Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, MAY 6th 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
112 articles
CORONATION, CHARLES, KING, PRINCE
Dog save the queen!
Queen Camilla wore a fetching gown to Saturday’s coronation ceremony that included a subtle detail honoring two important members of her family.
Camilla sits on the throne during the coronation ceremony inside Westminster Abbey in central
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DERBY, KENTUCKY, FAVORITE, FORTE
Two more horses died in the hours before 15-1 shot Mage won the Kentucky Derby by a length on Saturday, making it seven in all and casting a shadow over the 149th edition of the world's most famous race.
Mage had only one victory in three previous races before
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SHOOTING, TEXAS, MALL, DEAD
Police respond to a shooting in a Dallas suburb
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Police on Saturday responded to an active shooter at an outlet mall in the Dallas, Texas, suburb of Allen. Local media reports say there are multiple
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MISSILE, UKRAINE, HYPERSONIC, RUSSIAN
After a day of denials, the Ukrainian Air Force has announced that a US-supplied Patriot air defense system has shot down a Russian Kh-47 Kinzhal (“Dagger”) hypersonic, air-launched ballistic missile. According to Ukrainian Air Force commander Lieutenant General
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DEATH, JORDAN, NEELY, SUBWAY
The family and friends of New York street performer Jordan Neely are mourning his death after he was placed in a chokehold on a New York City subway on Monday, and lawyers for the man who administered the chokehold are now publicly defending his actions.
Neely
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BIDEN, HUNTER, WRONG, CHARLES
Lawmakers are scrutinizing a pattern of possible cover-ups by federal agencies to shield President Joe Biden following a new whistleblower tip alleging a pay-for-play scheme from his time as vice president.
House and Senate lawmakers ordered the FBI to turn
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DEBT, MCCONNELL, CEILING, BUDGET
This spring, Congress finds itself standing at a familiar precipice. Once again, if lawmakers don’t agree to suspend or raise the debt ceiling, the federal government risks defaulting on its loans, which would likely cause a massive economic crisis. To add
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CAR, PRO, KREMLIN, INJURED
A Russian writer supportive of the Kremlin was caught in a vehicular explosion Saturday.
Zakhar Prilepin, a prominent novelist and supporter of the Russian government, was injured in the blast. The driver of the vehicle was killed.
DAUGHTER OF TOP PUTIN ALLY
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REPARATIONS, CALIFORNIA, PANEL, BILLIONS
Bishop Henry C. Williams, of Oakland, testifies during the Reparations Task Force meeting in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Williams said he hopes to build a Black Wall Street in Oakland with all Black-owned businesses. California's first-in-the-nation
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ANNOUNCER, SLUR, APOLOGIZES, RACIAL
Oakland Athletics broadcaster Glen Kuiper has apologized after uttering what sounded like a racial slur while describing a trip to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Oakland Athletics broadcaster Glen Kuiper apologized after uttering what
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TRUMP, DONALD, BARR, BILL
Former Attorney General Bill Barr issued a stern warning about the possibility of former President Trump — his ex-boss — returning to the White House.
“It is a horror show, you know, when… he’s left to his own devices,” Barr told the City Club of Cleveland
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CHIEF, FCC, MINOW, NEWTON
CHICAGO — Newton N. Minow, who as Federal Communications Commission chief in the early 1960s famously proclaimed that network television was a “vast wasteland,” died Saturday. He was 97.
Minow, who received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, died Saturday
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BIDEN, NEGATIVE, MSNBC, INTERVIEW
During an interview with MSNBC on Friday aired on Friday’s broadcast of “The 11th Hour,” President Joe Biden responded to his polling numbers by stating that his numbers are the same as every president who won re-election, people have only heard “negative news”
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ANTI, CORONATION, MONARCHY, ARRESTED
Left-wing establishment media darling Graham Smith was among a group of anti-Monarchy protesters wearing shirts and carrying placards inscribed with the message “Not My King” arrested by London’s Metropolitan Police ahead of the procession for the Coronation
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EMBIID, JOEL, CELTICS, MVP
Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams had his head smashed into the court during the fourth quarter of Boston’s 114-102 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers Friday night.
While scrambling for a loose ball, Williams and Jaylen Brown wound up on the floor, which
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BORDER, BIDEN, DEFENDS, TROOPS
President Biden defended his decision Friday to send 1,500 troops to the southern border ahead of expiring pandemic-era Title 42 restrictions.
"I’ve asked this Congress for help in terms of what they need at the border," the president told MSNBC in a wide-ranging
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JAWS, STAR, VOMIT, MAKE
Actor Richard Dreyfuss has an enviable number of hit movies on his resume, classics like “Jaws,” the 1977 romance “The Goodbye Girl”—which won Oscars for Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Actress, and Best Picture—“Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” the hysterical
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TAYLOR, SPEAK, SWIFT, ANNOUNCES
Taylor Swift's 2010 album "Speak Now" is next in line in her series of album re-records.
After much fan speculation, Swift ended her first night in her hometown by announcing the re-recorded of her beloved third studio album, "Speak Now (Taylor's Version),"
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DRAG, HOLLYWOOD, TELETHON, JOIN
A drag performer is speaking out about allowing children to attend drag shows, saying it’s an "adult venue" and "adult entertainment."
Kitty Demure, a drag performer from Los Angeles, responded to a video from actor Kevin Bacon and his wife Kyra Sedgwick who
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ASYLUM, MIGRANTS, NEW, DENY
The United States soon will begin denying asylum to migrants who are caught illegally crossing the United States-Mexico border under a new regulation, according to officials.
The new asylum rule is expected to be finalized by May 11, the same day that a wide-ranging
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PENCE, CLARENCE, THOMAS, CONDEMNS
Former Vice President Mike Pence defended Justice Clarence Thomas in a Saturday twitter thread that blasted accusations of corruption and calls by some Democrats for his resignation from the high court.
Mr. Pence, who is weighing a 2024 White House bid, said
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DEVELOPER, WIND, ENERGY, DONATIONS
A multibillion-dollar energy developer has wired tens of thousands of dollars to Democratic Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine's campaign in recent years while aggressively pushing a massive offshore wind project.
The Richmond, Virginia-based Dominion Energy's political
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176, FLOODS, MISSING, DEAD
Relatives gather to identify bodies in the village of Nyamukubi, South Kivu province, Congo, Saturday, May 6, 2023. The death toll from flash floods and landslides in eastern Congo has risen to over 150, with some 100 people still missing, according to a provisional
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WOODS, ACCUSED, TIGER, HARASSMENT
A new court filing shows that Tiger Woods has been accused of sexual harassment by his ex-girlfriend, Erica Herman.
Herman signed a non-disclosure agreement in 2017, but she says it should be rendered invalid due to her being the subject of sexual misconduct
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