Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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ABORTION, PILL, RULING, TEXAS
Federal judges in Texas and Washington handed down two opposing rulings on the abortion pill mifepristone on Friday, jeopardizing access to the drug and putting the US Food and Drug Administration in an impossible situation.
Matthew Kacsmaryk, a conservative
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ARMY, TEXAS, CONVICTED, PARDON
Texas governor seeks to pardon Army sergeant convicted of murder
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Saturday that he is seeking to pardon a U.S. Army sergeant who was convicted of murder in the 2020 fatal shooting of an armed protester during nationwide
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MASTERS, WOODS, TIGER, CUT
One day after Viktor Hovland’s Azela-colored polo shirt made headlines in the first round of the Masters Tournament, another golfers shirt drew attention.
Shortly after the second round of action got underway at Augusta National, Phil Mickelson's playing partner
Continued at Fox News...
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BIDEN, AFGHANISTAN, WHITE, HOUSE
CNN —
President Joe Biden has spoken with Louisiana State University basketball star Angel Reese in a phone call to congratulate her on the Tigers’ NCAA championship win, the White House said Friday.
Biden also spoke with the Tigers’ head coach, Kim Mulkey,
Continued at CNN...
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POLICE, DELAWARE, MALL, SHOOTING
Police say a 2-year-old boy from Vermont found dead in a brook may have been dropped there by his father as he fled the scene of a car crash in northwestern Massachusetts
CLARKSBURG, Mass. -- A 2-year-old boy from Vermont found dead in a brook early Saturday
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ROCKETS, SYRIA, ISRAELI, MILITARY
People gather and lay flowers at the site where Alessandro Parini, an Italian tourist, was killed in a Palestinian attack, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, April 8, 2023. Israeli authorities said an Italian tourist was killed and five other Italian and British
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FRANCISCO, SAN, CYCLING, STRUCK
A track cycling champion died after a car struck him while he was riding this week in San Francisco, a high-profile fatality that highlighted the city’s struggles to reduce traffic deaths.
The cyclist, Ethan Boyes, 44, was struck around 4 p.m. on Tuesday at
Continued at New York Times...
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PROSECUTOR, NUREMBERG, LIVING, FERENCZ
The last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, who secured guilty verdicts from 22 Nazis and dedicated his life to fighting international injustice, has died at age 103, his son told AFP Saturday.
Benjamin Ferencz, an American who at age 27 and with
Continued at Newsmax...
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PENTAGON, DOCUMENTS, SECRET, ALLEGED
Several social media accounts on Twitter and Telegram have posted documents purporting to be classified US assessments of an expected Ukrainian spring offensive. The documents, first reported by the New York Times, claim to show some classified aspects of the
Continued at Red State...
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IOWA, ABORTIONS, RAPE, VICTIMS
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has paused its practice of paying for emergency contraception — and in rare cases, abortions — for victims of sexual assault, a move that drew criticism from some victim advocates.
Federal regulations
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CAROLINA, SOUTH, SHOOTING, BEACH
After high school students converged on a South Carolina beach Friday afternoon, six people were shot when fighting and gunfire broke out, authorities said.
Two people have been arrested, but it's unclear at this time if they were involved in the shooting,
Continued at USA Today...
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SUICIDE, UTAH, NOTE, KIDS
The Utah father who killed his five kids, wife and mother-in-law and then shot himself left a suicide note saying he’d rather “rot in hell’ than “put up” with his “manipulative” spouse another day.
Michael Haight, 42, was being investigated for child abuse
Continued at New York Post...
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HEALTH, CHINA, COVID, SEARCH
BEIJING — Chinese health officials defended their search for the source of the COVID-19 virus and lashed out Saturday at the World Health Organization after its leader said Beijing should have shared genetic information earlier.
The WHO comments were “offensive
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SCHOOL, DISTRICT, DEAL, ASBESTOS
Four schools have had to close due to asbestos so far this year.
Two Philadelphia schools are immediately closing due to asbestos concerns amid a districtwide review of records on the potentially hazardous mineral fiber that was prompted by the discovery of
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MOM, MADELINE, MISSING, KINGSBURY
Megan Kingsbury received a "goofy" text from her sister, Madeline, the morning she went missing, and that was last the time things were "normal," she told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview.
Madeline, a 26-year-old mom of two young children, has been
Continued at Fox News...
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IRAN, GUIDED, MISSILE, SHOW
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. Navy has deployed a guided-missile submarine capable of carrying up to 154 Tomahawk missiles to the Middle East, a spokesman said Saturday, in what appeared to be a show of force toward Iran following recent tensions.
The
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UKRAINE, POWER, DEEP, DIG
Ukraine will export electricity for the first time in months after recovering from Russia’s repeated attempts to destroy its power grid.
Herman Halushchenko, Ukraine’s energy minister, signed an executive order authorizing electricity exports, which were put
Continued at New York Post...
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RAMMING, AVIV, INJURED, CAR
One man is dead and seven have been left with injuries after a terrorist car-ramming attack in Tel Aviv on Friday night.
A car-ramming attack in Tel Aviv that left one man dead and seven others injured follows the shooting to death of two British-Israeli sisters
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WOMAN, COPS, GERMAN, UNNATURAL
A Mississippi woman has been arrested on charges of unnatural intercourse and aggravated cruelty to an animal.
An arrest record indicates Denise Frazier, 19, of Laurel, Mississippi, was arrested by Jones County Sheriff’s Office on April 5 and is being held
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LAS, VEGAS, SHOOTER, DON
An ex-convict friend told the Las Vegas shooter, "Please don’t go on any shooting rampage like some fool," in a handwritten letter months before the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
It was one of 10 letters Jim Nixon sent to Stephen Paddock
Continued at Fox News...