Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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TRUMP, COURT, IMMUNITY, SUPREME
SCOTUS immunity ruling helps Trump, angers Democrats. Plus, July 4th travel tips
Today's top stories
The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that former President Donald Trump has broad immunity from federal prosecution. In a 6-3 opinion along ideological lines,
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GIULIANI, RUDY, DISBARRED, NEW
It doesn't come as a terrible shock, but a New York appeals court has disbarred Rudy Giuliani, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, former mayor of New York City, and attorney for former President Donald Trump — "effective immediately."
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HURRICANE, BERYL, CATEGORY, JAMAICA
Hurricane Beryl is expected to produce rainfall totals of 4 to 8 inches.
After Beryl strengthens to a Category 5, hurricane warning goes into effect in Jamaica
After Hurricane Beryl strengthened to a Category 5 while over the ocean, a Hurricane warning is
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INDIA, RELIGIOUS, STAMPEDE, DEAD
At least 60people have died and scores more are injured after a stampede at a religious gathering in northern India.
The disaster occurred in a village in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh state during an event led by religious leader Bhole Baba.
Medical
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SUPREME, COURT, CASES, WEAPONS
The Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear two sets of Second Amendment challenges: to an Illinois law prohibiting the sale of high-powered guns and high-capacity magazines and to a federal law making it a crime for people convicted of felonies to possess
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89, TOWNE, CHINATOWN, ROBERT
Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenplay writer of "Shampoo," "The Last Detail" and other films whose script for "Chinatown" became a model of the art form and helped define the jaded allure of his native Los Angeles, has died
NEW YORK -- Robert Towne, the
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HUNGARY, UKRAINE, TALKS, ZELENSKYY
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (L) talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (R) in the Europa building prior the start of the meeting on June 27, 2024, in Brussels, Belgium.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrived in Ukraine on Tuesday
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COPA, COACH, AMERICA, LOSS
The United States’ departure from Copa América after losing to Uruguay on Monday night sparked questions about the future of the men’s national soccer team.
Those arguments mostly swirled around whether head coach Gregg Berhalter should return ahead of the
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ALZHEIMER, DRUG, FDA, APPROVES
U.S. officials have approved another Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow the disease, providing a new option for patients in the early stages of the incurable, memory-destroying ailment.
The Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly’s Kisunla on
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PAROLE, FBI, AGENTS, ACTIVIST
The U.S. Parole Commission has denied parole to Leonard Peltier, a far-left Native American activist who has been in prison for decades for the murders of two FBI agents executed after a shootout in 1975.
"The brutal murders of Special Agents Jack R. Coler
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PRIMARY, MCGUIRE, VA, DECLARED
Virginia held its congressional primary elections on June 18. The GOP primary for the Old Dominion's Fifth Congressional District was so close that the state's Department of Elections only just now — on July 2 — called the race, declaring state Senator John
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SMITH, SUSAN, REPORT, MURDERING
Susan Smith, who murdered her two young sons in 1994, has reportedly been working to find “sugar daddies” to pay her bills if she gets out of prison.
Smith’s first parole hearing for her life sentence is set for November 4, and relatives claim she believes
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HEAT, ADMINISTRATION, RULE, BIDEN
The Biden administration on Tuesday will propose first-of-their-kind regulations to protect farm and construction workers, kitchen cooks and millions of other Americans exposed to dangerous heat on the job.
President Biden is expected to discuss those worker
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MISSILE, NORTH, WARHEAD, LARGE
North Korea said Tuesday it had test-fired a new tactical ballistic missile capable of carrying a huge warhead, as the country is pushing to modernize its weapons arsenal to cope with what it calls U.S.-led threats.
The North's official Korean Central News
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MODERNA, FLU, VACCINE, BIRD
US pays Moderna millions to develop bird flu jab
But experts want a working vaccine that could be quickly rolled out, just in case the virus mutates and becomes a problem.
Bird flu is not a big threat to people, despite outbreaks in poultry and cattle.
It
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TECH, HUBS, MILLION, 504
President Joe Biden’s administration is reportedly giving $504 million in funding to twelve technology hubs in an effort to expand research in AI, semiconductor manufacturing, and clean energy.
The funding is going to tech hubs located in New York, Florida,
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BERNSTEIN, BIDEN, DEBATE, CARL
President Joe Biden's difficulties in last week's debate were not just a "one-off" incident but the continuance of a pattern that has been going on for the last year and a half as he has "good days, he has bad days," former Washington Post journalist Carl Bernstein
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CHILDREN, HAITI, GANG, UNITED
Gang violence in Haiti has displaced 300,000 children, the United Nations says
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Gang violence in Haiti has displaced more than 300,000 children since March, the U.N. children's agency said Tuesday as
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DELAY, GAS, JUDGE, SIDING
Judge puts a pause on White House delay of consideration of gas export projects
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LAKE CHARLES, La. — The Biden administration can’t delay consideration of projects aimed at exporting liquefied natural gas while a legal challenge
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SAINT, CATHOLIC, MILLENNIAL, FIRST
Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager who designed a website documenting various Eucharistic miracles and led a faithful life before his death at age 15, will be canonized, the Vatican announced on Monday, July 1.
Acutis was one of 15 people approved for canonization
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CHINESE, MIGRANTS, BORDER, REPATRIATION
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) conducted a deportation fight of Chinese migrants over the weekend, the agency announced Tuesday.
DHS officials said in a statement that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement flew a charter flight over the weekend
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ELECTION, CONTENDERS, BRITAIN, WORKS
On Thursday, British voters appear almost certain to embrace momentous political change, handing the ruling Conservatives what could be a defeat of historic proportions, and casting their lot with the center-left Labor Party.
The widely forecast result — a
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ACCESS, CPS, TEXAS, SHERIFF
A Texas man is behind bars after being accused of impersonating a Child Protective Services worker to gain access to children, according to deputies.
Gerald Don Miller, 56, has been charged with three counts of impersonating a public servant and one count
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