Emerging Topics in U.S. News
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
62 articles
TRUMP, JUDGE, BIDEN, CASE
Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is joining former President Donald Trump at a rally on Saturday in Dayton, Ohio, in support of Republican Ohio Senate candidate Bernie Moreno.
“Big news for my friend @berniemoreno!” Noem said in an X post on Wednesday.
“President
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TIKTOK, BAN, HOUSE, BILL
The legislation's fate in the Senate is less clear.
House passes bill that would ban TikTok if its Chinese owners don't sell the popular app
The House on Wednesday passed bipartisan legislation to force TikTok's Chinese parent company to sell the wildly popular
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HUNTER, BIDEN, HOUSE, HEARING
Hunter Biden on Wednesday rejected an invitation from House Republicans to appear for a public hearing next week alongside former business associates, an inquiry his attorney dismissed as a "carnival side show."
In a letter obtained by The Associated Press,
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PUTIN, RUSSIA, NUCLEAR, READY
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia tried to play down fears of nuclear war in an interview released on Wednesday and denied having considered using weapons of mass destruction in Ukraine, aiming to bolster his domestic image as a guarantor of stability before
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GAZA, AID, DELIVERIES, ARMY
U.S. Army boats departed from Virginia loaded with equipment and steel pier segments bound for Gaza, as part of a U.S. initiative to deliver aid to Palestinians.
The ships are expected to travel through the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
The aid
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DON, LEMON, ELON, MUSK
Don Lemon received his first lesson in doing business with Elon Musk, the mercurial owner of social media platform X.
The former CNN host interviewed Musk for the first edition of his new podcast, “The Don Lemon Show,” which was scheduled to launch next week
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ACT, LAKEN, RILEY, SENATE
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FIRST ON FOX: Two Senate Republicans introduced the Laken Riley Act, a measure
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LGBTQ, POLL, NUMBER, GEN
The number of U.S. adults who identify as LGBTQ+ doubled in 12 years, new poll shows
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The number of American adults who identify as LGBTQ+ has more than doubled
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CITY, SHOOTING, CHIEFS, KANSAS
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Three men are facing federal charges for illegally purchasing and trafficking
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STORES, TREE, DOLLAR, 000
Approximately 1,000 Family Dollar and Dollar Tree stores are scheduled to be closed after “botched” business decisions and a “surprise fourth-quarter loss,” with the company’s shares taking a tumble.
Dollar Tree outbid competitor Dollar General to buy Family
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AARON, RODGERS, RUN, RFK
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Aaron Rodgers, the New York Jets quarterback who independent presidential candidate
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AI, INTELLIGENCE, ARTIFICIAL, NEWSLETTER
European Union lawmakers gave final approval to the 27-nation bloc’s artificial intelligence law Wednesday, putting the world-leading rules on track to take effect later this year.
Lawmakers in the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of the Artificial
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REPORTS, DEAL, YEAR, JOE
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Joe Flacco, the NFL’s Comebacker Player of the Year for the 2023 season, won’t
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SUICIDE, NEX, BENEDICT, DIED
Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old nonbinary student in Oklahoma who died a day after a physical altercation in a high school girls’ bathroom, died as a result of suicide, according to an autopsy report released on Wednesday.
A medical examiner’s report said that
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DEAD, LAS, VEGAS, SUSPECT
Police near Las Vegas shot and killed a man who refused orders to drop a gun while walking toward them outside of an apartment complex where they later found three women who had been shot to death, authorities said.
The officers were responding to a Tuesday
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BRITT, KATIE, SCARLETT, JOHANSSON
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Sen. Katie Britt thought it was "awesome" that actress Scarlett Johansson was
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LITHUANIA, NAVALNY, LEADER, CAPITAL
The top strategist of late Russian opposition leader Navalny is attacked in Lithuania
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TALLINN, Estonia — Associates of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny said late Tuesday
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HUR, MOMENT, HEARING, PLAY
On Tuesday, the House Judiciary Committee grilled former Special Counsel Robert Hur about his investigation and report into President Biden’s mishandling of classified information.
As expected, both Republicans and Democrats using Hur and his report to score
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RATS, POLICE, HIGH, NEW
Crime in New Orleans is so bad that even rats are participating in drug crime. The city’s police department is reportedly dealing with pothead rodents in its headquarters.
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The problem is the result of poor maintenance on the building - a problem
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LUNG, IRON, YEARS, 78
Paul Alexander, forced into an iron lung by polio in 1952, dies at 78
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Polio struck Paul Alexander in 1952, when he was just 6 years old. Within days, the disease robbed him of the use of his body. But he fought through
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NETANYAHU, OFFICIAL, PUSHING, OUST
A senior Israeli official reacted to a U.S. intelligence report which stated that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition is in danger of collapse as Israel faces increasing international pressure over the Gaza war.
In the Annual Threat Assessment released
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COUNTRY, HONOR, POINT, MISSION
West Point Superintendent Army Lt. Gen. Steve Gilland on Monday announced a new mission statement for the venerable institution that replaces the words “duty, honor, country” for the more generic “Army values.”
The West Point’s previous mission statement was:
To
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OLIVIA, CANCER, MUNN, BREAST
The actress Olivia Munn said on Wednesday that she had been given a diagnosis of an aggressive form of breast cancer last year and soon after had a double mastectomy as part of her treatment.
Munn, 43, who has starred in dozens of movies and television shows,
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FLORIDA, DESANTIS, HAITI, ILLEGAL
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is sending additional security and surveillance personnel to the Florida Keys in anticipation of a potential influx of illegal immigrants from Haiti.
Gang violence has plunged Haiti into renewed chaos since last week, leaving public
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