Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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BIDEN, HUNTER, JOE, 42
Most Americans feel as though the country is headed in the wrong direction under Biden, an AP/NORC survey released Friday found.
As Americans face record inflation and continue to deal with gas prices, their view of the country’s direction is sour, as 70 percent
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TRUMP, OHIO, RALLY, VANCE
Extremist right-wing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has endorsed J.D. Vance for U.S. Senate in Ohio. Jeff Dean/Associated Press
KETTERING, Ohio — At a modern-looking evangelical church outside Dayton, Josh Mandel picked a strawberry from a bowl, ate it, then
Continued at Huffington Post...
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UKRAINIAN, MARIUPOL, RUSSIA, FORCES
Russia's top state investigative body said on Saturday it was looking into a Russian media report alleging that sabotage experts from Britain's SAS special forces have been deployed to western Ukraine.
The Special Air Service is an elite military force trained
Continued at Newsmax...
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SHOOTING, FIRE, SUPREME, COURT
(CNN) A man who set himself on fire Friday on the plaza in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, has died, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
The man was identified as Wynn Bruce of Boulder, Colorado, an MPD spokesperson said Saturday.
Bruce
Continued at CNN...
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ORRIN, HATCH, 88, DIES
Reactions to the death of longtime United States Republican Senator Orrin Hatch, who was the longest serving senator in Utah history, poured in on Saturday night.
"Sad to learn of the passing of my friend Orrin Hatch /I worked closely w Senator Hatch for
Continued at Fox News...
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MEADOWS, WARNED, OFFICIAL, HOUSE
Ms. Hutchinson told investigators that she heard lawyers from the White House Counsel’s Office say the plan for alternate electors was not “legally sound,” according to the filing.
“The select committee’s filing today urges the court to reject Mark Meadows’s
Continued at New York Times...
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26, BOAT, JAPAN, MISSING
A Japanese tour boat with more than two dozen people aboard, including two kids, went missing early Saturday in the waters off the northern island of Hokkaido.
The 19-ton Kazu 1 made an emergency distress call around 1:15 p.m local time, alerting authorities
Continued at New York Post...
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CHANGE, CLIMATE, BANS, ADS
Under the new policy — announced on Friday, which is also Earth Day — “misleading advertisements on Twitter that contradict the scientific consensus on climate change” will be prohibited along side other types of banned content, which include campaigns that
Continued at NY Daily News...
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TEXAS, MISSING, GUARD, NATIONAL
Authorities vowed Saturday to continue their search for a Texas National Guard soldier who went missing Friday morning while assigned to a border enforcement mission along the Rio Grande, the Texas Military Department said.
The solider was attempting to assist
Continued at USA Today...
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CABRERA, MIGUEL, 000, TIGERS
Miguel Cabrera is the 1st Venezuelan-born player to get 3,000 hits in MLB history
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Detroit Tigers star Miguel "Miggy" Cabrera has batted his way into MLB history with 3,000 hits.
Cabrera
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DEPP, JOHNNY, HEARD, AMBER
For three days, Johnny Depp has been testifying in a libel trial that, at least in theory, is about whether Amber Heard defamed him in a 2018 newspaper op-ed.
The trial has turned into a spectacle in which Depp has testified about everything from taking pills
Continued at Chicago Tribune...
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AIR, GENERAL, FORCE, FIRST
An Air Force major general in Ohio has been convicted by a military judge of one of three specifications of abusive sexual contact in the first-ever military trial of an Air Force general
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- An Air Force major general
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TRUMP, MCCARTHY, AUDIO, LEAKED
Democrats are going to go down to a blistering defeat in November, by all indicators.
The only thing that can harm that is ridiculous infighting from Republicans, and a failure to focus on being all-in to defeat the Democrats.
It looks like people were trying
Continued at Red State...
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BORDER, TITLE, BIDEN, 42
The nation’s pro-migrant border chief is rebuking the many Democratic legislators who say the Title 42 barrier should be kept until officials have “a plan” to deal with the expected wave of ambitious and desperate migrants.
“The assertion that we do not have
Continued at Breitbart...
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SMITH, ROCK, OSCARS, CHRIS
Will Smith has resurfaced following the Chris Rock Oscars' slap.
The "King Richard" actor was recently spotted in Mumbai, India, smiling and posing for photos with adoring fans.
He also waved to nearby onlookers shouting "Will! Will!"
On Wednesday, Smith's
Continued at Fox News...
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HAMPSHIRE, SHOT, FOUND, NEW
A missing couple from Concord, New Hampshire, has been found shot to death on a remote walking trail after several days of searching.
Stephen Reid, 67, and Djeswende Reid, 66, were last seen Monday when they left their home for a walk at about 2:22 p.m., according
Continued at ABC...
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TWITTER, ELON, MUSK, GRAHAM
In a recent message shared with his millions of social media followers, Rev. Franklin Graham, CEO and president of Samaritan's Purse as well as CEO and president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, revealed his feelings about the possibility that
Continued at Fox News...
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DISNEY, DESANTIS, AMENDMENT, RON
At the urging of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, the Florida legislature voted this week to punish one of the world’s biggest producers of entertainment and pop culture, because DeSantis and his fellow Florida Republicans disagreed with that producer’s First
Continued at Vox...
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MANDATE, MASK, DEFER, REINSTATE
Philadelphia has ended its indoor mask mandate just days after reinstating it.
The Board of Health voted Thursday to rescind the mandate after “decreasing hospitalizations and a leveling of case counts.”
The mask mandate had gone into effect Monday. The city
Continued at New York Post...
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MACRON, PEN, LE, EMMANUEL
In a rematch of the 2017 election, France will decide tomorrow between the erstwhile centrist disrupter Emmanuel Macron and the far-right fixture Marine Le Pen. Although this contest once seemed inevitable, the emergence last fall of the wild-card extreme-right
Continued at The Atlantic...
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RELIGIOUS, SCHOOL, SUPREME, COURT
Joseph Kennedy likes to think of himself as a "big brother" of sorts to the many students he has mentored over the years as a high school football coach.
"I remember the hundreds of times I told my players not quit no matter the challenge," he told Fox News
Continued at Fox News...
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FORCED, WHISKEY, GRANDMOTHER, DRINK
A 4-year-old girl died after the grandmother, suspecting she took a sip of whiskey, forced her to finish the bottle as the mother watched, according to police.
The East Baton Rouge coroner's office ruled China Record, 4, had died from acute alcohol poisoning,
Continued at Newsmax...