Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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DEBT, BIDEN, CEILING, SUMMIT
As the nation barrels toward defaulting on our debt, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Saturday that negotiations are on pause until President Joe Biden returns Sunday from the Group of Seven summit in Japan. Both sides are accusing the other of being intractable
Continued at Red State...
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PREAKNESS, BOB, BAFFERT, STAKES
Mage, ridden by Javier Castellano, executed a frantic stretch run to capture an unpredictable Kentucky Derby that saw five contenders, including the favorite, scratched ahead of the race.
Now, in only his fifth race, Mage moves on to Baltimore and the 148th
Continued at New York Times...
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SCHOOL, HIGH, DRESS, GRADUATION
A California high school teacher has been arrested for allegedly having sex with an underage male student, officials say.
Yucaipa High School teacher Tracy Vanderhulst, 38, was arrested by authorities on Thursday night at around 11 p.m. San Bernardino County
Continued at Fox News...
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DANIEL, PENNY, JORDAN, BIBLE
Democrat New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told reporters Friday that Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis "should read a Bible" after he defended Daniel Penny, the 24-year-old Marine veteran that is facing a manslaughter charge for the chokehold death
Continued at Newsmax...
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BAKHMUT, RUSSIA, CLAIMS, WAGNER
Russia’s mercenary Wagner chief claimed on Saturday that his forces had fully captured the key Donbas city of Bakhmut, however, Ukrainian defence officials have refused to concede defeat and said that fighting continues.
While Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Continued at Breitbart...
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NEBRASKA, BAN, ABORTION, MINORS
Nebraska passes 12-week abortion ban and restrictions on gender-affirming care
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LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska Legislature on Friday approved a 12-week abortion ban and restrictions on gender-affirming
Continued at NPR...
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BORDER, PLEAS, DIED, MOTHER
McALLEN, Texas — The mother of an 8-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody said Friday that agents repeatedly ignored pleas to hospitalize her medically fragile daughter as she felt pain in her bones, struggled to breathe and was unable to walk.
Agents
Continued at Washington Times...
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DESANTIS, DISNEY, DISQUALIFIED, LAWSUIT
FILE - People visit the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., April 18, 2022. Ongoing strength at its theme parks and an improving streaming business propelled The Walt Disney Co. to higher profits and revenue in its fiscal
Continued at ABC...
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BRITISH, MARTIN, AMIS, 73
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FILE - British novelist Martin Amis poses in the living room of his new home in the Brooklyn borough of New York
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GRINER, BRITTNEY, RETURN, WNBA
The WNBA player has a different perspective on “The Star-Spangled Banner” but hasn’t given up the cause of justice.
Playing in her first real WNBA game in 579 days, Brittney Griner did something Friday night in Los Angeles that national television audiences
Continued at The Atlantic...
HIROSHIMA, Japan — Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies are joining their counterparts from other countries during their summit in Japan in an effort to expand the G7’s sway and to include voices from the so-called Global South.
From South America
Continued at Washington Times...
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WALKER, REP, CAROLINA, NORTH
EXCLUSIVE - Spotlighting his "conservative leadership" as well as his "history of building bridges" with Democrats and Independents, former Republican Rep. Mark Walker on Saturday will announce he’s running for governor of North Carolina in 2024.
"We are North
Continued at Fox News...
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ZIP, CODE, SEATTLE, ENTIRE
Mail theft in Seattle reportedly forced the United States Postal Service to pause deliveries for an entire ZIP code to pause this month, according to local reports.
The Postal Service announced mail delivery for the 98118 ZIP code resumed Tuesday after delivery
Continued at New York Post...
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72, KELLER, DIES, PASTOR
Christian author and pastor Tim Keller died Friday at the age of 72 following a long struggle with pancreatic cancer.
The founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City is being mourned by many whom he loved and influenced over the years,
Continued at Breitbart...
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HEAT, BUTLER, CELTICS, LEAD
With 6:37 left in the fourth quarter, Grant Williams hit a three-point shot to give the Boston Celtics a 96-87 lead over the Miami Heat in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
After knocking down the three, Williams had a few words for Miami star Jimmy
Continued at Fox News...
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TRUMP, TEAM, LEGAL, LAWYER
WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer who quit Donald Trump’s legal team this past week attributed his decision Saturday to strategy disagreements with a close adviser to the former president.
Timothy Parlatore, who had been a key lawyer for Trump in a Justice Department
Continued at Huffington Post...
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CITY, RUSSIA, UKRAINE, STUDY
Vadym Boychenko, mayor of Mariupol, at his office in the city hall of Mariupol, Ukraine, on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. Christopher Occhicone | Bloomberg | Getty Images
WASHINGTON — The exiled Ukrainian mayor of Mariupol has vowed to rebuild his decimated former
Continued at CNBC...
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SENTENCE, OBAMA, COMMUTED, AREA
A Chicago-area man whose life sentence in prison was commuted by then-President Barack Obama in 2015, and who now faces more prison time after being charged with attempted murder, was at one time a darling of Democrats in Congress, who portrayed him as an unjustly
Continued at Fox News...
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MORANT, STRIPPERS, JA, GUN
Some strippers from a Denver, Colorado, club support the NBA suspension for Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies after he allegedly brandished a gun on Instagram Live where they work in March.
Morant was suspended eight games for that incident, and he is suspended
Continued at Fox News...
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SHARK, FLORIDA, KEYS, BITES
Authorities in the Florida Keys say a shark bit the foot of a fisherman who had reeled it in, sending the man to the hospital
SUMMERLAND Key, Fla. -- A shark in the Florida Keys bit the foot of a fisherman who had reeled it in, sending the man to the hospital,
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WOMAN, AGO, TEXAS, YEARS
A Texas woman has claimed in a surfaced video that she is a missing Chicago toddler that disappeared over two decades ago.
Diamond Bradley was 3 years old when she and her 10-year-old sister, Tionda, were reported missing to the Chicago Police on July 6, 2001
Continued at New York Post...
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FAVORABILITY, DONALD, TRUMP, CONGRESS
Four in ten likely voters believe Congress should begin impeachment proceedings on President Joe Biden, a Rasmussen Reports survey revealed on Thursday.
The survey found 42 percent of likely voters indicating that Congress should begin impeachment proceedings
Continued at Breitbart...