Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, JUNE 2nd 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
38 articles
TRUMP, BIDEN, VERDICT, CONVICTION
Now that Donald Trump has been convicted on 34 felony counts, his sentencing hearing looms on July 11. Below are two legal experts weighing in on the critical question of whether Mr. Trump ought to receive a prison sentence.
The Case for Prison Time for Trump
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SHOOTING, DEAD, OHIO, INJURED
A shooting at a bar in suburban Pittsburgh has left two people dead and seven others injured, police said Sunday.
Allegheny County Police Department’s homicide unit said it has responded to a request for help by Penn Hills Police Department after the early
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CAITLIN, CLARK, FOUL, HARD
Chicago Sky guard Chennedy Carter ripped Caitlin Clark’s skills in a post on Threads on Saturday as she navigated through social media criticism for her now-flagrant foul on the Indiana Fever.
Carter decided to avoid questions about Clark after the Fever won
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HUNTER, BIDEN, TRIAL, CASE
The president flew into Wilmington, Del., on Sunday night, where his 54-year-old son’s felony gun trial begins Monday, and will spend the whole day there with no official duties.
Joe Biden’s looming presence in the strange small city leaves nobody in any doubt
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FRANCISCO, WILDFIRE, SAN, EAST
California firefighters battle wind-driven wildfire east of San Francisco
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SAN FRANCISCO — California firefighters aided by aircraft battled a wind-driven wildfire burning Saturday in an area straddling the San
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PARADE, ISRAEL, DAY, NYC
A New York City parade for Israel that typically draws thousands of people will hit the streets this year with heightened security and an emphasis on solidarity during the war in Gaza
NEW YORK -- An annual New York City parade for Israel that draws thousands
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BALLOONS, SOUTH, NORTH, KOREA
North Korea, that isolated, Stalinist regime run by a stunted gargoyle with bad hair, who is the last in a line of stunted gargoyles with bad hair, seems determined to keep lowering the diplomatic bar in its dealings with its southern cousins. In the nation's
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CHINA, RUSSIA, SUMMIT, DEFENSE
SINGAPORE (AP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused China on Sunday of helping Russia to disrupt an upcoming Swiss-organized peace conference on the war in Ukraine.
Speaking at Asia’s premier security conference, Zelenskyy said that China is pressuring
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RUPERT, MURDOCH, MARRIES, ZHUKOVA
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch marries for fifth time
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Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has married for a fifth time in a ceremony at his Californian vineyard. Mr Murdoch, 93, tied the knot
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WATER, ATLANTA, OUTAGE, DOWNTOWN
Water pressure was returning to downtown Water gushes out of a broken water transmission line in downtown Atlanta, Saturday, June 1 and nearby neighborhoods on Sunday after a two-day water outage shut down businesses and left faucets dry at many homes.
A large
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MONTH, PRIDE, WOKE, CONSERVATIVE
The Department of Defense (DOD) is being roasted online for accidentally posting a rainbow LGBTQ pride graphic to recognize PTSD Awareness Month in an embarrassing social media gaffe.
The month of June has been designated as PTSD Awareness Month by the federal
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BIDEN, ADMIN, 350K, AMNESTY
The Biden administration is boasting its border policies are now suddenly cutting illegal immigration, but a new report has exposed a veritable shell game that is effectively covering its "mass amnesty" designs by making the numbers of asylum cases disappear.
The
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ISRAEL, STUDENT, UNIVERSITY, ENCAMPMENT
Much of the national conversation around student protests against Israel’s war on Gaza has centered on elite campuses at coastal universities.
News outlets gave daily coverage to Columbia University after administrators called in the New York City Police Department
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NETANYAHU, TRUCE, SURVIVAL, BIDEN
For months, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has refused to offer a timeline for ending the war against Hamas in Gaza, a reticence that his critics see as a political tactic. But he has been put on the spot by President Biden’s announcement outlining
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COST, MAYOR, TORNADOES, CITY
Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey says recovery from a May 10 tornado outbreak has cost Florida’s capital city $50 million so far
Mayor says cost from May 10 tornadoes now tops $50 million as city seeks federal aid
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Recovery from a May 10
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COMMEMORATIONS, PARACHUTE, NORMANDY, 80TH
Parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes hurled themselves Sunday into now peaceful Normandy skies where war once raged, heralding a week of ceremonies for the fast-disappearing generation of Allied troops who fought from D-Day beaches 80 years ago
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BURGUM, GOV, TRUMP, EXECS
Kathryn Burgum aplauds as her husband Republican Governor of North Dakota Doug Burgum shakes hands with former US President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump during a Caucus Night watch party in Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 8, 2024.
North Dakota
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TRUMP, SHERIFF, FELON, TEAMS
A well-known conservative California sheriff joked that he was "changing teams" ahead of the 2024 election and urged people to support a "convicted felon."
"I think it's time we put a felon in the White House," Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco said in a video
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POLES, TRUCK, UTILITY, MONSTER
A lobster-themed monster truck performing for a crowd clipped an aerial power line, toppling several utility poles and sending two people to hospitals, police said. Others suffered minor injuries.
The Topsham Fairgrounds was hosting the monster truck event
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PRESIDENT, ELECTION, CROWNING, MEXICO
covers breaking and general assignment news as the weekend reporter at Vox. She previously worked at Business Insider covering the military and global conflicts.
A man sells latex masks with the faces of the President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador
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LARGEST, SETS, QUEEN, GUINNESS
The city of Philadelphia has set a new Guinness World Record for having the “largest attendance at a drag queen story time reading” in honor of LGBTQ Pride Month, the organizers said.
The event was held Saturday at the National Constitution Center where “several
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STUPID, SUCKS, ING, SHOUTED
Adele, who has never been one to shy away from tense interactions with fans, reprimanded an audience member in a profanity-laced tirade over the weekend after they shouted "Pride sucks" during a performance in Las Vegas.
In a video widely shared online, an
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SIDE, SPACECRAFT, MOON, LANDS
A Chinese spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon Sunday to collect soil and rock samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near side.
The landing module touched down at 6:23 a.m. Beijing
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PARADE, PROTESTERS, PRIDE, HAMAS
A healthy dose of schadenfreude was served up on Sunday after pro-Hamas protesters blocked a "pride" parade in Philadelphia, PA.
Videos have emerged showing the two sides meeting head-on, with some holding signs reading "no pride in genocide." Half-naked men
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