Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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LAKE, ARIZONA, KARI, JUDGE
An Arizona judge has ruled against Republican Kari Lake's election challenge, effectively confirming Democrat Secretary of State Katie Hobbs as the state's next governor Saturday.
Fox 10 Phoenix first reported the news Christmas Eve.
Lake has until 5 p.m.
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KHERSON, 10, UKRAINE, DEAD
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian shells pummeled the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Saturday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 55 in the city that Moscow’s troops were forced to abandon last month.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, just back
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TALIBAN, NGOS, BAN, WOMEN
In yet another crackdown on women, Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Saturday told all non-governmental organizations in the country to suspend their female employees – supposedly because some of them wore the Islamic headscarf incorrectly.
It was not immediately
Continued at New York Post...
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CHRISTMAS, POLL, DAY, HOLIDAY
CNN —
The familiar tunes of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” transport us. The opening measures make us children again, abed after Christmas dinner as the subtle sounds of the record player waft in from another room.
Though the beloved television special is unquestionably
Continued at CNN...
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BILL, GOP, REP, SPENDING
President Biden signed a short-term bill Friday intended to ensure the government remains functioning ahead of the upcoming $1.7 trillion spending bill.
The short-term bill postpones the deadline for funding until Dec. 30, giving the White House breathing
Continued at Fox News...
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PARIS, POLICE, CLASH, SHOOTING
PARIS (AP) — Kurdish activists, left-wing politicians and anti-racism groups demonstrated Saturday in Paris after three people were killed at a Kurdish cultural center in an attack that prosecutors say was racially motivated.
The shooting in a bustling neighborhood
Continued at Washington Times...
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TWITTER, FILES, CIA, LATEST
Matt Taibbi, who released the original Twitter files, has dropped a continuation of his deep dive into the censorship regime under the company’s old leadership.
Past drops have shown us that the FBI was intimately involved in policing free speech on the platform,
Continued at Red State...
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SANTA, EVE, CHRISTMAS, NORAD
Santa Claus is coming to town – and you can use a couple different tools to track him.
NORAD and Google both offer tracking services for Saint Nick's whereabouts on Christmas Eve.
Here's how to follow Santa as he travels around the world.
He's making a list
Continued at USA Today...
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TRUMP, HOUSE, TRANSCRIPT, JAN
The House Jan. 6th committee released its final report this week The House Jan. 6th committee released its final report this week. It included additional evidence and detailed descriptions of the plan to overturn the 2020 election results.
National The House
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FOUND, BABY, ARRESTED, OHIO
The Thomas family's joyous screams rang throughout the cold Thursday night air, and across a Lowes parking lot in Whitehall, Ohio, as family and search party members got the Christmas miracle news.
Kason Thomas, a missing 5-month-old Columbus twin, had been
Continued at USA Today...
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HARRIS, FRANCO, STEELERS, HONOR
The Pittsburgh Steelers retired the No. 32 of Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris during a bittersweet halftime ceremony
PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Steelers retired Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris' No. 32 during a bittersweet ceremony on Saturday
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COVID, 19, NOTES, LEAKED
Health workers in China estimate that 250 million people, or 18% of its 1.4 billion population, were infected with COVID-19 in the past 20 days.
Sun Yang, a deputy director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, during a clandestine meeting,
Continued at Newsmax...
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PEL, HOSPITAL, SAO, GATHERS
Family members of Brazilian soccer great Pelé are gathering at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo where the 82-year-old global icon has been since the end of November.
Doctors said earlier this week that Pelé’s cancer had advanced, adding the three-time
Continued at Newsmax...
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CHILDREN, HOSPITAL, CHRISTMAS, BIDEN
Americans in Nashville shared the one thing they want from President Biden for Christmas, ranging from brokering peace to fixing the economy. But many said their Christmas wish was for the president's resignation.
"I’d tell him to retire — now," Ray, visiting
Continued at Fox News...
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POPE, CHRISTMAS, HUNGRY, JESUS
Rome CNN —
Pope Francis asked people this Christmas to “do something good,” during his homily at Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Saturday.
“God does not want appearances, but concreteness,” the Pope said.
“May we not let this Christmas
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EL, PASO, MIGRANTS, CRUSHING
Migrants warmed by the community as freezing temperatures linger in El Paso
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EL PASO, Texas – In some ways it feels like it could be any other Christmas in El Paso. Families who live
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TWITTER, MUSK, SUICIDE, ELON
Elon Musk officially denied a report that Twitter under his management had shut down a feature intended to prevent suicide by users of the platform.
“False, it is still there,” Musk said Saturday in response to a Reuters article this week which broke the story,
Continued at New York Post...
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DEFENSE, TAIWAN, JETS, CHINA
Several Chinese aircraft and naval vessels neared Taiwan early Saturday morning, prompting the Taiwanese defense ministry to scrambled fighter jets and ready its missile defense system, officials said.
The Ministry of National Defense for the Taiwan government,
Continued at Fox News...
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MIGRANTS, NOVEMBER, NUMBER, RECORD
Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 409,000 migrants during the first two months of the new fiscal year. In addition, Border Patrol officials told Breitbart Texas that nearly 140,000 migrants were classified as got-aways.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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CONGRESSIONAL, TILL, EMMETT, GOLD
Emmett Till and his mother honored with the Congressional Gold Medal
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Congress is posthumously awarding Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, the Congressional
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DELIVERY, STORM, MAIL, WINTER
FedEx and UPS announced mail delivery could be interrupted by the massive winter storm moving across the U.S. after key distribution hubs were blasted by the severe weather conditions.
On Friday, FedEx posted a statement to its website warning those who used
Continued at New York Post...
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SLIDING, VIDEO, SHOWS, CAR
Winter weather in Seattle, Washington created dangerous driving conditions as one video shows a car sliding down a street and crashing into multiple vehicles.
The area was hit with freezing rain on Friday, which left roads slippery and dangerous to travel
Continued at Fox News...