Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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TRUMP, WYOMING, RALLY, LIZ
As many as 50 witnesses are expected to be called before a special grand jury criminal investigation into Republican election interference after Trump lost the presidential election in the state.
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has
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BUFFALO, HARRIS, VICTIM, SHOOTING
Saturday’s funeral for 86-year-old Ruth Whitfield, the oldest and last of the victims of a gunman’s racist attack on a Buffalo supermarket to be laid to rest, became a call for action and an emotional plea to end the hate and violence that has wracked the nation.
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RUSSIA, UKRAINE, SMALL, WIDEN
As Russia asserted progress in its goal of seizing the entirety of contested eastern Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin tried to shake European resolve Saturday to punish his country with sanctions and to keep supplying weapons that have supported Ukraine’s
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FOUND, SUITCASE, IMBALANCE, DIED
Indiana authorities on Friday determined the cause of death for an approximately 5-year-old boy found deceased inside a suitcase in April to be an electrolyte imbalance, which can be caused by dehydration and malnutrition.
A Sellersburg-area resident was
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NEW, MEXICO, LARGEST, WILDFIRE
The U.S. Forest Service after an internal investigation took responsibility for two blazes that merged to become New Mexico’s largest wildfire .
Forest Service investigators found the agency responsible for igniting a “burn pile” that created the Calf Canyon
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ELON, MUSK, HEARD, DEPP
The SEC is investigating Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s disclosure of his stake in Twitter according to a recent letter sent by the agency.
The New York Post reports that the SEC has launched an investigation into Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s disclosure of his stake in Twitter
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PROUD, BOYS, TRIAL, LEADER
United States District Court Judge Timothy Kelly late Friday denied a bid from Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio to be set free pending his trial for conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
"[T]he Court finds that all four of the statutory
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GUN, TOP, MAVERICK, CRUISE
The U.S. Navy allowed the "Top Gun: Maverick" studio to use F/A-18 Super Hornets for more than $11,000 an hour for the upcoming film, but Tom Cruise and his fellow actors were not allowed to touch the planes' controls.
Cruise wanted all the actors portraying
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NIGERIA, CHURCH, STAMPEDE, 31
Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) More than 30 people were killed and others injured when a stampede broke out at a church event in the southeastern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt on Saturday, according to police and security officials.
Most of the casualties were children.
The
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GUN, SHOOTING, NRA, CONTROL
What some gun owners are saying in the wake of America's latest mass shooting
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America's latest mass shooting, at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, has claimed the lives of 19
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Police have used tear gas and a water canon to disperse demonstrators trying to approach Sri Lanka’s president’s office to demand his resignation over the country’s economic crisis
Protestors run for cover as police fire tear gas shells near the president's
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LAPTOP, HUNTER, BEAST, BIDEN
When the story broke about the Hunter Biden laptop that had been left at the computer repair shop with John Paul Mac Isaac, many in the media did all they could to attack the story. They called it Russian disinformation, hacked — even stolen information. As
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FLORIDA, INITIAL, CONDO, JUDGE
A Florida judge has given gave initial approval to a settlement of more than $1 billion to families who lost loved ones in the collapse last year of a Florida beachfront condominium building in which 98 people died
A Florida judge on Saturday gave initial
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COVID, TESTS, GAVIN, POSITIVE
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has tested positive for COVID-19, and will work remotely for at least the next five days, his office said Saturday.
Newsom, 54, is showing mild symptoms and will remain in isolation until he tests negative, his office said in a
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BIDEN, UNIVERSITY, GRADUATES, AMERICA
President Joe Biden delivered a commencement address at his alma mater, the University of Delaware, on Saturday.
In his 28-minute speech, Biden addressed the recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas.
The president is scheduled to travel
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KAPLER, GABE, PROTEST, ANTHEM
San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler will no longer stand with his team for the national anthem until he "feels better about the direction of our country" in the wake of the Texas school shooting on Tuesday that left 19 students and two teachers dead.
Kapler
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CHIEF, CHINA, RIGHTS, HUMAN
HONG KONG — The United Nations’ top human rights official offered limited criticism of China’s crackdown on predominately Muslim minorities, saying at the end of her six-day trip to the country on Saturday that she had raised questions about its application
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CANCELLATIONS, WEEKEND, MEMORIAL, DAY
Not only are airline travelers facing sticker shock this Memorial Day weekend, the kickoff to the summer travel season, but they're also dealing with a pileup of flight cancellations.
More than 1,200 flights were canceled as of 2 p.m EST Saturday, according
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VATICAN, ANGELO, SODANO, DIES
FILE - Cardinal Angelo Sodano arrives for a meeting at the Vatican, Friday, March 8, 2013. Sodano, a once-powerful Italian prelate who long served as the Vatican's No. 2 official, has died on Friday, May 27, 2022. He was 94. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino,
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STORM, PACIFIC, TROPICAL, EASTERN
A tropical depression in the Eastern Pacific Ocean formed into Tropical Storm Agatha on Saturday, becoming the first named storm of the 2022 East Pacific hurricane season.
At 7 a.m. CDT, it was located about 220 miles southwest of Puerto Angel, Mexico, and
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A Minnesota mother has been charged with the murder of her six-year-old son after authorities say she was found covered in blood during a traffic stop, and the child’s gunshot-ridden body was later located in her trunk. Shockingly, court documents assert police
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WEEKEND, GAS, MEMORIAL, PRICES
This weekend America will observe Memorial Day. People across the country will visit cemeteries and pay their respects to those who gave the last full measure of devotion for our freedom.
For much of our history Memorial Day has also been a time to get
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