Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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TRAIN, AMTRAK, MISSOURI, TRUCK
The train, en route from Los Angeles to Chicago, had 243 passengers on board.
Several cars of an Amtrak train derailed after hitting a dump truck at a public crossing in Mendon, Missouri, Amtrak said.
Injuries have been reported but it was not immediately
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BIDEN, HUNTER, JOE, VOICEMAIL
Joe Biden inadvertently financed his son Hunter’s dalliances with a Russia-linked escort ring, according to a report Monday.
President Biden wired his 52-year-old son $100,000 to help him pay bills from December 2018 through January 2019, the Washington Examiner
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DEAD, FOUND, ANTONIO, SAN
More than 40 people were found dead inside a trailer truck in San Antonio, Texas, local media reported Monday, citing a source close to the investigation.
San Antonio's WOAI TV reported an estimated 42 were migrants and police were investigating. KSAT TV channel
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GRINER, BRITTNEY, STAR, COURT
A trial for WNBA star Brittney Griner will begin in Russia on July 1 following the athlete’s arrest for cannabis possession in the country in February.
Griner, 31, has been detained in Russia since the arrest.
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PHONE, TRUMP, EASTMAN, SEIZED
WASHINGTON – A lawyer who aided former President Donald Trump’s efforts to undo the 2020 election results said in a federal court filing Monday that FBI agents seized his cell phone last week.
John Eastman said the agents took his phone as he left a restaurant
Continued at Washington Times...
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MAYO, SUBWAY, POLICE, ATLANTA
A Subway restaurant employee in Atlanta was killed and another wounded after a customer shot them during an argument over mayonnaise on Sunday, according to a local report.
The shooting unfolded around 6:30 p.m. at a Subway restaurant on Northside Drive
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PELOSI, FLORES, MAYRA, DAUGHTER
We reported how during the photo op for the swearing-in of Rep. Mayra Flores (R-TX), that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared to shove Flores’ young daughter, giving her an elbow to the side. But the move was caught and widely shared on Twitter.
Then Mayra
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CUP, AVALANCHE, STANLEY, TITLE
The Colorado Avalanche have won its first Stanley Cup in 21 years
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The Colorado Avalanche are professional hockey's new champions — and road warriors.
The team defeated the two-time defending
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GIULIANI, RUDY, CHARGED, EMPLOYEE
(CNN) A 39-year-old man who allegedly slapped Rudy Giuliani on the back Sunday has been charged with assault with intent to cause physical injury, harassment in the second degree and menacing in the third degree and was released on his own recognizance after
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TRUMP, ELECTION, BRIAN, FOX
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Former President Donald Trump continued to fundraise after he lost the 2020 election, and poured some $1.3 million of political contributions into his own businesses, his latest federal filings showed.
According to a review
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TRIAL, PARENTS, SCHOOL, SHOOTING
Ethan Crumbley, the Oxford High School shooter accused of killing four classmates last year, will be called to testify at his parents' trial on involuntary manslaughter charges, a defense attorney said in court on Monday.
"We're going to call him. We need
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BET, AWARDS, WEST, DIDDY
Yung Miami isn’t fazed by the opinions of others.
Miami, who is dating Diddy, found herself at the center of a Twitter storm after the music mogul was crowned with this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2022 BET Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday evening.
Diddy
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GUN, TOP, ELVIS, MAVERICK
NEW YORK (AP) — Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic “Elvis” shook up theaters with an estimated $30.5 million in weekend ticket sales, but — in a box-office rarity — “Elvis” tied “Top Gun: Maverick,” which also reported $30.5 million, for No. 1 in theaters.
Final
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NORTH, CHINA, PREVENT, NUKE
South Korea would expect the United States to intervene militarily if China were to attack Taiwan, a South Korean official told a group of reporters, Axios reported Monday.
The comment came during a briefing with a small group of reporters about the new South
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ROE, JUSTICE, THOMAS, JIM
LGBTQ advocate Jim Obergefell fears other rights are at risk with Roe overturned Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that he wants the Supreme Court to reconsider precedents on same-sex marriage. NPR's Juana Summers talks to Jim Obergefell, the plaintiff in the same-sex
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RUSSIAN, MALL, SHOPPING, STRIKE
SLOVIANSK, Ukraine — Scores of civilians were feared killed or wounded in a Russian rocket strike Monday on a crowded shopping mall in Ukraine’s central city of Kremenchuk, Ukrainian officials said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a Telegram
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YEAR, GIRL, FLORIDA, BOY
Transgenderism in sports is a hot topic, and the skateboarding community recently felt some heat.
As relayed by Fox News, this weekend saw the women’s division finals of The Boardr Open in New York. Among the top six finishes were a 10-year-old, a 12-year-old,
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MAXWELL, GHISLAINE, SENTENCING, LAWYER
Ghislaine Maxwell will learn her fate Tuesday in Manhattan federal court when she’s sentenced to up to 55 years in prison for recruiting and grooming young girls to be abused by late financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Maxwell, 60, was convicted after trial of procuring
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BIDEN, WITHDRAWS, ICE, DIRECTOR
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said he has withdrawn from consideration to be the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, more than a year after he was nominated by President Biden to the post.
Gonzalez tweeted on Monday that he "arrived at this
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PILL, SUPREME, COURT, DOCTORS
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for doctors who face criminal charges for overprescribing powerful pain medication in a case arising from the opioid addiction crisis.
Justice Stephen Breyer wrote for the court that prosecutors must prove that doctors knew
Continued at Washington Times...
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BORDER, TEXAS, SOUTHWEST, ARIZONA
In what’s already been a deadly year along the US-Mexico border, the Border Patrol is warning immigrants not to risk their lives to cross illegally into the US.
In just the El Paso, Texas, area, at least 40 immigrants have died trying to cross into the country
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