Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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BIDEN, USS, DELAWARE, SECURITY
In a public ceremony delayed two years by the pandemic, President Joe Biden on Saturday commissioned the USS Delaware, a nuclear attack submarine at the dock in Wilmington, Delaware
WILMINGTON, Del. -- In a public ceremony delayed two years by the pandemic,
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DISNEY, FLORIDA, WOKE, LAW
The Walt Disney Co. is getting blasted and called out over its opposition to Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law, while reportedly expanding into several anti-gay countries.
“Teaching kindergartners about sex isn’t ‘equality,'” The Log Cabin Republicans
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SMITH, OSCARS, MAHER, SLAP
Actor Denzel Washington on Saturday spoke out for the first time about Will Smith striking comedian Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars last week, saying: “For whatever reason, the devil got ahold of him that night.”
Smith strode on stage Oscar night and struck
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HUNTER, MEDIA, BIDEN, BURIED
"Unfiltered" host Dan Bongino spotlighted similarities between media's coverage of the COVID-19 lab leak and Hunter Biden stories on "Fox & Friends Weekend" Saturday, reacting to a Vanity Fair investigation which found a government-funded research company
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FOUND, HIKER, SIDE, DOG
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — A hiker who went missing two weeks ago was found dead in Griffith Park with his dog by his side, authorities said.
Oscar Alejandro Hernandez, 29, was reported missing on March 16. His body was found Thursday night in a remote
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KYIV, RUSSIAN, MINES, UKRAINIAN
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Russian forces pull back from Ukraine’s capital region, retreating troops are creating a “catastrophic” situation for civilians by leaving mines around homes, abandoned equipment and “even the bodies of those killed,” President Volodymyr
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BORDER, TITLE, BIDEN, 42
The Biden administration announced Friday that it’s lifting controversial pandemic-related border restrictions under which the US has expelled thousands of migrants without giving them access to their legal right to apply for asylum.
The so-called Title 42
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KAEPERNICK, NFL, SCOUTS, MICHIGAN
Free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick's pursuit of a return to the National Football League will continue this weekend when he holds a throwing exhibition during halftime of the University of Michigan's spring game Saturday.
Draft-eligible players will catch
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GAME, TITLE, VILLANOVA, KANSAS
Kansas knocks out Villanova to reach title game, as fate of historic rivalry awaits
Enlarge this image toggle caption David J. Phillip/AP David J. Phillip/AP
The Kansas Jayhawks beat the Villanova Wildcats, 81-65, on Saturday, setting up one half of the final
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SARAH, PALIN, ALASKA, HOUSE
This is exciting, if for nothing else than to see the legacy media and the Left go full-bore PDS again. Political powerhouse, cultural icon and former 2008 Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has decided to return to the fray, running for Congress
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INFECTED, COVID, MILLION, UK
The figures came on the same day the government ended free rapid COVID-19 tests for most people in England, under Johnson’s “living with COVID” plan. People who do not have health conditions that make them more vulnerable to the virus now need to pay for tests
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POPE, UKRAINE, PUTIN, INFANTILE
ROME — Pope Francis on Saturday inched closer to blaming President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia for invading Ukraine and said that a trip to Kyiv was possible as he arrived in Malta for a short visit emphasizing the plight of migrants, an issue that has long
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TRUMP, HOLDS, RALLY, MICHIGAN
Former President Donald Trump is headlining a rally outside of Detroit, Michigan on Saturday night.
The rally is taking place at the Michigan Stars Sports Center in Washington Township, Michigan at 7 p.m with thousands of people expected to attend.
The
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FLORIDA, MOM, MISSING, CASSIE
Police in Florida say the ex-boyfriend of missing mom Cassie Carli has been arrested in Tennessee.
"Marcus Spanevelo is currently in custody," the Santa Rosa County Florida Sheriff's Office said Saturday in a Facebook post. ""He was arrested by the Tennessee
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DIVERSITY, LAW, CORPORATE, CALIFORNIA
A Los Angeles judge has ruled that California’s landmark law mandating that corporate boards have ethnic or LGBT members violates the state Constitution
LOS ANGELES -- A Los Angeles judge ruled Friday that California’s landmark law mandating that corporations
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ARRESTED, ABUSE, SOLO, HOPE
(CNN) Former US women's soccer goalkeeper Hope Solo has been arrested in North Carolina on charges of misdemeanor child abuse, resisting arrest and impaired driving, police said.
The Winston-Salem Police Department said in a statement that officers arrested
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TESLA, TREND, SALES, 1Q
Tesla, the world’s leading electric car company, on Saturday reported a steep increase in worldwide sales in the first three months of the year as it overcame supply chain problems and moved closer to production levels on a par with established luxury carmakers
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BORDER, MIGRANT, SECTOR, YOUNG
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents found five unaccompanied migrant children along the Texas side of the Rio Grande. One of the children, a six-year-old boy, suffered an injury while crossing the river by himself.
Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Jason D.
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KILL, PALESTINIANS, ISRAELI, TROOPS
Israeli forces killed three Palestinian militants in a firefight in the occupied West Bank early Saturday, police said, raising fears of further escalation of violence during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Israeli media said four members of a police counter-terrorism
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NEW, EXECUTION, LAWYERS, WOMAN
Lawyers for a Texas woman who's denied she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter are hopeful new evidence will stop her execution
HOUSTON -- During hours of relentless questioning, Melissa Lucio more than 100 times had denied fatally beating her 2-year-old
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BIDEN, JOE, DONALD, TRUMP
Remember when we had an entire impeachment because the last president supposedly tried to use the official capacity of his office to push for an investigation of Biden family corruption? Well, the current president, who just so happens to be Joe Biden, has
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LINE, 2021, INCREASE, SHOT
The National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), the world’s largest organization of law enforcement officers, has counted 101 officers shot in the line of duty as of April 1, including 17 fatally, so far in 2022.
The latest figure marks a 43% increase compared
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SITES, CULTURAL, UNESCO, DAMAGED
UNESCO says 53 cultural sites in Ukraine have been damaged since the Russian invasion
Enlarge this image toggle caption Sergey Bobok/AFP via Getty Images Sergey Bobok/AFP via Getty Images
Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, UNESCO says it's verified damage
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