Emerging Topics in U.S. News
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2nd 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
162 articles
VANCE, DEBATE, WALZ, TRUMP
A focus group of Republicans, Democrats and independents reacted to former President Trump's running mate Sen. JD Vance's microphone being cut off during the CBS News Vice Presidential Debate on Tuesday night.
Independent and Republican voters disapproved
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ISRAEL, IRAN, BIDEN, NUCLEAR
Israel has barred the secretary general of the United Nations, António Guterres, from entering the country, Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday, criticizing him for failing to forcefully condemn Iran’s latest missile attack.
Mr. Katz said that Mr.
Continued at New York Times...
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HELENE, HURRICANE, BIDEN, HARRIS
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will on Wednesday see their way clear to visit areas devastated by Hurricane Helene, arriving some 72-hours after former President Donald Trump made the same journey to the stricken zone.
Trump journeyed
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ROSE, PETE, HALL, FAME
Former President Trump, right, says the late Pete Rose belongs in baseball’s Hall of Fame, despite the legendary player’s lifetime ban.
Pete Rose may never have formally endorsed former President Trump, but the Republican presidential nominee offered an endorsement
Continued at LA Times...
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TRUMP, LAPTOP, SEPTEMBER, MINUTES
We're getting into the home stretch of the 2024 presidential election, and with just over one month to go, former president Donald Trump is seeing a surge in cash to help fund his final push.
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According to his most recent filings, the Republican
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CAITLIN, CLARK, RACIST, FEELS
In an attempt to remain relevant, retired U.S. female soccer player Megan Rapinoe has gone on record insisting that journalist Christine Brennan should first be ridden out of town on a rail, then tarred and feathered, and only then drawn and quartered for daring
Continued at Red State...
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EMHOFF, DOUG, 2012, HUSH
Kamala Harris’s husband, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, is credibly accused of physically assaulting a woman in 2012.
Three friends of the alleged victim whom the Daily Mail only identifies with the pseudonym “Jane,” have come forward alleging Emhoff “struck
Continued at Breitbart...
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MATTHEW, DOCTOR, GUILTY, PERRY
Doctor pleads guilty in Matthew Perry overdose death
In his plea agreement, Chavez admitted he obtained ketamine from both his former clinic and a wholesale distributor through a fraudulent prescription, records show.
Chavez, 54, operated a ketamine clinic
Continued at BBC...
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LEBANON, ISRAELI, SOLDIERS, KILLED
The first Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier to fall in the Third Lebanon War has been named: Eitan Yitzchak Oster, a 22-year-old commando from the central Israeli area of Maccabim-Modi’in-Reut.
According to Army Radio, Oster, a member of the elite Egoz unit,
Continued at Breitbart...
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WNBA, CAITLIN, CLARK, GAME
The Las Vegas Aces lost a Game 2 thriller to the New York Liberty on Wednesday night, 88-84, and their quest for a three-peat is on the brink as they are now down 2-0 in the series.
Aces head coach Becky Hammon’s frustration with her team appeared to boil
Continued at Fox News...
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WEEK, FAT, CONTESTANT, BEAR
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Let the chunk-off begin.
Voting starts Wednesday in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve, with viewers picking their favorite among a dozen brown bears fattened up to survive the winter.
The contest,
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UKRAINE, TOWN, DEFIED, RUSSIANS
Ukrainian forces are withdrawing from the front-line town of Vuhledar, perched atop a tactically significant hill in eastern Ukraine, after more than two years of grinding battle, military officials said Wednesday.
Vuhledar, a town Ukrainian forces fought
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WOMEN, ROOMS, HOUSE, LOCKER
A group that says it is representing female athletes has launched a lawsuit against the NCAA after the women were “blindsided” by the inclusion of an unannounced transgender player for the San Jose State University women’s volleyball team.
Concerned Women
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GOOD, TIMES, JOHN, AMOS
Amos also starred on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "The West Wing."
John Amos, the actor best known for playing family patriarch James Evans Sr. on the sitcom "Good Times," has died, his publicist told ABC News in a statement. He was 84.
The actor died
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ABORTION, WALZ, FACT, DEATH
CLAIM: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) appeared to deny that sweeping abortion legislation he signed in 2023 allows abortions in the ninth month of pregnancy.
Verdict: False. Walz made Minnesota the first in the nation to codify abortion via legislative action
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TRUMP, TRIAL, RYAN, ASSASSIN
It's hard to believe the second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump was a mere two-and-a-half weeks ago — with the frenzied news cycle, it seems much longer than that. Nevertheless, the federal criminal case against would-be assassin Ryan
Continued at Red State...
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ASSANGE, EUROPEAN, PRISONER, PLEADED
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has officially recognized WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as a political prisoner following a vote on Wednesday, Radio France Internationale reported.
The decision came after Assange addressed the council's
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ACCUSERS, DIDDY, 120, 25
The Buzbee Law Firm and the AVA Law Group held a joint press conference on Tuesday, where Buzbee’s lead counsel Tony Buzbee unleashed a slew of bombshell revelations and allegations involving the 120 cases that will soon be filed against disgraced music mogul
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CONSERVATIVES, BRITAIN, LEFT, LOSE
Britain’s Conservative Party suffered the worst election defeat of its modern history less than three months ago. Yet one would be hard pressed to find much evidence of it at the party’s annual conference in Birmingham, where the drinks flowed, conversation
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DHS, REPORT, THREAT, VIOLENT
The Department of Homeland Security's Office of Intelligence and Analysis issued its "2025 Homeland Threat Assessment" this week, writing that the United States faces threats such as physical and cyberattacks to its critical infrastructure, terrorism, "climate
Continued at Newsmax...
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SUPREMACIST, GANG, WHITE, AREA
Dozens charged in case against California neo-Nazi gang
The US justice department says the Peckerwoods gang takes orders at times from the Aryan Brotherhood, a neo-Nazi gang based in California's prisons, and has an alliance with the Mexican Mafia prison gang,
Continued at BBC...
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OPENAI, BILLION, NONPROFIT, DEAL
OpenAI says it has raised $6.6 billion in venture capital investments as part of a broader shift by the ChatGPT maker away from its nonprofit roots
ChatGPT maker OpenAI raises $6.6 billion in fresh funding as it moves away from its nonprofit roots
OpenAI
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COMMUNIST, RULE, MARKS, YEARS
Tuesday was the official beginning of National Day, a Chinese holiday marking the anniversary of Communist Party rule.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the takeover, but the celebrations seemed muted as the week-long holiday got underway, as China faces
Continued at Breitbart...
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HARRIS, STRIKING, SURPRISE, DAMAGE
The United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) and the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) have gone on strike, shutting down the United States Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico ports, an act that will have lasting negative effects on the nation's economy.
Continued at Red State...