Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, APRIL 25th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
127 articles
TRUMP, BIDEN, COURT, IMMUNITY
An Arizona grand jury indicted several important allies of former President Donald Trump — including former Trump attorney and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Arizona Republican Chair Kelli Ward, and former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows
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ISRAEL, COLUMBIA, ANTI, JOHNSON
The University of Southern California announced its campus will remain closed "until further notice" following a large anti-Israel protest on Wednesday that ended with 93 arrested.
The Los Angeles Police Department arrived at campus around 4 p.m. after agitators
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WEINSTEIN, CONVICTION, HARVEY, NEW
New York's highest court Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the former movie mogul with "egregious" improper rulings, including a decision to let women testify about allegations
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DRAFT, NFL, 2024, SELECT
Caleb Williams, likely top NFL draft pick, traces success to an interception at age 9
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WASHINGTON — Tears cascaded down Caleb Williams' face. The then-9 year old couldn't
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PROTESTS, UNIVERSITY, ANTI, ISRAEL
AUSTIN, Texas — Police began peacefully arresting student protesters at the University of Southern California Wednesday evening, hours after police at a Texas university violently took dozens of demonstrators into custody in the latest clashes between law enforcement
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POWER, PLANTS, BIDEN, RULES
Power plants account for more than one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
The Biden administration on Thursday announced a series of new rules to cut pollution emitted from coal and natural gas fired power plants impacting the air, water, land and climate.
"The
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GROWTH, SLOWED, ECONOMY, QUARTER
The U.S. economy remained resilient early this year, with a strong job market fueling robust consumer spending. The trouble is that inflation was resilient, too.
Gross domestic product, adjusted for inflation, increased at a 1.6 percent annual rate in the
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PRINCIPAL, HIGH, SCHOOL, AI
An 18-year-old student is dead after being shot five to six times by another student outside Bowie High School in Texas.
In a press conference, Arlington Police Chief Al Jones and Arlington ISD Superintendent Dr. Matt Smith said that the shooting happened
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TIKTOK, CHINA, BAN, TICKING
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden signed into law a foreign aid package that also included legislation aimed at Chinese-owned ByteDance's popular video-sharing app, TikTok. Under the new law, ByteDance must divest the app within a year, or it will be banned
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HAITI, PRIME, NEW, MINISTER
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Ariel Henry resigned Thursday as prime minister of Haiti, leaving the way clear for a new government to be formed in the Caribbean country, which has been wracked by gang violence that killed or injured more than 2,500 people from
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POLL, MASS, AXIOS, DEPORTATIONS
Half of Americans, including 42% of Democrats, said they would support mass deportations of undocumented migrants, according to a poll released Thursday.
The Harris Poll conducted for Axios also showed 30% of Democrats and 46% of Republicans say they would
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BILL, ADULTS, TENNESSEE, LIBRARIANS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s GOP-controlled Statehouse on Thursday gave their final approval to legislation criminalizing adults who help minors receive gender-transition care without parental consent, clearing the way for the first-in-the-nation proposal
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ABORTION, ACCOMMODATIONS, 17, FEDERAL
17 states challenge federal rules entitling workers to accommodations for abortion
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Republican attorneys general from 17 states filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging new
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PIER, GAZA, AID, PENTAGON
Hamas terrorists in Gaza fired mortar rounds at the construction work underway for the "temporary pier in the Mediterranean on the coast of Gaza" promised by Joe Biden in his State of the Union address.
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The IDF Spokesperson said that "terrorists
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FCC, NEUTRALITY, NET, VOTES
SAN FRANCISCO — The FCC on Thursday restored “net neutrality” rules that prevent broadband internet providers such as Comcast and AT&T from favoring some sites and apps over others.
The move effectively reinstates a net neutrality order the commission first
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SHIP, ATTACK, UNDER, REBEL
Palestinian hospital officials said Israeli airstrikes on the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip killed at least five people.
More than half of the territory’s population of 2.3 million have sought refuge in Rafah, where Israel has conducted near-daily
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GUARD, COAST, FLORIDA, TEXAS
A deadly crash involving a National Guard helicopter is the focus of an investigation in Texas into whether there was any criminal wrongdoing involved, ABC News has learned.
The March 8 incident near the U.S.-Mexico border resulted in the deaths of Chief Warrant
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VENICE, DAY, TRIPPERS, FEE
Venice tests a 5-euro fee for day-trippers as the city grapples with overtourism
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VENICE, Italy — Under the gaze of the world's media, the fragile lagoon city of Venice launched a pilot program
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LONDON, CONDITION, HORSES, LOOSE
LONDON (AP) – Two military horses that bolted and ran miles through the streets of London after being spooked by construction noise and tossing their riders were in serious condition after undergoing operations, a U.K. government official said Thursday.
The
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WORKERS, KILLED, JOS, ANDR
A stone pulpit in the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., is no place the chef José Andrés expected to be when he created the food charity World Central Kitchen nearly 15 years ago. But on Thursday he stood there, eulogizing seven of the organization’s
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HUR, BIDEN, TURN, INTERVIEW
In an ongoing squabble on Capitol Hill (when isn't there an ongoing squabble on Capitol Hill?) the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday again refused to turn over the recording of Special Counsel Robert Hur's interview with President Biden to the House Judiciary
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CHAD, TROOPS, ROLE, QUESTION
The United States will pull the majority of its troops from Chad and Niger as it works to restore key agreements governing what role there might be there for the American military and its counterterrorism operations, the Pentagon said Thursday.
Both African
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BOEING, FAMILIES, CRASH, DOJ
After two Boeing 737 Max crashes, families are still seeking answers from DOJ
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WASHINGTON — More than five years after the crashes of two 737 Max jets killed 346
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USC, CEREMONY, PROTEST, FEARS
The University of Southern California canceled its main stage graduation ceremony Thursday as college officials across the U.S. worried that ongoing campus protests against the Israel-Hamas war could disrupt May commencement ceremonies.
Some universities called
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