Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9th 2026
Updated 16:12 ET
97 articles
SUPER, BOWL, BAD, SHOW
As the Super Bowl entered the fourth quarter, things got a little bit more intense on the Levi's Stadium field.
Stefon Diggs of the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks defensive back Josh Jobe grabbed each other’s facemasks early in the fourth quarter
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GUTHRIE, NANCY, RANSOM, SEARCH
Search for Nancy Guthrie continues into 9th day after family says, 'we will pay'
U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, accompanied by her siblings Annie and Camron, speaks in a video message, addressing that they are willing to pay for the
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VONN, LINDSEY, OLYMPICS, GOLD
U.S. ski star Lindsey Vonn’s hopes of an Olympic comeback ended in brutal fashion Sunday when she crashed out of the women’s downhill event after seeking to compete in Italy with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.
As AFP reports, Vonn was barely 13 seconds
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NEW, YORK, CITY, NYC
How one New Hampshire town made sure its water was 'Safe to Drink' NPR's Emily Kwong talks with Mara Hoplamazian about the new podcast, "Safe to Drink," about Merrimack, New Hampshire's fight for clean drinking water.
National How one New Hampshire town made
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EPSTEIN, OVERSIGHT, HOUSE, MAXWELL
On Monday, Epstein enabler and companion Ghislaine Maxwell appeared before the House Oversight Committee. Her grilling by House Oversight lasted about an hour, and the results were distinctly underwhelming due to Maxwell's repeated invocation of the Fifth Amendment.
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EPSTEIN, STARMER, SCANDAL, RESIGNS
Multiple Members of Parliament from the governing left-wing Labour Party have called on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to step down in the wake of the resignation of his chief of staff over the appointment of Lord Peter Mandelson as U.S. Ambassador despite
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JAPAN, SUPERMAJORITY, TAKAICHI, CONSERVATIVE
Sanae Takaichi, the Margaret Thatcher of Japan, just won a huge victory in snap elections — a great sign for the forces of civilization against internal stagnation and the bullies in Beijing.
Takaichi won leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party in October,
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REPRESENTING, USA, AMERICAN, MIXED
In one of the quickest and most stunning reversals you will ever see, American skier Hunter Hess has flipped from having “mixed emotions” over representing his home country to suddenly claiming he “cannot wait” to represent the red, white, and blue.
Hess,
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UKRAINE, RUSSIAN, ZELENSKYY, STRIKES
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – A Russian airstrike on a residential area in eastern Ukraine killed one person and wounded two, officials said Sunday, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the U.S. has given Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach a peace
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ID, VOTER, JEFFRIES, SCHIFF
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., was pressed on CNN Sunday as to why he considered voter ID legislation to be "voter suppression" despite Democratic victories in states with enforced ID laws.
"State of the Union" host Dana Bash asked Jeffries
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LAI, KONG, HONG, JIMMY
TOPSHOT - Media tycoon Jimmy Lai (R) is escorted into a Hong Kong Correctional Services van outside the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong on February 1, 2021, after being ordered to remain in jail while judges consider his fresh bail application, the first
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LA, NITHYA, RAMAN, COPS
Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman entered the race for mayor Saturday, launching a last-minute challenge against incumbent Karen Bass just hours before the filing deadline.
The move by Raman, a progressive representing the city’s 4th District,
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TRUMP, DOCUMENTS, FULTON, COUNTY
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said President Donald Trump intended “to try to subvert the elections.”
Host Jon Karl asked, “What does he mean? What do you think he means when he says nationalize the elections? Or specifically that Republicans
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FALCONS, DOMESTIC, MULTIPLE, ROOKIE
New details emerged Monday in the arrest of Atlanta Falcons defensive end James Pearce Jr.
Pearce was arrested outside of Miami last week and is facing several felony charges, including two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, aggravated stalking,
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STRIKE, FRANCISCO, TEACHERS, SAN
Some 6,000 public schoolteachers in San Francisco have gone on strike for the first time in nearly 50 years
SAN FRANCISCO -- About 6,000 public schoolteachers in San Francisco went on strike Monday, the city's first such walkout in nearly 50 years.
The strike
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HALL, SNUB, BILL, BELICHICK
New England Patriots legend Rodney Harrison appeared to take a swipe at his colleague Tony Dungy after Bill Belichick was left out of the Pro Football Hall of Fame on the first ballot.
The Hall of Fame voters’ decision to keep Belichick out of Canton on
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DR, OZ, BEGS, CROSSHAIRS
I'm certain I'm not alone in contending that, had you told me in 2022 that I'd be somewhat glad John Fetterman beat Mehmet Oz in the race for Pennsylvania's Senate seat that year, I'd have suggested you might need to get your head checked.
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BOARDS, DEFYING, TANKER, OCEAN
The War Department announced on Monday morning that the U.S. military boarded a vessel overnight "without incident."
The department's post on X noted that the U.S. had "hunted" the ship "from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean."
"When the @DeptofWar says
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GOP, SHERIFF, BRUCE, BLAKEMAN
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman will tap an upstate sheriff known as tough-on-crime policies and a staunch pro-gun rights stance as his running mate, sources told The Post Sunday.
Fulton County Sheriff Richard Giardino will be announced as
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TRUMP, 2026, BESSENT, PREDICTS
China has so far upheld its end of the trade pact struck with President Trump, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed Sunday while touting what he anticipates will be “very strong economic growth” in 2026.
The White House announced a sweeping deal with China
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WINS, SOCIALIST, PORTUGAL, RUNOFF
Portuguese socialist politician António José Seguro became president-elect of Portugal after defeating right-wing populist André Ventura in Sunday’s runoff.
Portuguese voters headed to the polls to choose a new president for the next five years between Seguro
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JASMINE, CROCKETT, PAGE, FINALLY
Discussing her Texas Senate campaign during an appearance on The View last month, Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) said she was used to being "underestimated" and planned to "get it done."
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If her website is any indication, she's clearly
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BOBSLED, TEAM, ISRAELI, OLYMPIC
An apartment that an Israeli bobsled team member and other Olympians used while finishing their training for the Winter Olympics in Italy was robbed on Saturday, Israel’s bobsled pilot said.
AJ Edelman, a former Olympic skeleton athlete who is now the driver
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DEAD, FOUND, NYC, ROOF
Two dead bodies were found on separate city subway trains within a few hours Sunday, with the grisly discoveries now under investigation, according to police.
A 23-year-old man was found dead aboard a train on the No. 7 line at 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue
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