Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9th 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
26 articles
BIDEN, HUNTER, TRUMP, COMER
As House Republicans prepare to launch their official impeachment inquiry into President Biden, they were handed a fortuitous gift from the special counsel pursuing Hunter Biden.
The new tax evasion charges against Mr. Biden’s son build on a previous felony
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PRESIDENT, ANTISEMITISM, UPENN, RESIGNS
The president of the University of Pennsylvania, M. Elizabeth Magill, resigned on Saturday, four days after her testimony at a congressional hearing in which she seemed to evade the question of whether students who called for the genocide of Jews should be
Continued at New York Times...
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GAZA, ISRAEL, HAMAS, VETOES
A 25-year-old Israeli hostage died after being held for nearly two months by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, according to reports Saturday.
The body of Sahar Baruch, an electrical engineering student kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7 from his kibbutz in southern Israel
Continued at New York Post...
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TRUMP, IOWA, GOP, DESANTIS
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OHTANI, SHOHEI, DODGERS, MILLION
The modern-day Babe Ruth will continue his career in Los Angeles.
Shohei Ohtani , the two-time winner of the American League MVP, will sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers in free agency after spending the first six years of his career with the Los Angeles Angels,
Continued at Fox News...
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COURT, WOMAN, ABORTION, SUPREME
Texas Supreme Court pauses ruling that allowed pregnant woman to have an abortion
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AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday night put on hold a judge's ruling that approved an abortion for
Continued at NPR...
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TANK, AMMUNITION, ISRAEL, CONGRESS
Going around Congress, the Biden administration said Saturday it has approved the emergency sale to Israel of nearly 14,000 rounds of tank ammunition worth more than $106 million as Israel intensifies its military operations in the southern Gaza Strip.
The
Continued at Washington Times...
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NAVY, ARMY, GAME, VETERANS
NFL legend Rob “Gronk” Gronkowski helped the United Services Automobile Association (USSA) gift two cars to veterans ahead of Saturday’s Army-Navy football game.
The former Patriots star “was on hand” Friday at Faneuil Hall in Boston, Massachusetts, to present
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IOWA, HALEY, GOP, DEBATE
An audience member arrives at Rep. Randy Feenstra's, R-Iowa, Faith and Family with the Feenstras event, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in Sioux Center, Iowa. (Charlie Neibergall/AP)
SIOUX CENTER, Iowa — Republican presidential candidates are crossing paths again
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CLIMATE, FUEL, OPEC, TALKS
Countries clashed Saturday over a proposed agreement to phase out fossil fuels at COP28, the U.N. climate change summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, thus jeopardizing attempts to deliver the first commitment to eventually end the use of oil and gas in 30
Continued at Newsmax...
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THEMED, NEW, DESCEND, ADDRESS
FILE - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul addresses the media during a press conference in New York, Monday, March. 13, 2023. New Yorkers who have committed crimes in the past will get their criminal records automatically sealed after a certain period of time has passed
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FUNDRAISER, BIDEN, PALESTINIAN, PRO
President Biden arrives at Santa Monica Airport on Friday, where he’s greeted by a group including Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance), third from left, and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, right.
President Biden’s arrival in Los Angeles for a
Continued at LA Times...
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TENNESSEE, SEVERE, STORMS, TORNADO
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — First responders in Tennessee were surveying damage from an apparent tornado that damaged homes on Saturday as a line of severe storms raked the area.
Police and firefighters in Clarksville were responding to multiple reports of damage
Continued at Washington Times...
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HEISMAN, TROPHY, DANIELS, WINS
LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels won the Heisman Trophy as the nation's most outstanding college football player on Saturday night in New York.
Daniels beat out three other finalists, including Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr., Oregon quarterback Bo
Continued at Newsmax...
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ISLAMOPHOBIA, BARBARISM, TURKEY, WEST
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used a speech on human rights Saturday to accuse the West of "barbarism" for its stance on the Israel-Hamas war and what he alleged was its toleration of Islamophobia.
"Israel has carried out atrocities and massacres
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ROME, FIRE, HOSPITAL, KILLS
ROME — A fire broke out in a hospital on Rome‘s outskirts, killing at least three people and forcing the overnight evacuation of the smoke-filled facility and its nearly 200 patients, officials said Saturday.
The blaze began in the ground floor emergency room
Continued at Washington Times...
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HOUSTON, MAYOR, SHEILA, LEE
We have good and bad news to report.
First, the good news for the people of Houston, Texas.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) was running to become mayor of Houston. But she found herself in a difficult race with the powerful state Sen. John Whitmire, also a
Continued at Red State...
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HALEY, BILLIONAIRE, GOP, HOME
In a development for candidate Nikki Haley's bid in the approaching 2024 Republican primary, Ken Langone, co-founder of Home Depot and a billionaire GOP donor, officially endorsed her candidacy.
Speaking with Fox News' Neil Cavuto, Langone praised Haley's
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CHURCH, BAPTIZES, 141, KILLS
A church in Simpsonville, South Carolina, is rejoicing after experiencing a massive wave of baptisms in one day.
Multisite Upstate Church baptized 141 people on Sunday following weeks of teaching on church ordinances, the Baptist Press reported Monday.
Senior
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IMPALES, CLERK, GOLF, MINNESOTA
MINNEAPOLIS -- A Minneapolis store clerk died after a customer beat him and impaled him with a golf club, police said.
The 66-year-old clerk was attacked Friday at the Oak Grove Grocery, a small neighborhood store in a residential area near downtown Minneapolis.
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NAPOLEON, HAMILTON, ALEXANDER, MOVIE
The Post had little love for Napoleon — Ridley’s Scott’s new epic biopic of the one-time Emperor of France.
And it turns out Post publisher Alexander Hamilton and his immediate successors at the paper shared a pretty similar view.
While Napoleon’s armies
Continued at New York Post...
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VANCE, DEI, OHIO, INITIATIVES
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IOWA, SETS, DISPLAY, SATANIC
A satanic altar has been set up at the Iowa State Capitol.
The Satanic Temple erected the public display, depicting a ram's head with mirrors covering it, propped by a mannequin in red clothing, according to KCCI Des Moines.
Co-founder of The Satanic Temple,
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SWIFT, TAYLOR, CAREER, YEAR
Taylor Swift has it all — fame, money, youth, and an NFL star boyfriend. But the newly minted Time 2023 Person of the Year is still finding things to complain about.
In her Time interview this week, Taylor Swift complained how a “patriarchal society” and capitalism
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