Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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POLICE, OTTAWA, PROTESTERS, CANADIAN
Hundreds of Canadian police swept through the country's capital Saturday, arresting protesters and clearing out vehicles in an attempt to bring an end to a three-week protest against COVID-19 restrictions.
Over 100 people were arrested Friday and Saturday,
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EPSTEIN, FOUND, DEAD, BRUNEL
The family of Ghislaine Maxwell say they fear for her safety after model agent Jean-Luc Brunel was found hanged in his Paris prison cell on Saturday.
Maxwell, who was convicted last year of sex trafficking, allegedly introduced Brunel to billionaire pedophile
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BEACH, HELICOPTER, MIAMI, CRASHES
A helicopter with three people on board crashed into the ocean close to the Miami Beach shoreline in Florida on Saturday afternoon.
Video of the incident shows the aircraft’s downward trajectory close to dozens of beachgoers in the ocean and on the sand.
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SKATERS, MEDALS, OLYMPIC, FIGURE
They wanted their moment on the podium, but American figure skaters who lost out on a medal ceremony after taking second place to scandal-scarred Russian Kamila Valieva won’t be getting one.
The International Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected an appeal
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IVY, LEAGUE, CHAMPIONSHIPS, LIA
Despite “all the world talking about her,” the trans swimmer performed under pressure in front of a supportive crowd.
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BRIAN, FLORES, STEELERS, HIRE
Brian Flores is back in the NFL.
The Pittsburgh Steelers hired the former Miami Dolphins coach Saturday to serve as a senior defensive assistant. Flores will specialize in working with Pittsburgh's linebackers, a group that includes NFL Defensive Player of
Continued at Newsmax...
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DOLLAR, FAMILY, RODENTS, FDA
The value-store chain Family Dollar said on Saturday that it had temporarily closed more than 400 stores after the discovery of a rodent infestation and other unsanitary conditions at a distribution center in Arkansas touched off a far-reaching recall of food,
Continued at New York Times...
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DEAD, PEARLMAN, FOUND, LINDSEY
Authorities say actor Lindsey Erin Pearlman, who had roles in “General Hospital,” “American Housewife” and other shows, was found dead days after she was reported missing in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES -- Actor Lindsey Erin Pearlman, who had roles in “General
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MAHER, EILEEN, GU, CHINA
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said that American companies and celebrities have taken China’s offer to be “a little evil” by agreeing to “shut up about the whole police state genocide thing” in exchange for access to the Chinese
Continued at Breitbart...
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SKATING, FIGURE, SUI, WENJING
Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of Team China skate during the Pair Skating Free Skating on day fifteen of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 19, 2022 in Beijing.
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China’s Sui Wenjing and Han Cong won gold in pairs figure
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DALLAS, COLD, CASE, MURDER
Authorities say they arrested a 60-year-old Dallas man on a capital murder charge in the 1984 killing of a 21-year-old woman after linking him to the crime through genealogical databases
DALLAS -- Investigators arrested a 60-year-old Dallas man on a capital
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CNN, CUOMO, ANDREW, INTERVIEW
Governor Andrew Cuomo (D., N.Y.) speaks at a vaccination site in New York, March 8, 2021. (Seth Wenig/Reuters)
Former CNN chief marketing officer Allison Gollust resigned after an internal investigation found that she had discussed interview topics with former
Continued at National Review...
Republicans hold a double-digit lead over Democrats in a generic congressional ballot, a Rasmussen Reports survey released Friday found.
The survey asked respondents, “If the elections for Congress were held today, would you vote for the Republican candidate
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12, STORM, DEAD, WESTERN
At least 12 people were killed, many by falling trees, in Ireland, Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Named Storm Eunice by the British and Irish weather services, and Storm Zeynep in Germany, Friday’s storm was the second to hit the region in a
Continued at NY Daily News...
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BEIJING, 2022, KAMILA, TEENAGE
Women are the stars (and the victims) of the Beijing Olympics
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BEIJING — When Eileen Gu, the freestyle skier from California who competes for China, stepped to the
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OLYMPICS, WINTER, ELANA, TAYLOR
(CNN) Elana Meyers Taylor became the most decorated Black athlete in Winter Olympics history after she won the bronze medal in the two-woman bobsleigh at Beijing 2022 on Saturday -- and one of the American bobsledder's initial emotions was a sense of being
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UBER, DRIVER, LIFE, MOTHER
An Uber driver and the mother of four children who was murdered in Pennsylvania this month begged for a passenger to spare her life in a robbery attempt which resulted in her death, according to dashcam evidence.
"I’m begging you, I have four kids," said
Continued at Fox News...
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WRIGHT, DAUNTE, KIM, POTTER
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The judge who sentenced white former Officer Kim Potter on Friday to two years in prison for killing Black motorist Daunte Wright cited the difficult job that police face — and Potter’s remorse — as justification for giving her a light sentence.
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GREEK, PEOPLE, FERRY, MISSING
CORFU, Greece (AP) — Rescue teams in Greece searched Saturday for 12 people believed to be missing from a ferry that caught fire in the Ionian Sea while en route to Italy and continued burning for a second day.
After working all night to extinguish the blaze,
Continued at Huffington Post...
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MUSK, AGENCY, CLAIMS, ELON
U.S. securities regulators responded to allegations that they are harassing Tesla CEO Elon Musk, writing in a letter that they’re following a judge’s instructions in trying to speak with Musk's lawyers about his posts on Twitter
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JAN, POWELL, SIDNEY, SUBPOENA
A leading voice in spreading former President Donald Trump’s election lies is suing Verizon to block a subpoena from a House committee seeking her phone records.
Sidney Powell, a former attorney for Trump who falsely said the 2020 presidential election was
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DAVE, SPECIALS, NETFLIX, PRODUCE
Dave Chappelle's work with Netflix is far from over despite the overwhelming amount of backlash he received following the release of his controversial "Closer" special late last year.
The embattled comedian will host and produce four upcoming comedy specials
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