Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
45 articles
HARRIS, TRUMP, POLL, KAMALA
Former President Donald Trump maintains a 2-point lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in the race for the White House in the first Rasmussen Reports survey conducted since the candidates' Sept. 10 debate.
Asked "who would you vote for?" there were 49% of
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TRUMP, ASSASSINATION, ATTEMPT, DONALD
What we know about the life of Trump's alleged would-be assassin Ryan Routh, the alleged apparent would-be assassin of Donald Trump, has a complex and confusing past. He spent more than half of his life in Greensboro, N.C., and had many legal run-ins.
National
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SECRET, SERVICE, TRUMP, ASSASSINATION
A conservative legal watchdog group is heading to court to get the U.S. Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to explain how gunman Thomas Crooks had been able to "fire a relatively simple shot that came within an inch of killing President
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HEZBOLLAH, ISRAEL, LEBANON, EXPLOSIONS
Israel carried out dozens of airstrikes across southern Lebanon today, one of the most intense bombardments in the country this year.
The strikes came hours after Hezbollah’s leader vowed that “retribution will come” to Israel for the explosions of Hezbollah
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ROBINSON, GOVERNOR, CAROLINA, NORTH
Scandalous reports around Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R-NC), the Republican nominee for governor in North Carolina, are compounding, as his email address is linked to an account registered on adult affair matchmaking website Ashley Madison, according to Politico.
About
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RATE, FED, CUT, BIG
What does the Fed interest rate cut mean for mortgages and homebuyers?
The Federal Reserve delivered a jumbo-sized rate cut this week in a move widely viewed as a declaration of victory over inflation and a signal of relief for borrowers.
Few areas of the
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JUSTICES, ALASKA, SUPREME, COURT
A 76-year-old Alaska man named Panos Anastasiou was arrested Wednesday for threatening to torture and murder six Supreme Court Justices and their families.
A Justice Department press release outlines that Anastasiou sent hundreds of messages through a site
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SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, TRUMP, HAITIANS
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A Haitian community leader in an Ohio town that burst into the national spotlight over longtime residents' claims about disturbing incidents involving refugees argues that America’s history means the country should be open to taking in more
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JUDGE, KENTUCKY, SHERIFF, CHAMBERS
Kentucky sheriff held over fatal shooting of judge in court
A Kentucky sheriff has been arrested after fatally shooting a judge in his chambers, police say.
District Judge Kevin Mullins died at the scene after being shot multiple times in the Letcher County
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BIDEN, FEDERAL, JUDGE, CLAIMS
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell (left) meets with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office on May 31, 2022.
President Joe Biden on Thursday said he had "never once spoken" to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell while he was president.
But the
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NETANYAHU, ISRAELI, PLOT, IRANIAN
An Israeli man has been charged over an alleged Iran-backed assassination plot against several senior government officials including the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
A statement by Israeli police say the nation’s domestic intelligence agency Shin Bet
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OHTANI, SHOHEI, 50, STEALS
Shohei Ohtani created baseball history when he became the first player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season.
The Los Angeles Dodgers superstar stole third base in the first inning against the Miami Marlins to hit the first part of the record.
He
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TITAN, GUARD, VIDEO, WRECK
The US Coast Guard has released more footage showing the wreckage of the Titan submersible, which imploded killing all five inside, on the sea floor.
The deep-sea vessel was less than two hours into its descent towards the wreck of the Titanic when it imploded
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MEDIA, FTC, SOCIAL, USERS
Social media companies collect, share and process vast troves of information about their users while offering little transparency or control, including over how it is used by systems incorporating artificial intelligence, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said
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TIES, BORDER, CHIEF, TERROR
A former Border Patrol sector chief told lawmakers that he was blocked from informing the public about migrants who may be potential terror threats, as he says the Biden administration wanted to downplay the threat.
"In San Diego, we had an exponential increase
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DEPUTY, MICHIGAN, CLIMBS, SHERIFF
A sheriff’s deputy in Macomb County, Michigan, recently performed an incredible rescue when a 63-year-old man was in danger.
Macomb County Sheriff’s Deputy Nicole Miron and her fellow deputy saw the man driving erratically on Gratiot Avenue in Mount Clemens
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CAITLIN, CLARK, SEASON, FINALE
Caitlin Clark has one more game to leave her mark on history and maybe even one of her opponents.
In the Indiana Fever's last regular-season game against the Washington Mystics Thursday, Clark can break three more records.
With four more 3-pointers, she will
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SWIFT, TAYLOR, DON, VOTERS
If you think about it, Taylor Swift has been on the trail — in the form of her Eras concert tour, which began in March 2023 — for about as long as a typical presidential candidate who goes the distance. She has been to more than a dozen states and performed
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FATHER, BOY, BEAR, WISCONSIN
One Minnesota father is thanking his son for saving his life after a black bear attack.
12-year-old Owen Beierman saved his father Ryan's life on September 6 when a black bear they were tracking "charged and knocked [him] down."
The father-son duo was
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YELLOWSTONE, TRAIL, BURNS, WOMAN
A 60-year-old hiker was burned by scalding water while walking off-trail in a thermal area at Yellowstone National Park on Monday, injuries which required her being airlifted to hospital by helicopter, the National Park Service (NPS) has announced.
The woman,
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NEW, TEEN, SUBWAY, YORK
"It was an extremely foolish and reckless act," said a City Transit official.
A 17-year-old girl has been arrested on charges stemming from the crash of a stolen New York City subway train last week, police announced Thursday as a search for an alleged accomplice
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LEADER, FORCED, VENEZUELA, OPPOSITION
Venezuela’s opposition leader, Edmundo González, said in a video address from exile on Wednesday that the country’s autocratic government had forced him to sign a letter recognizing President Nicolás Maduro as the winner of the disputed July election.
Mr.
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CARTER, 100, AWARD, JIMMY
Less than two weeks before his 100th birthday, former President Jimmy Carter is receiving a lifetime achievement award from the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation, which has set aside its longstanding rule that the winner accept the honor in person.
The
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TERROR, EFFECTIVELY, RESOLUTION, GENERAL
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) overwhelmingly voted to adopt a nonbinding Palestinian resolution, calling on Israel to "end without delay unlawful presence in the occupied Palestinian territory" within a year or face consequences, including embargoes.
The
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