Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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TRUMP, TRIAL, FRAUD, CIVIL
"The View" co-host Sara Haines pointed to what she believes is Donald Trump's campaign strategy on Wednesday and lamented news networks' focus on him, saying "we're all talking about him."
The hosts discussed the former president appearing in a New York courtroom
Continued at Fox News...
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MORGAN, STATE, UNIVERSITY, SHOT
People on the Morgan State University campus in Baltimore were told to shelter in place as the police searched for an active shooter.
A dispatcher with the university’s campus police department said multiple people had been shot, but did not provide further
Continued at New York Times...
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CITY, NEW, ADAMS, MIGRANTS
New York City Mayor Eric Adams attended Chinese government-linked festivities in Manhattan on Sunday, which marked China’s “National Day,” the anniversary of mass murderer Mao Zedong imposing communism.
According to the Chinese consulate in the city, Adams,
Continued at Breitbart...
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DESANTIS, TRUMP, MILLION, 45
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been overtaken in two early voting states by former South Carolina governor and ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, two new polls indicate, with the darling of the GOP’s anti-Trump conservatives dropping into third place
Continued at New York Post...
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STRIKE, WORKERS, KAISER, HEALTH
Picketing began Wednesday morning at Kaiser Permanente hospitals as some 75,000 healthcare workers go on strike in Virginia, California and three other states over wages and staffing shortages, marking the latest major labor unrest in the United States.
Kaiser
Continued at Newsmax...
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TRIAL, FRIED, SAM, BANKMAN
This courtroom sketch shows Sam Bankman-Fried's attorney, Mark S. Cohen, right, as he delivers the defense opening statement in federal court in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Bankman-Fried is seated, center, beside his other defense attorney, Christian
Continued at Chicago Tribune...
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UKRAINE, AID, BIDEN, GROWING
The Pentagon's concerns on Ukraine aid NPR has learned that the Pentagon has been warning U.S. lawmakers that military aid in Ukraine is running out. There are now fears that ousting Speaker Kevin McCarthy could delay battlefield support.
World The Pentagon's
Continued at NPR...
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COVID, VACCINATION, 19, CDC
Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York may serve as the Senate majority leader, but the press releases he posts on his official Senate website do not tend to focus on national issues.
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They focus instead on spending federal money -- in New
Continued at Town Hall...
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CHARLOTTE, SENA, SUSPECT, RANSOM
The man suspected of kidnapping nine-year-old Charlotte Sena from a New York state campground last weekend was recently investigated on allegations that he abused a 12-year-old family friend.
Craig N. Ross Jr., 46, — who was arrested on Monday and charged
Continued at New York Post...
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SWIFT, TAYLOR, KELCE, TRAVIS
News of the most-talked-about fling to reach the NFL has made it as far as the White House.
During a regular press conference the White House National Security Council spokesman, John Kirby, was asked about the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce romance.
He jokingly
Continued at BBC...
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BORDER, BIDEN, WALL, TRUMP
The Department of Homeland Security announced that the Biden administration leveraged sweeping executive power to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas
McALLEN, Texas -- The Biden administration announced they waived 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow
Continued at ABC...
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TUPAC, SUSPECT, SHAKUR, SHOOTING
Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson stands beside a photo of Duane "Keffe D" Davis during a news conference on an indictment in the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Las Vegas. (John Locher/AP)
LAS VEGAS — A self-described
Continued at Chicago Tribune...
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DOG, BITING, BIDEN, COMMANDER
To me, this story sums up the entire Biden presidency: take something simple and screw it up.
For most people, a dog in the household brings joy and unconditional love and also gives the owner a responsibility to make sure the canine is cared for and healthy.
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But
Continued at Red State...
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STUDENT, BIDEN, DEBT, LOAN
President Joe Biden plans to announce Wednesday his administration has approved an additional $9 billion in student debt relief for 125,000 borrowers, the White House said.
Biden has said he will pursue new measures to provide student loan relief to Americans
Continued at Newsmax...
A bus carrying dozens of people plummeted 50 feet from an elevated road in Venice, Italy, causing a fiery crash that killed 21 people and injured at least 15, mostly foreign tourists returning to a nearby campsite.
Those who died in the Tuesday night crash
Continued at Fox News...
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RUSSIA, UKRAINIAN, DRONE, MAJOR
Russian military officials claim they fended off a massive Ukrainian drone attack overnight Wednesday, which would be the largest single cross-border drone assault reported by Moscow since it first invaded Ukraine 20 months ago.
The Russian Defense Ministry
Continued at Fox News...
Soccer’s World Cup will be staged in six countries on three continents in its centenary edition in 2030, an unexpected and complex alteration to its traditional format that was approved on Wednesday in a meeting of FIFA’s governing council.
In the unusual
Continued at New York Times...
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STUDENT, FREED, DUBAI, COLLEGE
A woman’s ten-hour layover at the Dubai International Airport has reportedly turned into a four-month legal nightmare after an alleged altercation landed the traveler on the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) no-fly list and a year in jail in the foreign country.
Elizabeth
Continued at Breitbart...
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SMOKING, LEGAL, AGE, ANNOUNCES
LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday proposed raising the legal age that people in England can buy cigarettes by one year, every year until it is illegal for the whole population and smoking hopefully will be gradually phased out among young
Continued at Washington Times...
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JULIA, ORMOND, WEINSTEIN, SUES
Actress Julia Ormond accused disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in New York.
The suit, which also named Creative Arts Agency (CAA), The Walt Disney Company and Weinstein's former Miramax production banner,
Continued at Fox News...
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MENENDEZ, SEN, WIFE, BOB
US Senator Bob Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, and his wife Nadine Arslanian, arrive at the US District Court, Southern District of New York, in New York City on September 27, 2023.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey on Wednesday seemed to open
Continued at CNBC...
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SUPREME, COURT, CASE, ACCESSIBILITY
Pretty much no one thinks that Deborah Laufer, the plaintiff in a civil rights suit that the Supreme Court heard on Wednesday, should be allowed to move forward with her lawsuit. That includes Laufer herself, who has asked the courts to dismiss her case.
Indeed,
Continued at Vox...