Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, APRIL 28th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
33 articles
TRUMP, BIDEN, JOE, CORRESPONDENTS
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that former President Donald Trump’s criminal charges were “political BS.”
Host Dana Bash said, “At the Supreme Court, during oral arguments on Thursday, Trump’s lawyers suggested that
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POLICE, YEARS, DECLINE, HIRING
The gunman was wanted for a previous attempted murder and armed robbery.
3 police officers shot in Louisiana in fatal standoff with gunman: Officials
Three police officers were wounded in a fatal standoff with a gunman in Louisiana on Sunday, officials said.
Kenner
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DEAL, FIRE, CEASE, NETANYAHU
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is preparing arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials for alleged war crimes, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — a revelation that has drawn silence, if not acceptance, from the Biden administration.
Sources
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PROTESTERS, ANTI, WAR, DIG
Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up on an increasing number of college campuses following last week’s arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University.
The students are calling for universities to separate themselves from
Continued at Washington Times...
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POPE, VENICE, VISITS, INMATES
Landing by helicopter at a women’s prison where the Vatican has mounted its pavilion for the Venice Biennale international art exhibition, Pope Francis on Sunday told the women incarcerated there that they had a “special place in my heart.”
“Grazie,” one woman
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CHINA, TESLA, VISITS, MUSK
China's coast guard confronted Japanese lawmakers in waters claimed by both countries in the East China Sea, China's embassy in Tokyo and Japanese media said on Sunday, the latest in a series of maritime disputes involving China and its neighbors.
Chinese
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TORNADOES, OKLAHOMA, KILL, DAMAGE
At least 3 people are dead after tornadoes slam Oklahoma, Iowa and Nebraska
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At least three people were killed and dozens suffered injuries in multiple states after a string of tornadoes barreled
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WEINSTEIN, HARVEY, HOSPITALIZED, NEW
If you’re upset that New York’s top court tossed Harvey Weinstein’s sex-crimes conviction, blame state Sen. Mike Gianaris.
The Queens Democrat and his progressive allies engineered the elevation of Rowan Wilson to the chief judgeship; after two other members
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DOG, KRISTI, NOEM, TRUMP
It was a story that lit up the internet. In excerpts released by The Guardian of Kristi Noem’s upcoming book "No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward," the South Dakota governor recounted how she shot her dog,
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TEXANS, SHOOTING, DELL, TANK
Houston Texans wide receiver Tank Dell was a victim in a shooting at a nightclub in Sanford, Fla. on Saturday night, the team said.
Dell, a third-round pick by Houston in the 2023 NFL Draft, suffered a minor wound but was released from the hospital and is
Continued at Fox News...
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BIDEN, HIGH, HUNTER, HIT
Afroman reprised his 2000 hit song, "Because I Got High," with a new version making fun of Hunter Biden.
The original version has Afroman singing from the perspective of a hapless stoner who blames lost opportunities and his current plight on his penchant
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RUSSIAN, UKRAINIAN, GERMAN, STABBINGS
BERLIN — Two Ukrainian men were stabbed to death in southern Germany, police said Sunday, and a Russian man was arrested by authorities as a possible suspect in the killings.
The two Ukrainians, who were 23 and 36 years old and lived in the southern German
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FLAG, PROTESTERS, RAISE, HARVARD
One thing that people need to understand about these encampment protests, if they don't already know it, is that they aren't just about Israel. If you listen to what the protesters say or read the signs they hold up, they make that clear. There are many signs
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ARRESTED, STEIN, GREEN, UNIVERSITY
Green Party 2024 presidential candidate Jill Stein was among 100 people arrested Saturday at Washington University in St. Louis, her campaign manager confirmed to Fox News Digital.
Stein's campaign manager, Jason Call, said that he, Stein and deputy campaign
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UCLA, HAMAS, ENCAMPMENT, CLASH
LOS ANGELES — Roughly 2,000 pro-Israel counter-demonstrators gathered at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) on Sunday to protest near a “Palestine Solidarity Encampment” that was set up last week on campus.
As they arrived, many had to walk a
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CITY, CHARLES, BARKLEY, TEXAS
Charles Barkley criticized the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday as they were swept by the Oklahoma City Thunder in their playoff series.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Josh Giddey and Jalen Williams each had at least 20 points as Oklahoma City won the game, 106-85.
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NEEDLES, IDENTIFIES, CDC, TRANSMITTED
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— Three women who were diagnosed with HIV after getting “vampire facial” procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa are believed to be the first documented cases of people contracting the virus through a cosmetic procedure using needles,
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ARIZONA, YEAR, LAWMAKER, PRISON
A former Arizona state lawmaker was sentenced to a year in prison on Friday after being found guilty in February of sexual misconduct with a minor, according to reports.
KTVK in Phoenix reported that Otoniel "Tony" Navarrete was sentenced by a Maricopa County
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76ERS, KNICKS, NEW, BRILLIANT
As Jalen Brunson stood at the free throw line at the end of the New York Knicks’ Game 4 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday, a roar of "MVP" chants filled Wells Fargo Center.
A large contingent of Knicks fans traveled about two hours south of Madison
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RESUME, GAZA, WORLD, CENTRAL
The World Central Kitchen said on Sunday that it would resume operations in Gaza with a local team of Palestinian aid workers, nearly a month after the Israeli military killed seven of the organization’s workers in targeted drone strikes on their convoy.
Israeli
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MACRON, NUCLEAR, WEAPONS, DEFENCE
France's nuclear weapons should be part of the European defense debate, French President Emmanuel Macron told a group of regional newspapers on Sunday, in comments that drew fire from his political opponents ahead of EU elections in June.
Macron has been more
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LEADER, DEATH, RUSSIAN, OFFICIAL
WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin likely didn’t order the death of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny in February, according to an official familiar with the determination.
While U.S. officials
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SET, RUSSIAN, BLACK, SEA
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian drones early Sunday struck the Black Sea city of Mykolaiv, setting a hotel ablaze and damaging energy infrastructure, Ukrainian officials said, while the army chief warned of a worsening situation as his forces wait for much-needed arms
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BABY, 24, SAVED, COP
Sometimes we have to be reminded that there are good people out there. In this case, Matthew Hegedus-Stewart was the beneficiary of some kind folks who took in and adopted an abandoned baby - and of the South Bend, Indiana, cop who, in 2000, responded to a
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