Murray-led Senate Appropriations Committee talks budget, China priorities
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) chairs Appropriations Committee discussion on China A federal budget hearing, focused on keeping us competitive with China, got heated when Republicans questioned the messages U.S. actions around the world have sent. That
Lawmakers, Education Secretary Cardona clash over culture war issues
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Lawmakers and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona agreed at a Tuesday hearing that students face a host of threats in the nation’s schools — but differed sharply on how to tackle a range…
Man and 12-year-old arrested after fatal shooting at Sonic restaurant in Texas
Google Maps Street View(KEENE, Texas) — A man and a 12-year-old boy were charged with murder after the pre-teen allegedly shot and killed a Sonic Drive-In employee in Texas, according to authorities.
Police responded to 911 calls Saturday night about…
Almost half of passengers killed in 2021 car crashes weren’t wearing seatbelts: NHTSA
sukanya sitthikongsak/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Nearly half of all vehicle passengers killed on U.S. roads in 2021 were not wearing a seatbelt — the highest number in 10 years, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) data…
1.63 million ‘excess deaths’ among Black Americans compared to white Americans in last 20 years: Study
RubberBall Productions/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A new study from the medical journal JAMA Network estimates there were 1.63 million excess deaths among Black Americans between 1999 and 2020. “Excess deaths” is an estimate of how many people died above…
How parking impacts everyday lives beyond cars
ABC News(NEW YORK) — For some people, a parking spot is a nightmare and for others it’s a status symbol tied to their homes and vehicles.
Slate reporter Henry Grabar, who wrote the book “Paved Paradise How Parking Explains the World,” however said th…
Kentucky governor GOP primary, other races to watch Tuesday
OsakaWayne Studios/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — It may be springtime in 2023, but it’s election night in America on Tuesday.
Kentucky Republicans Tuesday will choose their nominee to try to knock off Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear in the state’s gubernat…
At least 150 rounds fired by gunman, officers during New Mexico shooting: Police
Roberto E. Rosales/Getty Images(FARMINGTON, N.M.) — At least 150 rounds were fired by an 18-year-old gunman and responding officers during an apparently random shooting in a neighborhood in northwestern New Mexico on Monday, authorities said.
Three p…
Daytime Emmys postponed over writers strike
Rodin Eckenroth/Getty ImagesThe 50th annual Daytime Emmy Awards have become the latest awards ceremony to be affected by the writers strike.
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced that the ceremony, slated for Friday, June 16, is…
Man got into national security adviser’s home undetected by Secret Service: Sources
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — An unidentified man entered national security adviser Jake Sullivan’s Washington, D.C., home in late April, prompting a Secret Service investigation into how it could happen with agents sup…