Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3rd 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
45 articles
TRUMP, HARRIS, KAMALA, ELECTION
How Democrats are targeting red seats in blue New York to help win back the House
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Republicans won control of the House of Representatives in 2022 with the
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MELANIA, TRUMP, ABORTION, MEMOIR
"The View" co-host Joy Behar said Thursday that former first lady Melania Trump was lying about her abortion stance, which she revealed in her memoir, and said it was a "scam" to appease voters.
"Sixty-two percent of Americans oppose overthrowing Roe v. Wade,
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IRAN, ISRAEL, BIDEN, WORLD
When asked if he would allow Israel to retaliate against Iran, which said it had launched the missiles in retaliation for the assassinations of leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah, its proxies, Mr. Biden said: “First of all, we don’t ‘allow’ Israel. We advise Israel.
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TYRE, NICHOLS, OFFICERS, DEATH
The future of three former Memphis officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols' civil rights in a beating that proved fatal is in the hands of a jury after a nearly monthlong federal trial.
Jurors began their deliberations Thursday, a day after prosecutors
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CAITLIN, CLARK, YEAR, WNBA
NEW YORK -- Caitlin Clark has been named the WNBA Rookie of the Year in a near-unanimous vote, giving the Indiana Fever back-to-back winners after Aliyah Boston won the honor last season.
A national panel of sportswriters and sportscasters gave Clark 66 of
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HURRICANE, FEMA, HARRIS, FUNDS
The next Americans to get slammed by the Harris-Biden border disaster: hurricane victims!
Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas, who also oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency, announced Wednesday that “FEMA does not have the funds to make
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HURRICANE, HELENE, AFTERMATH, ALARMING
A week after Hurricane Helene ripped through the American Southeast, it has careened into a terrible category of natural disasters: By some measures, it is now the third-deadliest storm to make landfall in the United States, after Hurricane Maria and Hurricane
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PETERS, YEARS, SENTENCED, TINA
Mesa County Clerk and Colorado Republican candidate for secretary of state Tina Peters reacts to early election returns during a primary night watch party at the Wide Open Saloon on June 28, 2022 in Sedalia, Colorado.
Tina Peters, a former Colorado county
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STRIKE, DOCKWORKERS, SUSPEND, PORTS
The dockworkers' strike at U.S. ports ranging from Maine to Texas has been suspended for the time being while unions and port officials negotiate wages.
The strike, which began at midnight on October 1, as the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA)
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GARTH, BROOKS, ASSAULT, LAWSUIT
Country superstar Garth Brooks has been accused of rape and sexual misconduct in a lawsuit filed this week by an unnamed makeup artist. The woman, identified only as Jane Roe, claimed in the lawsuit that Brooks raped her in a hotel room and that he later subjected
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AMENDMENT, CHARTER, GUIDE, CITY
The Los Angeles City Charter spells out the powers and duties of city departments, offices and elected officials, among other things. Voters have approved 29 changes to the charter since 2000, the last time a new charter went into effect. Just five ballot measures
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UNION, FIREFIGHTERS, HARRIS, ENDORSE
The International Association of Fire Fighters on Thursday said it will not make an endorsement for president this year, the second major union to do so.
Although the IAFF supported President Joe Biden in 2020, the union declined to support Vice President
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WALZ, DEBATE, CAMPAIGN, TIM
Minnesota Democrat Gov. Tim Walz was chosen by Vice President Kamala Harris to shore up Midwestern votes, yet his past misstatements have put his campaign staff under constant damage control, Politico reported on Thursday.
Many political observers were surprised
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UKRAINE, INJURED, VISITS, NATO
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has claimed that Donald Trump's presidency could have averted Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, citing the former U.S. leader's unpredictability as a potential deterrent, The Hill reported.
Speaking on the importance
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SENATE, MCCORMICK, CASEY, BOB
We now have our umpteenth tied poll from the Pennsylvania presidential race, but we also have a poll showing the U.S. Senate race in a statistical tie.
Sentinel Action Fund, a conservative super PAC, polled 800 likely Pennsylvania voters between September
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PREMIERE, YEARS, RUST, SHOOTING
The movie "Rust," starring Alec Baldwin, is set to make its world premiere at a Polish film festival next month, more than three years after Baldwin fired a prop gun on set, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Court documents showed an assistant director
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YAZIDI, WOMAN, GAZA, HELD
A 21-year-old Yazidi woman who was held for more than 10 years by a Hamas terrorist affiliated with ISIS has been rescued, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
In a post on X, the IDF said that the woman was returned to her family in Iraq after being freed
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LOAN, STUDENT, FORGIVENESS, BIDEN
A day after a previous judge's block of President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program expired, a federal judge in Missouri has blocked it again.
U.S. District Judge Matthew Schelp, who was appointed by then-President Donald Trump, issued the latest
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STRIKE, PORT, ENTERS, DAY
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., slammed President Biden for failing to intervene in the dockworkers' port strike, expressing concern over the impact it will have on American families who are already struggling with crippling inflation.
Scalise
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MENENDEZ, BROTHERS, CASE, LOS
While brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez are pushing for their freedom, one man who investigated their double murder case believes their life sentences should be upheld.
"If they were brought to trial again today, they would be found guilty," Clark Fogg, a retired
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PRADA, TIKTOK, MR, THERAPIST
TikTok influencer 'Mr Prada' arrested for second degree murder
Terryon Thomas, who has 4.3 million followers on TikTok, is accused of killing a Louisiana therapist
Police said he died from blunt force trauma to the head, describing it as a “very physical,
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PLAYER, SCHOOL, STATE, TEAM
Several of the girls on a high school soccer team in New Hampshire are refusing to play against a school that has a transgender player, according to reports.
On Tuesday, five girls on the Hillsboro-Deering High School Girls Varsity Soccer team mounted a boycott
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MIGRANTS, REPORT, RELEASED, DHS
The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued a scathing report criticizing agencies within the Biden-Harris administration for allowing released migrants without identification to board scheduled airline flights.
The DHS
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WILDFIRE, MAUI, POWER, BROKEN
A downed power line is officially blamed for last year’s Maui wildfire
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A new joint federal-state report on the origin of last year’s wildfire that killed at least 102 people in Maui determined that power
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