Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30th 2022
Updated 23:59 ET
38 articles
IDAHO, SUSPECT, STUDENTS, KOHBERGER
The man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death last month has been arrested and will be extradited from Pennsylvania to face charges, police said.
In a news conference in Moscow, Idaho, on Friday, authorities said Bryan Christopher
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TRUMP, TAX, RETURNS, RELEASED
A House committee is set to release six years of Donald Trump’s tax returns on Friday, pulling back the curtain on financial records that the former president fought for years to keep secret.
The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee voted last
Continued at New York Post...
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YEAR, NEW, WORST, 2008
New York opens its first legal recreational marijuana dispensary
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NEW YORK — The first legal dispensary for recreational marijuana in New York rung up its first sales on Thursday, opening
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TATE, ANDREW, ROMANIA, TRAFFICKING
Andrew Tate, a divisive social media personality and former professional kickboxer, was detained in Romania late Thursday on charges of human trafficking and rape, according to local media reports.
Tate, a British-U.S. citizen who previously was banned from
Continued at Newsmax...
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HOUSE, MCCARTHY, SPEAKER, KEVIN
CNN —
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy has offered a key concession to critics of his bid for the House speakership during private conversations this week: reducing the threshold that is required to force a floor vote on ousting the sitting speaker,
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SOUTH, KOREA, ROCKET, SCARE
Yes, I already started
Yes, I do every year
No, I know I can't keep up with it
No, I don't have anything to improve
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SOUTHWEST, NORMAL, AIRLINES, CEO
After more than 15,000 flights were canceled over the Christmas holiday, leaving thousands of travelers in a lurch, Southwest Airlines says it's finally catching up.
The airline said it plans to resume normal operations Friday with "minimal disruptions." In
Continued at ABC...
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PUTIN, UKRAINE, RUSSIA, XI
Russia and China have committed to strengthening ties between the two countries despite Moscow’s failure to quickly and effectively end its invasion of Ukraine, which may strain Beijing in the coming months.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President
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BARBARA, WALTERS, 93, JOURNALIST
Barbara Walters, who broke barriers for women as the first female co-host of the “Today” show and the first female anchor of a network evening news program, and who as an interviewer of celebrities became one herself, helping to blur the line between news and
Continued at New York Times...
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COVID, CHINA, ARRIVALS, JAPAN
MADRID (AP) – Spain will require all air passengers coming from China to have negative COVID-19 tests or proof of vaccination, the government said Friday.
Health Minister Carolina Darías told reporters that Spain would be pushing for similar measures at a
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PARDONS, BIDEN, DRUG, MURDER
KINGSHILL, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — President Joe Biden has pardoned six people who have served out sentences after convictions on a murder charge and drug- and alcohol-related crimes, including an 80-year-old woman convicted of killing her abusive husband
Continued at Huffington Post...
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TRUMP, FINALIZES, ERA, EPA
A great egret flies above a great blue heron in a wetland inside the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge in Trenton, Mich., on Oct. 7, 2022. President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday, Dec. 30, announced a finalized rule for federal protection of
Continued at Chicago Tribune...
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CHINESE, JET, FEET, AIR
US officials say this Chinese jet got so close to an American military plane that the US pilot had to perform evasive manoeuvers while flying in international airspace over the South China Sea in order to avoid a collision.
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YEAR, NEW, EVE, WEATHER
(The Associated Press) The world population is projected to be 7.9 billion people on New Year’s Day 2023, with 73.7 million people added since New Year’s Day 2022, the U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday.
That marks a 0.9% increase in the world population over
Continued at Breitbart...
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DEPUTY, SHOT, CALIFORNIA, TRAFFIC
A Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed Thursday afternoon during a traffic stop near the 3900 block of Golden West Avenue.
FOX News reports deputy Isaiah Cordero was walking toward a vehicle during the traffic stop when the driver, 54-year-old
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GINNI, THOMAS, ELECTION, REGRETS
Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the conservative activist married to controversial Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, admitted in a deposition held earlier this year that she did not have any evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential election, a transcript
Continued at Huffington Post...
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ABORTION, ARIZONA, LAW, COURT
PHOENIX — An Arizona court has ruled that abortion doctors cannot be prosecuted under a pre-statehood law that criminalizes nearly all abortions yet was barred from being enforced for decades.
But the Arizona Court of Appeals on Friday declined to repeal the
Continued at New York Post...
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MEADOWS, FRAUD, VOTER, MARK
Mark Meadows, chief of staff to then-President Donald Trump, and his wife, Debra, will not face charges in North Carolina regarding alleged voter fraud in the 2020 election.
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, a Democrat, said Friday there was insufficient
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BIDEN, 2022, JOE, 25
President Biden on Friday declined to comment on his deliberations about running for reelection in 2024 amid expectations that he would come to a final decision over the holidays.
Mr. Biden was asked by reporters whether he had been having discussions about
Continued at Washington Times...
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RONALDO, SAUDI, CRISTIANO, SIGNS
CNN —
Famed Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr, the team announced on social media Friday.
The club tweeted a picture of Ronaldo holding up a yellow No. 7 Al Nassr jersey and said: “History in the making. This is
Continued at CNN...
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BRAZIL, BOLSONARO, FLORIDA, LULA
President Jair Bolsonaro left Brazil for the United States on Friday, 48 hours before his leftist rival President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was set to take office, saying in a teary goodbye speech he had "lost a battle but not the war."
Bolsonaro, who
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BENEDICT, MASS, VATICAN, STABLE
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is “stable,” the official Vatican News agency reported Friday, hours before a special Mass was to be said in Rome for his health.
Matteo Bruni, the Vatican’s spokesman, said the 95-year-old former pontiff had “a good rest” Thursday
Continued at Washington Times...
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SANTOS, LIE, GEORGE, BIDEN
Democrat Robert Zimmerman, who lost to lie-covered Rep.-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.) in November, joked about his former opponent’s fib-filled campaign trail as he called for the House Ethics Committee to investigate him on Thursday (You can listen to his remarks
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BRIAN, QUEEN, KNIGHTHOOD, CLOUT
LONDON -- Queen guitarist Brian May is now a “Sir.”
May, who also has a doctorate in astrophysics and is an animal welfare advocate, received a knighthood Friday as part of the U.K.'s annual New Year's Honors list. The Queen guitarist, who was honored for
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