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The Supreme Court on Monday said separation of church and state does not prohibit public school employees from praying aloud on the job near students. The case involved a high school football coach praying post-game at the 50-yard line, joined by his players. The court held that the Free Exercise and Free Speech Clauses of the First Amendment protect an individual engaging in a personal religious observance from government reprisal; the Constitution neither mandates nor permits the government to suppress such religious expression.
A person in South Carolina was killed after being dragged into a retention pond by an alligator near Myrtle Beach on Friday, authorities said. This is the first deadly alligator attack in the state since May 2020, according to authorities. Once officers arrived on the scene, officials determined that "an alligator had taken hold of a neighbor and retreated into a nearby retention pond," a statement from the Horry County Police Department said.
WNBA star Brittney Griner appeared at a preliminary hearing in Moscow on Monday more than three months after she was detained in Russia. Griner did not respond to an ABC News reporter's question as she walked out of the courtroom. Griner was detained at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Russia on Feb. 17 after she was accused of carrying vape cartridges containing hashish oil, which is illegal in Russia.
Millions of Americans had already been given a taste of sweltering temperatures by the time the summer solstice -- the longest day of the year and the official start of the summer season -- arrived last week. Following back-to-back dangerous heat waves that impacted a large swath of the nation over the past two weeks, much of the country will be bracing for more rounds of intense heat as summer continues. The final days of June and first days of July will likely bring above-average temperatures along the Gulf Coast, with building heat in the West.
This Fourth of July is expected to be the second-busiest for travel since 2000, with 47.9 million Americans taking trips, according to AAA. Friday, July 1 is shaping up to be the busiest day for air travel during the holiday weekend. Monday, July 4 will likely be the lightest, according to AAA booking data.
Cara Skowronski and her husband are the parents of a 2-year-old daughter who was born through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and a gestational surrogate, who carried their daughter. Now, as the Skowronskis look to expand their family, they say they are afraid of the obstacles they will face, a fear they say has been magnified by the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Skowronski and her husband recently moved from Nebraska to Texas, where abortion will be banned under a trigger law that goes into effect 30 days after the Supreme Court's decision.
Pride Month is here and provides an opportune time to reflect, honor and recognize the contributions of LGBTQ+ people around the world. It's also a time to look back at the glamour, fashion, costumes and rich rainbow hues seen throughout various pride celebrations that have taken place over the years. The Stonewall riots in June 1969 served as what many say is the beginning of what would become an annual commemoration filled with festivals, parades and some extraordinary looks.
The stars were out in full force at the 2022 BET Awards, billed as "culture's biggest night." Oscar-nominated actress Taraji P. Henson returned for a second time to host the 22nd annual awards show, which aired Sunday on BET from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The night was filled with epic performances, memorable acceptance speeches and an exciting tribute to Sean "Diddy" Combs, who received the lifetime achievement award.
Celebrities at the 2022 BET Awards on Sunday night used their platform to address the Supreme Court's recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Host Taraji P. Henson kicked things off at the top of the show, in her opening monologue. The court ruled 5-4 on Friday to strike down Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision which made abortion a constitutionally protected federal right.
3 dead, 2 injured after Amtrak train collides with car in California: Officials
At least six people have died and more than 200 were injured after an accident occurred at the venue of a bullfight in Colombia. The spectators were watching the bullfight in El Espinal, Colombia -- about 100 miles southwest of Bogota -- on Sunday when several stands collapsed, the Tolima Civil Defense told ABC News. In addition to the six people who died, more than 200 were injured, 10 of whom are in serious condition, according to the Tolima Civil Defense.
Millions of people in the South and West are facing triple-digit temperatures Sunday as they look forward to a reprieve in the coming days. The National Weather Service issued heat advisories in parts of the Deep South as heat indexes hit dangerous levels. The high heat won't persist for long, as temperatures are expected to go back down into the 80s and 90s for much of the region the next few days, bringing much-needed heat relief to the South.
Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell has been put on suicide watch days before her sentencing on five criminal counts, including sex trafficking, according to her lawyer. "Yesterday, without having conducted a psychological evaluation and without justification, the MDC placed Ms. Maxwell on suicide watch," her lawyer, Bobbi Sternheim, wrote to a federal court in New York on Saturday. Nearly three years ago, her accomplice, Jeffrey Epstein was found dead by suicide at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan.
The Group of Seven nations on Sunday began rolling out a global infrastructure initiative in a bid, as they described it, to promote "stability" and improve conditions in developing and middle-income countries around the globe. The Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment plans on disbursing $600 billion by 2027 in infrastructure investments, with President Joe Biden announcing the U.S. alone would aim to spend $200 billion in public and private partnerships. Biden and other world leaders, speaking in Germany's Bavarian Alps, cast the investments as "critical" amid crises on multiple fronts, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, an energy crunch fueled in part by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and more.
A 5-month-old baby was killed while sitting in a car in Chicago during a violent weekend in which at least 20 people were shot in the city, according to police. The infant girl was by far the youngest of four people fatally shot in separate incidents in Chicago since Friday, police said. Homicide detectives were working on Sunday to identify a suspect or suspects in the baby's death.
At least 22 people were found dead in a South African tavern early on Sunday morning, officials said. The South African Police Service said they were found dead inside a local tavern in Scenery Park in the area of East London, according to spokesperson Brig. Tembinkosi Kinana. Police responded to the Enyobeni Tavern at about 4 a.m. local time, Kinana said, and were combing the scene for evidence midday.
The Supreme Court has "burned whatever legitimacy they may still have had" with their ruling last week overturning Roe v. Wade, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said on Sunday. "They just took the last of it and set a torch to it," Warren, a Democrat, told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz in an exclusive interview. In a Friday decision, the high court overturned the landmark holding in Roe, instead ruling that there was no constitutional guarantee to abortion access.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, a member of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, said Sunday that criminal charges against the people involved in trying to overturn the 2020 election -- including former President Donald Trump -- were not his "principal interest" compared to understanding how the violence unfolded to avoid it being repeated. "So, for me, I'm principally interested in telling the American people the truth so we can fortify our institution against coups and insurrections going forward," Raskin continued. "But I know that there's a great public hunger for individual criminal accountability, and I've got confidence in the Department of Justice, in Attorney General Merrick Garland, to do the right thing in terms of making all the difficult decisions about particular cases," he said.
British luxury marque Jaguar Land Rover claims the Cabin Air Purification Pro filtration in its new Range Rover SUV can "significantly reduce odors, bacteria, viruses and allergens including SARS-CoV-2 virus" thanks to nanoe X, an electrostatic technology developed by Panasonic. When the SUV's heating, ventilation and air conditioning [HVAC] filtration system is turned on, trillions of ionized water particles are released into the cabin through the front and rear air vents, according to JLR. "We want people to know the capability of the vehicle," Nick Miller, program chief of the new Range Rover, told ABC News.
At least eight people were injured early Sunday when gunfire broke out at a dance party being held in an industrial area of Tacoma, Washington, police said. The shooting occurred at 12:45 a.m. at a private venue in South Tacoma, where police said the rave attracted a large crowd. A barrage of gunfire erupted during an argument that broke out in an alley behind the venue, located in an area filled with mostly car dealerships and auto repair shops, according to police.
