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| House lawmakers are going on the record for LGBTQ rights today ahead of this fall's elections. A deadly heat wave is taking over parts of Europe. Tonight is the MLB All-Star game. |
| 🙋🏼♀️ I'm Nicole Fallert and here's Tuesday's news. |
| 🌅 Up first: A sailboat that typically raced with eight sailors had only two aboard – and won. Merritt Sellers, 14, sailed her first Bayview Mackinac Race with her father and won the race in Michigan Sunday night after 33 hours of non-stop work. Sellers needed to sail the boat at night alone on the 204-nautical-mile journey, while her father rested below. Read more |
 | | Merritt Sellers, 14, racing the J/111 sailboat "nosurprise" in the Bayview Mackinac Race. She and her father, Scott Sellers, finished first in class on Sunday, July 17, 2022. | | Provided by Scott Sellers | |
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House vote on same-sex marriage puts lawmakers on the record |
| House Democrats and Republicans will vote Tuesday on protections for same-sex and interracial marriage in a political roll-call that indicates where each lawmaker stands on these issues ahead of November's elections. The vote is a direct reaction to the Supreme Court's conservative majority, which has expressed intentions to revisit widely-held laws protecting many Americans' rights, most recently overturning Roe v. Wade and the right to abortion. Here's more on Justice Clarence Thomas' call to "reconsider" other rights established by the high court. |
| The House vote foreshadows how issues like abortion and same-sex marriage will top ballots this November. |
| • | A similar effect in the Senate: Sen. Ted Cruz said the Supreme Court was off base in 2015 for its ruling that legalized same-sex marriage and believes it should be reconsidered. | | • | Background: Here's a quick history of the battle for same-sex marriage in the U.S | | • | ''Be really afraid right now'': LGBTQ people fear hard-fought gains are greatly at risk. | | • | The power is with midterm voters: The legislative path to codify rights like abortion is doomed, and anything Biden does will only last as long as he's in the White House. | |
 | | People listen to "Drag Queen Story Hour" during celebrations for Pride month on June 25, 2022, in Raleigh, North Carolina. A written opinion by one justice in the US Supreme Court's decision to bury abortion rights has ignited fears that other progressive gains, including same-sex marriage, could also be overturned. | | ALLISON JOYCE, AFP via Getty Images | |
Funerals, calls for justice follow gun violence |
| A spree of gun violence in recent weeks has left communities across the nation reeling with grief – and demanding justice. In Uvalde, Texas, law enforcement's delayed response to the school gunman is coming under increasing scrutiny and criticism. But legal experts say it would likely be a difficult path in the criminal and civil justice systems to charge police officers for failing to take action after the shooting began. Read more |
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 | | Protesters march during the March For Our Lives Parkland to Demand an End to Gun Violence rally at Pine Trails Park Amphitheater in Parkland, Fla., on Saturday, June 11, 2022. The rally and march coordinated with over 400 marches nationwide. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP) ORG XMIT: FLLAU702 | | Mike Stocker, AP | |
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Deadly heat wave embroils Europe |
| An extreme heat wave that meteorologists call an "apocalypse" gripped much of Europe and the United Kingdom on Monday, and hundreds of people died because of record high temperatures and ferocious wildfires. At least 748 heat-related deaths have been reported in Spain and neighboring Portugal, where temperatures reached 117 degrees this month. In Britain and most of Europe, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents vulnerable. Read more |
 | | People sit covering their heads from the sun after a scaled down version of the Changing of the Guard ceremony took place outside Buckingham Palace, during hot weather in London, Monday, July 18, 2022. | | Matt Dunham, AP | |
Will the Secret Service meet today's deadline? |
| Members of the House Jan. 6 committee expect the Secret Service to meet the Tuesday deadline for providing to the panel the reportedly deleted text messages that agents sent around the Capitol riot. The committee members subpoenaed the Secret Service on Friday for text messages agents reportedly deleted around Jan. 6, 2021. The next hearing is Thursday and will not only have new witnesses (who currently are unnamed) but also explain exactly what Trump was doing on Jan. 6. Read more |
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 | | Senior Conservator Lesley Stevenson views Head of a Peasant Woman alongside an x ray image of the hidden Van Gogh self portrait. | | Neil Hanna, AP | |
Los Angeles' Dodgers Stadium set to host 92nd MLB All-Star Game |
| Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw will start for the National League on Tuesday night at the 92nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game and the first at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles since 1980. The Tampa Bay Rays' Shane McClanahan will be on the mound to start for the American League. Washington Nationals star outfielder Juan Soto, 23, won't be in the starting lineup, but he has been a hot topic of conversation this week as the Nationals revealed Saturday that Soto was on the trade block after rejecting a record 15-year, $440 million contract earlier this month. Read more |
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 | | William, left, and Willson Contreras during All-Star media day on Monday. | | Jayne Kamin-Oncea, USA TODAY Sports | |
📷 Photo of the day: Top hitters at the 2022 MLB Home Run Derby 📷 |
| The 2022 MLB Home Run Derby remains the event increasingly commanding fans' attention. Monday night culminated with the great Juan Soto, who through no fault of his own became the story of this All-Star Game, tossing his bat toward the Dodger blue sky after the darkest few days of his otherwise charmed professional life gave way to a Home Run Derby title. Read more |
| Click here to see more photos of baseball's top sluggers as they swing for the Dodger Stadium fences. |
 | | Juan Soto celebrates his win with the trophy and derby champion chain. | | Jayne Kamin-Oncea, USA TODAY Sports | |
| Nicole Fallert is a newsletter writer at USA TODAY. Send her an email at NFallert@usatoday.com or follow along with her musings on Twitter. Support journalism like this – subscribe to USA TODAY here. |
| Associated Press contributed reporting. |
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