Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, JULY 9th 2026
Updated 12:12 ET
97 articles
TRUMP, IRAN, NATO, COURT
President Donald Trump is set to meet with fellow NATO leaders on Wednesday, as the alliance confronts mounting challenges from both external threats and internal divisions.
Trump has repeatedly publicized his discontent with NATO since returning to the White
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PLATNER, GRAHAM, SENATE, MAINE
Graham Platner, Maine’s embattled Democratic Senate nominee who stands accused of rape, made a Reddit post in 2013 where he criticized victims of rape.
"Holy f---, how about people just take some responsibility for themselves and not get so f---ed up they
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CLARK, CAITLIN, WNBA, SPARKS
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An alligator that fatally mauled hiker Brittany Clark in Florida has been identified by the bite marks it left when it savaged the hiker’s arm.
“A row of teeth on the gator head is consistent with teeth marks
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ROBINSON, TYLER, HEARING, EVIDENCE
Pre-trial preliminary hearings continue for Tyler Robinson, accused of murdering Charlie Kirk, on Wednesday, July 8.
Robinson is accused of murder in the assassination of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk on the Utah Valley University campus on
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CUP, WORLD, USA, TEAM
The U.S. game against Belgium in the round of 16 at the World Cup set another record as the most-watched soccer telecast in U.S. history, Fox said after preliminary ratings came out Tuesday
US-Belgium is most-watched soccer telecast in US history at 30M viewers,
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JUDGE, WISCONSIN, ILLEGAL, ICE
Former Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan walked out of federal court on Wednesday with nothing more than a $5,000 fine after being convicted of felony obstruction for actively helping an illegal alien evade ICE agents inside her own courthouse.
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WELLS, NOLAN, DEAD, ISLAND
Why the death of MS student-athlete Nolan Wells is capturing national attention NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Anita Lee, reporter for the Sun Herald, about the growing national attention in the case Nolan Wells, a teenager found dead off of Mississippi's
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ICE, HOUSTON, SHOOTING, SHOT
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On Tuesday, an ICE officer shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during an attempted arrest in Houston. The agency immediately issued a statement explaining the officer’s use of
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MCCONNELL, HEALTH, UPDATE, GOV
Beshear said residents are wondering about McConnell's "ability to hold office."
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear sends letter to Sen. Mitch McConnell asking for full update on health
Mitch McConnell, left, speaks with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear during a ceremony
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BUILDING, COLLAPSE, MANHATTAN, BUCKLING
A high-rise building in Manhattan currently being renovated has been stabilized after it was deemed unsafe Tuesday and feared at risk of collapse. Some evacuations of nearby buildings have also now been lifted.
“We’ve been monitoring the building for many
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DAD, DEATH, TEEN, MOM
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The Alabama teen charged in a heinous knife attack on his parents in their sleepy private community hissed that he was “gonna kill” his dad as he allegedly stabbed him — as new photos show the blood-soaked front
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FIRED, TENNESSEE, CONDUCTOR, INDEPENDENCE
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A conductor at Tennessee’s famed Incline Railway was fired for his viral Independence Day speech to tourists who were left disgusted by the controversial patriotic message.
Jack Peterson, the now-sacked operator
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TRUMP, ROSIE, RED, FIFA
It's been a busy week news-wise. Here are a few of my observations (not likely to be popular) on some of the most notable headlines.
1. The U.S. men's soccer team should have declined the red card reversal. During the World Cup game between the USA and Bosnia-Herzegovina,
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NYC, 26, MOM, STABBING
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A Scarsdale man allegedly stabbed and beat his disability advocate mother to death inside their nearly $2.5 million home in the tony town — marking the first homicide in the nation’s wealthiest suburb in a decade.
Chester
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SAYED, EL, DEM, PHYSICIAN
Left-wing host Mehdi Hasan pressed Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Wednesday over why he called himself a "physician" despite not having a valid state medical license as the Democrat competes in a closely watched primary.
"You got attacked by
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ALIVE, DEAD, DROWNING, TODDLER
A US toddler who was found unresponsive in an Arizona pool and declared dead was later discovered to be alive in the hospital's "cold room", a newly released police report shows.
The family of the 18-month-old frantically called police after they found him
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VEGAS, FUNDS, LEAGUE, LITTLE
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He was supposed to run a kids baseball league — not run up tabs at the strip club.
But the former president of a Las Vegas Little League is accused of doing exactly that — raiding the league’s coffers and spending
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HUSBAND, CONTACT, THERAPIST, NJ
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After 35-year-old Brooke Hanlon was found stabbed inside her home in Chester, New Jersey, her husband has not been seen or heard from in weeks.
In fact, one of the few people to speak publicly about the case
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BUS, MARYLAND, CRASHES, BUILDING
More than 30 people were injured Wednesday when a public bus crashed into a building just outside Baltimore, Maryland, and one critical patient was extricated and taken to a hospital, authorities said.
First responders were on scene after a Maryland Transit
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MIDTOWN, NYC, HIGH, EVACUATION
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Construction crews were set to work all of Wednesday to prop up the Manhattan high-rise that suddenly buckled — as four nearby buildings remained under evacuation orders, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.
Temporary
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BONNIE, SINGER, HEART, TYLER
Bonnie Tyler, singer of ballad 'Total Eclipse of the Heart,' has died at 75
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LONDON — Bonnie Tyler, the gravelly voiced, Grammy-nominated Welsh pop star best known for singing the chart-topping power ballad "Total Eclipse of
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SWIFT, TAYLOR, WEDDING, KELCE
Travis Kelce is looking back on his proposal to Taylor Swift in his first podcast episode released since the couple's wedding last week.
In an episode of "New Heights" released Wednesday morning -- the show's season four finale featuring NFL star Tom Brady
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SOCCER, COLLEGE, TRUCK, ENGLISH
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An Uzbek commercial truck driver admitted to the United States via a diversity lottery killed a star college soccer goalie in Ohio over the weekend and had to use Google Translate to speak with state troopers
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EDUCATION, BLACK, PROGRAM, LEFTIST
A group of radical left-wing groups in California are pushing for schools to add Black vernacular into a Golden State program that pushes multilingualism for kids.
Black Californians United for Early Care and Education (BlackECE) is a "collaborative partnership
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