Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, APRIL 16th 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
35 articles
SHOOTING, ALABAMA, DEAD, INJURED
CNN —
About half an hour before opening for business, employees at the Old National Bank branch near the Ohio River in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, gathered for a morning board meeting.
There was Thomas Elliott, the bank’s 63-year-old senior vice president;
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FOX, NEWS, DOMINION, TRIAL
NEW YORK — Starting Monday in a courtroom in Delaware, Fox News executives and stars will have to answer for their role in spreading doubt about the 2020 presidential election and creating the gaping wound that remains in America’s democracy.
Jurors hearing
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RESORT, GUNMEN, INCLUDING, MEXICO
A band of gunmen invaded a resort where dozens of vacationers were spending the weekend in central Mexico and opened fire, killing six adults and a 7-year-old, authorities said.
Officials in the Cortazar municipality in Guanajuato state said in a statement
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EASTER, POWS, UKRAINE, ORTHODOX
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – More than 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released as part of a major Easter exchange with Russia, a top official said Sunday, as Orthodox Ukrainians marked the holiday for a second time since Moscow unleashed its brutal full-scale
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KINGS, GAME, RACIAL, RAPPER
The Sacramento Kings are investigating allegations from a Bay Area hip-hop star that “racial bias” led to him being kicked out of his seat during a playoff game against the Golden State Warriors
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Sacramento Kings are investigating
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GAME, LAKERS, GRIZZLIES, BUCKS
Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis suffered an injury in Sunday’s Game 1 matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of the NBA playoffs at the worst time.
With the Grizzlies leading 58-56 with 1:15 remaining in the first half, Davis went
Continued at Fox News...
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LIVE, FORMER, INDIAN, TV
A former Indian politician and his brother were shot dead live on TV
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LUCKNOW, India — A former Indian lawmaker convicted of kidnapping and facing murder and assault charges was
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LOVE, BLIND, NETFLIX, LIVE
“There is an issue with the livestream,” a message from Netflix read.
For the live reunion special, Netflix brought on a different company than the one that has produced the last four seasons of the dating show. Sunday’s program was produced by Embassy Row,
Continued at New York Times...
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SPACEX, STARSHIP, ROCKET, FLIGHT
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is about to take its most daring leap yet with a round-the-world test flight of its mammoth Starship.
It's the biggest and mightiest rocket ever built, with the lofty goals of ferrying people to the moon and Mars.
Jutting almost 400 feet
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GRAHAM, TUCKER, DEFENDING, AMERICA
Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday blasted those who have defended Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, who is accused of leaking a trove of classified information about the Pentagon and Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Mr. Graham said comments like those by Rep.
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PORTER, GAINES, KATIE, RILEY
Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) is making all the media rounds to help her Senate run for 2024 to try to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). But first, she has to get past the execrable Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) in the primary. As I reported, she did not help herself
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AGROUND, FERRY, WASHINGTON, RUNS
A group of US Navy sailors helped save the day by assisting passengers who were stranded on a ferry in Washington state Saturday.
A four-engine jumbo class ferry named the Walla Walla ran aground on Saturday afternoon near Bainbridge Island, west of Seattle.
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TAIWAN, INVASION, SHOW, LEAKED
American intelligence officials are concerned that the United States will not be able to identify the early warning signed of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, according to leaked documents.
The documents cite China's increased activity around Taiwan as a major
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KEARNEY, KIDS, MOLLY, TRANS
“Saturday Night Live” cast member Molly Kearney tore apart efforts to restrict gender-affirming healthcare for transgender children and called on people to “wake up” during powerful remarks on “Weekend Update.” (You can watch Kearney’s comments in the clip
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ABORTION, PILL, FDA, BAN
It's "alarmist" to think that a Texas judge's ruling to suspend the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the abortion pill mifepristone will disrupt the agency's approvals on other drugs, Sen Bill Cassidy said Sunday.
"When did the FDA go above the law?"
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CEILING, DEBT, REPUBLICANS, HOUSE
House Republicans will try to agree on a plan to lift the federal $31.4 trillion debt ceiling and cut government spending when Congress returns this week, after being stymied for months by Democratic President Joe Biden's demands they do so without conditions.
House
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TRUMP, FUNDRAISING, HALEY, CAMPAIGN
CNN —
Former President Donald Trump’s criminal indictment helped jolt his fundraising. GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley faces questions about her campaign math. Embattled New York Rep. George Santos refunded more contributions than he took in. And some
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KHANNA, FEINSTEIN, FETTERMAN, LINE
Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) said on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) needed to resign.
Anchor Shannon Bream asked, “Let’s talk about what you did this week that’s making headlines you take heat for saying that
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SEA, KOREA, SOUTH, NORTH
SEOUL — A South Korean patrol boat fired warning shots at a North Korean patrol boat in the Yellow Sea last week, military officials here revealed Sunday, in the latest sign of growing tensions on the divided peninsula.
While there were no casualties, parties
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POPE, II, BASELESS, INSINUATIONS
Pope Francis on Sunday publicly defended St. John Paul II, condemning as “offensive and baseless” insinuations that recently surfaced about the late pontiff.
In remarks to tourists and pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square, Francis said he was aiming to interpret
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SUICIDE, CHILD, RAID, PLANNED
A former Connecticut Planned Parenthood honcho took his own life days after police failed to arrest him on child pornography charges — botching the raid by knocking down the door of the suspect’s New Haven neighbor.
Tim Yergeau, 36, the former director of
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SUPREME, COURT, CHRISTIAN, CASE
Groff v. DeJoy, a lawsuit that could potentially revolutionize the balance of power between religious workers and their employers and co-workers, will be heard by the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
It is an agonizing case, in part because it seeks to unravel a
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MACE, GOP, ABORTION, TONE
Republican politicians must stop burying their "heads in the sand" about abortion if the party wants to win elections again, Rep. Nancy Mace told "Fox News Sunday."
The South Carolina Republican said her colleagues must move to the center on the issue, particularly
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NUCLEAR, FINLAND, REACTOR, POWERFUL
HELSINKI — Finland’s much-delayed and costly new nuclear reactor, Europe’s most powerful by production capacity, has completed a test phase lasting over a year and started regular output, boosting the Nordic country’s electricity self-sufficiency significantly.
The
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