Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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NETANYAHU, CONGRESS, SPEECH, ISRAEL
How Gen-Z is feeling about Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket President Biden has struggled with young voters. But now that he's out and Vice President Harris is in, younger voters are re-calculating.
Elections How Gen-Z is feeling about Kamala Harris
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TRUMP, ASSASSINATION, DIRECTOR, RALLY
Continuing the hearings on Capitol Hill regarding the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, FBI Director Christopher Wray appeared before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday to testify regarding the incident and ongoing investigation.
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OLYMPICS, GAUFF, FLAG, PARIS
Tennis star Coco Gauff will join LeBron James as a flag bearer for the U.S. Olympic team at Friday’s opening ceremony
PARIS -- Tennis star Coco Gauff will join LeBron James as a flag bearer for the U.S. Olympic team at Friday's opening ceremony.
Gauff, the
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AIRPORT, EVACUATED, INJURED, FIRE
The New York State Education Department is banning realistic active shooter drills in schools in an effort to make them less traumatic for students.
The state’s new rules call for a “trauma-informed” and “age-appropriate” approach to drills that excludes the
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The International Committee (IOC) on Wednesday pushed Utah officials to end an FBI investigation into an alleged doping coverup involving the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and Chinese swimmers as it celebrated Salt Lake City as the host of the 2034 Winter
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AMERICAN, FLAG, AGITATORS, STATION
Pro-Palestinian supporters at Union Station in Washington, D.C., took down and burned an American flag before replacing it with the Palestinian flag, according to media reports.
Three American flags fly at Union Station. Several people were arrested in the
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RIGHTS, MEDIA, NBA, AMAZON
The National Basketball Association announced new rights agreements with Disney, Comcast and Amazon on Wednesday in which the companies will collectively pay $77 billion over 11 years, substantially increasing the league’s annual revenue and reflecting the
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TRASH, BALLOONS, SOUTH, NORTH
Weeks into North Korea’s campaign of launching balloons loaded with trash across the world’s most heavily armed border, some of them hit a symbolically significant target in South Korea on Wednesday: the presidential office in the heart of Seoul, the capital.
North
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HIV, OFFERS, PROTECTION, 100
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Twice-yearly shots used to treat AIDS were 100% effective in preventing new infections in women, according to study results published Wednesday.
There were no infections in the young women and girls that got the shots in a study
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TRUMP, MOVE, ABC, LAWSUIT
A Florida judge rejected ABC's motion to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed against the Disney-owned network and its anchor George Stephanopolous by former President Trump, allowing it to move forward.
The lawsuit stems from comments Stephanopoulos made in
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RUSSIA, UKRAINE, CHINA, TRUMP
Ukraine's top diplomat told Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during talks in the city of Guangzhou on Wednesday that Kyiv was open to negotiating with Russia if Moscow was ready to do so in good faith, something Kyiv saw no evidence of currently.
Foreign Minister
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BOAT, WHALE, NEW, HAMPSHIRE
Breaching whale capsizes boat and sends two people overboard
Breaching whale capsizes boat and sends two people overboard
A breaching whale has capsized a boat and sent two people flying into the water.
Video shows how a humpback whale suddenly appeared
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PARIS, MEN, SOCCER, OLYMPICS
A chaotic scene broke out in one of the first Olympic men’s soccer matches at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Etienne, France, on Wednesday.
The opening Group B match between Morocco and Argentina came down to the wire. Argentina thought it had scored the
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OLYMPICS, DRONE, CANADA, INCIDENT
Canada women's football manager Beverly Priestman will not take charge of her side's Olympics opener against New Zealand after two members of her backroom staff were sent home for allegedly flying a drone over the Kiwis' team training session.
Priestman, 38,
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TRUMP, WEEK, NETWORKS, FOX
Newsmax had its biggest ratings week in history during the Republican National Convention — drawing more than 10 million viewers across its networks.
As Republicans turned to nominate Donald J. Trump, millions of Americans turned to Newsmax to watch live coverage
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NEW, ZEALAND, ABUSE, ADULTS
New Zealand’s independent inquiry into abuse of children and vulnerable adults over five decades found that state agencies and churches failed to prevent, stop, or admit to abuse, despite being aware of it.
The report estimated that 200,000 people were abused,
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PARK, ORDERED, BURN, 25
The town of Jasper and Jasper National Park in Alberta have closed.
25,000 ordered to evacuate as wildfires burn in Canada's Jasper National Park
At least 25,000 people have been forced to evacuate due to wildfires in Jasper National Park in Canada, officials
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TV, SET, CAMPUS, PROTEST
Small polyester tents — orange, green, blue — stretched across the grassy quad. Makeshift wooden signs and banners dotted the encampment. Sleeping bags and coolers were scattered on the ground.
The scene resembled one that cropped up across the United States
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MISSOURI, IGNORED, MURDER, INMATE
A Missouri prison again has ignored an order to free a wrongfully convicted inmate
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ST. LOUIS — For the second time in weeks, a Missouri prison has ignored a court order to release an inmate whose
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HIJAB, SOUNKAMBA, SPRINTER, OPENING
PARIS (AP) — French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla says she has been barred from Friday’s opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics because she wears a hijab, and the French Olympic Committee said it is working with her to find a solution that adheres to the team’s
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PLUMMET, TESLA, SHARES, REPORTS
Elon Musk’s Tesla faced a significant setback as its shares dropped more than 12 percent in morning trading on Wednesday following disappointing second-quarter earnings results.
CNBC reports that Tesla’s second-quarter earnings report has sent shockwaves through
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RACE, BIDEN, NATION, ILLNESSES
DOCTORS' APPROVAL – Two doctors explain why President Biden's decision to back out of the 2024 election may have been best for his health. Continue reading…
VIRAL CONCERNS – As President Biden makes his first public appearance since contracting COVID-19, concerns
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MURDOCH, SUCCESSION, NY, SECRET
Rupert Murdoch is locked in a secret legal battle against three of his children over the future of the family’s media empire, as he moves to preserve it as a conservative political force after his death, according to a sealed court document obtained by The
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