Month: August 2022

Washington – The Senate on Sunday approved a broad Democratic economic package designed to fight climate change, address health care costs and raise taxes on big corporations, marking a crucial achievement for President Biden and the his party as they seek to maintain control of the Congress in the Congress. November mid-term elections. The plan, called the Inflation reduction lawdismissed the upper chamber on a 51-50 vote along party lines, with Vice President Kamala Harris providing the tie-breaking vote in the equally divided Senate. Democrats used a fast-track legislative process known as reconciliation to pass the measure over unanimous opposition…

State police in north-central Mexico killed 13 suspected gang members in a shootout on the same day they captured four people, burying one of their agents and a family member, authorities said Friday. The security agency of the state of San Luis Potosí said in a statement the confrontation occurred on Thursday evening in the community of Vaqueros in the municipality of Rayon. Among the victims were 10 men and three women. Authorities did not report any state troopers were injured. The San Luis Potosí state prosecutor’s office said weapons, tactical equipment and vehicles were seized. Thursday’s operation was the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed their way economic package of the election year to Senate approval on Sunday, a hard-fought compromise less ambitious than President Joe Biden’s original domestic vision but which still meets the party’s deep-rooted goals curb global warming, moderate pharmaceutical costs i taxing large corporations. The estimated $740 billion package heads next door to the House, where lawmakers are poised to deliver on Biden’s priorities, a stunning turnaround from what looked like a doomed and lost effort that has suddenly returned to political life . Democrats remained tied, 51-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking…

The Senate approved the sweep of Democrats on Sunday economic package designed to combat climate change, address health care costs and raise taxes on big corporations, marking a crucial victory for President Biden and his party as they seek to retain control of Congress in the midterm elections November mandate. The plan, called the Inflation Reduction Act, passed the upper house on a 51-50 vote along party lines, with Vice President Kamala Harris providing the tie-breaking vote in the evenly divided Senate. Democrats used a fast-track legislative process known as reconciliation to pass the measure over unanimous opposition from Republicans….

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) – A decorated police officer was killed in the line of duty while protecting those around him from an armed suspect. “He put himself in the line of fire to save others,” said a friend of El Paso County Deputy Andrew Peery’s heroic actions at the scene Sunday evening. Peery, a 39-year-old married father of two and a six-year veteran of the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, was among three law enforcement officers who responded to a 911 call near Widefield High School shortly after 5 p.m. “The caller was reporting a shooting in the…

Fulani herdsmen on Sunday night attacked and killed three people while many were abducted by the attackers in Bali town, the headquarters of Bali Local Government Area of ​​Taraba State. Several sources in Bali told our correspondent on phone that the assailants on motorbikes attacked and killed a Taraba Marshall staff at a checkpoint near the General Hospital before heading to individual houses to kill and kidnap people Central Tiv leader and Chief of Tiv in Bali, Zaki David Gbaa (Ter Tiv Bali II) told our correspondent that two of his subjects were killed and dozens, mostly women, were kidnapped…

August is always the slowest month of the NBA calendar. The only time fans can see their favorite players is through training videos and the rare Pro-Am experience. However, basketball fans saw a dramatic series of events in real time last night. Atlanta Hawks guard Dejounte Murray and Orlando Magic rookie forward Paolo Banchero competed in Isaiah Thomas’ annual summer hoops tournament, the Zeke-End. Clips from the exhibition game quickly began to go viral. Murray faked Banchero before alley-ooping himself off the backboard. Then, as the crowd erupted, Murray said something to Banchero and tossed him the ball. This is…