Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12th 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
77 articles
BOWL, SUPER, EAGLES, CHIEFS
Rufus Peabody plans to bet more than $1 million on this weekend’s Super Bowl, but he won’t be wagering on who will win the game.
“That’s essentially a coin flip,” he explained.
Peabody is an economics graduate of Yale University who used to work as a consultant
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OBJECT, UNIDENTIFIED, SHOT, HURON
The United States military on Sunday shot down an unidentified flying object over Michigan, the fourth U.S. military shoot-down in eight days.
North American Defense Command (NORAD) said in a statement:
Today at 2:42 p.m., at the direction of President Biden,
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CHINA, SOUTH, SEA, DRILLS
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are holding drills in the South China Sea at a time of heightened tensions with Beijing over the shooting down of a suspected Chinese spy balloon
BEIJING -- The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are holding joint exercises in the South
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TURKEY, BUILDING, CONTRACTORS, QUAKE
ANTAKYA, Turkey — Turkish justice officials targeted more than 130 people allegedly involved in shoddy and illegal construction methods as rescuers extricated more survivors, including a pregnant woman and two small children, six days after a pair of earthquakes
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RIHANNA, BOWL, SUPER, SHOW
Rihanna performs during the halftime show at the NFL Super Bowl 57 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023, in Glendale, Ariz. (Ross D. Franklin/AP)
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Rihanna was pregnant with her second
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SCHUMER, BALLOONS, OBJECTS, SPY
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., argued Sunday that the downed Chinese spy balloon carrying sensors and surveillance equipment last weekend off the coast of South Carolina was an embarrassment and a "real setback" for the Communist country, even
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LAKE, MICHIGAN, AIRSPACE, FAA
The US government briefly banned civilian aircraft from flying over northern Lake Michigan on Sunday as tensions remain high from the Chinese spy balloon scandal.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command said it “implemented a temporary flight restriction
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DE, SOUL, LA, TRUGOY
CNN —
David Jude Jolicoeur, better known under stage name Trugoy the Dove as one third of iconic rap trio De La Soul, has died.
The news was confirmed to CNN via Tony Ferguson, the music group’s publicist. Jolicoeur was 54 years old. Ferguson said Jolicoeur’s
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SCHOOL, NEW, ADRIANA, KUCH
Dozens of students walked out of their New Hampshire school after the district banned urinals in a compromise to a proposal that would have blocked children from using facilities based on their gender identity.
The school board decided a few days before the
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POPE, BISHOP, NICARAGUAN, FRANCIS
Pope Francis on Sunday expressed sadness and worry at the news that Roman Catholic Bishop Rolando Álvarez, an outspoken critic of the Nicaraguan government, had been sentenced to 26 years in prison in the latest move against the Catholic Church and gov...
MEXICO
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BOWL, SUPER, ADS, MIXED
A scene from the 30-second Super Bowl ad created by the Servant Foundation for its “He Gets Us” campaign.
Between the chip ads, beer stunts and celebrity cameos, two ads with a different kind of message are appearing during the Super Bowl: spots for the “He
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BIDEN, CHRISTIE, BIG, ARCHIVES
According to emails revealed under a FOIA request, the National Archives looked into even more locations than we have been told for Biden documents.
The email communication exchange starting Nov. 7, 2022 (the day before the election) — between National Archives
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MONTANA, AIRSPACE, SHUT, ANOMALY
The confusion of the Biden administration seems to continue.
While NORAD issued a statement last night saying there was an “anomaly” and they said they didn’t see anything when they went to look, now we’re hearing on Sunday that they are saying that the object
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RUN, 2024, SUBPOENA, MIKE
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Sunday that President Joe Biden intends to run for re-election in 2024.
Asked by host Jonathan Capehart on MSNBC’s "The Sunday Show" whether an official announcement will be made soon on a Biden-Harris 2024
Continued at Fox News...
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SANTOS, SWALWELL, VETTING, REFERENCES
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., seemingly referenced claims of Rep. George Santos', R-N.Y., stunts as a drag queen in Brazil in a tweet ahead of Super Bowl LVII.
"Does anyone have the set list for George Santos’s Super Bowl halftime performance?,"
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WOUNDED, 12, MASS, SHOOTING
Police in Louisiana’s capital city have arrested two people for a mass shooting that left 12 others wounded at a nightclub in January
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Police in Louisiana's capital city have arrested two people for a mass shooting that left 12 others wounded
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COMMERCIAL, BOWL, SUPER, NEW
Blake Lively's newest Betty Buzz commercial is poking fun at some iconic Super Bowl ads.
Lively, the founder of the mixer brand, stars in the vintage "rough-and-tough" commercial, which is a spoof of a classic beer ad. The Betty Buzz commercial first aired
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JOHNSON, RON, BIDEN, DETACHED
President Joe Biden is "detached from reality" and "delusional" about the threat posed by China as well as its use of spy balloons, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., told Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures."
"He's detached from reality," Johnson said of Biden. "He's
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TIMING, CHINA, COINCIDENCE, REP
China intended to send a message to the U.S. with the timing of its spy craft incursion just days before Secretary of State Tony Blinken was scheduled to travel to China, Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis, said Sunday.
Gallagher argues the spy craft's timing was
Continued at Fox News...
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JIM, JORDAN, VOTE, AMERICANS
Rep. Jim Jordan, a Republican from Ohio, caused a stir on Twitter Friday night after he said Democrats in Washington D.C. were "ridiculous" to support a decision allowing non-citizens the opportunity to vote.
"Only Americans should vote in American elections,"
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EAST, RUSSIA, SHELL, GRINDING
Russian forces over the weekend continued to shell Ukrainian cities amid a grinding push to seize more land in the east of the country, with Ukrainian officials saying that Moscow is having trouble launching its much-anticipated large-scale offensive there.
One
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BRAZIL, BOLSONARO, RETURN, WEEKS
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro said on Saturday he plans to return to Brazil "in the coming weeks," after having spent more than a month in the United States.
Bolsonaro flew to Florida two days before incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn
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LEBRON, REACTION, YOUNG, JAMES
CNN —
Once LeBron James had strolled onto the court and taken his seat in the crowd, it took a split second for the young fan sitting next to him to recognize who she was sitting next to.
But when she did, 12-year-old Gaia couldn’t contain her excitement.
As
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GRINER, PHOENIX, BRITTNEY, WM
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — WNBA star Brittney Griner attended the WM Phoenix Open golf tournament Saturday in her second public appearance since her release from a Russian prison.
Griner was part of a crowd of about 200,000 fans at the tournament, watching the
Continued at Huffington Post...