Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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LABOUR, PARTY, ELECTION, KEIR
Keir Starmer will become the new prime minister of the United Kingdom after the Labor Party’s big win Thursday in the general election, the Associated Press reported.
The Labour Party won a majority of votes to thrust Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, into
Continued at Fox News...
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PUTIN, MOSCOW, UKRAINE, HUNGARY
Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 5, 2024.
Russia's closest European ally, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, has drawn ire from the EU over his Friday trip to meet Kremlin
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INJURED, DEAD, DRUNK, JULY
Three people are dead after an alleged drunk driver was accuse of plowing his Ford F-150 into a New York City park where people were gathered to celebrate the Fourth of July on Thursday.
Authorities have charged the suspect, identified as 44-year-old Daniel
Continued at Breitbart...
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CALIFORNIA, HEAT, WILDFIRE, FIRE
Most evacuation orders are lifted, but a Northern California wildfire is still burning
toggle caption Noah Berger/AP
OROVILLE, Calif. — Thousands of people evacuated during a Northern California wildfire were allowed to return home Thursday afternoon as crews
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PRESIDENTIAL, IRAN, HARD, REFORMIST
A reformist and an ultraconservative will square off in a runoff election Friday as neither candidate garnered the majority of votes required to win the presidency in a first round plagued by record low voter turnout and dissatisfaction with the political establishment.
The
Continued at New York Times...
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SHARK, BEACH, FLORIDA, TEXAS
The director of a renowned shark research center in California shared how to stay safe and the importance of not panicking if you encounter a shark at the beach this summer season.
Chris Lowe, the director of the Shark Lab at Cal State University (CSU) Long
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TRUMP, IMMUNITY, CASE, DOCUMENTS
The Supreme Court ended its term divided into partisan blocs, with the Republican appointees ruling in favor of former President Trump’s claim of immunity while the three Democratic appointees voiced a bitter dissent.
It’s exactly the result many critics of
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TRUMP, PROJECT, 2025, DISAVOWS
The Trump campaign attempted to distance itself from the conservative Project 2025 playbook on Friday. Despite significant overlap between Project 2025 personnel and staffers from former president Donald Trump’s administration and campaign, Trump issued a statement
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NIGEL, FARAGE, BRITISH, UK
The man who pushed and pulled the United Kingdom out of the European Union has emerged as the true leader of British conservatism in the July 4 elections after voters swept the Conservative Party out of power after 14 years.
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“This should be
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OFFICE, VANDALIZED, JEWISH, HOUSE
Gaza hostage posters outside US lawmaker's office vandalised
Vandals tore down posters of Israeli hostages hung on the wall outside the Capitol Hill office of a Democratic lawmaker on 4 July, his office said on Friday.
Congressman Brad Schneider called the
Continued at BBC...
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CNN, GUPTA, BIDEN, COGNITIVE
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent called on Friday for President Joe Biden to undergo detailed cognitive and neurological testing and share his results.
Dr Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon, noted in an op-ed for the cable news network Biden's
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WRITINGS, SHOOTER, JUDGE, COPYRIGHT
A Nashville judge has ruled that the writings of the person who killed three 9-year-olds and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville last year cannot be released to the public
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The writings of the person who killed
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ABORTION, KANSAS, COURT, REJECTS
The Kansas Supreme Court has struck down state laws regulating abortion providers more strictly than other health care providers and banning a common second-trimester procedure
TOPEKA, Kan. -- Kansas’ highest court on Friday struck down state laws regulating
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HURRICANE, BERYL, MEXICO, NEARS
Hurricane Beryl strengthens back into a Category 3 storm as it nears Mexico
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TULUM, Mexico — After leaving a trail of destruction across the eastern Caribbean and at least nine people dead, Hurricane Beryl strengthened
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DROP, WISCONSIN, COURT, BALLOT
The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s new liberal majority said on Friday that ballot drop boxes can once again be used widely in the state, reversing a ruling issued two years ago when the court had a conservative majority.
On a practical level, the ruling changes
Continued at New York Times...
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BIG, LOTS, EXECS, DOUBT
The pain felt among American retailers continues as Big Lots reported in a recent Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing that its ability to continue on faces challenges as a "going concern."
"Based on our current cash and liquidity projections, and
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STUDENTS, YOUNG, FACING, FOUNDATION
The economy — not social issues — is the number one issue of concern for students, the Young America’s Foundation “2024 Understanding Students’ Views on Current Issues” survey, conducted by Echelon Insights, found.
The survey examined the sentiments of more
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HEZBOLLAH, ISRAEL, UPHEAVAL, HAMAS
Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, as seen from Ashkelon, in southern Israel, October 20, 2023. Amir Cohen | Reuters
On Thursday morning, Hezbollah said it launched 200 rockets into Israel — one of its largest
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FLOPPY, DISKS, JAPAN, LONGTIME
Japan scrapped every regulation requiring the use of floppy disks for administrative purposes this week, catching up with the times 13 years after the country’s producers manufactured their last units.
The floppy disk, invented in the 1970s, was once a ubiquitous
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ANTHEM, YANKEES, NATIONAL, PITCHERS
Thursday’s contest between the New York Yankees and the Cincinnati Reds started with a different contest, one of wills, between a pair of each team’s pitching staffs as the national anthem played.
Ahead of the game, as the anthem played, Reds pitchers Graham
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KAREN, LAWYER, READ, POWERED
A photo of Karen Read's lawyer with his arms around his smiling client's waist and chest could potentially hurt a retrial, a former homicide detective said.
Alan Jackson, a high-powered defense lawyer who successfully fended off a murder charge against Read,
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TOWN, RETREATS, ARMY, UKRAINE
Ukraine's army has retreated from a neighborhood in the outskirts of Chasiv Yar, a strategically important town in the eastern Donetsk region that has been reduced to rubble under a monthslong Russian assault, a military spokesperson said Thursday.
Chasiv
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TOKYO, WACKY, PETS, CITY
With suggestive poses and pets, 'wacky' election campaigning tests Tokyo's patience
toggle caption Eugene Hoshiko/AP
TOKYO — Tokyo elects a new governor this weekend, but residents say personal publicity stunts have overtaken serious campaigning to a degree
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