Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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GENE, HACKMAN, DEATH, HOLLYWOOD
Opinion: Remembering Gene Hackman
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The actor Gene Hackman has died, at the age of 95. He was found this week in his home in Santa Fe, along with his wife, Betsy Arakawa, and a family dog. Authorities are still trying to
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BORDER, TRUMP, TROOPS, COMBAT
Just 8,326 migrants were recorded at the United States-Mexico border in February, prompting President Donald Trump to declare victory over the migrant flood invited by former President Joe Biden.
“The Invasion of our Country is OVER,” Trump posted on his TruthSocial
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CUOMO, MAYOR, ANDREW, NYC
The speech by Mayor Eric Adams of New York City, in the closing week of Black History Month, seemed to be hitting all the right historical notes.
He outlined the lineage tying together Nat Turner, Marcus Garvey, Rosa Parks and Barack Obama and connected the
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DAVID, JOHANSEN, 75, NEW
David Johansen, the wiry, gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving member of the glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls who later performed as his campy, pompadoured alter ego, Buster Poindexter, has died. He was 75.
Johansen died Friday at his home in
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TRUMP, JUDGE, RULES, HEAD
A federal judge in Seattle issued a preliminary injunction late Friday blocking the government from withholding federal funds from hospitals in four states that offer gender-transition treatment for people under 19. The decision dealt a setback to a key part
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PLANE, FIRE, FEDEX, CATCHES
A FedEx cargo plane caught fire after taking off from Newark Liberty International Airport and hitting a bird in midair on Saturday.
The plane, FedEx Flight 3609, was on its way to Indianapolis when the incident happened, NBC News reported.
Officials with
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KURDISH, TURKEY, GROUP, DECLARES
(AFP) — Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a landmark call by jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan asking the group to disband and end more than four decades of armed struggle.
It was the first reaction from the
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3
TRUMP, PARDON, PETE, ROSE
President Trump said late Friday that he would grant a full pardon to Pete Rose, who was one of baseball’s greatest players before he spectacularly fell from grace for gambling on games while he was a player and manager.
Mr. Trump also repeated his call for
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TRUMP, SPORTS, TRANS, ORDER
Ahead of a "March Against Mills" on Saturday, an online petition to recall the governor of Maine has received over 22,000 signatures.
Janet Mills and President Donald Trump got into a heated debate last week after the two clashed about Trump's executive order
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CHICAGO, RAHM, EMANUEL, CRIME
Remember when both political parties weren't all that far from the center?
As recently as the Reagan years, most of the Democratic Party was liberal, but they weren't literally bat-guano crazy. I remember Democrats like New York's Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan;
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ISRAEL, TEMPORARY, CEASEFIRE, PHASE
Hamas rejects Israel's request to extend phase one of Gaza ceasefire
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TEL AVIV, Israel — The Palestinian militant group Hamas says talks must begin on the next phase of the ceasefire in Gaza,
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TRUMP, OFFICIAL, LANGUAGE, SIGNS
President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an executive order making English the official language of the U.S.
The order revokes an executive order issued by former President Bill Clinton in 2000, "Improving Access Services for Persons with Limited English
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SINGER, STONE, ANGIE, DIES
The artist was involved in a fatal car accident early Saturday morning.
In this Jan. 20, 2024, file photo, Angie Stone performs onstage in Atlanta.
In this Jan. 20, 2024, file photo, Angie Stone performs onstage in Atlanta.
In this Jan. 20, 2024, file photo,
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HAMAS, PRO, COLLEGE, VIOLENT
The parade of useful idiots on New York City's Barnard College campus seems to be expanding. On Wednesday, 50 anti-Israel protestors seized a campus building. On Thursday, at least 100 protesters gathered at the entrance to Barnard College, wearing keffiyehs
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LEADER, SYRIA, AL, SENIOR
A senior military leader of the terrorist organization Hurras al-Din, an Al-Qaeda affiliate, was killed in a precision airstrike in Syria carried out by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces, according to a press release.
Muhammed Yusuf Ziya Talay was killed
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SPORTS, GAINES, RILEY, IDENTIFYING
The Georgia House passed the “Riley Gaines Act” on Thursday, which would bar transgender-identifying male athletes from competing against women and girls.
The bill is named after Gaines, a women’s sports advocate and host of the Gaines for Girls podcast on
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FBI, PATEL, LOVE, EPSTEIN
New FBI Director Kash Patel has a willing participant, UFC fighter Justin Gaethje, to help improve agents' fitness.
In a teleconference with the FBI’s 55 field offices on Wednesday, Patel said he wants the FBI and UFC to form a relationship that would lead
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BOO, ANTHEM, TORONTO, NATIONAL
The national anthem wars between the United States and Canada are not over yet.
While it has been faint, playful sports banter in the past, things took a serious turn last month amid political tensions between the two countries.
It began at an Ottawa Senators
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NEW, FEDERAL, EMAIL, WEEK
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is once again asking federal workers to explain what they have accomplished as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk work to root out waste.
This week’s email reportedly came from the Office of Personnel Management
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