Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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BERYL, TEXAS, HURRICANE, COAST
After Beryl pounds East Texas with torrential rain and strong winds, it will continue to move across the United States’ eastern half over the next several days.
Monday: Several hours after making landfall in Matagorda, Texas, the storm began weakening. It
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CHILDREN, HOSPITAL, UKRAINE, RUSSIA
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – A major Russian missile attack across Ukraine killed at least 28 people and injured almost 100 on Monday, officials said, with one missile striking a large children’s hospital in the capital, Kyiv, where emergency crews searched the rubble
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UKRAINE, XI, CHINA, RUSSIA
Stalled Military Aid and Russian Gains in Northeastern Ukraine : State of the World from NPR In May, Russia was able to make significant advances in northeastern Ukraine as military aid from the U.S. and elsewhere was stalled. And while the aid eventually did
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BOEING, GUILTY, PLEAD, DEAL
Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge and pay a fine of $243.6 million to resolve a U.S. Justice Department investigation into two 737 MAX fatal crashes, the government said in a court filing.
The plea deal, which requires
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ISRAEL, HAMAS, GAZA, FIRE
President Biden has a choice: no daylight between the United States and Israel, or an Israel-Hezbollah war no one wants now.
For months his administration has chosen daylight — and has risked war. It needs to reverse course.
After Hamas’ barbaric Oct. 7 attack
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FRENCH, MACRON, STABILITY, ELECTION
French voters split their parliament into left, center and far-right, leaving the country with the stunning prospect of a deadlocked parliament and political paralysis
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press , LORI HINNANT Associated Press , and SYLVIE CORBET Associated
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BALDWIN, TRIAL, ALEC, RUST
Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial is finally set to get underway on July 9 and is expected to last about 10 days. It's been almost three years since Halyna Hutchins was killed on the movie set "Rust" while Baldwin was practicing a "cross-draw" maneuver.
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MENENDEZ, CLOSING, SEN, ARGUMENTS
Prosecutors in Bob Menendez's corruption trial are expected to kick off their closing arguments on Monday, after more than seven weeks of testimony over allegations the once-powerful senator accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes.
Federal prosecutors
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BIDEN, REPLACE, DEMS, PLAN
Desperate Democrats are circulating a proposal to replace embattled Joe Biden and hold a “blitz primary” to choose a replacement. The proposal is reportedly gaining support with party insiders who see it as an option to avoid “democracy-ending defeat.” Hyperbole,
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TEXTS, COLUMBIA, ANTISEMITIC, TROPES
Columbia University announced it is removing three deans who sent antisemitic texts, calling them "upsetting."
In a letter, President Minouche Shafik said the texts were sent during a reunion weekend entitled "Jewish Life on Campus: Past, Present and Future,"
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WNBA, ROOKIE, ANGEL, REESE
Rookie Angel Reese set a new WNBA record on Sunday as she registered her 13th consecutive double-double for the Chicago Sky.
Reese, the seventh overall pick in this year's WNBA draft, equalled Candace Parker's previous record for the league's longest double-double
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SKYDANCE, PARAMOUNT, AGREES, HOLLYWOOD
Entertainment giant Paramount, which owns CBS and was behind blockbuster films such as “Top Gun” and “The Godfather” has agreed to merge with Skydance
NEW YORK -- Entertainment giant Paramount, which owns CBS and was behind blockbuster films such as “Top Gun"
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NEW, CITY, MIGRANT, YORK
A New York City bridge became stuck open on Monday afternoon after hot summer weather caused it to overheat, pictures show.
The Third Avenue Bridge, which connects Manhattan and the Bronx over the Harlem River, became stuck at around 2:46 p.m. The metal in
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WEEKEND, 4TH, JULY, PEOPLE
At least 100 people were shot, 17 of them fatally, during the July 4th weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.
Earlier in the weekend, Breitbart News reported at least 58 people were shot in the city Wednesday night to Friday night alone. Eleven of
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PLEADS, ACTOR, CAPITOL, GUILTY
An actor known for comedic roles in the movie “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” and the television series “Bob’s Burgers” has pleaded guilty to interfering with police officers trying to protect the U.S. Capitol from a mob’s attack
WASHINGTON -- An actor
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SPEECH, UNHINGED, PRESIDENT, SCHRUTE
The President of the National Educational Association gave what many critics saw as an "unhinged" speech at their Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly in Philidelphia over the weekend. Rebecca Pringle, president of the largest labor union in the nation
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JEWS, FRENCH, ELECTION, VICTORIES
French Jews fear they may have “no future” in the country after the far-left’s victories in the parliamentary elections over the weekend.
As Breitbart News reported, French President Emmanuel Macron’s alliance with the New Popular Front delivered a victory
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LAWYERS, COP, JURORS, KAREN
Lawyers for the suspected Boston cop killer Karen Read said Monday that jurors in her trial over the death of John O'Keefe had an "agreement" to find her not guilty before the judge declared a mistrial.
They raised the issue in a motion to dismiss second-degree
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VIRGINIA, LAKE, JUMPING, YEAR
A Colorado teenager visiting friends in Virginia for Independence Day died after jumping into an electrified lake.
Jesse Hamric, 18, was visiting friends in Virginia with his family when he jumped into Smith Mountain Lake outside Roanoke on Thursday morning,
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JAMES, BRONNY, LEBRON, GIVE
Bronny James’ entrance into the NBA has been met with enormous criticism as the Los Angeles Lakers selected him in the second round of the draft last month.
The noise got louder over the weekend when the former USC guard made his Summer League debut and scored
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ELECTIONS, FRANCE, UPSET, WEEKEND
There's been a stunning upset in the weekend elections in France In results that defied polls, France’s far-right national rally party was relegated to third place in legislative elections, routed by a diverse leftist coalition cobbled together only weeks ago.
Europe
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TRUMP, IMMUNITY, THWART, CASES
How the Supreme Court's immunity decision affects Trump's legal cases
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In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court found presidents have absolute immunity for exercising
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