Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, JANUARY 5th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
19 articles
NEW, ORLEANS, ATTACK, STREET
New Orleans mourned, wept and danced at a vigil Saturday evening along the famous thoroughfare where a man rammed a pickup truck into a crowd, killing and injuring revelers who were there to celebrate the new year.
A makeshift memorial of crosses and pictures
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TRUMP, MELONI, AMAZON, MELANIA
As President-elect Donald J. Trump prepares for his inauguration, some of the legal cases that spilled out of Mr. Trump’s first presidency will follow him into the second.
Mr. Trump has signaled he plans to fight to postpone the scheduled sentencing for his
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CONGESTION, NEW, PRICING, YORK
Teachers in New Jersey will no longer be required to pass a basic reading, writing and mathematics test to be eligible for public schools, according to a new law.
Act 1669, which was signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy, D., in June, went into effect on Wednesday
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BIDEN, TRUMP, SCHUMER, DECLINE
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) claimed Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he and other top Democrats did not mislead the American public about President Joe Biden’s decline in mental acuity.
Host Kristen Welker said, “Obviously, there has been
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FARAGE, MUSK, LEADER, REFORM
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has called for Brexit leader Nigel Farage to be replaced at the helm of the Reform UK party after previously expressing support for the longtime Trump ally. Farage, meanwhile, has vowed to not compromise on his principals.
Just weeks
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SPEAKER, TRUMP, JOHNSON, HOUSE
Mike Johnson wrapped up the Speaker of the House vote on Friday on the first vote, but he also won something else: a new rules package that will make it more difficult for detractors (and Democrats) to engineer his ouster from the position.
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MEDAL, FREEDOM, BIDEN, SOROS
Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre was among those who reacted to President Biden giving out Presidential Medals of Freedom on Saturday.
Biden was scrutinized on social media for handing out the awards to Hillary Clinton and George Soros.
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TRUDEAU, CANADIAN, RESIGNATION, ANNOUNCE
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reportedly expected to resign from his position as early as Monday, according to Canadian media.
The news was first reported by the Globe and Mail on Sunday night, citing three sources. The outlet said that it is unclear when
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LEADER, TRUMP, GOP, HEGSETH
Pete Hegseth is a good choice to be Donald Trump's Secretary of Defense, for a number of reasons; more on that in a bit. Hegseth's nomination was hit with accusations early on, but he has been slowly gaining ground in the likely vote count regardless.
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SNOW, RAIN, STORM, FREEZING
Millions face snow and ice as a major winter storm moves across the U.S.
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Millions across the U.S. are facing weather warnings and watches as a major winter storm moves from the Central Plains into the mid-Atlantic, where parts
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CARTER, JIMMY, LEGACY, RELIGIOUS
The mythology of Jimmy Carter begins and ends in Plains, the small Georgia town that raised him and kept drawing him back.
Yet roughly 150 miles away is Atlanta, a city just as essential to understanding the life of the 39th president. If Plains was his home,
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GAME, BUCS, SAINTS, PLAY
It came down to the wire, but the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the New Orleans Saints in a thriller, 27-19, to win the NFC South.
Coming into this contest, the Bucs knew they had a win-and-in position, as the Atlanta Falcons needed to defeat the Carolina
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GLOBES, NIKKI, GOLDEN, HOST
Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser opened the night by mocking the celebrities over their past presidential endorsements that appeared to have no effect.
When the awards show began on Sunday night, Glaser started by complimenting the room of celebrities, only
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49, STORES, ATMS, NYC
Robbers have targeted 49 New York City stores to steal ATM machines and get their hands on mountains of cash.
Police said three suspects hit stores in upper Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens between September 19 and December 26 to take money and other
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TALKS, AUSTRIAN, PARTY, LEADER
The far-right Freedom Party of Austria gained a realistic chance this weekend of leading the country’s next government, after talks between three mainstream parties collapsed.
The Freedom Party’s ascent would put its firebrand leader, Herbert Kickl, into the
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PACKERS, BEARS, SNAPS, GAME
The Chicago Bears weren’t necessarily playing spoiler on Sunday when they took on the Green Bay Packers, but there was still a ton to play for as they wanted to finish the season on a high note.
That’s exactly what happened thanks to Cairo Santos drilling
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TRUMP, AHEAD, GERMANY, AIR
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he will again call on allies to boost its air defenses at this week’s meeting in Germany, as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes over later this month with a vow to end the almost three-year
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PLAYOFF, BENGALS, TAYLOR, ALIVE
The Cincinnati Bengals needed to win the rest of their games after a Dec. 1 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in order to even have a chance to sniff the postseason this year.
They did just that.
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SOUTH, YOON, DEADLINE, ARREST
Thousands of South Koreans braved a snowstorm Sunday to rally in support or opposition of President Yoon Suk Yeol, suspended over a failed martial law bid and resisting arrest a day before the warrant expires.
Yoon plunged the country into political chaos
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TRUMP, MAYOR, DC, FORWARD
A lot of folks who weren’t very friendly toward Donald Trump in the past are suddenly singing a different tune now that he won the November election in such overwhelming fashion—kudos to you if you predicted Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Canadian Prime Minister
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REQUEST, EXPLODED, VEGAS, SHOW
This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
The driver who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck in front of the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas
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VACCINATIONS, RFK, JR, CASSIDY
Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) said on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” that President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was “wrong” about the effectiveness and side effects of vaccinations.
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INSPIRED, ASSASSIN, KAVANAUGH, NEW
The man who allegedly attempted to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the summer of 2022, Nicholas Roske, is languishing in jail as the wheels of justice turn with painful sluggishness. In the latest development, his lawyers are trying to
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CAROLINA, DEATH, ARIZONA, SOUTH
South Carolina is beginning to schedule executions again after a pause for the holidays, with the state Supreme Court setting the next one for Jan. 31.
The state is looking to carry out death sentences for several inmates who are out of appeals but who had
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