Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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TRUMP, 750K, HOTEL, INAUGURAL
Trump inaugural committee settles D.C. lawsuit related to hotel overpayments
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WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump's businesses
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GRINER, BRITTNEY, RUSSIA, DETAINED
The Biden administration has determined that WNBA star Brittney Griner is being wrongfully detained in Russia, meaning the United States will more aggressively work to secure her release even as the legal case against her plays out, two U.S. officials said
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BIDEN, UKRAINE, WEAPONS, PLANT
WASHINGTON (AP) — The planes take off almost daily from Dover Air Force Base in Delaware — hulking C-17s loaded up with Javelins, Stingers, howitzers and other material being hustled to Eastern Europe to resupply Ukraine’s military in its fight against Russia.
The
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MARCH, MILLION, RECORD, 11
WASHINGTON (AP) — Employers posted a record 11.5 million job openings in March, meaning the United States now has an unprecedented two job openings for every person who is unemployed.
The latest data released Tuesday by the the Bureau of Labor Statistics further
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MUSK, TWITTER, ELON, COMMERCIAL
At a 2018 conference, Mr. Musk explained that he behaved on impulse. It was a lesson he learned more than 25 years ago after founding his first start-up, Zip2, he said.
“I don’t really have a business plan,” he said. “I had a business plan way back in the
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MARIUPOL, RUSSIAN, PLANT, UKRAINIAN
Russian forces Tuesday began storming the steel mill that represented the last pocket of resistance in Mariupol, Ukrainian defenders said, just as a convoy carrying scores of civilians evacuated from the plant over the weekend arrived in the relative safety
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BARREL, LAKE, MEAD, BODY
A drought drying up a Las Vegas lake revealed something only slightly less terrifying than climate change: human remains in a barrel.
The barrel was discovered Sunday afternoon by a group of boaters on Lake Mead, which then alerted the National Park Service,
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UKRAINE, WAR, RUSSIA, FOOD
While Russia’s intensification of its war against Ukraine is disrupting food production, the product that has already been harvested can’t even be exported, a United Nations director has warned, claiming there are millions of tons of grain in the country “just
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HEARD, DEPP, AMBER, JOHNNY
(CNN) Johnny Depp's attorneys are likely to rest their case Tuesday in the actor's Fairfax, Virginia defamation trial against his former wife, actress Amber Heard.
Depp alleges Heard defamed him in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed that she penned, falsely accusing
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HOCHUL, NEW, LIEUTENANT, DELGADO
ALBANY — Gov. Hochul has a new right hand man.
A day after Albany lawmakers cleared a path for the Democratic governor to hand pick a replacement running mate following the indictment and resignation of Brian Benjamin, Hochul named Rep. Antonio Delgado as
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25, FOX, FLAMINGOS, NATIONAL
Washington CNN —
The Smithsonian National Zoo said Tuesday that 25 American flamingos and a Northern pintail duck were killed a day earlier by a wild fox that entered the animals’ outdoor habitat.
In addition to the killed birds, three flamingos were injured
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NORMAN, MINETA, DIES, SECRETARY
Norman Mineta, first Asian American Cabinet secretary, dies at age 90
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Norman Mineta, who broke racial barriers for Asian Americans serving in high-profile
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MADELEINE, MCCANN, SUSPECT, CLAIMS
The parents of Madeleine McCann, a British toddler who disappeared during a family trip to Portugal, are marking 15 years since she was last seen on May 3, 2007.
"It feels no harder than any other but no easier either. It’s a very long time," said Kate and
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POPE, PUTIN, BACK, MEET
Pope Francis has told an Italian newspaper that he has offered to travel to Moscow to meet with President Vladimir Putin to try to end Russia’s war in Ukraine
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has told an Italian newspaper that he has offered to travel to Moscow
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NAOMI, JUDD, MUSIC, MAKEUP
Editor's note: This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
Following the death of Naomi Judd, the singer's family plans to meet
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We wouldn’t expect anything less from the woman who played Serena van der Woodsen on “Gossip Girl” — a character who not only was fashion forward but also spent a lot of time on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
There has been a certain theory swirling
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STARBUCKS, UNIONIZED, WORKERS, STORES
New York (CNN Business) Starbucks interim CEO Howard Schultz has a message for workers interested in unionizing: If you do, you could miss out on higher wages.
The coffee chain said it would raise wages back in October . Starbucks will honor those commitments
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ASSAULT, DON, LEMON, ACCUSER
A man who accused Don Lemon of sexual assault at a bar in 2018 has recanted his claim, saying his memories had changed since he sued the CNN personality.
“After a lot of inner reflection and a deep dive into my memory, I have come to realize that my recollection
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PFIZER, SUBMIT, DATA, 2022
The Pfizer logo is displayed at the company's headquarters, Feb. 5, 2021, in New York. Sales of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and treatment pushed the drugmaker well past expectations in the first quarter, as profit grew 61%. (Mark Lennihan/AP)
COVID-19 vaccine
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