Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, MARCH 19th 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
48 articles
TRUMP, DA, MANHATTAN, ARREST
Mr. Trump’s most influential online allies disseminated the message fast and deep into right-wing online networks. Jack Posobiec, a far-right political activist with a large social-media following, was especially vocal in the pressure campaign.
“I’m taking
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SUISSE, CREDIT, UBS, BANK
Credit Suisse is reportedly pushing back against a $1 billion acquisition offer from UBS.
The UBS offer, made on Sunday, was for 0.25 Swiss francs per share to be paid in stock, according to reports in the financial media. Shares of Credit Suisse were trading
Continued at Breitbart...
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PUTIN, MARIUPOL, OCCUPIED, VISITS
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the occupied port city of Mariupol, Russian state news agencies reported Sunday, his first trip to the Ukrainian territory that Moscow illegally annexed in September.
Earlier, on Saturday, Putin
Continued at Huffington Post...
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KOREA, NORTH, MISSILE, SOUTH
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Monday described its latest ballistic missile launch as a simulated nuclear attack on South Korea as leader Kim Jong Un called for his nuclear forces to sharpen their war readiness in the face of his rival’s expanding military
Continued at Washington Times...
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TRUMP, PENCE, MIKE, PEOPLE
CNN —
Former President Donald Trump and E. Jean Carroll have agreed to combine two upcoming trials next month regarding Carroll’s claim that Trump raped her in the mid-1990s.
In a joint court filing Friday, lawyers said they wanted to hold the trial April
Continued at CNN...
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MIAMI, SPRING, BEACH, CURFEW
Gunfire erupted in an area of Miami Beach crowded with people on spring break, killing one person, wounding another and sending dozens scrambling for safety, police said.
Two males were shot Friday night, and one person was detained at the scene, the Miami
Continued at New York Post...
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BIDEN, REP, COMER, CHINA
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., shared with "Sunday Morning Futures" host Maria Bartiromo the latest on the House's investigations into the Biden family business dealings, including bank records of deals with business partners. Rep. Comer warned of bad news for the
Continued at Fox News...
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CHINA, XI, VISIT, TRIP
Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou will visit China this month, his office said on Sunday, the first time a former or current Taiwanese leader has visited since the defeated Republic of China government fled to the island in 1949.
The trip will be at a time
Continued at Newsmax...
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PILOTS, RATES, CANCER, MILITARY
A Pentagon study has found high rates of cancer among military pilots and, for the first time, shows that ground crews who fuel, maintain and launch those aircraft are also getting sick
WASHINGTON -- A Pentagon study has found high rates of cancer among military
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CRASH, KILLED, NEW, YORK
Five children ranging in age from 8 to 17 years old died in a fiery early morning crash in New York on Sunday.
Their vehicle veered off the Hutchinson River Parkway in Scarsdale, crashed into a tree and caught fire, police said.
The only survivor, a 9-year-old
Continued at USA Today...
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IRAQ, WAR, YEARS, LOST
President George W. Bush addresses the nation about U.S. attacks on Iraq from the Oval Office on March 19, 2003. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images
Paul Wolfowitz walked among the tombstones of the Iraq war dead. among the tombstones of the Iraq war dead. It
Continued at The Intercept...
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16, SWEET, STATE, ADVANCE
Dylan Disu had a season-high 28 points on 14-for-20 shooting, steadying Texas down the stretch after a late Penn State surge and leading the Longhorns to their first regional in 15 years with a 71-66 victory in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday
Continued at Fox News...
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SHARKS, JERSEY, PRIDE, REIMER
The alphabet mafia, those lovely people preaching tolerance and acceptance for all except anyone disagreeing with them on any given point as these cretins must be drawn and quartered, have found a new target to tackle. This time around, it is San Jose Sharks
Continued at Red State...
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REPARATIONS, CALIFORNIA, FRANCISCO, HELPED
Meanwhile, let’s check in on the recent haps in the wokest state in America…
First, as we recently reported, San Francisco is poised to hand out $5 million in pretend “reparations” — taxpayer money — to every black resident of the city. And California was
Continued at Red State...
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WORLD, CLASSIC, BASEBALL, ASTROS
Houston Astros star Jose Altuve left Saturday night’s World Baseball Classic game after he took a pitch to the hand and the team fears he possibly broke his thumb.
Altuve, who was playing for Venezuela, suffered the injury in the 9-7 loss to the United States.
Continued at Fox News...
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MURDAUGH, EXHUMED, BODY, YEARS
The body of a teenager found dead near the Murdaugh estate in 2015 will be exhumed
The family of a teenager who was found dead eight years ago on a road near the hunting estate of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh says they're going to exhume
Continued at NPR...
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COLORADO, SKIERS, KILLED, AVALANCHES
Two people were killed and four others were caught in two separate avalanches in Colorado since Friday, the authorities said.
The Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office said on Sunday on Facebook that an avalanche in the Maroon Bowl area of Highland Peak outside the
Continued at New York Times...
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DESANTIS, UKRAINE, GRAHAM, CHINESE
Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis saying Ukraine is a mere "territorial dispute" and not "vital" national interest to the U.S. has Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., calling him out for "taking the Chinese position."
"Gov. DeSantis, who I respect, is basically taking
Continued at Newsmax...
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HEALTH, MENTAL, CALIFORNIA, NEW
Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking lawmakers and voters to approve sweeping mental health reforms that would commit billions of dollars in state funding for behavioral health-based housing and treatment facilities throughout California.
The Democratic governor’s
Continued at LA Times...
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ABORTION, PILL, GRAHAM, DANGER
Wyoming on Friday became the first US state to outlaw mifepristone, commonly known as the abortion pill, outside of an overall abortion ban. Wyoming’s ban is just one of several new efforts across the nation to ban access to abortion — or severely punish those
Continued at Vox...
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MACRON, LEADERSHIP, TENSIONS, PENSION
PARIS — A parody photo appearing on protest signs and online in France shows President Emmanuel Macron sitting on piles of garbage. The image references the trash going uncollected with sanitation workers on strike, but also what many French people think about
Continued at Washington Times...
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FREE, LAW, SPEECH, STANFORD
Stanford Law School protesters faced criticism after heckling Trump-appointed U.S. Circuit Court Judge Kyle Duncan during an event on campus and for plastering the names and faces of campus Federalist Society members all over the school last week.
Now they
Continued at Fox News...
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PRIX, PEREZ, ARABIAN, RED
Sergio Perez won the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and Max Verstappen drove from 15th to second to give Red Bull a 1-2 finish Sunday in what is shaping up to be a runaway season for the reigning Formula One champions.
And there have only been two races so far.
"Nice
Continued at Fox News...
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POISONING, WIFE, COLORADO, DENTIST
A Colorado dentist was arrested Sunday for allegedly poisoning his wife in what police called a “heinous, complex and calculated murder.”
James Toliver Craig, of Aurora, had driven his 43-year-old wife to the hospital Wednesday night after she complained of
Continued at New York Post...