Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FRIDAY, MAY 17th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
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TRUMP, BIDEN, GRADUATION, DEBATE
President Joe Biden on Friday rejected participation in more debates, which former President Donald Trump said Biden agreed to attend.
NBC News and Telemundo would have hosted the first presidential event, NBC News confirmed, while Fox News at Virginia State
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SCHEFFLER, SCOTTIE, CHAMPIONSHIP, PGA
Scottie Scheffler is arrested outside PGA Championship after interaction with police
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The world's top-ranked golfer, Scottie Scheffler, faces four criminal charges after
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ALITO, FLAG, UPSIDE, JUSTICE
The Supreme Court’s decision this week upholding the funding structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau surprised some court watchers since it pinned Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. against each other — with Justice Thomas
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HARRISON, BUTKER, SPEECH, CHIEFS
An NFL star has courted controversy by telling female graduates that one of their most important roles in life will be "homemaker".
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker also criticised abortion and LGBT Pride marches in a speech at Benedictine College,
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PELOSI, 30, YEARS, SENTENCED
The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison.
Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley handed down the sentence for David DePape, 44, whom jurors found guilty
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VIDEO, DIDDY, CASSIE, COMBS
Hotel surveillance footage published by CNN on Friday showed Sean Combs physically assaulting and kicking Casandra Ventura, his former girlfriend, in a manner consistent with allegations she made against him in a lawsuit that she filed and settled last year.
The
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HOUSTON, POWER, SEVERE, STORMS
Exceptional windstorms that could leave some Houston residents without power for weeks were a once-in-a-generation event and the damage left in their wake is comparable to that caused by a hurricane, meteorologists said Friday.
"We believe this windstorm is
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GAZA, PIER, AID, STARTS
The US Department of Defense has completed a temporary pier off the Mediterranean coast of Gaza to deliver urgently needed aid — an important goal, but really only a $320 million bandage on the humanitarian crisis 2.3 million people are currently facing.
The
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BALDWIN, JUDGE, ALEC, RUST
Alec Baldwin's motion to dismiss charge in 'Rust' shooting to be heard in court
Alec Baldwin's motion to dismiss his involuntary manslaughter charge stemming from the 2021 fatal shooting on the set of "Rust" will go before a New Mexico judge on Friday.
The
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BODIES, HOSTAGES, FINDS, IDF
With each passing day, we seem to see still more evidence of Hamas's barbarity. On Friday, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) found the bodies of three hostages in Gaza. The recovered bodies are reported to be 22-year-old Shani Louk, whose image flashed around
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COLEMAN, DABNEY, 92, ACTOR
Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in “9 to 5” and the nasty TV director in “Tootsie,” has died
NEW YORK -- Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains
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AOC, MTG, HEARING, CROCKETT
As RedState reported earlier, some wild exchanges went down Thursday during a chaotic House Oversight Committee hearing on the Merrick Garland contempt resolution which saw Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Jasmine Crockett
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ATTACK, CRIMEA, RUSSIA, PUTIN
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region aims to create a buffer zone but has no plans to capture the city.
Putin’s comments on a trip to China were his first on the
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MERCEDES, SOUTH, WORKERS, ALABAMA
It’s been another big week for the UAW.
Over 5,000 auto workers at the Mercedes-Benz assembly plant in Vance, Alabama, have been holding their union election vote with the United Auto Workers (UAW); ballots will be counted when voting closes today.
It’s the
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SYNAGOGUE, POLICE, FRENCH, FIRE
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An armed man believed to have set fire to a synagogue in northwestern
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STEVE, BUSCEMI, ACTOR, ASSAULT
Police in New York City have arrested a suspect after actor Steve Buscemi was punched in an apparently random attack.
Buscemi, who is known for his starring role in the television series Boardwalk Empire, was attacked on 8 May while walking in Manhattan.
Police
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TRIAL, MENENDEZ, CORRUPTION, WIFE
Sen. Bob Menendez stands accused of many things — but “Husband of the Year” isn’t one of them.
His main defense in his latest federal corruption trial is that his wife did it.
At least, she took all the bribes, he claims — which doesn’t explain why he provided
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NORTH, KOREA, SOUTH, JET
North Korea launched suspected short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Friday, South Korea's military said, a day after the U.S. and South Korea conducted a joint military exercise.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles were fired
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SLOVAK, PRIME, MINISTER, SUSPECT
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is awake and communicative after the attempted assassination against him, meanwhile the alleged gunman has helped police search his own car and home for evidence.
The President-elect of Slovakia Peter Pellegrini has met
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AIRMAN, FLORIDA, FORTSON, ROGER
Family of Black U.S. Airman seeks answers after fatal shooting by Florida deputy
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Roger Fortson, a U.S. Airman who was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy earlier this month, will be laid
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ISSUES, ALERT, STATE, LGBTQ
Americans traveling abroad are being urged to exercise caution worldwide, the State Department said Friday.
The agency issued a security alert because of the "potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations, or violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests."
"The
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CABLE, NEW, TV, AHEAD
The Disney Grooming Syndicate has announced it will “reduce pretty dramatically our investment in [linear TV] content specifically aimed at those traditional networks.”
The death of cable/satellite TV is good for America. For five decades, cable TV has served
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WHISTLEBLOWER, BOEING, DEATH, SUICIDE
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A former Boeing manager who raised safety questions about the aircraft maker and was found dead after several days of depositions in South Carolina took his own life, police said Friday after concluding their investigation.
John Barnett,
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45, TOLD, WATER, PEOPLE
A scenic fishing village in southwest England was under instructions to boil its tap water for a third day on Friday after a parasite sickened more than 45 people in the latest example of Britain's troubled water system.
Around 16,000 homes and businesses
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