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1 Shooting Outside Nationals Park During a Game
A shooting happened Saturday night right outside Nationals Park in Washington, DC as a game between the Washington Nationals and San Diego Padres was going on. Multiple loud bangs were heard during the bottom of the 6th inning causing baseball fans, players, and staff inside the stadium to be sent into a frenzy. Three people were wounded, including a fan who was outside of the stadium. She is expected to recover, according to executive assistant chief of police for DC’s Metropolitan Police Department, Ashan Benedict. The two other people wounded are hospitalized and being questioned by police as they were associated with a vehicle that was recovered near the scene. Their exact involvement in the incident is not yet known, however these two people were already known to law enforcement. Two vehicles were involved, but the second car still remains at-large. Images of this car were released to the public on Sunday in hopes that someone will recognize it. Benedict stresses that there was no threat to fans and players inside the stadium, saying, “I just want to assure the public that at no time during this incident were individuals inside the stadium attending the game in any kind of danger. This was not an active shooter incident and it’s not being investigated as such. Everything took place outside the stadium.
2 Biden Administration To Appeal Decision Ruling DACA Unlawful
President Joe Biden announced on Saturday that the Justice Department will be appealing a federal judge's ruling that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, commonly known as DACA, is illegal. DACA, the Obama-era program, has protected hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from being deported. The judge's order does not affect those who are already covered by DACA. In a statement, he called the decision "deeply disappointing" and that it ”relegates hundreds of thousands of young immigrants to an uncertain future.” He went on to urge Congress to pass something more permeant, saying,“Only Congress can ensure a permanent solution by granting a path to citizenship for Dreamers that will provide the certainty and stability that these young people need and deserve. I have repeatedly called on Congress to pass the American Dream and Promise Act, and I now renew that call with the greatest urgency. It is my fervent hope that through reconciliation or other means, Congress will finally provide security to all Dreamers, who have lived too long in fear.” Texas and eight other states sued to halt DACA, saying that former President Barack Obama did not have the power to create such a program as it circumvented Congress. In March, legislation was approved by the House to help create a pathway toward citizenship for those impacted. However, this was stalled in the Senate.
3 Bezos Ready To Blast Off
Richard Branson may have flown to the edge of space just over a week ago as we told you, but Jeff Bezos is right behind him. Tomorrow, Bezos is going to attempt to fly to space aboard a rocket and capsule that was developed by his private space company, "Blue Origin." This will be the first crewed launch for the company's new Shepard rocket. Branson may have gotten to space first, but if Bezos is successful, he will be making history for taking part in the first unpiloted suborbital flight that has a civilian crew. He also could set some other milestones on this trip, by bringing the oldest person to reach space and the younger. A former test pilot, Wally Funk who is 82 years old, and 18-year-old teenager Oliver Daemen will both be going with him. Bezos's brother, Mark, will be the final member of the four-person crew. The rocket will be launched from a site in the West Texas desert. As it is going to be a suborbital flight, it will reach the edge of space and not enter into the orbit around Earth. They will then land again in the Texas desert, as the entire journey is expected to last about 10 minutes.