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Ocasio-Cortez on Friday responded to U.S. law enforcement reports of a rise in antisemitic incidents since the most recent burst of violence between Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza. The New York congresswoman urged residents against tolerating antisemitism in any form and shared a “bystander intervention training” link, which encourages people to be pro-active in combating discrimination during their day-to-day lives. “We will never, ever tolerate antisemitism here in NY or anywhere in the world....

Monkeypox is rapidly spreading throughout the globe. Since May, there have been 16,836 recorded cases across 74 countries, as of July 22, according to the CDC. The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak a global health emergency, as cases continue to spread. So far the outbreak continues to be concentrated among men who have sex with men. As a result, many people have labeled it as an STD. However, anyone can catch monkeypox, particularly if they have direct skin-to-skin contact with an infected person....

Holly McCormack, who is running against Greene in Georgia’s 14th congressional district, said she and other constituents had been kicked out of the event in the state’s Catoosa County. The Democrat also took to Twitter and criticized Greene for the alleged incident, retweeting other users who also claimed to have been denied entry to the town hall event. The town hall was held in McCormack’s hometown of Ringgold, Georgia and the Democrat attempted to attend, according to a press release from her campaign....

Greene told Steve Bannon on his War Room podcast that her parents got inoculated. While it’s something that Greene has rejected for herself, she told Bannon that people are free to make the choice but that it shouldn’t be required of anyone. “I don’t judge anyone for taking it. My own parents took it,” Greene said. “A vaccine should be a choice.” Greene has accused President Joe Biden of rushing approval of the Pfizer vaccine for his political advantage, pushed the narrative that unvaccinated people are faring fine against COVID-19 and said that the vaccines are unnecessary....

“Of course I’ve had conversations about that, and I’m guaranteed to get committees, and there’s no reason why I shouldn’t have them,” Greene told reporters outside the Capitol on Wednesday. “I’ve been told by Kevin McCarthy, I’ve been told by Steve Scalise, I’ve been told by everyone.” “Of course I’m getting committee assignments back, and I’ll get better ones than I had in the first place,” she continued. In early February, the Democratic-led House voted to strip Greene of all her committee seats due to her past social media endorsements of extremist conspiracy theories....

Last week, the rapper surprisingly announced his intention of running for president this fall. “We must now realize the promise of America by trusting God, unifying our vision and building our future,” he wrote on Twitter. “I am running for president of the United States!” West has missed the Cuban admitted he is a fan of West’s music, he would not support him in the political arena. “No. I wouldn’t vote for Kanye,” the Mavericks owner told NBA Insider Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson of Heavy....

“Baseball’s a growth sport, a growth business, [and] sooner or later growth businesses expand,” Manfred said in April. “I do see expansion as a longer-term proposition.” MORE: Ranking the 25 worst Hall of Fame selections That talk isn’t sitting well with former slugger and current Padres hitting coach Mark McGwire, who told the St. Louis Dispatch that expanding would be a bad move. “If they ever did expansion, again, oh, my God, this game would be so thin,” McGwire said....

The Avengers actor is advocating with the Poor People’s Campaign (PPC) who have launched a campaign against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s stimulus deal. The group says that under Mitch McConnell’s leadership, Senate Republicans have proposed a bill that will leave citizens and states with fewer protections and funds. Democrats and Republicans have both put forward their own proposals for further coronavirus economic relief but negotiations on how to extend extra federal unemployment insurance, continue a moratorium on evictions and offer relief to state and local governments have thus far failed to reach an agreement....

He’s happy with the patient approach they’ve adopted. Starlin Castro drove in three runs for the second straight game, Cameron Maybin added two hits and two RBIs and the Marlins won their fourth straight series, holding on for an 8-5 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday. “We talked early in the year about how I thought we were playing pretty good,” Mattingly said after the Marlins improved to 13-20....

As Díaz faced reigning National League Cy Young winner Jacob deGrom of the Mets in the sixth inning, Fox Sports happened to be interviewing his mother and father in the grandstands. As his parents described how “emotional” it was to see their son make his MLB debut, Diaz drove a 97 mph fastball from deGrom over the right-field wall. At the crack of the bat, Díaz’s father began shouting “Oh!...

Steve Smith was utterly magnificent with the bat and Pat Cummins was the same with the ball. But there was one other man who surprised many with his impressive performances and that man was Marnus Labuschagne. The classy Australian truly announced himself on the international stage and it won’t be wrong to say that his contributions in Australia’s successful quest to retain the Ashes were massive. England were wary of Smith’s threat with the bat but what they didn’t expect was Labuschagne’s brilliance considering this was his first Ashes series and that too on English soil....

The threesome of Spieth, Jason Day and Rory McIlroy, the world Nos. 1, 2 and 3, respectively, were sure to have the spotlight when the first World Golf Championships event of 2016 began Thursday in Doral. (They teed off at 11:32 a.m. ET.) MORE: Leaderboard | This season’s PGA Tour winners But Spieth, 22, who won the Masters and U.S. Open last year, insists competing for the title won by Dustin Johnson in 2015 and a share of the $9....

The hosts are coming off a comfortable 3-0 away victory over Nice last weekend. All three goals came in the first half, with Alexis Sanchez inspiring the rout with a brace. Clermont, meanwhile, suffered a narrow 2-1 defeat at Lorient in their last outing. Nigeria international Terem Moffi set the ball rolling with a first-half brace. Muhammed Cham halved the deficit just past the hour mark after Neto Borges was sent off for the visitors....

Unfortunately for Martial, July is about the only month of the year in which foxing five Real Madrid players and laying on a tap-in counts for little of real note. However, the Frenchman certainly took the chance to make a statement after a difficult second campaign in the United shirt had been followed by a low-profile start to pre-season. Man Utd 3/10 to win PL opener All the talk on United’s summer tour so far has been of Romelu Lukaku’s impact, but it’s less than two years since Martial was succeeding in just the situation that the Belgian beast now finds himself in....

Having been made into an outlaw — if not an example — early in the Sprint Cup season, Truex is eager to get issues of recent weeks out of the way. That starts this week at Las vegas, where he and his cohorts have extra motivation to do well. MORE: 10 drivers to watch | Qualifying, 7:45 p.m. ET Friday | Low downforce, high speeds Truex and his Furniture Row Racing team were nailed twice in NASCAR inspections for improper roof flaps on their No....

As drivers return to Charlotte Motor Speedway for the second time this season, talk centers on two things: Martin Truex Jr.’s dominating run last time the series was at the track, and the potential for rain over the weekend as Hurricane Matthew heads toward the U.S. This weekend starts the second round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup. The field has been slimmed to 12 drivers — in three races, it will fall to eight....

Mariupol, a port city on the Sea of Azov, has been facing antibiotic and painkiller shortages, forcing doctors in the city’s hospitals to carry out some procedures without them, the Associated Press reported. Injured residents and military members have been flooding hospitals amid the shelling, Euronews said. AP reported that the city is also short on water, food and power. Cellphone networks have not been functioning and desperate residents have been looting stores for supplies....

In a Twitter post Tuesday, the Georgia Republican posted a photo with a caption saying: “Democrats are trying to expel me from Congress. Help me raise $50,000 today and send a message.” The fundraising appeal comes as House Democrats weigh several options to punish the freshman congresswoman for a laundry list of incendiary remarks—which range from spreading conspiracies that school shootings were staged events to allegedly indicating support for executing prominent Democratic politicians....

Greene wrote to FBI Director Chris Wray and Yogananda D. Pittman, acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police, on June 24 with a list of demands—including information about the officer who shot and killed rioter Ashli Babbitt. The letter was also carbon copied to Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Michael Carvajal, director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. It was published on conservative website American Greatness on Friday....