Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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CUP, WORLD, CROATIA, MOROCCO
“Muchachos”: Argentina fans' World Cup anthem
“Muchachos” has become a hugely popular unofficial anthem of Argentine fans at the World Cup. The song was written by a fan and includes references to soccer greats Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi. It also mentions
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EUTHANIZED, MOUNTAIN, LION, 22
An iconic Los Angeles mountain lion captured earlier this week for a health assessment was euthanized Saturday, wildlife authorities said.
The mountain lion, known as P-22, which lived in and around Los Angeles’ Griffith Park, had severe injuries and was experiencing
Continued at New York Post...
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TITLE, 42, EMERGENCY, DECLARES
The policy is set to be rolled back next Wednesday.
The Department of Homeland Security expects an increase in migration with the rollback of Title 42, according to a DHS Intelligence and Analysis bulletin obtained by ABC News.
Title 42 is the Trump era policy,
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TRUMP, MCCARTHY, SPEAKER, 2024
Former President Donald Trump’s release of his digital trading cards is raising red flags about his focus on his 2024 presidential bid and questions about whether he needs to surround himself with a better team.
What is unique about the latest round of criticism
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NEW, THOUSANDS, WINTER, YORK
CNN —
After a nor’easter dropped more than a foot of snow across many parts of interior New England, more is on its way Saturday as officials warn of dangerous travel conditions the weekend before Christmas.
The storm – part of a weather system that upended
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BORDER, TEXAS, SURGE, MIGRANTS
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents saved a migrant from drowning in the Rio Grande. Other migrants escaped by swimming back to Mexico.
Laredo Sector Chief Patrol Agent Carl E. Landrum tweeted a photo of marine unit agents reducing a migrant who nearly drowned
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ACTRESS, IRAN, OSCAR, WINNING
Taraneh Alidoosti poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'Leila's Brothers' at the 75th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Iranian authorities arrested Alidoosti, one of the country’s most
Continued at Chicago Tribune...
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VIKINGS, COMEBACK, COLTS, WIN
The Minnesota Vikings entered Saturday’s game at home with a lot in their favor. One more win clinched an NFC North title and a trip to the playoffs. They were also facing a team that averaged 16 points per game.
The Vikings lost last week to the Detroit Lions,
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SAM, FRIED, BANKMAN, DONATIONS
Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced cryptocurrency executive, is expected to agree to extradition to the United States, according to a person briefed on the matter, as he faces charges that he orchestrated a yearslong fraud culminating last month in the collapse
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FOUND, ARRESTED, ARKANSAS, HUMAN
A Kansas man was arrested for the kidnapping of a 14-year-old girl who went missing from her home in Arkansas early last month.
The White County Sheriff’s Office in Arkansas contacted Wichita Police in Kansas shortly after midnight on Wednesday to report that
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MAYOR, TRACKING, DEVICE, RENO
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Reno mayor Hillary Schieve is suing a private investigator and his company after finding a device attached to her vehicle that was capable of tracking its real-time location.
The lawsuit, first reported by The Nevada Independent on Thursday,
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RUSSIAN, PULLED, UKRAINE, RUBBLE
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Emergency crews pulled the body of a toddler from the rubble in a pre-dawn search Saturday for survivors of a Russian missile strike that tore through an apartment building in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih.
The missile was one
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HIGH, SCHOOL, DEAD, SHOT
Two teenagers were fatally shot Friday by a masked gunman who opened fire outside a Chicago high school.
The boys, 14 and 15, were declared dead at a local hospital. Two other teenagers, a boy and girl, were injured but expected to survive, according to officials.
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DONALD, TRUMP, COMMITTEE, DEAN
The Jan. 6 committee will take up criminal referrals against Donald Trump
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The House Select Jan. 6 Committee will take up criminal referrals against former President Donald
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ID, COURT, VOTER, NORTH
North Carolina’s Supreme Court rejected a state voter ID requirement, citing that it was unconstitutional and carried an intentionally racially discriminatory motive.
The state’s high court made a 4-3 decision on Friday to side with a lower court ruling that
Continued at Washington Times...
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JUDGE, SHOOTING, CLUB, WARNED
A judge dismissed the 2021 kidnapping case against the Colorado gay nightclub shooter even though she had previously raised concerns about the defendant stockpiling weapons and explosives and planning a shootout, court transcripts obtained Friday by The Associated
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SHIRLEY, EIKHARD, TALK, SONGWRITER
Shirley Eikhard, the singer-songwriter who penned Bonnie Raitt's 1991 hit ‘Something to Talk About,’ has died. She was 67.
Eikhard's publicist Eric Alper confirmed her death to the Associated Press, telling the outlet that she passed away on Thursday due to
Continued at Fox News...
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UKRAINE, RESTORE, WATER, MISSILE
Ukraine worked Saturday to restore electricity and water supplies after Russia's latest wave of attacks pitched multiple cities into darkness and forced people to endure sub-zero temperatures without heating or running water.
The volley of missiles unleashed
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POLL, AMERICANS, JOE, CONCERNED
Four in ten Americans believe the world is in the last days, a Pew Research survey found.
Of those surveyed, 39 percent expressed the belief that humanity is living in the end times, and of those, 14 percent believe that “Jesus will return to Earth someday”
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COLLEGE, OBERLIN, BAKERY, DEFAMATION
Oberlin College in Ohio has paid out over $36 million to Gibson’s Bakery and Food Mart after years of attempting to overturn a jury decision which found the college defamed the local bakery.
In 2016, Allyn Gibson, the son of Gibson’s Bakery and Food Mart owners
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YEAR, BOY, POLICE, UGANDA
A two-year-old boy is safe and has made a full recovery after a brave bystander rescued him from the jaws of an angry hippopotamus. The boy was nearly swallowed whole before he was rescued, Uganda police said.
The hippo attack occurred on Dec. 4, at around
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FATHER, SHOOTING, JULY, SUSPECT
A judge on Saturday set bond at $50,000 for the father of an Illinois man charged with killing seven people at a July 4 parade who is accused of helping his son get a gun license years before the shooting on a suburban Chicago main street.
Robert Crimo Jr.,
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RECORD, TSA, FIREARMS, 2022
As of Friday, the Transportation Security Administration had intercepted 6,301 firearms at airport security this year, breaking the previous record set in 2021 when 5,972 guns were seized, the agency announced.
Of the 6,301 firearms intercepted from flier’s
Continued at Washington Times...