(HOUSTON) — A 5-year-old boy has died after being left in a hot car in Houston as record-high temperatures struck the city.
The boy had been inside the car, which was parked outside his home, for several hours before he was found dead on Monday, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
Houston hit a scorching 102 degrees Monday, marking the hottest temperature this early in the summer since 2011.
The family told authorities they had been preparing for the boy’s sister’s birthday party, the sheriff’s office said.
The boy’s mother was “excited, trying to get things together [for the party] … with the busyness of the activities that they were preparing for, it took them awhile to notice that the child wasn’t in the house,” Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez told reporters.
The sheriff said it appeared the boy knew how to unbuckle himself from his carseat and exit his family’s car on his own, but it’s believed that on Monday the family had a rental car.
“Perhaps the child wasn’t as familiar with” the rental car, the sheriff said, noting, “the door didn’t have any kind of child safety lock.”
The sheriff’s office said “investigators will meet with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office to present their finding of the investigation.”
The little boy, who hasn’t been identified, is the fifth child to die in a hot car in the U.S. this year, according to national nonprofit KidsAndCars.org. Click here for tips on how to keep children safe from hot cars this summer.
(WASHINGTON) — Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, the top Democratic negotiator on a pending package to address gun violence, told reporters on Tuesday afternoon that a deal had been reached on the legislative text — and that the bill will be out soon.
“We have an agreement and the text will be coming out very shortly,” Murphy said before walking onto the Senate floor to preside.
Murphy declined to give more specific timing on when the draft bill would be introduced ahead of what leaders have signaled would be a quick vote.
A bipartisan group of senators has been working for days behind the scenes to turn a previously announced legislative framework into a specific bill that retains enough Republican support to avoid a filibuster.
Democratic leadership, including Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, have been clear they need bill text by Tuesday to get to a vote before the July 4 recess.
The disagreements negotiators faced
Sources previously told ABC News that abortion funding had emerged as the latest snag in the Senate’s talks to finalize the legislative agreement, with the informal deadline looming at the end of Tuesday in order to keep a potential bill on track for a vote before the two-week holiday break.
Negotiators had recently been focusing on the Hyde Amendment, which forbids federal funding from being used to pay for abortions. That provision got caught up in the portion of the possible gun law dealing with mental health funding, with Republicans pushing for language barring any money in an ultimate agreement from being used pay for abortions, according to a source familiar with the matter.
That snag marked the latest curveball in the discussions.
Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, the lead Republican working on the deal, expressed optimism to ABC News earlier on Tuesday that an agreement could be reached later that day, saying that draft text would emerge “hopefully shortly.”
Still, Cornyn said — without elaborating — that certain “details” needed to be worked out.
“It’s a complicated bill and it’s been a tough negotiation,” he said.
The other core negotiators have been Sens. Murphy, Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.).
The gun talks recently narrowed in on two other disagreements: funding for “red flag” laws, which would allow law enforcement to remove firearms from those deemed a danger to themselves or others, and how extensively to address the “boyfriend loophole” by expanding the kinds of domestic abusers barred from having firearms.
Sen. Durbin, the majority whip, suggested to ABC News on Tuesday that conversations over the Hyde Amendment could be resolved quickly and aides were still optimistic that an overall deal would not be derailed.
Negotiators have been pressing for a bill that can get the filibuster-proof support of 10 Republican senators, the same number who previously supported the framework announced on June 12.
Democrats want a deal to be wrapped up shortly to maintain momentum amid public outcry following high-profile mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas. Republicans, meanwhile, are facing calls from their base to blunt the gun-access aspects of any legislation, with that pressure on display over the weekend when Cornyn was booed at a state party convention in Texas.
When asked by ABC News on Tuesday if that made negotiations more difficult, Cornyn replied, “Oh no. No it hasn’t.”
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In normal Beyoncé-like fashion, the singer broke the internet the past few days when she teased, then released, her new single “Break My Soul.” But it seems as if she isn’t done with the surprises yet.
Around the time the song dropped at midnight Monday, her longtime publicist, Yvette Noel-Shure, posted a cryptic message to her Instagram Story. Fans immediately speculated that the Grammy winner will be dropping new music again and very soon.
“Tuesday Friday Tuesday” reads the post by Noel-Shure, later shared by The Shade Room. Many people believe the listed days of the week represent each time Beyoncé will deliver a new project — starting with “Break My Soul” on Tuesday, June 21. If the Beyhive’s instincts are correct, the world will receive something fresh from Bey Friday, June 24, and next Tuesday, June 28.
“Break My Soul” is an upbeat dance track that begins with a sample from Big Freedia‘s “Explode” before Beyoncé lays down her vocals. The house genre is a new sound for the singer, who’s rumored to have produced her entire seventh-studio album, Renaissance, as a dance and country collection.
Beyoncé first alerted fans of new music Monday morning, after she changed her Instagram and Twitter bios to reflect the release: “6. BREAK MY SOUL midnight ET.” Her socials now read, “6. BREAK MY SOUL out now.”
Renaissance, which is expected July 19, will be Beyoncé’s first solo studio album since her 2016 award-winning project, Lemonade. It also follows the critically acclaimed Homecoming, the live album of her 2018 Coachella headlining performance.
The series, produced to coincide with the British rock legends’ 60th anniversary, will trace the band’s journey from a young blues-inspired musicians act to one of the world’s all-time great musical acts.
Each episode of the series will offer an intimate look at one of the band’s four main members — singer Mick Jagger, guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, and late drummer Charlie Watts — and will delve into their unique personalities, talents and impact on the culture. My Life as a Rolling Stone will also examine the band members’ inspirations, struggles and other personal aspects as they worked together to create their enduring catalog of songs.
My Life as a Rolling Stone was directed by Oliver Murray — director of the 2019 Bill Wyman documentary The Quiet One — and Clare Tavernor, whose credits include a Keith Richards-themed episode of the BBC TV newsmagazine The Culture Show. Mercury Studios is producing the docuseries.
“Compelling music docuseries have become a pillar of EPIX’s slate of premium original programming, and My Life as a Rolling Stone is a perfect addition to that mix,” says network president Michael Wright. “This distinctive documentary captures the raw and organic energy that defines The Rolling Stones, and tells the gripping, epic story of their journey. I am excited for viewers to experience this legendary band as few ever have before.”
Adds Mercury Studios CEO Alice Webb, “As they celebrate 60 years we couldn’t be prouder that EPIX viewers will enjoy exclusive access to The Rolling Stones through these special shows.”
It’s a battle of the brothers on the new teen romance series The Summer I Turned Pretty, which dropped its first season last week on Prime Video.
Sean Kaufman co-stars as Steven Conklin, childhood best friend to brothers Conrad (Christopher Briney) and Jeremiah Fisher (Gavin Casalegno).
The most sought-after boys in Cousins Beach all gave ABC Audio their takes on who they think Belly, played by Lola Tung, should be with at the end of the series.
Well, almost all of them did. Kaufman couldn’t pick between Briney’s mysterious Conrad or Casalegno’s fun-loving Jeremiah.
“If I say one answer, either way, I’m going to walk out of here fisticuffs with one of them,” he said. “I will say, for Steven, he knows Belly is in love with Conrad. Jeremiah, that’s a shocker.”
Naturally, both Fisher brothers took the time to defend themselves.
“Conrad understands that he has a lot to learn,” Briney said. “I think he understands that he needs to work on himself. And I think that’s an important thing for someone who you want to be with.”
Casalegno went in full force for Team Jeremiah, arguing that “what you really want in a relationship is to be with your best friend, not with, like, sparks at the moment, because those are only temporary. And I think that best friendship will last you a lifetime.”
While we don’t know who Belly will choose when it’s all said and done, one thing is for certain – the series has been renewed for season two. Briney teased what he’s most looking forward to in the show’s second season.
“I’m excited for the happy ever after to be shattered, because that’s not a real thing,” he said. “This isn’t the end of all their relationships, it’s the beginning. There’s so much more to be learned.”
Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant and acclaimed country-bluegrass artist Alison Krausshave added four new dates to the end of their forthcoming second U.S. tour leg in support of their 2021 album, Raise the Roof.
The trek, which kicks off with an August 15 concert in San Diego, California was originally plotted out through a September 4 performance in Austin, Texas. The new shows are scheduled for September 7 in Franklin, Tennessee; September 9 in Boston, Massachusetts; September 10 in Mashantucket, Connecticut; and September 12 at New York City’s famed Beacon Theatre.
In addition, an Atlanta concert that was to have taken place on June 16 but was postponed because of bad weather has been rescheduled for September 6.
Tickets for the Beacon Theatre show go on sale to the general public this Friday, June 24 at 9 a.m. ET, while tickets for the other three concerts will be available to the public that day at 10 a.m. local time. Pre-sale tickets for all four performances will go on sale starting tomorrow.
The first leg of Plant and Krauss’ 2022 U.S. tour wrapped up on Friday, June 17 with a performance at the Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, Tennessee. The duo will launch a series of European shows with an appearance this Friday, June 24 at U.K.’s Glastonbury Festival. The trek will run through a July 20 gig in Berlin.
Released in November 2021, Raise the Roof peaked at #7 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album is a follow-up to Plant and Krauss’ Grammy-winning 2007 collaborative record, Raising Sand.
Dropkick Murphys have announced a new album called This Machine Still Kills Fascists.
The title, which references folk legend Woody Guthrie‘s famous motto, consists of new songs recorded using unused lyrics that Guthrie had written. The album was recorded with the blessing of Woody’s daughter Nora Guthrie, who provided and curated the lyrics for Dropkick to use.
“I collected lyrics on all kinds of topics…lyrics that seemed to be needed to be said — or screamed — today,” Nora says. “[Dropkick vocalist/bassist] Ken Casey is a master at understanding Woody’s lyrics, which can be complicated, long, deadly serious, or totally ridiculous. DKM is capable of delivering them all.”
“The project has been a long time in the making,” Casey adds. “Nora Guthrie thought her father would’ve got a kick out of us, would’ve liked us, that we were somewhat kindred spirits so to speak, which to us was a huge honor.”
Dropkick Murphys have previously covered Woody and used his lyrics before, perhaps most famously in their song “I’m Shipping Up to Boston.”
This Machine Still Kills Fascists will be released September 30. Lead single “Two 6’s Upside Down” will premiere July 6.
Dropkick Murphys will support This Machine Still Kills Fascists on a U.S. tour this fall, bringing their normally raucous live show to seated theaters to perform the new album in full. Tickets for the outing, which launches October 20 in Concord, New Hampshire, go on sale this Friday, June 24.
Here’s the This Machine Still Kills Fascists track list:
“Two 6’s Upside Down”
“Talking Jukebox”
“All You Fonies”
“Never Git Drunk No More” feat. Nikki Lane
“Ten Times More”
“The Last One” feat. Evan Felker of Turnpike Troubadours
“Cadillac, Cadillac”
“Waters Are A’risin”
“Where Trouble Is At”
“Dig a Hole” feat. Woody Guthrie
Ahead of the new Prime Video documentary Untrapped: The Story of Lil Baby premiering in August, the streaming platform released a special sneak peek on Tuesday.
The short video clip begins with a monologue by Lil Baby, who is seen spending time with his two young boys Jason and Loyal.
“Family more important to me than anything. I don’t ever see me leaving my kids,” he says. “Like, I don’t wanna be no holiday dad and I just talk to you. My dad kinda stayed out of town. It was like, I see him every now and then, a couple times a year.”
Untrapped: The Story of Lil Baby chronicles the life of the Grammy-winning rapper from his early rap days as a teenager in Atlanta to becoming a highly sought-after and successful hip-hop artist.
“This film is a real look into my journey,” Baby said in a press release. “And if it inspires even one person to believe that they can get through hard stuff and dare to follow a dream, then it was worth every penny spent and hour worked.”
The feature length documentary about the life and career of the Atlanta rapper is set to premiere on Prime Video on August 26.
During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Monday night, the actress teased, “I would like to officially announce, with zero authority, Frozen 3.”
But before anyone could get too excited, she added, “Please bear in mind I did say ‘zero authority,’ ’cause I can’t. I can’t do that – I’m not in charge.”
Fallon pushed a bit further, asking if there was anything in the works.
“Well, you know, I’ll keep it mysterious,” she said. “But I know Idina [Menzel] recently said she would do it and I feel like if we’re all in, what are we waiting for?”
Bell voiced Anna in the first two Frozen films, the younger sister to Menzel’s Elsa. Frozen II was released in 2019.
In This Moment has announced a U.S. headlining tour celebrating the 10th anniversary of the band’s 2012 album, Blood.
The outing, dubbed the Blood 1983 tour, will kick off August 26 in Evansville, Indiana, and will wrap up October 22 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Nothing More will also be on the bill.
Blood, In This Moment’s fourth studio effort, was, at the time, the band’s highest-charting album. It remains the band’s only RIAA-certified album, having earned Gold status in 2017.
Along with the tour, In This Moment is releasing an EP, also called Blood 1983, the details of which will be announced at a later date.
In This Moment’s mot recent album is 2020’s Mother, which features the singles “The In-Between” and “As Above, So Below.”
