Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, MAY 11th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
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TRUMP, BIDEN, HALEY, NEW
Former President Donald Trump is leading President Joe Biden among independents, an I&I/TIPP Poll, released Monday, found.
The overall survey showed Biden and Trump virtually tied in a matchup with third-party candidates included, with Biden garnering 39 percent
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TRUMP, HAMAS, BIDEN, ISRAEL
Turkey has suspended trade with Israel. The world’s top court is considering whether Israeli leaders have committed genocide. Protests have overtaken cities and campuses worldwide. Ireland and Spain say they will recognize Palestine as a state by the end of
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ISRAEL, RAFAH, ORDERS, EXPANDS
Sen. Ben Cardin broke away from the Biden administration’s threats to further pause weapon shipments from Israel despite acknowledging that the findings in a war conduct report on the conflict “raised concerns.”
The assessment released on Friday by the White
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AFGHANISTAN, FLASH, FLOODS, PEOPLE
A Taliban official says flash floods from seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed hundreds of people and injured a “substantial number,” without giving exact figures
Flash floods kill hundreds and injure many others in Afghanistan, Taliban says
ISLAMABAD
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KHARKIV, RUSSIAN, UKRAINE, FLEE
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces began a renewed ground assault on Ukraine’s northeast, killing and injuring several and forcing more than 1,700 civilians to evacuate from the Kharkiv region, local officials said Saturday.
Artillery, mortar, and aerial
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SENTENCE, YEAR, PELOSI, 40
The Department of Justice is seeking a 40-year prison sentence against the man who broke into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home and assaulted her husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer.
In November, a jury convicted David DePape of the attempted kidnapping
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EUROVISION, SONG, WINS, CONTEST
Switzerland's Nemo wins Eurovision 2024 in a year of protests
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Switzerland has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest. Swiss rapper and singer Nemo's song "The Code" impressed both the
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NORTHERN, LIGHTS, WEEKEND, SOLAR
Night skies in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere are expected to bloom again on Saturday night with the vivid colors of the northern lights, or aurora borealis, as a powerful geomagnetic storm caused by a hyperactive sun persists through the weekend.
The
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COUNTY, TRANSGENDER, BAN, JUDGE
An order restricting transgender athletes from using county-run parks and fields in Long Island, New York, was struck down by a judge on Friday after it was challenged by a roller derby league.
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman issued an executive order
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DANIELS, STORMY, TESTIMONY, BILL
Bill Maher has brought a lot of sense to liberals.
One area that still is holding him up from achieving clarity though is his Trump Derangement Syndrome. On Friday during his "Real Time" show, he was bemoaning how the cases against former President Donald
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THOMAS, CLARENCE, PLACE, HIDEOUS
Justice Thomas decries 'nastiness' and 'lies' against him
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FAIRHOPE, Ala. — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told attendees at a judicial conference Friday that he and his
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EUROVISION, DUTCH, HOURS, CONTEST
MALMO, Sweden (AP) – The Netherlands’ contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest was dramatically expelled from competition hours before Saturday’s final over a backstage incident that is being investigated by police.
Organizer of the European Broadcasting
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JOHNSON, SPEAKER, MIKE, SPARTZ
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said he does not anticipate Republicans passing a federal abortion restriction, should Republicans gain control of both chambers of Congress and the White House.
In an interview with Politico published on Friday, Johnson pointed
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HOMELESS, FRANCISCO, SAN, TAXPAYER
San Francisco's program offering free alcohol to homeless people struggling with alcoholism has come under fire, with a tech CEO questioning its effectiveness and ethics, the New York Post reported.
Adam Nathan, founder and CEO of Blaze and chair of the Salvation
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DEBUT, MLB, PAUL, SKENES
Pitcher Paul Skenes was the first player selected in last year's MLB Draft. After beginning the 2024 season in the minors pitching for the Pittsburgh Pirates' Triple-A affiliate, he recently got the call to join the big league club.
Skenes earned a spot with
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WOMAN, VIDEO, BRONX, ASSAULT
The video captures a disturbing sequence: A woman can be seen walking along a sidewalk in the Bronx on an early May morning, when a man, his face covered, approaches from behind. He throws a looped belt around the woman’s neck and yanks her to the ground. She
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YEAR, DIDDY, 17, FALSE
Sean “Diddy” Combs is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that he and two other men raped a 17-year-old girl in a New York recording studio in 2003
Sean “Diddy” Combs on Friday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that he and two co-defendants
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ANCHOR, RUBIN, DIES, SAM
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sam Rubin, a beloved entertainment anchor and reporter for KTLA in Los Angeles who was on a first-name basis with Hollywood’s top stars, has died. He was 64.
The station announced that he died unexpectedly on Friday. No cause was released.
Rubin
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TRUMP, BARRON, 18, POLITICS
Former President Trump on Friday praised his 18-year-old son, Barron, as a "smart one," adding that the former first son likes to give his dad political advice.
"He’s seen it, he doesn’t have to hear it," the 2024 presumptive Republican nominee told Philadelphia’s
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KING, HARRY, CHARLES, PRINCE
Days after a spokesperson for Prince Harry confirmed that the Duke of Sussex wouldn’t be meeting with his father, King Charles, due to His Majesty's "full" schedule, the king took time to meet with David Beckham.
According to The Times, King Charles and the
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DARK, DONALD, TRUMP, DONNIE
Stormy was working blue, and the judge was seeing red.
Justice Juan Merchan chided Donald Trump’s lawyer Susan Necheles, saying he didn’t understand why she hadn’t objected to seamy details about the President and the Porn Star spilling out.
“Why on earth
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GUNS, GAYS, PELOSI, OXFORD
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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was rebuked as an "elite"
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RECIPE, MOTHER, DAY, TENDER
The arrival this weekend of Mother’s Day 2024 means millions of Americans are planning to celebrate their moms in one special way or another.
For some, Mother's Day means cooking a homemade meal, maybe even serving breakfast in bed.
Florida-based celebrity
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