Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, JUNE 29th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
92 articles
BIDEN, DEBATE, TRUMP, JOE
The first presidential debate of 2024 left many Americans and even some traditional Democratic allies wondering about President Biden’s mental fitness for office based on what appeared to be his unclear train of thought at times and his raspy voice on Thursday
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SUPREME, COURT, BAN, UPHOLDS
A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked Oklahoma from enforcing its new immigration law that would make it a crime to enter the state without legal authorization to be in the United States.
The ruling, issued just days before the law was set to go into
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CEPEDA, ORLANDO, 86, DIES
Orlando Cepeda, the slugging first baseman nicknamed “Baby Bull” who became a Hall of Famer among the early Puerto Ricans to star in the major leagues, has died. He was 86.
The San Francisco Giants and his family announced the death Friday night, and a moment
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STORM, HURRICANE, SEASON, BERYL
Early in the hurricane season, an unusually strong storm moves through the Caribbean
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Beryl strengthened from a tropical storm into a hurricane on Saturday as the storm makes its way through the southeast Caribbean.
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ASTRONAUTS, SPACE, STATION, BOEING
Houston, we have a helium leak. Recently, it was learned that astronauts launched into space by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) were stranded aboard the International Space Station (ISS) after engineers uncovered at least five helium
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IRAN, RUNOFF, REFORMIST, ELECTION
Iran’s “moderate” reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian, once dismissed as a dark horse with little chance of winning the emergency election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, managed to become the frontrunner by about a million votes when the results
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CAITLIN, CLARK, WNBA, PLAYERS
The conversation regarding Caitlin Clark and whether her peers are jealous is ongoing.
As the NCAA's all-time leading scorer has drawn historic viewership and attendance, the rookie phenom has been the victim of some hard fouls and injuries, including a ruptured
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POLICE, REPLICA, TEEN, GUN
The 13-year-old boy was killed by police after a pursuit in Utica, New York.
The fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy who allegedly pointed a replica handgun during an encounter with officers Friday night in Utica, New York, is under investigation, police said.
The
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AI, BAMBOOZLING, INVESTORS, GOOD
is a senior technology correspondent at Vox. He’s spent 15 years covering the intersection of technology, culture, and politics at places like Gizmodo, Vice, and the Atlantic.
There’s some common sense that AI doesn’t have, like knowing whether or not it’s
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COMEDIAN, ACTOR, MARTIN, 80
Certain deaths hit us differently, even when it comes to people from the entertainment world. Martin Mull's is one like that. The acerbic comedian and actor died at home in Los Angeles on Thursday at age 80, according to a statement his family posted to Instagram
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CONCERT, REPORT, WORKERS, UFO
Colorado, I remind the readers, was the first state to legalize recreational marijuana, and I'm sure that fact has no connection to the claims by a dozen workers cleaning up at the Centennial State's famous Red Rocks Amphitheater concert venue about sighting
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PAPERS, PANAMA, DEFENDANTS, INCLUDING
In a striking verdict for a money-laundering case associated with the Panama Papers scandal, a Panamanian judge on Friday acquitted all 28 defendants, among them former employees of the law firm Mossack Fonseca, the source of the leaked documents that set off
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RECOGNITION, WRONGFUL, FACIAL, COPS
In January 2020, Robert Williams spent 30 hours in a Detroit jail because facial recognition technology suggested he was a criminal. The match was wrong, and Mr. Williams sued.
On Friday, as part of a legal settlement over his wrongful arrest, Mr. Williams
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ADULTS, NEBRASKA, HOME, POLICE
The victims are expected to survive, according to investigators.
Six people were injured, including three children, during a shooting inside a home in Crete, Nebraska, on Friday afternoon.
The unidentified suspect was later found dead inside the house from
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KAREN, READ, DEATH, REACH
What to know about the Karen Read murder trial
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The trial of Karen Read, who is accused of murdering her boyfriend in January 2022, has garnered a massive internet following that has ultimately
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SHARK, FLORIDA, CRITICAL, CONDITION
Florida man in critical condition after shark attack
Florida had the most shark attacks in the world in 2023, according to the University of Florida Shark Attack File.
A "severe bite" from a shark in East Florida on Friday has left a man in critical condition
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TRUMP, MEMO, PLATFORM, REDUCE
The memo said the new platform would reflect Trump's political stances.
Donald Trump's top advisers are planning to overhaul and shorten the Republican Party's platform so that it will be "in line" with the former president's "vision for America's future,"
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JAMES, LEBRON, AGENT, LAKERS
LeBron James and his family celebrated Bronny James Thursday after his NBA dream came true.
The Los Angeles Lakers selected the 19-year-old guard in the second round of the 2024 NBA Draft. While Bronny prepares to play alongside his father, his younger brother
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