Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19th 2022
Updated 23:59 ET
61 articles
TRUMP, MUSK, TWITTER, ELON
Amid a meltdown at Twitter, owner Elon Musk took the opportunity Friday to post a poll asking if Donald Trump’s account should be “reinstated” on the social media platform.
According to his tweet, there were nearly 5 million votes as of 7:47 p.m EST Friday.
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BIDEN, HOUSE, WHITE, GRANDDAUGHTER
Trailed by a lengthy, flowing veil, President Joe Biden's granddaughter Naomi Biden walked across the South Lawn of the White House on Saturday toward an altar of shrubs and flowers to marry her longtime boyfriend Peter Neal in a rare wedding on the grounds.
Theirs
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CUP, WORLD, QATAR, FIFA
Qatar hosting the soccer World Cup is like Donald Trump becoming president of the United States. It should not have happened, but the very fact that it has only exposes how bad things have become. Once this famous old tournament kicks off in Doha tomorrow,
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IDAHO, MURDERS, STUDENTS, UNIVERSITY
Two former detectives say the Moscow Police Department's decision to call the Nov. 13 quadruple homicide near the University of Idaho an "isolated, targeted attack" may have been premature.
The Moscow Police Department (MPD) described the attack as isolated
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PARADE, CHRISTMAS, TRUCK, RALEIGH
Officials have canceled a holiday parade in North Carolina after a truck pulling a float crashed and injured at least one person
Police officers work the scene after a truck pulling a float crashed at a holiday parade in Raleigh, N.C., on Saturday, Nov. 19,
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NEW, YORK, SNOW, WESTERN
Western New Yorkers are digging themselves out of a record-smashing snowstorm that has left some areas under more than six feet of white powder.
Over 16.1 inches of snow fell in Buffalo on Saturday, more than doubling the previous daily maximum snowfall record
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SWIFT, TAYLOR, TICKETMASTER, APOLOGIZES
New York CNN Business —
Ticketmaster apologized to Taylor Swift and her fans late Friday night after a ticketing debacle this week that made it difficult for consumers to buy tickets to the pop star’s new tour.
“We want to apologize to Taylor and all of her
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ALITO, 2014, JUSTICE, SUPREME
ANALYSIS:
Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. denied Saturday a New York Times report alleging he leaked the results of the 2014 Hobby Lobby ruling, where the court said the feds couldn’t mandate corporations cover contraception under the Affordable
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KIM, JONG, MISSILE, DAUGHTER
North Korea unveiled Kim Jong Un's daughter at a missile launch site
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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has unveiled
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ARRESTED, THREATS, JEWISH, NEW
The authorities arrested two people on Saturday at New York’s Pennsylvania Station and seized a large hunting knife and an illegal firearm with a 30-round magazine in what they described as a “developing threat to the Jewish community.”
The New York Police
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CLIMATE, DEAL, SUMMIT, POISED
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Negotiators say they have struck a potential breakthrough deal on the thorniest issue of United Nations climate talks in Egypt: the creation of a fund for compensating poor nations that are victims of extreme weather worsened by
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UK, KYIV, SUNAK, TRIP
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised 125 anti-aircraft guns and other air-defense technology as he made an unannounced visit Saturday — his first — to Ukraine's snow-blanketed capital for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The air-defense
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BISHOP, PRIESTHOOD, ACCUSED, ALBANY
Albany bishop accused of abuse has asked the pope to remove him from the priesthood
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VATICAN CITY — The retired bishop of Albany, New York, who has admitted to covering up for predator priests
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WALKER, KEMP, HERSCHEL, DONALD
Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp hit the campaign trail with the state’s Republican Senate Candidate Herschel Walker as the two try to elect Walker in the upcoming Senate runoff race between the former NFL star and incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock.
"Look,
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NEW, MEXICO, DROP, GAME
New York tells schools to drop Native American mascots
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School districts across the state of New York are prohibited from using any Native American mascots, team names or logos.
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TRUMP, BARR, BILL, INCREASINGLY
Former Attorney General Bill Barr said Friday on PBS’s “Firing Line” that the Department of Justice seems to “have the basis for legitimately indicting” former President Donald Trump.
Partial transcript as follows:
BARR: If a former president commits a crime,
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POPE, BIRTHDAY, HOMETOWN, FATHER
PORTACOMARO, Itatly — Pope Francis returns to his father’s birthplace in northern Italy on Saturday for the first time since ascending the papacy to celebrate the 90th birthday of a second cousin who long knew him as simply “Giorgio.”
The visit to Francis’
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PLANE, CRASH, DOGS, LUCKY
The plane was carrying 53 shelter dogs when it crash-landed onto a golf course.
First responders who raced to the scene after a plane carrying more than 50 shelter dogs crash-landed onto a Wisconsin golf course this week have helped rescue the pets in more
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ALABAMA, LETHAL, INJECTION, EXECUTION
Alabama failed to complete an execution by lethal injection for a third time
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama's string of troubled lethal injections,
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FRIED, BANKMAN, SAM, FTX
After losing more than $1 billion of his customers’ money, the disgraced crypto titan Sam Bankman-Fried had just one thing to say.
“1) What.”
That inscrutable message, posted on Twitter last weekend, followed a cataclysmic week for the 30-year-old. FTX, the
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TWITTER, PUBLIC, SAFETY, ACCOUNTS
The Twitter splash page is seen on a digital device, Monday, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. On Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, Twitter continued to bleed engineers and other workers after new owner Elon Musk gave them a choice to pledge to “hardcore” work or resign
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USC, COLLEGE, PREVIEW, GAME
The Pac-12 has one final hope to be represented in the College Football Playoff as the conference hopes to end a five-year drought.
Currently sitting at 9-1 on the year, No. 7 USC almost assuredly needs to finish the season 12-1 and win the Pac-12 Championship
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GIANNIS, LADDER, ANTETOKOUNMPO, TOSSING
One of the NBA’s "nice guys" is dealing with his first controversy.
Following Milwaukee’s 110-102 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers Friday night , Giannis Antetokounmpo was seen on video shoving a ladder to the ground that arena workers had moved under the basketball
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IMMUNITY, BIDEN, GAVE, MBS
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Washington Post columnist David Ignatius reacted to the State Department backing immunity for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman from a lawsuit over the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi
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