Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FRIDAY, MARCH 24th 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
49 articles
TRUMP, DA, BRAGG, TESTIFY
A federal judge shot down Donald Trump’s claim of executive privilege and will require Mark Meadows and other top aides to testify before a grand jury weighing the former president’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results and in the Jan. 6 riots, according
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BIDEN, CANADA, CHINA, TRUDEAU
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President Joe Biden will address Canada's Parliament on Friday afternoon as he looks to strengthen bonds between the two countries amid several
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SYRIA, DRONE, IRANIAN, AIRSTRIKES
The U.S. military launched multiple precision airstrikes against targets in Syria on Thursday after an attack using an Iranian drone killed an American contractor and wounded six others, including five U.S. soldiers.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the
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BILL, RIGHTS, PARENTS, HOUSE
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, of Calif., right, speaks about the proposed legislation dubbed the "Parents Bill of Rights," March 1, 2023, next to Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
WASHINGTON — House Republicans
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TIKTOK, CHINESE, BAN, APP
As the White House weighs a ban on popular Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, President Joe Biden continues to make cameo appearances in videos for the platform, a dissonance that has critics questioning just how much of a national security threat the government
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KING, CHARLES, FRANCE, VISIT
King Charles III postpones a trip to France as strikes and protest hobble the country
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PARIS — French citizens angry at President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms engaged in scattered protest
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PALTROW, GWYNETH, SKI, TRIAL
Gwyneth Paltrow is currently in Utah fighting a lawsuit that alleges she caused serious harm to a skier in Park City at Deer Valley resort several years ago.
While many people are talking about the facts and legitimacy of the case, some viewers of the live-streamed
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HARRIS, KAMALA, BIDEN, VICE
CNN —
Stephanie Young, a veteran Democratic aide, has been tapped to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ new senior adviser to focus on messaging and outreach.
Young’s role is a new position for the vice president’s office, meant to take a birds-eye approach
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LOS, ANGELES, STRIKE, WORKERS
The agreement comes following a three-day strike that closed schools.
The Los Angeles public school district reached a "historic" agreement with its Service Employees International Union Local 99 on Friday, the district announced.
The agreement comes after
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BILL, TRANS, NEBRASKA, ANTI
Florida HB1421 is defined so broadly, it would ban health insurance coverage for birth control, HRT for menopause, treatments for breast cancer, including mastectomies, treatments for prostate cancer, and any treatment that involves primary or secondary sex
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OFFICERS, POLICE, TYRE, NICHOLS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Four of five former Memphis police officers charged with murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols cannot work as law enforcement officers again in Tennessee, a state panel decided Friday.
The Peace Officer Standards & Training Commission,
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NORTH, KOREA, NUKE, TESTS
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol promised on Friday to punish North Korea for the communist nation's recent series of "provocations."
"North Korea is advancing its nuclear weapons day by day and conducting missile provocations with unprecedented intensity,"
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RWANDA, HOTEL, RUSESABAGINA, HERO
NAIROBI, Kenya — Paul Rusesabagina, whose heroism in the face of genocide was portrayed in the Oscar-nominated movie “Hotel Rwanda,” will be released from prison on Saturday after being captured, held and tried by the Rwandan government in a case that drew
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LIFE, 13, YEAR, FUCCI
A judge in a St. Johns County courtroom in Florida on Friday sentenced 16-year-old Aiden Fucci to life in prison for the first-degree murder of 13-year-old cheerleader Tristyn Bailey, his friend and classmate, in a case that drew national attention because
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GOP, YOUTH, KENTUCKY, VETOES
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s Democratic governor issued an election-year veto Friday of a Republican bill aimed at regulating the lives of transgender youths that includes banning access to gender-affirming health care and restricting the bathrooms they
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UTAH, MEDIA, SOCIAL, PARENTAL
Utah's new social media law means children will need approval from parents
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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah became the first state to enact laws limiting how children can use social media after Republican
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TEXAS, MIGRANTS, DEAD, TRAIN
Police responding to a 911 call from inside a rail car near Uvalde, Texas, on Friday evening found two migrants dead, according to law enforcement sources on the scene. Four additional migrants were unresponsive and had to be airlifted to San Antonio-area hospitals.
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BLUE, TWITTER, APRIL, CHECK
Many years ago, when picking up my teenage daughter from an outdoor mall, I found myself surrounded by her friends. “You’re verified,” one of them said, gushing. At first I thought this was some new youth slang term for “cool” or even “uncool.” But alas, she
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INDIA, PARLIAMENT, OPPOSITION, LEADER
For years, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has attacked the foundations of his country’s democracy. His government has rewritten election rules in its favor, assailed the rights of the Muslim minority, jailed anti-government protesters, and reined in the
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COURT, VACCINE, FEDERAL, MANDATE
Another card in the COVID House of Cards has been tipped over. President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal workers has been blocked by the same federal appeals court that first upheld it.
From the Associated Press:
President Joe Biden’s order that federal
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DROUGHT, CALIFORNIA, EASE, WATER
A Rancho Cucamonga housing tract was among those where outdoor watering was restricted to one day a week during last year’s drought.
On the heels of one of California’s wettest winters on record, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced that he will roll back
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MEMPHIS, HANDSHAKE, LINE, SHUTES
Jamirah Shutes, the University of Memphis basketball player who sucker punched Bowling Green basketball player Elissa Brett in a postgame handshake line, has been charged with assault.
The incident occurred Thursday night after Bowling Green’s 73-60 victory
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NEW, YORK, CITY, LOVE
State Democratic lawmakers in New York are considering a new tax increase to help fund public transportation.
In order to prevent commuters from facing a fare hike, Democratic members of the New York state Assembly introduced a plan that would impose a 4%
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FORD, ELECTRIC, FALCON, MILLENNIUM
Ford is ready to send its electric trucks into hyperspace.
The automaker has reconfirmed plans to build an all-new electric pickup at the new BlueOval City manufacturing complex it is building in west Tennessee.
The yet to be revealed pickup will be a follow-up
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