Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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SONIC, BOOM, PLANE, DC
The huge exploding sound heard around the Washington, D.C. area Sunday afternoon came from a sonic boom created by F-16 fighter jets that scrambled to intercept a civilian aircraft that had entered restricted airspace. The aircraft, a Cessna Citation, was flying
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TODD, PRESS, MEET, CHUCK
NBC's Chuck Todd announced on Sunday that it would be his "final summer" as the host of "Meet the Press" and that Kristen Welker, NBC's Chief White House Correspondent, would be taking his spot.
"While today is not my final show, this is going to be my final
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OIL, PRICES, SAUDI, ARABIA
A White House official said on Sunday that the Biden administration is focused on oil prices and "not barrels" after Saudi Arabia planned to make a deep cut to its crude output.
"We are focused on prices for American consumers, not barrels, and prices have
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IOWA, MISSING, BODY, SITE
Children draw on the ground with chalk at the scene where an apartment building partially collapsed on Sunday afternoon, Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Davenport, Iowa. A structural engineer report issued just days before the building partially collapsed indicated
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CHICAGO, SHOT, CAR, KILLED
Video from Wednesday night shows men, at least two of whom were armed with machine guns, opening fire on innocents in gun-controlled Chicago.
CWB Chicago reported that the incident occurred in “the 4200 block of South Wells.”
At least one of these kids will
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CHINA, ACCUSES, TAIWAN, PROVOKING
Chinese officials on Sunday dismissed accusations of "bullying" made by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and accused the U.S. of fueling Taiwan separatist activities as tensions between the superpowers continued to rise.
Lt. Gen. Jing Jianfeng also accused the
Continued at USA Today...
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COMEY, 2024, JOE, DIRECTOR
Former FBI Director James Comey said in an interview that aired Sunday that he predicts prosecutors are facing "intense pressure" to come up with a charging decision with regard to former President Donald Trump before he can possibly become the GOP nominee
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CHINESE, DESTROYER, TEENAGERS, WARSHIP
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) said on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” that Biden administration officials were chasing after their Chinese Communist counterparts like “lovestruck teenagers.”
Anchor Shannon Bream said, “On China, the Secretary of Defense
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WILDFIRE, MICHIGAN, PRIVATE, BURNED
This aerial image provided by the The Michigan Department of Natural Resources shows a fire line near a roadway near Grayling, Mich., June 3, 2023. (The Michigan Department of Natural Resources via AP)
This aerial image provided by the The Michigan Department
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KONG, HONG, TIANANMEN, ACCESS
For decades, Hong Kong was the only place in China where the victims of the 1989 military crackdown on pro-democracy activists at Tiananmen Square in Beijing could be publicly mourned in a candlelight vigil. This year, Hong Kong is notable for all the ways
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LAW, FLORIDA, ADULTS, BLINDSIDED
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Debate surrounding Florida’s new restrictions on gender-affirming care focused largely on transgender children. But a new law that Republican presidential candidate and Gov. Ron DeSantis signed last month also made it difficult – even
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BAG, FARMERS, MARKET, SLOW
Seth Jacobs has about 100 bins packed with marijuana flower sitting in storage at his upstate New York farm.
And that's a problem. There aren't enough places to sell it.
The 700 pounds (318 kilograms) of pungent flower was harvested last year as part of New
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HEADSET, EXPECTED, UNVEIL, APPLE
Apple appears poised to unveil a long-rumored headset that will place its users between the virtual and real world, while also testing the technology trendsetter’s ability to popularize new-fangled devices after others failed to capture the public’s imagination.
After
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HOLLYWOOD, WAHLBERG, MARK, VEGAS
Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg took center stage in Nevada's legislative arena on Wednesday as he passionately lobbied state lawmakers to pass a bill aimed at propping up the film industry in Las Vegas.
Speaking to CNBC outside the Nevada Legislature, Wahlberg
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UKRAINIAN, WAR, KILLED, ZELENSKYY
President Zelenskyy says 2-year-old is one of 500 Ukrainian children killed in war
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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Russia's war, now in its 16th month,
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ATTACK, BORDER, EGYPT, ISRAEL
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is demanding answers from Egypt after an Egyptian policeman crossed Israel’s southern border through an emergency access gate and killed three Israeli combat soldiers.
“Israel sent a clear message to the Egyptian government:
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TABLOID, HARRY, PRINCE, BRITISH
LONDON — Prince Harry is going where other British royals haven’t for over a century: to a courtroom witness stand.
The Duke of Sussex is set to testify in the first of his five pending legal cases largely centered around battles with British tabloids. Opening
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SWEDEN, NATO, JOINING, BREAKTHROUGH
An agreement Sweden joining NATO could be reached in time for a summit of the alliance next month in Lithuania, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Sunday after meeting Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.
He also said officials from Turkey, Sweden and
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SHIP, HARASSED, CALL, UK
This still image taken from surveillance video from a U.S. Navy Boeing P-8 Poseidon shows three Iranian Revolutionary Guard fast-attack vessels near a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz Sunday, June 4, 2023. The U.S. Navy said Monday, June 5, its sailors
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