Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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GAZA, HAMAS, ISRAEL, HOSPITAL
Israel is trying to produce solid evidence for its assertion that Hamas has been using tunnels under Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza as a command center. But an Israeli military-led tour of the hospital grounds with journalists Thursday night showed directly only
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TRUMP, POLL, BIDEN, JUDGE
With less than two months until the first votes in the battle for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, two new polls in the first primary state show sustained momentum for former ambassador and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.
However, the surveys
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SANTOS, GEORGE, ETHICS, EXPEL
After calling for embattled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., to resign, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she would be "very happy" to call a special election to determine his replacement in Congress.
The Democrat governor's comments followed the release on Thursday
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DESANTIS, HALEY, POLL, TRUMP
Former US president Donald Trump leaves the court room of the State Supreme court on the first day of his civil fraud trial on October 2, 2023 in New York City.
A New York judge on Friday denied a request by Donald Trump and his co-defendants for a mistrial
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BIDEN, TRUMP, VOTERS, POLL
Former President Donald Trump leads President Joe Biden in a hypothetical general election race and holds an eight-point advantage among independents, according to a Marquette University poll.
The poll, published Thursday, finds Trump leads Biden 42 percent
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BIN, LADEN, OSAMA, TIKTOK
The story behind the Osama bin Laden videos on TikTok
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TikTok says it has been "aggressively removing" hundreds of videos discussing a manifesto Osama bin Laden wrote in 2002 titled "Letter
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NEW, YORK, PALESTINIAN, PRO
FILE - Bill Cosby reacts outside his home in Elkins Park, Pa., Wednesday, June 30, 2021, after being released from prison. A woman who said Cosby sexually assaulted her when she was a young comedy writer more than 50 years ago filed a lawsuit against the actor
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MUSK, ELON, ANTISEMITIC, WHITE
The White House on Friday denounced Elon Musk for boosting an anti-Jewish conspiracy theory on his social media platform X, calling the actions of Mr. Musk, the world’s richest person, an “abhorrent promotion of antisemitic and racist hate.”
Mr. Musk endorsed
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VEGAS, LAS, PRIX, GRAND
The coming Formula One Grand Prix race set for this coming weekend in Las Vegas has hit another snag, this time as a car was seriously damaged and nearly turned into a fireball during a practice run on November 16.
Several videos show Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari
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BURROW, JOE, BENGALS, WRIST
The NFL has reportedly opened an investigation into the Cincinnati Bengals for possible infractions related to their injury report heading into Thursday's game against the Baltimore Ravens.
The team posted a video on X that appeared to show Joe Burrow with
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PROTESTER, DEATH, HATE, JEWISH
Loay Alnaji is being charged in connection with the death of Paul Kessler.
A California man has been arrested in connection with the death of Paul Kessler at a rally in Thousand Oaks on Nov. 5, according to law enforcement.
Loay Alnaji, 50, of Moorpark, was
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FOX, NEWS, JAN, RATTLED
Fox News Digital finished the month of October as the No. 1 news brand among both multiplatform minutes and multiplatform views, according to Comscore.
October marked the 32nd straight month that Fox News Digital finished No. 1 in multiplatform minutes among
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SIGNS, BILL, BIDEN, GOVERNMENT
President Joe Biden offers a toast at the heads of delegation dinner at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, at the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco. (Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP)
SAN FRANCISCO — President Joe Biden signed
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SPEAKER, JOHNSON, JAN, MIKE
House Republicans, under the guidance of Speaker Mike Johnson, began posting the Jan. 6 videos online, the first wave of a promised 40,000-plus hours that will be available to the public.
The first tranche of roughly 90 hours of footage was released Friday
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HOUSE, WHITE, INQUIRY, IMPEACHMENT
When will The New York Times finally stop pulling punches and go after Donald Trump?
That's the question President Joe Biden's campaign asked the media this week. "For the political press corp -- especially our friends at the Gray Lady," pleaded the White
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SAM, OPENAI, ALTMAN, CEO
Open AI founder Sam Altman is suddenly out as CEO of the ChatGPT maker
Enlarge this image toggle caption Eric Risberg/AP Eric Risberg/AP
The board of ChatGPT-maker Open AI said Friday it has pushed out its co-founder and CEO Sam Altman after a review found
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TRAIN, CHICAGO, VEHICLE, MICHIGAN
An Amtrak train heading to Chicago with 200 passengers derailed after striking an unoccupied vehicle on the tracks in southwestern Michigan, authorities said Friday.
"The engineer and approximately 10 passengers received non-life threatening injuries and were
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SEAN, COMBS, CASSIE, ABUSE
For Mr. Combs, the settlement quickly shuts down what could have been a risky and potentially embarrassing process of legal discovery — in which reams of evidence are made public — and a possible trial. And Ms. Ventura, who has already aired her accusations
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