Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th 2022
Updated 23:59 ET
66 articles
QUEEN, ELIZABETH, KING, CHARLES
In the days leading up to her death, Queen Elizabeth II was living her life to the fullest and enjoying her days.
The Right Rev. Dr. Iain Greenshields, who was a guest of the queen's at Balmoral Castle last weekend, revealed that in spite of her health becoming
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UKRAINE, RUSSIA, KHARKIV, KEY
Ukraine breaks through front line in east, nearing key town
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KYIV, Ukraine — Western defense officials and analysts on Saturday said they believed Ukraine had punched through Russian front
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COURT, ROBERTS, JUSTICE, JOHN
DENVER — Chief Justice John Roberts defended the authority of the Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution, saying its role should not be called into question just because people disagree with its decisions.
When asked to reflect on the last year at the
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OPEN, TIAFOE, ALCARAZ, CARLOS
(CNN) Frances Tiafoe's run at the US Open ended Friday with a loss to No. 3 seed Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinals.
After being down in the match, Tiafoe had forced a fifth set, delighting the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd -- which included Michelle Obama. But
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FLETCHER, ELIZA, MEMPHIS, REMEMBERED
The man accused in the kidnapping and murder of Memphis mother Eliza Fletcher has been charged with an additional count of aggravated kidnapping and rape in an “unrelated” case, a report said.
Cleotha Abston, 38, is facing the additional charges, Memphis police
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TRUMP, SPECIAL, MASTER, DOJ
The U.S. Justice Department and Donald Trump's attorneys said on Friday they are deeply divided over whether classified records seized by the FBI from the former president's Florida estate should be reviewed by a special master, and they each put forth a separate
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HEAT, CALIFORNIA, BREAKS, SOUTHERN
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Parts of Southern California were lashed by severe winds from a tropical storm Friday that brought high humidity, rain and possible flooding to the parched region but also the promise of cooler temperatures after a 10-day heat wave that nearly
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DEAD, BOAT, WHALE, NEW
Two people are reportedly dead and three more missing after a boat in New Zealand collided with a whale and capsized
A helicopter flies overs an upturned boat with a survivor sitting on the hull off the coast of Kaikoura, New Zealand, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022.
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KAREN, HOME, BASS, STOLEN
In a story that even by California politics standards makes little sense, Democrat Congresswoman Karen Bass, presently running for mayor of Los Angeles, reported Saturday that a burglary occurred at her house the previous Friday, September 9th. However, the
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ARRESTED, FLOWERS, BLACK, WATERING
A Black pastor who was arrested while watering his neighbors flowers filed a lawsuit Saturday against three police officers and the small, central Alabama city where he was charged, claiming his rights were violated by an unlawful and false arrest.
The federal
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GUN, SALES, CATEGORIZING, START
Payment processor Visa Inc. says it plans to start separately categorizing sales at gun shops
NEW YORK -- Payment processor Visa Inc. said late Saturday that it plans to start separately categorizing sales at gun shops.
It’s a major win for gun control advocates
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MARSHA, HUNT, 104, STAR
Marsha Hunt, one of the last surviving actors from Hollywood’s so-called Golden Age of the 1930s and 1940s who worked with performers ranging from Laurence Olivier to Andy Griffith in a career disrupted for a time by the McCarthy-era blacklist, has died. She
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NORTH, NUCLEAR, KOREA, KIM
North Korean state media reported on Friday that dictator Kim Jong-un signed a law making the Communist tyranny’s march to nuclear weapons “irreversible,” banning all further denuclearization talks with the outside world, and mandating an immediate nuclear
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CALIFORNIA, WOMAN, VICTIM, KILLER
A California man accused of beheading the mother of his child with a sword exchanged hostile, and at times, threatening text messages with his ex-girlfriend the day before her brutal slaying, according to a new report.
Jose Rafael Solano Landaeta was arrested
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MAYOR, LORI, ILLINOIS, CHICAGO
The Republican mayor of a town in the suburban Chicagoland area says that Governor J.B. Pritzker's office is calling him "xenophobic" for questioning why a busload of 64 migrants were shipped out of Chicago into his town.
147 migrants were bused from Texas
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COLLEGE, WEEK, SEC, FOOTBALL
There’s usually a lull after Week 1 of the college football season .
After all the excitement and shine wears off from the beginning of a new season, the Week 2 slate can be filled with its fair share of duds.
Not this year. Not this week.
College football
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WOUNDED, KNEE, SITE, DAKOTA
Two American Indian tribes in South Dakota have agreed to purchase 40 acres of land near the Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Two American Indian tribes in South Dakota have agreed to purchase
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FETTERMAN, DEBATE, OZ, DR
The Pennsylvania senate race continues to heat up as early voting draws near and the battle lines become more defined. Mehmet Oz has been pressing John Fetterman, the health-challenged Democrat in the race, on his refusal to debate.
As RedState reported, that
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DE, STUDENTS, MAYOR, FORMER
Harvard students are rebuking former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for teaching on the Crimson campus.
According to the Harvard Independent, de Blasio will teach as a visiting fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Institute of Politics
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OREGON, POWER, WINDS, FIRE
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP)— Campers at a state park in Oregon had to evacuate after a wildfire ignited and thousands in the state remained without power Saturday after utilities did targeted shutoffs in an effort to lessen the danger in dry and windy conditions.
Late
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STING, ARRESTED, FLORIDA, GEORGIA
A sex sting operation in Florida led to 160 arrests of sex workers and those who solicit their services, including a top cop from Georgia, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday.
The week-long sting, called “Operation Fall Haul II,” was designed
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PRIDE, DRAG, FEST, BOISE
BOISE, Idaho — When Joseph Kibbe attended the first Boise Pride Festival in 1989, he and about two dozen other participants wore paper bags over their heads to hide their faces from potentially violent onlookers.
At the first festival parade two years later,
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TEXAS, ALABAMA, UPSET, GAME
Scottie Scheffler, the 2022 Masters champion, had one heck of a year.
Scheffler led the PGA Tour with four wins, won his first major and is the No. 1 player in the Official World Golf Ranking.
And he’s now the 2022 PGA Tour Player of the Year , receiving
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FLAG, RIOTER, FLOWN, CAPITOL
(CNN) Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas presented an honorary American flag recently flown above the US Capitol to a convicted January 6 rioter after she was released from prison Friday.
Gohmert, a Trump ally who has previously promoted debunked conspiracies
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