Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11th 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
27 articles
BOWL, SUPER, EAGLES, CHIEFS
Former President Donald Trump took aim at pop star Rihanna ahead of her highly anticipated Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday.
“Without her ‘Stylist’ she’d be NOTHING. Bad everything, and NO TALENT!” Trump fumed on Truth Social.
The dig against the 34-year-old
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OBJECT, CANADA, SHOT, ALASKA
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday that on his order a U.S. warplane shot down an unidentified object that was flying high over northern Canada, acting a day after U.S. planes took similar action over Alaska.
Shortly before Trudeau’s tweet,
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TOLL, DEATH, TOPS, 000
Rescuers in Turkey pulled a family of five to safety on Saturday after they had spent five days in their collapsed home following an earthquake that is responsible for the deaths nearly 25,000 people in Turkey and Syria.
The mother and daughter, Havva and
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NEW, SCHOOL, YEAR, BAN
Authorities have filed charges against four students over a recorded attack against a 14-year-old New Jersey student in the hallway of her school
BAYVILLE, N.J. -- Four students have been charged after a recorded attack against a 14-year-old New Jersey student
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POST, REP, WASHINGTON, LUNA
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As we’ve reported, The Washington Post wrote a hit piece Friday claiming freshman Florida GOP Representative Anna Paulina Luna didn’t “embrace”
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TRUMP, CLASSIFIED, TEAM, BIDEN
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have in recent months voluntarily turned over to federal investigators additional papers marked as classified, as well as a laptop belonging to a Trump aide, a person familiar with the situation said
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LEAK, FUEL, LOS, ANGELES
A leak Thursday at a pumping station in Long Beach, California owned by fuel company Kinder Morgan has since led to the shutdown of gas deliveries via two pipelines from the Los Angeles area to Las Vegas and Phoenix.
Friday night, Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo
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PLANE, BUS, AIRPORT, LOS
Plane-bus collision at LA airport injures five
A jet being towed on a taxiway collided with a bus at Los Angeles International Airport late Friday, injuring five people. (Feb. 11)
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CHINESE, BALLOON, BLACKLISTS, PROGRAM
The U.S. Commerce Department on Friday announced sanctions against six Chinese aerospace companies in connection with the Chinese spy balloon that U.S. military officials shot down last weekend after it traversed U.S. airspace.
The six companies were added
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COMMUNIST, LEADER, EAST, GERMANY
Hans Modrow, who served as East Germany's last communist leader during a turbulent tenure that ended in the country's first and only free election, has died. He was 95.
Modrow died early Saturday, the Left party parliamentary group tweeted.
Modrow, a reform-minded
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WATER, ADVISORY, CURIOSITY, EVIDENCE
Once again, residents of Flint, Michigan found themselves in a water crisis after the city announced a boil water advisory following a major water main break.
The city announced the water boil advisory for drinking and cooking on Friday morning after a 24-inch
Continued at New York Post...
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OFFICER, INMATE, PRISON, BEATING
Years before Memphis Police officer Demetrius Haley pulled Tyre Nichols from his car on Jan. 7, setting in motion a deadly confrontation, Haley was accused of taking part in the savage beating of an inmate at a county prison.
The 2015 assault of the inmate
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WAGNER, YEARS, UKRAINE, WAR
The owner of the Russian Wagner Group private military contractor actively involved in the fighting in Ukraine has predicted that the war could drag on for years
KYIV, Ukraine -- The owner of the Russian Wagner Group private military contractor actively involved
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TORONTO, AFFAIR, MAYOR, STAFFER
A Canadian mayor abruptly left his post Friday just one hour after a local newspaper exposed his affair with a staffer more than half his age.
Toronto Mayor John Tory, 68, admitted to having a relationship with a 31-year-old advisor and said he was stepping
Continued at New York Post...
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EYEING, WHITE, SCHOOLS, REPUBLICANS
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump has called for parents to elect and fire school principals. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has banned instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. And Nikki Haley, the former
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STATE, GOP, LEGISLATURES, BIG
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis kicked off the state fair in Tampa, Florida, this week and took some time with his family to enjoy rides, games, snacks and mingling with other Floridians.
The Thursday outing included First Lady Casey DeSantis, DeSantis'
Continued at Fox News...
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IRAN, REVOLUTION, ANNIVERSARY, ISLAMIC
Iran on Saturday celebrated the 44th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution amid nationwide anti-government protests and heightened tensions with the West.
Thousands of Iranians marched through major streets and squares decorated with flags, balloons and
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MURDAUGH, TAKEAWAYS, TRIAL, ALEX
From left, Alex Murdaugh, Maggie Fox, Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin talk while on a break during Murdaugh’s double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, in Walterboro, S.C. Murdaugh is standing trial on two counts of murder
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MIGRANT, APPREHENSIONS, BIDEN, DROP
President Joe Biden’s parole pipeline sent more than 11,600 border crossers from a handful of Caribbean countries into American cities and towns last month, new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) figures reveal.
The data, published on Friday evening to
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SECURITY, SOCIAL, INTRODUCES, CUT
Republicans say they won't cut Social Security. So why does it keep coming up?
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There's a saying that Social Security is the third rail of American politics.
That still holds
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FAMILY, ROBBERY, BAKER, KILLED
Family and friends of Jen Angel — a 48-year-old woman who died on Thursday as a result of injuries sustained days earlier during a violent robbery in Oakland, CA — urged authorities not to pursue “traditional prosecution” against anyone charged with crimes
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PENCE, SUBPOENA, SET, PRIVILEGE
The Pence subpoena could set up a showdown over executive privilege
Enlarge this image toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
The subpoena of former Vice President Mike Pence by the Department of Justice could set
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FETTERMAN, HOSPITAL, DOWNPLAYED, WEEK
Sen. John Fetterman's, D-Pa., recent hospitalization, along with a New York Times story about struggles with his stroke recovery, has renewed the questions about his ability to serve in the Senate that were brushed off during the campaign.
Fetterman suffered
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MARCH, MILLION, PENSION, AGE
Protesters rally against French President Macron's plan to raise the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 in Paris. Firas Abdullah/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
PARIS (AP) — Police were out in force across France on Saturday as protesters held a sometimes
Continued at Huffington Post...