Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26th 2022
Updated 23:59 ET
34 articles
MUSK, ELON, TWITTER, BIDEN
President Biden said on Saturday that his family are "not having any" conversations about a potential 2024 presidential run while he is staying in Nantucket, Massachusetts, over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, saying they are celebrating instead.
Biden was
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CUP, WORLD, QATAR, LGBTQ
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Aside from the competition for the World Cup title, one of the most hotly contested issues in the tournament in Qatar is over rainbow colors.
In the first week of the tournament, seven European teams lost the battle to wear multi-colored
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CARA, IRENE, FAME, 63
NEW YORK — Oscar, Golden Globe and two-time Grammy winning singer-actress Irene Cara, who starred and sang the title cut from the 1980 hit movie “Fame” and then belted out the era-defining hit “Flashdance … What a Feeling” from 1983’s “Flashdance,” has died.
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PROTESTS, CHINA, COVID, XINJIANG
Beijing CNN —
Protests are erupting across China, including at universities and in Shanghai where hundreds chanted “Step down, Xi Jinping! Step down, Communist Party!” in an unprecedented show of defiance against the country’s stringent and increasingly costly
Continued at CNN...
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VENEZUELA, TALKS, RESUME, BIDEN
The Associated Press reports that the Joe Biden administration has moved to ease oil sanctions on Venezuela.
The move is part of U.S. support for the long-stalled joint talks resuming between the dictatorial Maduro regime and opposition leaders, as both sides
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TRUMP, FUENTES, NICK, LAGO
“Why wouldn’t I agree to meet?” Donald Trump said of his dinner with Kanye West.
Perhaps because Ye has been spewing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and said he was going to go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE”?
Maybe because he accosted Adidas officials with
Continued at New York Post...
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ISLAND, ITALIAN, LANDSLIDE, MISSING
Heavy rainfall triggered a massive landslide early Saturday on the southern Italian resort island of Ischia that destroyed buildings and swept parked cars into the sea, leaving at least one person dead and up to 12 missing.
The body of a woman was pulled from
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POLICE, FLORIDA, THOUGHT, DROWNING
A Florida driver was stopped from potentially mowing down joggers during the Coffee Pot Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving, the St. Petersburg Police Department (SPPD) said.
The incident happened Thursday morning as officers were parked with their emergency lights
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IDAHO, MURDERS, INVESTIGATORS, COLLEGE
MOSCOW, Idaho - EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Nearly two weeks after four college friends were found brutally stabbed to death at a rental house just yards away from the University of Idaho campus in Moscow, police have been working around the clock for days trying to
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HOUSE, MCCARTHY, MAYORKAS, RESIGN
House Republicans, who are just weeks away from taking control of the House of Representatives, are already indicating that border security and illegal immigration will be among the issues top of their agenda when they take the gavel early next year.
Republican
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JUDGE, DENIES, EXECUTION, NEW
A federal judge has denied a new trial request by two men convicted of conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
FILE - This file booking photo provided by the Delaware Department of Justice shows Barry Croft Jr. A federal judge has
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TAIWAN, PARTY, PRESIDENT, LEADER
Taiwan's president resigns as party leader after election losses
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as head of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party following local election
Continued at NPR...
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GEORGIA, WARNOCK, RUNOFF, WALKER
Republican Herschel Walker said during an interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Saturday that Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) is using a misleading campaign message about Walker’s hometown as a way to persuade voters to support Warnock.
Walker said the message,
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NYPD, TRACKS, SUBWAY, BYSTANDER
NYPD officers, bystander save man on subway tracks
Two New York City police officers and a bystander raced to save a man who fell on the tracks at a Manhattan subway station, plucking him out of the way of an oncoming train in a daring rescue captured by an
Continued at USA Today...
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LIONEL, WORLD, ARGENTINA, MESSI
LUSAIL, Qatar — As he wrapped Enzo Fernández tightly in his arms, Lionel Messi could not help it. His Argentina teammates were screaming, full pelt, toward them. At their back, the stands were melting into a writhing, bubbling soup of sky blue and white. Messi
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WEEKEND, WEATHER, POST, THANKSGIVING
CNN —
As well-fed holiday travelers pack their bags, hit the roads and squeeze into planes this weekend, widespread rain and snow could cause delays in the trip home.
Several weather systems are forecast to trouble regions of US on Saturday and Sunday, including
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PROFITING, WAR, UKRAINE, OFFICIALS
A collection of high-ranking European officials are fed up with the Biden administration for what they view as war profiteering during the conflict in Ukraine.
The comments come amid rising gas prices and mounting tension toward US legislation that offers
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BLACK, FRIDAY, ONLINE, SHOPPING
Shoppers returned to stores on Black Friday, with a strong increase in brick-and-mortar foot traffic and record online shopping that shows consumers have altered their approach the busiest spending season.
In person visits to stores edged up 2.9% on Black
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DIES, VLADIMIR, BELARUS, MINISTER
Belarus foreign minister Vladimir Makei died Saturday, according to a brief report from the Belarusian state media service Belta. He was 64.
Before joining the civil service, Makei had a military career in Soviet Belarus from 1980 to 1993 where he eventually
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FOODS, DECISION, LOBSTER, POLITICIANS
Whole Foods’ decision to stop selling Maine lobster has been cheered by environmental groups, but made politicians steaming mad.
The high-end grocery giant took lobster from the Gulf of Maine off the menu at hundreds of its stores nationwide, citing a pair
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GUARD, SHIP, COAST, CRUISE
A 28-year-old man who went overboard while on a Carnival cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard almost 20 hours after he was reported missing.
The guest, according to a representative with Carnival Cruise Line, was at a bar with
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CORONAVIRUS, SMALL, NOVEMBER, SPENDS
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In this episode of The Devastating Effects of Bidenomics on Hardworking Americans…
More than 40 percent of small business owners say they couldn’t
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LEADER, IRAN, PRAISES, QUASHING
CNN —
Iran’s Supreme Leader has praised the country’s Basij paramilitary force for its role in the deadly crackdown on anti-regime protesters.
Meeting with Basij personnel in Tehran Saturday, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described the popular protest movement as
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SKIN, AWARENESS, BEACH, CANCER
They bared it all for good cause.
Approximately 2,500 people took their clothes off in Australia to pose for a photo to raise awareness for skin cancer.
Photographer Spencer Tunick, who is known for his nude group shots in public places, took the snaps Saturday
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