Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1st 2026
Updated 02:12 ET
13 articles
HALLOWEEN, CALIFORNIA, SHOOTING, STORE
The shooting that left one person dead and six others injured inside a packed Halloween store in the Bay Area Friday was a “targeted incident” carried out by a lone gunman, police announced.
The Fairfield Police Department said investigators are zeroing in
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CODE, CANELO, PROMO, CHRISTIAN
You might want to turn off the lights so no trick-or-treaters bother you during the Canelo Alvarez vs. Christian Mbilli fight tonight. Betr is giving new users a chance to wager on the match and receive $200 in bonuses with four sweat free bets to go along
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ALASKA, SENATE, DAN, DECOY
Dozens of leading Democrats — many of whom have railed for years about the GOP and the Trump administration as a “threat to democracy” — are universally silent when asked to respond to a cynical attempt to confuse Republican voters on Alaska’s senatorial ballot.
All
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EL, SAYED, ABDUL, SENATE
Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., speaks during a primary night watch party at the Hotel Saint Regis Detroit on Aug. 4, 2026. Photo: Finn Gomez/Getty Images
Eoin Higgins is the author of “Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voice on the
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TRUMP, ELECTION, THREATS, WORKERS
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In a cascade of rulings in the days before Tuesday’s elections, federal judges have rejected the Trump
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WNBA, VALKYRIES, DREAM, ANGEL
Gabby Williams scored her team’s final 11 points of the third quarter and dazzled through the fourth on the way to 30 points, and the Golden State Valkyries captured a championship in just their second season by beating the Atlanta Dream 68-63 in a sen...
Atlanta
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FRANCE, PROTESTS, DEPLOYS, 70
Pinned
Thousands of protesters are expected to pour onto city streets across France again on Saturday, a now-weekly expression of national grievance that has led to clashes between protesters and the police, and kept the country on edge.
Adding to those fears:
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TRUMP, BILL, MAHER, KID
Bill Maher had a pretty rollicking time on his HBO show Real Time on Friday because, among his guests, he had Kid Rock.
It was Maher, his guest, sports commentator Stephen A. Smith, and Kid Rock, who all had dinner with President Donald Trump a few weeks ago.
Continued at Red State...
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KAREN, BASS, FIRE, PALISADES
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has admitted to making mistakes and is asking voters for another chance — outlining to The California Post her plan to boost police hiring and clean up street homelessness in the city.
In an exclusive interview with The Post, Bass
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CHARTS, UPSET, TRUMP, DIVISIVENESS
On “The Alex Marlow Show,” Michael Whatley talked about the race.
Whatley said, “I am going to stand with President Trump. I am going to fight every single day for our North Carolina families, our North Carolina farmers, our North Carolina freedoms, and our
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STABBED, NYC, WOMAN, 28
A 28-year-old woman was critically injured after being stabbed multiple times in the neck while jogging along a Brooklyn waterfront path Friday night, New York City police confirmed to Fox News Digital.
The attack occurred around 8 p.m. near Shore Parkway
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HALLOWEEN, TAKEOVERS, CURFEWS, VIOLENT
Police in cities across the U.S. aren’t worried about ghosts and goblins on this Halloween weekend. They’re prepped for the real horror show they expect — dangerous, disruptive, and lawless street takeovers.
Authorities from the Jersey Shore in the east to
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COVERAGE, NEWS, ADULTS, GRAHAM
Fox News will deliver live results, race calls and around-the-clock coverage as voters decide control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections.
Here's how to watch the biggest House, Senate and governor's races unfold across Fox News Channel, Fox News Digital
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DEATH, HOUDINI, HARRY, YEARS
100 years later, Harry Houdini's death still haunts Detroit
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This Halloween marks the 100th anniversary of the death of the legendary magician Harry Houdini.
He earned his reputation by freeing himself from traps that seemed impossible
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LAWYERS, ILHAN, ATTORNEYS, OMAR
The Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-05) scandal and corruption saga is continuing unabated on this Halloween day, and if that seems strangely appropriate, it may be because it is. In the latest episode of "Ilhan Omar seeks to dodge accountability," she's reacting
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EXCLUSIVE, REPUBLICANS, ENTERS, TEXAS
Texas Attorney General and Republican U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton warned that Republicans cannot take victory in Texas for granted, describing his contest against Democrat James Talarico as the most difficult campaign of his political career during an exclusive
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VOTE, REPUBLICANS, LEFTISTS, RED
Actor Josh Duhamel came under attack from terminally-online leftists after he posted a video urging Minnesotans to vote in the midterm elections.
The Transformers star is a serious, church-going Catholic who has long insisted on keeping his politics to himself.
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BOTCHED, EXECUTION, PIKE, CHRISTA
The doctor who oversaw Christa Pike’s botched execution compared himself to Jesus, still wants her put to death, and said in his first public comments since the fiasco that he’s willing to finish the job himself.
Dr. Mark Fowler, a 69-year-old grandfather
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ASSAULT, SEXUALLY, FIANC, WOMAN
An Arizona woman’s fiancé has been charged with hatching a plan to have a man sexually assault his own girlfriend — the alleged scheme backfiring when the mother of two fought off the attacker in the driveway of her home.
Police arrested Zarian Dyer, 23, after
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NEW, BLAKEMAN, YORK, GOVERNOR
Robert Burck, who is also known as New York City’s (NYC) Times Square’s infamous “Naked Cowboy,” endorsed Republican New York gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman, stating that it was “time for a leader who sticks to the facts.”
In a post on X, Blakeman
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MOSCOW, WARNS, EMBASSY, TERROR
The U.S. Embassy in Moscow issued a security alert Saturday warning people of a potential "mass casualty event" at the Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve in Moscow.
"The U.S. Embassy in Moscow is aware of a credible threat of a mass casualty event TODAY October 31,
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ILHAN, APPLICATION, MARRIAGE, OMAR
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) appeared confused about what name to use when applying for a license for her marriage to her alleged brother Ahmed Elmi in 2009, the New York Post reported Friday along with what appears to be a photo of the document.
An apparently certified
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TRUMP, CONSTRUCTION, BLOCK, VIRGINIA
Virginia and D.C. sue to block construction of Trump arch
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The commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit on Saturday to block construction on President Donald Trump's proposed triumphal arch.
The
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MEN, WOMEN, SMALL, TRUMP
One phrase that gets lip service in medical training is, “Women are not just small men.” Meaning that women are different from men and may need sex-specific adjustments to their care. But practice often hasn’t matched that principle. Women were excluded from
Continued at Town Hall...