Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, MARCH 4th 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
32 articles
TRUMP, CPAC, 2024, DESANTIS
Donald Trump is many things, but whatever he is, it’s not a Reagan Republican. Speaking in one of his trademark discursive speeches to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday night, Trump made clear how much his politics diverged from
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WILLIAMSON, MARIANNE, 2024, BIDEN
Just over a year ago, in January 2022, we shared news of loud rumblings from the progressive wing of the Democrat Party that President Joe Biden would not run unopposed in any reelection bid.
Now, that foreshadowing has come to fruition. ABC News reports that
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SIZEMORE, TOM, RYAN, PRIVATE
Directors, actors, friends and fans are paying tribute to Tom Sizemore on social media in the wake of the star’s death Friday following a brain aneurysm last month.
His massive talent was clear in films like “Heat” (1995) and “Saving Private Ryan” (1998),
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MARYLAND, TANKER, DRIVER, KILLS
A gas tanker caught fire Saturday in Frederick, Maryland, after a fiery crash, according to local reports.
The tanker truck exploded around 12:40 p.m. ET on U.S. Route 15 near a residential area, killing the driver, Fox 5 DC reports.
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MORANT, JA, GUN, GRIZZLIES
CNN —
The NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies announced Saturday Ja Morant “will be away from the team for at least the next two games,” after an Instagram Live post showed him holding what appeared to be a gun.
The league is investigating the star point guard and the
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ABORTION, SIGN, UTAH, CLINIC
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said Friday that he plans to sign a measure that would effectively ban abortion clinics from operating in the state, meaning hospitals will soon be the only places where they can be provided in the state.
After passing through the state
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MURDAUGH, ALEX, BUSTER, DAD
Buster Murdaugh, the sole surviving son of Alex Murdaugh, who was sentenced to life in prison Friday for murdering his wife and son, was calm and stoic during the trial and when he testified on behalf of his father.
But the 26-year-old has a wilder side that
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GOP, TEXAS, CENSURE, MARRIAGE
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, has attacked Texas while promoting his state in recent months as people flee his state.
Newsom has attacked Texas over its conservative values and laws on guns, abortion and taxes, even going so far as to put up billboards
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SCHOOL, SHOOTING, SECRET, MICHIGAN
Four students were killed in 2021 when a student opened fire at a high school.
A Michigan Circuit Court judge dismissed all lawsuits filed against the Oxford Community School District in connection with a 2021 school shooting at Oxford High, claiming that
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BAKHMUT, FLEE, UKRAINE, FIGHTING
KHROMOVE, Ukraine — Pressure mounted Saturday on Ukrainian troops and civilians hunkering down in Bakhmut, as Kyiv’s forces tried to help residents flee amid what Western analysts say may be preparations for a Ukrainian withdrawal from the eastern city that
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OHIO, TRAIN, SOUTHERN, NORFOLK
CNN —
A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in the Springfield, Ohio, area Saturday afternoon, prompting a shelter-in-place order for nearby residents – just one month after the company’s toxic train wreck on the other side of the state in East Palestine.
No
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HARRY, MARKLE, MEGHAN, PRINCE
Prince Harry's comments about Camilla during his press tour for "Spare" were reportedly the "final straw" that led to his and Meghan Markle's eviction from Frogmore Cottage.
Harry, 38, and Markle, 41, were asked to vacate the royal abode so that Prince Andrew
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COVID, LAB, LEAK, MEDIA
During a portion of an interview set to air on Sunday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Life Liberty and Levin” that was released on Friday, author and former New York Times Science Editor Nicholas Wade stated that the issue of the origin of COVID-19 became
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OLYMPIC, TICKET, START, SALES
The Olympic rings are seen on the Place du Trocadero that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, after the vote in Lima, Peru, awarding the 2024 Games to the French capital, in Paris, Sept. 13, 2017. Organizers of the Paris 2024 Olympics promised Games with a relatively
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POWER, DEAD, 10, STORM
Power crews were working Saturday to restore power to more than 1 million customers across the Great Lakes, South and mid-Atlantic states after a powerful winter storm made its way across the U.S.
Hundreds of thousands remained without power in Kentucky, Tennessee
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WARNINGS, BILL, TRIGGER, MAHER
“Real Time” host Bill Maher had some good points on his show this week. As we reported earlier, guest Russell Brand took MSNBC apart for its COVID hypocrisy.
Maher also noted how the COVID “dissenters” were “looking pretty good,” in light of greater recognition
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HEART, STUDY, ALTERNATIVE, RISK
A drug called bempedoic acid (brand name Nexletol) has been shown to be an effective alternative for lowering cholesterol and reducing heart attack risk, according to a major study published in The New England Journal of Medicine on Saturday.
Most cholesterol
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ARCHITECT, VI, TALKIE, OLY
Jay Bargmann, the vice president of Rafael Viñoly Architects said: "I'm incredibly proud of the integrity of the work our team has produced over many decades and on very complex projects, and I am honoured and humbled by our team's unwavering commitment during
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WOMAN, ALIVE, PUERTO, FOUND
A Pennsylvania woman who went missing more than 30 years ago and whose family believed she was dead has been found alive in Puerto Rico, resolving a decades-long mystery, the authorities said on Friday.
The woman, Patricia Kopta, now 83, was found on the island
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BIDEN, FAMILY, HOUSE, PROBE
A Treasury Department official is set to testify before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee in a public hearing next week as the panel steps up its probe into the Biden family.
Committee Chairman James Comer, Kentucky Republican, announced the
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CHASE, ELLIOTT, NASCAR, MISS
CNN —
NASCAR driver Chase Elliott will miss Sunday’s race in Las Vegas after injuring his leg while snowboarding in Colorado, Hendrick Motorsports has announced.
“Chase’s health is our primary concern,” Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports, said in
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TASK, REPARATIONS, FORCE, CALIFORNIANS
California's reparations task force still has not made key decisions about what reparations may look like or how much Black Californians may be paid
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Nearly two years into the California reparations task force’s work, the group still has
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TEXAS, CHILDREN, DEAD, INJURED
A Texas mother fatally stabbed three of her kids and wounded two others after a child services worker checked in on the family Friday, according to a report.
Sources told WFAA the mother attacked her young kids when a Child Protective Services worker arrived
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HUNGRY, GREEN, POT, TEXAS
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Tens of thousands of Texans from the bustling Dallas-Fort Worth area routinely drive across the Red River to gamble in glitzy, Las Vegas-style tribal casinos or to relax at cabins or swim and ski in lakes that dot southern Oklahoma.
Soon,
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