Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
34 articles
CEO, UNITEDHEALTHCARE, SUSPECT, POLICE
Police in Pennsylvania are questioning a man on Monday in connection with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, NBC News reported.
The man was found with a gun that is similar to the one used to kill the 50-year-old Thompson by a masked
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TRUMP, LARA, SENATE, CHENEY
Country music star George Strait performed the “Trump dance” during a recent concert in Las Vegas — the latest instance of President-elect Donald Trump’s signature campaign boogie being copied by prominent public figures since his election victory.
George
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PENNY, DANIEL, SUBWAY, GUILTY
Legal experts told ABC News they believe the Daniel Penny trial tapped into societal concerns regarding homelessness, severe mental illness, safety and race following the acquittal of Penny in the NYC subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely.
“Daniel Penny bought
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SYRIA, ASSAD, FALL, IRAN
The stunning collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria has sent shock waves throughout the region and beyond, marking a dramatic turning point after nearly 14 years of civil war. Assad’s rule, long sustained by Russia and Iran, has come to an end, leaving
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JAY, LAWSUIT, 13, GIRL
Several weeks before Jay-Z was accused in a lawsuit of raping a minor with Sean Combs, he received a letter from a plaintiff’s lawyer threatening to “immediately file” a “public lawsuit” against him unless he agreed to resolve the matter through mediation for
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TRUMP, BIDEN, OFFICE, WHITE
Let's be honest: Joe Biden will probably go down in history as the worst president in the history of the republic. Worse than Andrew Johnson and worse than Jimmy Carter.
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Worse than even Barack Obama. And that's really saying something.
But
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TIKTOK, BAN, SMALL, EMERGENCY
Chinese-based ByteDance and its short-video app TikTok Monday asked an appeals court to temporarily block a law that would require that parent company ByteDance to divest TikTok by Jan. 19 or face a ban, pending a review by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The companies
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BIDEN, KAMALA, JOE, HARRIS
Love him or hate him, any sane observer would have to admit that President-elect Donald Trump is utterly unafraid of taking his case to the media and the people.
He’s been candidly sharing his views with The Post. And witness his big sitdown with Kristen Welker
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HEGSETH, ERNST, MEETING, PETE
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) tiptoed closer to supporting Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth after a meeting together on Monday.
After the meeting, Graham — who previously expressed doubts about Hegseth — praised him in a post on X on Monday.
He posted:
I
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NETANYAHU, TRIAL, CORRUPTION, TESTIFY
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to take the witness stand in his own defense on Tuesday in a criminal trial that his critics say is essential to the rule of law, and which his supporters say is a political prosecution.
Netanyahu’s lawyers
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TRUMP, DHILLON, CIVIL, RIGHTS
President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he has picked Harmeet Dhillon to be the Department of Justice's assistant attorney general for civil rights in his next administration.
"Throughout her career, Harmeet has stood up consistently to protect our cherished
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JERSEY, NEW, DRONES, FEDERAL
Mysterious drones continue to be reported flying overhead in New Jersey, as residents remain without answers as to why there have been so many drone sightings.
The drones were reportedly first seen over Morris County, New Jersey, in mid-November. Drones have
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WRAY, GRASSLEY, FBI, RIPS
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-Biden breaks Obama record for filling Federal Registers…
-Elon Musk and Ron Paul agree on cutting foreign
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JUAN, SOTO, METS, YANKEES
A record-breaking deal for slugger Juan Soto sends the baseball world into a spin
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DALLAS — At baseball's annual winter meetings in Dallas, the only manager coy with his compliments about superstar
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SUPREME, COURT, REJECTS, ADMISSIONS
Supreme Court rejects challenge to Hawaii gun licensing rules — for now
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The Supreme Court declined to intervene or overturn a Hawaii State Supreme Court decision that allowed the state to prosecute a man carrying
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GOLDEN, NOMINATIONS, GLOBES, REZ
Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo and Timothee Chalamet up for Golden Globes
Reuters Ariana Grande has been entered in the supporting actress categories, while Cynthia Erivo is classed as Wicked's lead actress
Wicked's Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are among
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FBI, TRUMP, PATEL, PICK
His choices are being scrutinized by Republican senators as they make rounds.
Trump picks for FBI director, defense secretary and more face pointed questions on Capitol Hill
President-elect Donald Trump's picks for top jobs in his administration were making
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INFOWARS, FATE, WEIGHS, ONION
Lawyers for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones urged a U.S. bankruptcy judge to block the sale of his Infowars website to the Onion news parody site at a Monday court hearing in Houston.
The Onion was named the winning bidder for Infowars in a November bankruptcy
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SOUTH, KOREA, PRESIDENT, LAW
The South Korean Justice Ministry imposed an overseas travel ban against President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday amid an investigation into allegations of rebellion and other charges over his short-lived martial law declaration.
Yoon had declared martial law last
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SWIFT, TAYLOR, TOUR, ERA
And they do not count the secondary market of online ticket resellers. According to StubHub, the Eras Tour was the biggest-selling tour in the platform’s two-decade history, and last year it outsold Beyoncé’s shows by a factor of five. Another ticketing company,
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DOGE, ELON, MUSK, KHANNA
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said President-elect Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency could see bipartisan consensus on cutting defense spending.
Khanna said in an interview on "This Week," both Democrats and Republicans would agree on a leaner,
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RUPERT, MURDOCH, BID, TRUST
If Mr. Murdoch and Lachlan do not succeed in court, they could pursue other means to consolidate Lachlan’s power. One way would be for Lachlan to buy out his siblings’ stake in the company.
After The Times reported on the legal battle over the family trust
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BIDEN, DEATH, FEDERAL, ROW
President Joe Biden is being asked to grant clemency to dozens of federal inmates facing the death penalty before he leaves office and before President-elect Donald Trump, who during his first term resumed federal executions after a two-decade-long pause, is
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BILL, FOOTBALL, BELICHICK, COLLEGE
Bill Belichick possibly becoming the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels was an underappreciated storyline going into conference championship weekend.
Now that the College Football Playoff bracket is set, the bowl games are scheduled and the transfer
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