Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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TRUMP, DANIELS, STORMY, TRIAL
Former President Donald Trump gave his personal support to cryptocurrency at a special event for Trump non-fungible token (NFT) holders Wednesday who were gathered at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
“I’m fine with it,” Trump said in a clip widely shared
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BIDEN, TRUMP, GUN, HUNTER
Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, arrives for a closed deposition with members of the Republican-led House Oversight Committee conducting an impeachment inquiry into the president, at the O'Neill House Office Building in Washington, U.S., February
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COURT, SUPREME, TRUMP, CLINTON
Former first lady Hillary Clinton attacked the Supreme Court on Thursday for preventing the Donald Trump criminal trials from being decided before the election.
In an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” the two-time unsuccessful presidential candidate said
Continued at Washington Times...
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SHIP, CRUISE, WHALE, NEW
A cruise ship sailed into New York City with a 44-foot dead whale across its bow
Cruise ship sails into New York City port with 44-foot dead whale across its bow
NEW YORK -- A cruise ship sailed into a New York City port with a 44-foot (13-meter) dead whale
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JOHNSON, SPEAKER, GREENE, OUST
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Thursday he extended an olive branch to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., after her motion to remove him was soundly defeated.
The House voted 359-43 on Wednesday to table Greene's motion to vacate, with Greene among
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COLUMBIA, PROTESTS, ISRAEL, UNIVERSITY
A union representing custodians at Columbia University says it is gearing up to sue the Ivy League school for its response to the anti-Israel protests, in which its members allegedly were targeted by "spoiled" and "bratty" agitators who temporarily took over
Continued at Fox News...
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AIRMAN, FLORIDA, APARTMENT, FATALLY
Deputies responding to a disturbance call at a Florida apartment complex burst into the wrong unit and fatally shot a Black U.S. Air Force airman who was home alone when they saw he was armed with a gun, an attorney for the man’s family said Wednesday.
Senior
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XI, HUNGARY, CHINA, ORBAN
Chinese President Xi Jinping walks by a Serbian flag and a guard after talks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade on May 8, 2024.
Fine brandy, a Tour de France jersey and old grudges against NATO: On his first European tour in five years, Chinese
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CORNELL, PRESIDENT, MARTHA, UNIVERSITY
The pro-Hamas protests that have engulfed campuses across the nation have claimed another victim, Cornell University president Martha E. Pollack, who announced in a surprise email Thursday that she is stepping down in June after a seven-year reign.
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Miss USA and Miss Teen USA resign days apart, casting a spotlight on the organization
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The 2023 Miss USA and Miss Teen
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RUSSIAN, UKRAINE, OIL, ATTACKS
Ukrainian drones struck two oil depots and a refinery across Russia in a 24-hour period, including one deep in Russian territory, officials on both sides said Thursday, as Kyiv presses a campaign aimed at hampering the country’s military operations and putting
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ABORTION, JR, TERM, FULL
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a new interview that women should be allowed to decide on having an abortion even if the baby is "full-term."
Podcaster Sage Steele asked Kennedy what the cutoff should be for women to obtain
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GENERATED, TIKTOK, AI, LABEL
TikTok said Thursday it would start using a technology aimed at helping it label images and video generated by artificial intelligence and uploaded to the video sharing service.
TikTok said it would adopt "Content Credentials," a digital watermark that denotes
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SKIERS, UTAH, AVALANCHE, SEARCH
Two backcountry skiers were killed and one was rescued after an avalanche Thursday in the mountains outside of Salt Lake City that occurred after several days of spring snowstorms, authorities said.
A rescue team responded just after 10 a.m. to an avalanche
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GUNS, CARS, STOLEN, REPORT
The rate of guns stolen from cars in the U.S. tripled over the past decade, becoming the main source of stolen firearms, a report has found.
Stolen gun rates from cars rose yearly, spiking during the pandemic alongside increased weapon purchases.
On average,
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KNICKS, PLAYOFF, PACERS, CHANT
New York Knicks fans are hoping the franchise's 50-year NBA championship drought will finally come to an end this season. The team took another step in the right direction on Wednesday night by defeating the Indiana Pacers in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference
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VICTORY, WORLD, RUSSIA, PUTIN
A Foiled Assassination Plot in Ukraine; Russia Marks World War II Victory
Ukraine uncovers what they say was a sophisticated network of spies working with Russia to kill President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top officials. And in Russia, during a celebration
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ELECTION, CHAD, MILITARY, DISPUTED
Chad’s military leader, Mahamat Deby Itno, was declared the winner of this week's presidential election, according to provisional results released Thursday. The results were contested by his main rival, Prime Minister Succès Masra.
The national agency that
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BOYS, CONSERVATORSHIP, WILSON, BEACH
A judge found Thursday that Beach Boys founder and music luminary Brian Wilson should be in a court conservatorship to manage his personal and medical decisions because of what his doctor calls a “major neurocognitive disorder.”
At a hearing, Los Angeles Superior
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EXPELLED, BLACKFACE, SCHOOL, WIN
Two California teens booted from their elite Catholic school for wearing blackface have been awarded more than $1 million after proving the viral selfie was a green acne face mask.
A Santa Clara County jury gave the award along with tuition reimbursement to
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LOAN, HIGH, MORTGAGE, RATES
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage fell for the first time in four weeks, a slight relief for home shoppers already facing the challenges of rising housing prices and a shortage of homes for sale
LOS ANGELES -- The average rate on a 30-year mortgage fell
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27, YEARS, SENTENCED, NEW
A Maine man who admitted trying to kill three police officers with a machete in a terrorist attack near New York’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve 16 months ago was sentenced to 27 years in prison on Thursday in a courtroom packed with officers.
The sentencing
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