Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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UKRAINE, RUSSIA, BIDEN, PUTIN
In his meandering news conference last week, President Biden repeated, as he often does, a bit of ancient advice from his father: “If everything is equally important to you, nothing is important to you.”
He was referring to his decision to withdraw from Afghanistan,
Continued at LA Times...
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AARON, RODGERS, PACKERS, 49ERS
Aaron Rodgers is back where he started after losing to the San Francisco 49ers in Saturday night’s divisional-round game. And his future with the Green Bay Packers is again on shaky grounds.
Rodgers, 34, admitted to reporters after the Packers' shocking 13-10
Continued at Fox News...
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DEPUTY, TEXAS, TRAFFIC, STOP
A police officer died Sunday after a driver fired multiple shots at him during an early morning traffic stop and then took off, authorities in Texas said.
Harris County Precinct 5 Constable Ted Heap identified the fallen deputy as Cpl. Charles Galloway, 47,
Continued at Newsmax...
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CHICAGO, GIRL, KILLED, YEAR
(CNN) Police are investigating the death of an 8-year-old girl who was shot and killed by a stray bullet over the weekend in Chicago.
Melissa Ortega was walking with a guardian on Saturday afternoon when they heard gunshots, according to police. Investigators
Continued at CNN...
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SARAH, TIMES, PALIN, NEW
This long-simmering defamation case has some in the media sounding dismissive, but their actions say the opposite.
A long-simmering court battle with the media has been revived, and some in the press are responding in a curious fashion. Previously, a district
Continued at Red State...
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TRUMP, INSIDERS, COHEN, GAME
NEWS AND OPINION:
Former President Donald Trump still has a hold on voters. A new McLaughlin & Associates survey of 1,000 likely U.S. voters has promising news for Mr. Trump. If the 2024 presidential election were held today, 49% of the respondents said they’d
Continued at Washington Times...
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SCHOOL, STUDENTS, BOARD, PARENT
It started with a comment at a school board meeting, which was later amplified by a Michigan state Republican leader, and culminated with a school superintendent explaining that, no, there were no litter boxes on school grounds for students to use if they identified
Continued at New York Times...
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LOAF, MEAT, DEATH, RANDY
One of Meat Loaf’s buff buds has a beef with the way the rock star’s death has been dragged into the COVID-19 culture war.
“It’s painful to see him used as a political tool,” Marc Lobliner told The Post. The bodybuilder and high school wrestling coach was
Continued at New York Post...
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BARR, COMMITTEE, TRUMP, GENERAL
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the chairman of the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 riot at the Capitol, said the committee has already spoken to former Attorney General Bill Barr.
Partial transcript as follows:
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Continued at Breitbart...
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MASS, TESTING, OLYMPICS, BEIJING
Compulsory mass coronavirus testing was ordered in parts of Beijing on Sunday following a runaway series of infections as China tightened anti-disease controls two weeks out from the Winter Olympics.
The government told citizens they must comply with the testing
Continued at Breitbart...
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SHIP, CRUISE, SEIZURE, MIAMI
A cruise ship with hundreds of passengers has diverted to the Bahamas after a U.S. judge granted an order to seize the vessel as part of a lawsuit over unpaid fuel
MIAMI -- A cruise ship that was supposed to dock in Miami sailed to the Bahamas instead after
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AMBUSH, ANGELES, SHOOTING, HOUSE
4 were killed and 1 wounded in 'ambush' shooting at a house party near Los Angeles
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Four people were killed and one was wounded when multiple shooters opened fire at a house party near Los Angeles early Sunday, authorities said.
Police
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LIA, THOMAS, UPENN, WINS
The Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo, Japan, August 2021. (Clodagh Kilcoyne / Reuters)
Lia Thomas, the transgender University of Pennsylvania swimmer who has beat women’s swimming records this season after formerly competing as a male, defeated Harvard University’s
Continued at National Review...
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LAB, CRASH, 100, MONKEYS
The last of the escaped monkeys from the crash of a truck towing a trailer load of 100 of the animals was accounted for by late Saturday, a day after the pickup collided with a dump truck on a Pennsylvania highway, authorities said.
Several monkeys had escaped
Continued at Fox News...
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GERMAN, NAVY, CHIEF, RESIGNS
(CNN) The chief of German navy has resigned after suggesting that Crimea would "never come back" to Ukraine, a statement that is in direct contradiction to the stance taken by the German government, the European Union and NATO.
Vice-Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach
Continued at CNN...
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BLACK, MISSISSIPPI, CRT, DEMOCRATS
All 14 black Democrat senators walked out of the Mississippi Senate Chamber on Friday in protest before a vote on a bill that prohibits teaching children any race is superior or inferior to another.
Senate Bill 2113 passed by a margin of 32-2 after the walk
Continued at Breitbart...
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OFFICER, NYPD, GUN, VIOLENT
New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul said the ambush shooting of two New York City police officers Friday signaled the need for congressional action in Washington, D.C. to help "fight the scourge of illegal guns on our streets."
"Our hearts and prayers
Continued at Fox News...
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TOM, BRADY, CAREER, PERFECT
A frustrated Tom Brady was called for unsportsmanlike conduct during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' playoff game Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams after he got into an official’s face complaining about a no-call.
Brady had taken a lick from Rams pass rusher Von
Continued at Fox News...
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NEW, ZEALAND, WEDDING, PM
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is postponing her wedding after announcing new COVID-19 restrictions Sunday following the discovery of nine cases of the omicron variant in a single family that flew to Auckland to attend a
Continued at Washington Times...
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COVID, PROTESTS, TEAR, CANNON
BRUSSELS (AP) — Police fired water cannons and thick clouds of tear gas Sunday in Brussels to disperse people protesting COVID-19 vaccinations and government restrictions that aim to curb the fast-spreading omicron variant.
Police said the protest in the Belgian
Continued at Washington Examiner...
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GUNFIRE, BURKINA, FASO, HEAVY
Witnesses are reporting heavy gunfire at a military base in Burkina Faso's capital raising fears that a coup attempt is underway
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso -- Heavy gunfire rang out at a military base in Burkina Faso's capital early Sunday, prompting fears
Continued at ABC...
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RACIST, SUSPENDS, GESTURE, PLAYER
(CNN) The East Coast Hockey League suspended Jacksonville Icemen defenseman Jacob Panetta indefinitely after he allegedly made a racist gesture toward South Carolina Stingrays defenseman Jordan Subban during Saturday's game, the league announced.
A hearing
Continued at CNN...