Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, MAY 13th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
111 articles
TRUMP, COHEN, MICHAEL, BIDEN
Michael D. Cohen, the do-anything fixer who once boasted of burying Donald J. Trump’s secrets and spreading his lies, took the stand at the former president’s criminal trial in Manhattan on Monday and exposed those machinations to the jury and the world.
Narrating
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TRIAL, MENENDEZ, SEN, CORRUPTION
Jury selection is expected to begin on Monday in the corruption trial of U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, a case that could affect the Democrat's reelection prospects and help determine which party controls the Senate next year.
Menendez, 70, and two New Jersey
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FOUNDATION, GATES, MELINDA, FRENCH
Since its inception, the foundation has made $77.6 billion of grant payments.
Melinda French Gates announced her resignation from the Bill and Melinda French Gates Foundation and her plans to "commit" to her own philanthropic work.
In an Instagram post on
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PUTIN, MINISTER, RUSSIA, REPLACES
Russian military commanders in Ukraine have been increasingly relying on light vehicles, such as all-terrain vehicles and off-road motorcycles, to shuttle troops to the front lines and conduct limited strikes on Ukrainian positions, British military officials
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SEINFELD, DUKE, COMMENCEMENT, JERRY
In the bizarro world of 2024 college commencements — at least the ones that haven’t been canceled — Jerry Seinfeld, a man who riffs on breakfast cereal and Superman, is too controversial for some thin-skinned graduates of Duke University.
On Sunday, a small
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GAMESTOP, ROARING, KITTY, MEME
Shares of video game retailer GameStop skyrocketed up more than 70 percent on Monday after Keith Gill, known as “Roaring Kitty” on social media and the leader of the meme stock movement posted a photo to his X/Twitter account for the first time since 2021.
Keith
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BOARD, UNC, DEI, PROGRAM
As we've documented before, North Carolina universities are taking far different approaches to handling the pro-Hamas campus mobs than administrators at places like Columbia University and Northwestern have.
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For instance, at the University of
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RUSSIAN, UKRAINE, ASSAULT, FIERCE
Ukraine's Kharkiv experienced a moment of calm on Sunday despite intense fighting in the region.
Residents took to the streets and attended church services, displaying their resistance against Russian forces.
Some residents have voiced a commitment to stay
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CITY, PUNCHED, STEVE, NEW
Last month, a group of families whose loved ones were killed by drivers successfully lobbied the New York state legislature to pass a law allowing New York City to set its own speed limits.
Sammy’s Law allows city officials — rather than the state’s Department
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BALTIMORE, BRIDGE, DEMOLITION, CONTROLLED
A series of controlled explosions are to be used on Monday to separate the stricken Dali cargo ship from the remains of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
Crews plan to use explosives to break down bridge sections still covering the Dali,
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HARRIS, DOOR, YOUNG, ADVICE
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Vice President Kamala Harris used profanity during a speech Monday at the annual
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FOREIGN, INFLUENCE, GEORGIA, LAW
Police Force attend a protest against the foreign agents law as two Americans and one Russian citizen are among 20 detained on May 13, 2024 in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Thousands of people took to the streets of Georgia's capital on Monday as part of a last-ditch
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COURT, ABORTION, ARIZONA, BAN
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas man is petitioning a court to authorize an obscure legal action to find out who allegedly helped his former partner obtain an out-of-state abortion, setting up the latest test of the reach of statewide abortion bans.
As some states
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BLOCKS, BACKED, BIDEN, LAND
President Joe Biden on Monday issued an order blocking a Chinese-backed cryptocurrency mining firm from owning land near a Wyoming nuclear missile base.
The order forces the divestment of property operated as a crypto mining facility near the Francis E. Warren
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GAS, CALIFORNIA, CENT, 50
In today’s edition of Getting What You Vote For, the dummies in California are about to get hit with a 50 cent per gallon gas tax.
Remember, California voters have handed the Democrat party full power over the former Golden State. Democrats run everything
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HOUSE, GARLAND, AG, CONTEMPT
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The House Oversight and Judiciary Committees will consider a resolution Thursday
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CHURCH, AUSTRALIAN, VIDEO, STABBING
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge Monday lifted a ban on the social media platform X showing Australians a video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church.
The temporary ban was put in place April 22, but the judge rejected the application
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RESIGNS, ARMY, ISRAEL, SUPPORT
A U.S. Army officer in the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency resigned in protest of the Biden administration's support for Israel's war against Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.
Maj. Harrison Mann announced his resignation in a two-page
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78, SANBORN, SAXOPHONIST, DAVID
David Sanborn, whose fiery alto saxophone flourishes earned him six Grammy Awards, eight gold albums and a platinum one, and who established himself as a celebrity sideman, lending indelible solos to enduring rock classics like David Bowie’s “Young Americans,”
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RULE, BIDEN, AIRLINES, NEW
U.S. airlines are trying to kill a new rule requiring them to disclose fees more quickly when consumers shop for flights
WASHINGTON -- U.S. airlines are suing to block the Biden administration from requiring greater transparency over fees that the carriers
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CHILDREN, GAZA, DEATH, 50
JERUSALEM – In a dramatic shift, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has revised its data pertaining to the number of Palestinian casualties in the seven-month-old Gaza war, reducing almost by half the number of women
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FLOODS, INDONESIA, BODIES, FLASH
Rescuers recovered more bodies Monday after monsoon rains triggered flash floods on Indonesia's Sumatra Island over the weekend, bringing down torrents of cold lava and mud that left at least 44 people dead and another 15 missing.
The heavy rains, along with
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JEN, PSAKI, BOOK, BIDEN
Kristi Noem isn't the only one whose book is causing controversy. Jen Psaki, the former White House press secretary turned MSNBC mouthpiece, found herself in hot water on Monday after it was reported that she lied about Joe Biden in her new book. For once,
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MUMBAI, RAINS, BILLBOARD, HEAVY
A billboard collapsed in Mumbai, India, killing three people and injuring 59 during thunderstorms and heavy rain.
The incident occurred in the suburb of Ghatkopar, with scores of people believed to be trapped.
India experiences severe floods during the monsoon
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