Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
31 articles
BROWN, UNIVERSITY, SHOOTING, PERSON
This was supposed to be a day in which the New England Patriots thought exclusively about beating the Buffalo Bills and winning the AFC East division, but tragedy has wormed its slimy way into the picture and the franchise is not going to ignore what's happening
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BONDI, BEACH, ATTACK, TERROR
Deadly attack on Bondi Beach follows rise in antisemitic incidents in Australia
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The deadly shooting during a Hanukkah celebration at Australia's Bondi Beach follows a sharp rise in antisemitic attacks in the country since the
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IOWA, ISIS, SYRIA, GUARD
File this one under "tell me you didn't see that coming." On Sunday, we learned that the attacker in Syria who killed three Americans was a recent recruit to Syria's security forces and had been reassigned due to suspected ties to the Islamic State.
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TALKS, BERLIN, ZELENSKYY, PEACE
BERLIN (AP) – U.S. envoys arrived in Berlin Sunday morning for another round of talks intended to secure a deal to end the war in Ukraine.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner were spotted in downtown
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ROB, DEAD, REINER, FOUND
LOS ANGELES — In an incident that has sent shockwaves through Hollywood, two people have been found dead inside the Brentwood home of director Rob Reiner, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to The Post.
Officers were called to the home Sunday afternoon.
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DOORDASH, FOOD, DRIVER, PEPPER
A Kentucky woman is behind bars after allegedly pepper-spraying a DoorDash customer’s food — later telling authorities she was aiming the substance at a spider.
Kourtney N. Stevenson was arrested Friday by the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office after a doorbell
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QUARTERBACK, PHILIP, RIVERS, PASS
Philip Rivers was back on the scoreboard as the Indianapolis Colts quarterback threw a touchdown pass in the first half against the Seattle Seahawks.
Rivers had gone 1,800 days without throwing a touchdown pass. The last ones of his career came in the 2020
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LEADER, MADURO, OPPOSITION, VENEZUELAN
On Sunday, Venezuelan opposition-leader-in-exile and Nobel Peace Prize awardee María Corina Machado sat down with CBS News Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan to discuss the (hopefully) coming downfall of Venezuelan strongman dictator Nicolás Maduro - and
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REDISTRICTING, LEAD, RAND, PAUL
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said redistricting mid-decade could lead to violence from people who feel they are not represented.
Host Kristen Welker said, “On domestic policy and redistricting, President Trump is threatening the
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COUNTRY, TRUMP, MURPHY, CHRIS
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said the Brown University shooting was a result of President Donald Trump’s “dizzying campaign to increase violence in this country.”
Murphy said, “If you look at states like Connecticut, Rhode
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BIDEN, LIBRARY, REPORT, PRESIDENTIAL
Former President Joe Biden has reportedly raised only a "small fraction" of the funds needed to construct a presidential library, according to a report from The New York Times on Saturday.
The report, based on public filings and interviews with Biden's donors,
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WWE, FINAL, JOHN, CENA
US actor and wrestler John Cena fought the final fight of his 16 match retirement tournament in Washington on Saturday night, bringing to a close an illustrious 24-year career that saw him become one of wrestling's biggest and most recognisable stars.
The
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MEMORY, YPRES, IRAN, RIGHTS
On 11 December, beneath the great stone arches of the Menin Gate in Ypres, we gathered to mark International Human Rights Day. The setting was not incidental; it was essential. Few places on earth speak so powerfully about the price of freedom, the scale of
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NEW, YORK, TRUMP, LAWS
President Trump moves to block state AI laws as New York pushes tougher rules Alex Bores, a New York State Assembly member who sponsored an AI regulation bill, responds to President Trump's executive order aimed at blocking state oversight of artificial intelligence.
National
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SUFFERS, CHIEFS, PATRICK, MAHOMES
Kansas City Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes will be out for the rest of the season as he suffered a torn ACL on Sunday in a loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, according to multiple reports.
Mahomes’ knee buckled while he was scrambling and as he was getting hit
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POWERBALL, JACKPOT, GROWS, SATURDAY
So you’re saying there’s a chance.
The odds of scoring the current $1.1 billion Powerball jackpot are astronomically small — but not zero.
Players hoping to win the jackpot face stiff odds of just 1 in 292.2 million, according to Powerball.
But the odds
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KIRK, ERIKA, PRIVATE, RISING
Erika Kirk has announced that she is to meet privately with commentator Candace Owens marking the first direct conversation between the two after a period of public discussion and differing perspectives that emerged after her late husband’s death.
Kirk shared
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HIGH, SCHOOL, CHAMPIONSHIP, FOOTBALL
A Florida high school state football championship finished with a phenomenal ending for one team and absolute heartbreak for the other on Saturday night.
Lake Mary High School was down six points with seven seconds left in the Florida High School Athletic
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GERMANY, CHRISTMAS, MARKET, PLOT
German police have arrested five men in connection with an alleged Islamist terror plot to attack targeting a Christmas market in southern Bavaria.
According to the Bild newspaper, three Moroccans aged 22, 28, and 30 were arrested alongside a 37-year-old Syrian
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