Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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RIGHTS, ABORTION, ROE, BODIES
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supporters of abortion rights took to the streets across America on Saturday to make clear their anger at the prospect that the Supreme Court will soon strike down the constitutional right to abortion. Cries of “My body, my choice” rang out
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THOMAS, SUPREME, COURT, LEAK
Justice Clarence Thomas says the Supreme Court has been changed by the shocking leak of a draft opinion earlier this month. The opinion suggests the court is poised to overturn the right to an abortion recognized nearly 50 years ago in Roe v. Wade.
The conservative
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MCCONNELL, UKRAINE, MITCH, VISIT
(CNN) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has welcomed to Kyiv a congressional delegation led by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Zelensky said on his Instagram account that the visit "is a strong signal of bipartisan support for Ukraine from the
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MAHER, HOUSE, WHITE, BILL
"Real Time" host Bill Maher blasted the so-called "Disinformation Governance Board" and its executive director Nina Jankowicz.
During his panel discussion on Friday night, Maher knocked the Department of Homeland Security, which he said itself had a "creepy
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BIDEN, JEFF, BEZOS, INFLATION
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos said the nation’s newly formed Disinformation Governance Board should take a look at the White House after a tweet from President Biden which attempted to link skyrocketing inflation with the country’s corporate tax rate.
“The newly
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PENNSYLVANIA, MASTRIANO, TRUMP, GOP
Republicans across Pennsylvania are questioning former President Trump’s last-minute endorsement of State Sen. Doug Mastriano (R) in the gubernatorial race. Many have continued lining up behind former Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA), who has previously unseated Democrats
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BABY, FORMULA, SHORTAGE, BIDEN
Note: This “Moore to the Point” commentary aired on NewsTalkSTL on Saturday, May 14th. Audio included below.
So this week’s hot topic has been the baby formula shortage. We first heard whispers of this after Abbott Nutrition, which accounts for roughly 40
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TEXAS, BORDER, BUS, ESCAPED
A Texas inmate, convicted of capital murder and attempted capital murder, is on the loose after he assaulted a corrections officer on a bus during transport and subsequently fled the vehicle, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDJC) announced Thursday.
Officials
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COVID, KOREA, NORTH, OUTBREAK
Pyongyang shows no sign of accepting vaccines or other help to fight the virus.
As North Korea rattles its foreign rivals by escalating shows of firepower, the coronavirus could be attacking the Hermit Kingdom from within.
In a rare admission this week, North
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UKRAINE, KHARKIV, RUSSIAN, BATTLE
Ukraine says Russian troops are withdrawing from Kharkiv
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KYIV, Ukraine — Russian troops are withdrawing from Ukraine's second-largest city after weeks of heavy bombardment,
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SPEARS, BRITNEY, MISCARRIAGE, BABY
Britney Spears says that she had a miscarriage
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Britney Spears and her fiancé Sam Asghari have announced that the singer had a miscarriage.
"It is with our deepest sadness
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JUDGE, ALABAMA, GENDER, YOUTH
The judge also said the medical establishment largely endorsed transition medications as “well-established, evidence-based treatments for gender dysphoria in minors.”
The American Medical Association has criticized legislative efforts like the Alabama law
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SMALL, PLANE, BRIDGE, CRASHES
Authorities in South Florida say that one person has been injured after a small plane crashed onto a bridge on Saturday afternoon.
WTVT-TV reported that the crash happened on the Haulover Inlet Bridge that connects Haulover Beach to Bal Harbour in Miami-Dade
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EXORCISM, ARRESTED, GIRL, UNCLE
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The grandfather and uncle of a 3-year-old girl killed last fall during an exorcism at a Northern California church were arrested this week in connection with her death, police said Friday.
The child, Arely Naomi Proctor, died last September
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NATO, FINLAND, PUTIN, JOIN
A Russian leader threatened to use the Satan-2 hypersonic nuclear missile to strike Britain and Finland “in just 200 seconds” — and that the weapons could be used to hit the United States as well.
The threat came as NATO foreign ministers gathered in Berlin,
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BARNETTE, CALLED, NY, POST
One of Dr. Oz’s opponents in the tightly contested Pennsylvania Republican Senate primary has a history of bigoted comments toward Muslims, a review of tweets and online content by The Post shows.
Political commentator Kathy Barnette’s incendiary comments
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AIR, CADETS, GRADUATE, FORCE
Four Air Force cadets might not be allowed to graduate for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19, and they may also be forced to repay thousands of dollars in government scholarship money.
The four cadets will definitely not join their fellow classmates
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DALLAS, SHOOTING, KOREATOWN, HATE
(CNN) Dallas police believe three recent shootings at Asian-run businesses in the area may be connected, and may be hate-motivated, Chief Edgardo Garcia said in a Friday news conference.
The latest shooting took place on Wednesday at a Korean-owned hair salon,
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BIN, MOHAMMED, ZAYED, AL
Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan is named the UAE's new president
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Rulers in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday unanimously appointed Abu
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Lil Keed performing in July 2021. Prince Williams via Getty Images
Lil Keed, an Atlanta rapper signed to Young Thug’s YSL Records, died Friday, his brother announced on social media and Complex confirmed. He was 24.
The cause of death is unknown. HuffPost
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