Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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POLICE, CITY, COUNCIL, UVALDE
Christine Fernando, Claire Thornton and Akron Beacon Journal staff
USA TODAY NETWORK
Protesters again gathered Saturday in Akron, Ohio, a day before the release of video footage showing the fatal police shooting of a Black motorist — a shooting that has rocked
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The establishment media this week aired grievances against President Joe Biden, marking his failed leadership on a variety of issues throughout his tenure.
As Biden’s polling numbers tanked to the lowest level of his presidency on Saturday (31 percent approval),
Continued at Breitbart...
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POPE, TWITTER, MUSK, ELON
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has used Twitter to announce he had met with Pope Francis
FILE - Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Musk has used Twitter to announce he had met
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LAKE, MINNESOTA, BODIES, FOUND
The bodies of three young children and their mother were pulled out of a Minnesota lake in a family tragedy that unfolded after the kids’ father apparently committed suicide, authorities said.
The three children — who were under 5 years old — and their mother
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BIDEN, GAS, PRICES, ADMINISTRATION
A Biden administration offshore drilling proposal would allow up to 11 sales
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NEW ORLEANS — President Joe Biden's administration on Friday proposed up to 10 oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico
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TRUMP, 2024, EARLY, ANNOUNCEMENT
(CNN) Former President Donald Trump is anxiously mulling when, exactly, he should announce a presidential run for 2024 -- a decision that has become even more pressing as he tries to reclaim control of his image following a spate of damaging revelations by
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SINKS, SHIP, KONG, HONG
Chinese president Xi Jinping swore in John Lee as Hong Kong’s new chief executive on Friday, marking a new era of antidemocratic governance in the city once known as China’s economic gateway to the West.
Friday was also the 25th anniversary of the United Kingdom’s
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York lawmakers approved a sweeping overhaul Friday of the state’s handgun licensing rules, seeking to preserve some limits on firearms after the Supreme Court ruled that most people have a right to carry a handgun for personal protection.
The
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TRUCK, DEAD, JET, MICHIGAN
One person was killed at a Michigan air show Saturday when his jet-fueled semi-truck exploded during a horrific pyrotechnic accident.
The male driver was racing two planes at around 1:10 pm during the Field of Flight Air Show at Battle Creek Field, hitting
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KILLED, BULLET, AL, AKLEH
Jerusalem (CNN) The Palestinian Authority will allow US investigators to examine the bullet that killed Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, PA Attorney General Akram Al Khatib announced Saturday.
The Al Jazeera journalist was killed while covering
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Sergio Garcia, one of the golfers to threaten legal action over the DP World Tour’s suspensions of LIV Golf participants, got into a heated rant during the BMW International Open last week after learning of the tour’s actions, according to a report.
A player
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FIREWORKS, STAND, TRUCK, DEAD
(CNN) Two people are dead after a vehicle crashed into a fireworks stand in Washington, DC on Saturday, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
The two victims, both adults, were killed when the vehicle struck multiple pedestrians and the fireworks
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SUSPECT, KAITLIN, MURDER, SET
Bail has been set at $3.5 million for Kaitlin Armstrong, the Texas yoga teacher accused of killing professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson in a fit of jealousy.
Wilson, who also went by Mo, was found suffering from several gunshot wounds inside an Austin apartment
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LONDON, PRIDE, PARADE, 50TH
LONDON — The streets of London were filled with color on Saturday as the U.K. capital marked 50 years of Pride.
A vibrant crowd of hundreds of thousands turned out to either take part in or watch the festivities, forming a spectacle of rainbow flags, glitter
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MILITARY, RUSSIAN, PROSPECT, DATA
Philadelphia Flyers prospect Ivan Fedotov was taken into custody by Russian authorities Friday for allegedly planning to evade military service, according to Russian media.
Fedotov, who represented the Russian Olympic Committee in the 2022 Winter Olympic
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PRESS, UKRAINIAN, ASSAULT, RUSSIANS
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian forces are pounding the city of Lysychansk and its surroundings in an all-out attempt to seize the last stronghold of resistance in eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk province, the governor said Saturday.
Ukrainian fighters have spent weeks
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CAROLINA, NORTH, HOT, CAR
Two babies died in consecutive days this week after being left in hot cars in North Carolina and Georgia while their parents went to work, according to reports.
In the most recent tragedy, a man in the Tar Heel State left his 1-year-old daughter in his vehicle
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BEGINNING, HOUSE, RECESSION, ARRIVED
For the last several weeks the White House has been vehemently denying that the nation was staring a recession in the face, despite the fact that growth clocked in at -1.6 percent in the first quarter and there was no reason to believe things had rebounded
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Philadelphia Stars punt returner Maurice Alexander Jr. had the go-ahead touchdown late in the game against the New Jersey Generals last week and helped the team get to the USFL Championship.
Alexander took a punt 88 yards to get the Stars back on top. Later,
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