Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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BIDEN, PUTIN, UKRAINE, REGIME
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the West of cowardice while another top official said Russia was trying to split the nation in two, like North and South Korea
LVIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the West of cowardice
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TRUMP, GEORGIA, RALLY, GOP
U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry announced he’ll resign from Congress following his conviction this week on federal charges that he lied to the FBI.
Mr. Fortenberry, a Nebraska Republican elected to the House in 2004, said in a “goodbye” statement Saturday to his
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FOUR, FINAL, PETER, SAINT
(CNN) Duke men's basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski advanced to his record-setting 13th Final Four appearance Saturday after the No. 2 seed Blue Devils defeated No. 4 seed Arkansas 78-69 in the Elite Eight of the NCAA men's tournament.
With the win, Krzyzewski
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WILDFIRE, COLORADO, EVACUATION, 19
Colorado authorities ordered the evacuation of more than 8,000 homes and 7,000 buildings, affecting more than 19,000 people in Boulder as a rolling wildfire threatened the area, officials said.
The wildfire was strengthened by wind earlier in the day and
Continued at Fox News...
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CRASH, FOUND, CHINA, BOX
In this image taken from video footage run by China's CCTV, a search and rescue worker holds the second orange-colored "black box" recorder that was recovered at the China Eastern flight crash site in Tengxian County on Sunday. via Associated Press
BEIJING
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IRAN, DEAL, BLINKEN, NUCLEAR
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday tried to soothe the fears of Israel and its Gulf Arab allies ahead of the possible renewal of global powers’ international nuclear deal with Iran.
Blinken made the comments shortly before joining his counterparts
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THOMAS, TEXTS, KLOBUCHAR, JUSTICE
I’ve written about the ridiculous push on the left calling for the impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas because his wife Ginni Thomas had an opinion they consider bad about the 2020 election, and that she shared it in texts with then-White House
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WALLACE, FOX, NEWS, CHRIS
Former Fox News anchor Chris Wallace said his last employer presented an “unsustainable” workplace after the 2020 election and he “just no longer felt comfortable with the programming” at the media giant.
“I’m fine with opinion: conservative opinion, liberal
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COVID, SHANGHAI, CITY, LOCKDOWN
As coronavirus outbreaks spread across China, Shanghai is introducing new rounds of lockdowns to be rolled out sequentially across the city’s neighborhoods, the city government announced on Sunday night, as part of an effort to test its entire population of
Continued at New York Times...
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COUNTRY, CARSON, JEFF, MUSIC
Jeff Carson poses backstage at the 31st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, April 24, 1996 in Universal City, Calif.
CNN —
Award-winning country music singer Jeff Carson has died at the age of 58, according to a statement from the singer’s publicist.
The
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HAWKINS, TAYLOR, FOO, FIGHTERS
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl and his bandmates made an emotional return to Los Angeles following the shocking death of drummer, Taylor Hawkins, on tour in Colombia.
Grohl appeared visibly stricken Saturday as he embraced a man believed to be their manager,
Continued at New York Post...
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SALVADOR, EL, EMERGENCY, HOMICIDES
El Salvador's leader wants to go in even bigger on bitcoin
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The president of El Salvador is making a huge bet on bitcoin with his country's treasury. President
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FALLING, RAPIDS, GRAND, CANYON
A 68-year-old woman died after she was pulled from the Colorado River during a boating trip in the Grand Canyon on Thursday, according to National Park Service officials.
Grand Canyon National Park officials were alerted by a personal locator beacon of an
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FATALLY, GIRL, COUSIN, LIVESTREAM
A pair of young cousins are both dead following what cops are calling a murder-suicide that was livestreamed at a St. Louis birthday party.
Kuaron Harvey, 14, and Paris Harvey, 12, were live on Instagram around 2 a.m. Friday when a gun that the younger child
Continued at New York Post...
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RIDE, ORLANDO, DROP, FATAL
Dollywood is closing one of their rides which was developed from the same manufacturer as the Orlando FreeFall ride in Orlando, Florida, where one 14-year-old fell and died on Thursday night.
Tyre Sampson, 14, fell off of the FreeFall ride at Orlando's ICON
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RED, OSCARS, CARPET, LOVE
Dylan Meyer and Kristen Stewart attend the 94th Annual Academy Awards. Mike Coppola via Getty Images
Years after she famously ditched her heels and went barefoot on the Cannes red carpet, Kristen Stewart is blazing another fashion trail: short shorts at the
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DEAD, DRIVER, SALEM, ENCAMPMENT
SALEM, Ore. — Four people died early Sunday when a vehicle crashed into a homeless camp in Salem, Oregon, authorities said.
Salem police said two people died at the scene of the crash around 2 a.m. Two others died at a hospital. The driver was also taken to
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ARIANA, DEBOSE, MAKES, HISTORY
Ariana DeBose makes history with a best supporting actress win
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Sixty years ago, Rita Moreno became the first Latina to win an Oscar, given for the role of Anita in
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FOCUS, FEDERAL, FRAUD, CAMPAIGN
Federal investigators have issued subpoenas to former campaign advisers of New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin and the state Senate, trying to determine whether he had a hand in funneling fraudulent donations to his failed comptroller bid, according to reports.
The
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RUSSIA, NATO, CHEMICAL, UKRAINE
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., argued on Sunday that the "likeliest thing you are going to see" from Russian President Vladimir Putin is his trying to use chemical or biological weapons "in a way that makes it look like someone else did it."
He argued that he
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JACKSON, JUDGE, CORY, BOOKER
Sen. Cory Booker (D., N.J.) attends the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., April 28, 2021. (Tom Williams/Reuters)
Senator Cory Booker (D., N.J.) on Sunday criticized Republican senators’ questioning of Judge Ketanji Brown
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KILL, GUNMEN, ISRAEL, DEAD
SDE BOKER, Israel — Two Arab gunmen killed at least two people and injured several others in an unusually brazen attack in northern Israel on Sunday night, on the eve of a groundbreaking diplomatic summit in southern Israel between top Arab, Israeli and American
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COVID, 19, POSITIVE, HOUSE
(CNN) White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday after returning from President Joe Biden's trip to Europe.
"I last saw the President during a socially distanced meeting yesterday, and the President
Continued at CNN...