Detroit 7, Texas 3
Toronto 10, NY …
How Southern California golf courses are adjusting to new water restrictions
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Water restrictions in the West are becoming commonplace as the megadrought intensifies and reservoir levels continue to recede — including in recreational facilities that require ample amounts of irrigation…
Police didn’t try to open doors to Uvalde classrooms with shooter inside: Source
KSAT(NEW YORK) — In a new twist in the Uvalde elementary school mass shooting, a source has confirmed to ABC News that as police waited for more than an hour in a hallway outside the classrooms where a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers, none …
Texas GOP ‘rebukes’ Republicans working on gun deal, declares opposition to gay and trans people
Michael Dunning/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The Texas Republican Party this weekend formally “rebuked” multiple GOP senators, including one of their own, for helping lead bipartisan negotiations on new gun legislation.
The resolution, adopted at the sta…
Adam Kinzinger thinks Donald Trump ‘is guilty of knowing what he did’ in Jan. 6 insurrection
ABC News(NEW YORK) — One of two Republicans on the House’s Jan. 6 committee said Sunday he believes former President Donald Trump’s actions as described during this month’s public hearings “rise to a level of criminal involvement” in the events around…
Why Black joy on Juneteenth is an act of resistance against racism
JASON REDMOND/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Opal Lee, 95, has spent much of her life advocating for civil rights. When she was just 12, her family home was vandalized and set ablaze by white supremacists, none of whom were arrested.
It led her down a life…
Recession isn’t ‘inevitable’ but inflation remains ‘unacceptably high’: Janet Yellen
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A recession is not “at all inevitable” as the Federal Reserve takes increasingly aggressive action to address sharply rising inflation, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday.
“I expect the economy to slow,” Yellen told “Thi…
Juneteenth offers message of hope, resiliency
Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — While most Americans prepare to celebrate the country’s freedom on July 4, many Black people in the United States recognize June 19 as their Independence Day.
The day widely known as Juneteenth, and referred t…