Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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TRUMP, CASE, GEORGIA, COURT
On Wednesday, Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee heard from lawyers for former Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro — both co-defendants, along with former President Donald Trump and 16 others in the Georgia RICO case brought by District
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NAVARRO, CONTEMPT, TRUMP, PETER
Donald Trump’s former adviser and top loyalist Peter Navarro was convicted Thursday of criminal contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena from the congressional January 6 investigative committee.
Navarro was indicted in June 2022 for failing
Continued at New Republic...
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ADAMS, MIGRANT, MAYOR, NYC
The City of Huntington Beach, California, voted Wednesday to ban universal mask and vaccine mandates for COVID-19.
The matter was submitted by Mayor Pro Tem Gracey Van Der Mark, and included on the city’s agenda for Tuesday.
Van Der Mark said mask mandates
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DANNY, MASTERSON, PRISON, YEARS
One accuser, who was identified as Christina B. and who said Masterson raped her in 2001 when they were in a relationship, reported the rape to the church’s “ethics officer,” according to court documents. That officer told her, according to the documents, “You
Continued at New York Times...
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TRUMP, NOEM, KRISTI, ENDORSE
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a candidate for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, chided former President Donald Trump for claiming he was "not allowed" to fire former White House Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci, who helped craft the federal government's
Continued at Newsmax...
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TEXAS, BORDER, COURT, FLOATING
The Justice Department is likely to succeed on its claim that floating barriers Texas deployed in the Rio Grande to prevent migrants from crossing were illegally installed, a federal judge in Austin ruled -- adding the arguments used to justify the buoys are
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POLICE, KILLED, FLORIDA, CRUISER
A man who fatally shot a father-of-two before turning the gun on himself wore a Swastika and waved a Nazi flag during his rampage, according to reports.
Lachlan Bowles, 25, shot co-worker Terry Czernowski, a father in his 40s, at a grain silo business in Kelleberrin,
Continued at New York Post...
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RESCUE, CAVE, AMERICAN, UNDERWAY
ISTANBUL — Turkish and international cave rescue experts are working to save an American speleologist trapped at a depth of more than 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) in a cave in southern Turkey after he became ill.
Mark Dickey, 40, became sick during an international
Continued at Washington Times...
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SPRINGSTEEN, BRUCE, PEPTIC, POSTPONES
Bruce Springsteen cancels a slate of concerts, citing peptic ulcer disease
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Bruce Springsteen has canceled plans to
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NORTH, KOREA, SUBMARINE, ATTACK
North Korea has reportedly deployed its first nuclear attack submarine as part of a fleet that patrols the Sea of Japan, between the Korean peninsula and Japan, state media reported.
Reuters reported that news agency KCNA said Kim Jong Un attended the submarine’s
Continued at Fox News...
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PAXTON, TEXAS, DEFENSE, AG
Day Two of the impeachment trial of suspended Attorney General Warren Kenneth Paxton, Jr. began with Paxton withdrawing his assertion of attorney-client privilege as to conversations and other evidence that occurred during his time as AG. The temperature of
Continued at Breitbart...
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FALLON, JIMMY, TONIGHT, SHOW
Rolling Stone is reporting that Fallon and showrunner Chris Miller addressed show employees Thursday evening in a Zoom call.
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Two employees who were at the meeting told the publication that Fallon apologized and said he never intended to “create
Continued at Huffington Post...
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BEAR, GRIZZLY, HOUSE, KILLED
First, it was Florida Man - now it's Florida Bear. A recent video shows a black bear breaking into a Seminole County home and guzzling three White Claws before making his escape. (I find I must take issue with the bear's taste in adult beverages, but that's
Continued at Red State...
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DISNEY, DESANTIS, DROPS, CLAIM
A person wearing a mouse costume holds a Governor Ron DeSantis poster stands where supporters of Florida's Republican-backed "Don't Say Gay" bill that bans classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity for many young students gather for a
Continued at CNBC...
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CHIEFS, SEASON, NFL, LIONS
The Chicago Bears take on their NFC North division Green Bay Packers to open their season.
But their other division foe, the Detroit Lions, kick off the NFL season on Thursday night in a matchup against the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs.
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SCHOOL, BOARD, MIAMI, REJECTS
The Miami-Dade County School Board rejected a proposal to recognize October as LGBTQ+ history month after a contentious, 13-hour meeting that extended into the early hours of Thursday.
More than 100 speakers signed up to address the Florida panel before a
Continued at New York Post...
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PRISON, PENNSYLVANIA, ESCAPED, WALL
A convicted illegal alien murderer, who remains on the run, escaped a Chester County, Pennsylvania, prison by scaling a wall and climbing over a razor wire fence, new footage reveals.
On August 31, 34-year-old illegal alien Danelo Cavalcante of Brazil escaped
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FTX, GUILTY, SALAME, PLEADS
Ryan Salame, a former top executive at the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, pleaded guilty on Thursday to criminal charges linked to the sweeping fraud case against FTX’s founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, a move that raises the pressure on Mr. Bankman-Fried ahead of
Continued at New York Times...
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PIERRE, JEAN, KARINE, VOGUE
WASHINGTON – So that’s why she had no time for our questions!
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre took a break from her duties as President Biden’s top spokesman to model three outfits for a fawning profile in Vogue’s latest issue — drawing sharp
Continued at New York Post...
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PRISON, ESCAPES, MANHUNT, TERROR
Manhunt is underway for U.K. terror suspect who escaped prison strapped under a truck
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LONDON — It sounds like the script of a Hollywood movie.
A former
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BIDEN, OIL, DRILLING, CANCELING
President Biden’s decision on Wednesday to block drilling on millions of acres of Alaskan tundra was the latest in a series of aggressive actions recently taken by the administration to curtail fossil fuel extraction on public land and in federal waters.
Over
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