Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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BRIDGE, UKRAINE, RUSSIAN, STRIKES
Russians step up strikes on Ukrainian town after bridge explosion
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ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — A Russian barrage pounded apartment buildings and other targets in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing at least 17 people
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TWITTER, KANYE, WEST, YE
Ye, the music artist formerly known as Kanye West, has been suspended from Instagram, he announced Friday.
The rapper and entrepreneur posted a series of text messages on Instagram Friday before posting to Twitter hours later to say that he had been kicked
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BIDEN, ARMAGEDDON, RECKLESS, POMPEO
The White House believes "the stakes are very high right now" with Russia amid Vladimir Putin's continued references to his nuclear arsenal but President Joe Biden's warnings last week of possible "Armageddon" were not based on any new development and the administration
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FLORIDA, POLICE, OFFICER, SHOT
A 15-year-old high school student in central Florida was arrested after he allegedly picked up a police officer and body-slammed him to the ground during a fight.
According to the St. Cloud Police Department, a fight between two 14-year-old boys had broken
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HOME, ZELDIN, LEE, OUTSIDE
CNN —
A shooting on the Shirley, New York, property of Rep. Lee Zeldin on Sunday left two injured, the congressman and Republican gubernatorial candidate said in a statement. Zeldin’s family was unhurt.
“My 16 year old daughters, Mikayla and Arianna, were
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NORTH, KOREA, NUCLEAR, SOUTH
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw and guided the country's tactical nuclear operation unit training from Sept. 25 to Oct. 9, North Korea's KCNA news agency reported on Monday.
Kim vowed to strengthen the country's military operations going forward, adding
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POPE, MIGRANTS, TREATMENT, SLAMS
Pope Francis celebrates a mass for the canonization of two new saints, Giovanni Battista Scalabrini and Artemide Zatti, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. (Andrew Medichini/AP)
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday denounced Europe’s
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GRINER, YEAR, WHELAN, RICHARDSON
Bill Richardson, the former New Mexico governor and ambassador to the United Nations, said on Sunday that he is “cautiously optimistic” that a deal will be reached to release Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, two Americans imprisoned in Russia.
Mr. Richardson
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METS, PADRES, GAME, DIE
“I’m charged with doing what’s best for the New York Mets,” he said. “If it makes me look however it makes me look or whatever, I’m going to do it every time and live with the consequences.”
Whether the substance check was simply gamesmanship or not, it didn’t
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NUCLEAR, PLANT, POWER, UKRAINE
The U.N. nuclear watchdog says an external power line to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the biggest in Europe, has been repaired after shelling disconnected the facility from the grid and forced it to resort to emergency diesel generators
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TRUMP, TRIAL, ARIZONA, DONALD
President Trump three years ago predicted John Durham‘s inquiry into the origins of the Russia collusion investigation would reveal “really bad things” and result in major indictments.
Last month, Mr. Trump unveiled lower expectations for Mr. Durham, saying
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SCHOOL, SHOOTER, FLORIDA, WITNESS
An admission by the Parkland, Fla., school shooter that he “studied mass murderers,” along with other grisly details he gave about carrying out the 2018 massacre, could convince jurors to vote for the death penalty, according to a former prosecutor.
Nikolas
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HURRICANE, NICARAGUA, JULIA, HITS
Hurricane Julia made landfall in Nicaragua early Sunday morning as a Category 1 storm with winds of 85 mph.
Julia strengthened into a hurricane on Saturday just hours before its landfall near Laguna de Perlas, and the storm poses a significant flood threat
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TOM, BRADY, GAME, REPORTED
A boy ran onto the field and was tackled hard by a security guard in the second quarter of Tampa Bay’s game against Atlanta
FILE - The Miami Dolphins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers play an NFL football game at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., Oct. 10, 2021.
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SAUDI, OPEC, ARABIA, DEM
Reps. Ro Khanna of California and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, both Democrats, on Sunday called on Congress to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia in response to OPEC+ curbing oil supply by 2 million barrels per day, equal to 2% of global supply.
Saudi Arabia
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PACKERS, LONDON, RODGERS, GIANTS
The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!
Oh wait, that’s baseball, 1951. You’d think that today’s game in Londontown was that important. Goodness. Based on the reaction of New York Giants fans throughout social media,
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HOBBS, KATIE, LAKE, KARI
As RedState reported Saturday, a melodramatic scene unfolded at a town hall event in Arizona after Republican Kari Lake showed up in the audience. Democrat Katie Hobbs, who is running for governor against Lake, freaked out and refused to come out of her green
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FLORIDA, SURGEON, GENERAL, CENSORS
Twitter temporarily removed a post from Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo recommending against mRNA coronavirus vaccinations for men under 40.
Ladapo, who has frequently criticized the safety and effectiveness of coronavirus vaccines, cited data showing
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COUNCIL, RACIST, CITY, LEAKED
Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez found her political future very much in doubt on Sunday, following the release of a recording in which she made racist and derogatory comments during a conversation with two of her colleagues and a high-profile
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Rep. Elissa Slotkin said on Sunday that she would support President Joe Biden should he become the Democratic nominee in 2024, but the party is in desperate need of new, younger leaders.
Speaking to Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the 46-year-old
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MARIJUANA, BIDEN, PARDONS, STIGMA
President Joe Biden's pardon for thousands of Americans convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law has profound impact, experts and individuals say, even if it affects fewer people than similar state and local initiatives. Biden has called on
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YOUNGKIN, POLICIES, YOUTH, VIRGINIA
Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin joined CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday and defended new policies in the state that will require public school students to use bathrooms and join sports teams based on their biological sex, not gender identity.
"Let me begin
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