Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, APRIL 9th 2026
Updated 05:12 ET
79 articles
IRAN, TRUMP, CEASEFIRE, WAR
A year after 'Liberation Day,' Trump's tariffs are hurting small businesses
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HOUSTON – A year after President Trump issued an executive order imposing steep tariffs on most of the United States' major trading
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SERIAL, KILLER, REX, HEUERMANN
The daughter of confessed Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann broke down in tears in a Long Island court when her sadistic father admitted to strangling and discarding the bodies of eight women Wednesday.
Victoria Heuermann, 29, wiped away tears as she
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QUEEN, MATTHEW, KETAMINE, PERRY
Jasveen Sangha admitted to providing the ketamine that killed the actor.
The woman reportedly known as the "Ketamine Queen" was sentenced to 15 years in prison for providing the drug that killed Matthew Perry.
Jasveen Sangha admitted in a plea agreement to
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WOODS, TIGER, FLORIDA, DUI
A court filing shows that a subpoena will be issued later this month for Tiger Woods' prescription drug records following his DUI arrest late last month.
Woods was arrested for driving under the influence after taking field sobriety tests following a two-vehicle
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GAS, PLUNGES, IRAN, OIL
A new national survey finds voters increasingly view fraud and misuse of taxpayer money as a major factor driving higher costs for families, as the Trump administration expands its anti-fraud campaign ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
The March survey,
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BAHAMAS, WOMAN, MISSING, HUSBAND
The daughter of missing American woman Lynette Hooker didn’t hear about her mom disappearing at sea until around 24 hours later when her stepdad called her, according to a report.
Brian Hooker, 58, delivered the shocking news to Lynette’s adult child Karli
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EPSTEIN, BONDI, SUBPOENA, PAM
Pam Bondi, US attorney general, during a swearing-in ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026.
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will not appear as scheduled on April 14 to testify to the House Oversight
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SCHOOL, STUDENTS, HIGH, OKLAHOMA
Two Oklahoma teachers who work at the same elementary school are accused of striking a 10-year-old and carrying another 5-year-old student in a chokehold within months of each other.
Elizabeth Kay Sutton and Ottoria McClung have both been charged with assault
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TRUMP, MELANIA, LAW, AI
The first conviction under First Lady Melania Trump’s ‘Take It Down Act’ has landed, with federal prosecutors using the law for the first time against AI-generated sexual abuse material.
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It comes out of Ohio, where prosecutors say a months-long
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SWALWELL, ERIC, FEMALE, BAD
Bettors are rattled by mounting accusations surrounding leading Democrat Eric Swalwell, shifting odds toward billionaire progressive Tom Steyer in California’s governor’s race.
In a graph shared Wednesday, Benjamin Freeman, in charge of politics growth at
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SPANBERGER, GOV, YOUNGKIN, BUNKER
A former top official in the Biden administration slammed Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger as wrongly following Joe Biden’s playbook, squandering "goodwill" and allowing the GOP to define her, demanding she "come out of her Biden bunker."
The swipe comes
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BRAVES, BRAWL, ANGELS, JORGE
The Atlanta Falcons discovered a new linebacker prospect on Tuesday night after seeing Atlanta Braves manager Walt Weiss’s tackle during the team’s brawl.
In the bottom of the fifth inning of the Braves’ 7-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium,
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ZARUTSKA, TRIAL, IRYNA, INCOMPETENT
The suspect behind the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, who was stabbed to death on a North Carolina train, has been found “incapable to proceed” to trial.
In a motion that was filed on Tuesday, it was revealed that Decarlos Brown Jr. — the man
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OIL, VENEZUELAN, REPORT, BIG
While all eyes are on the Strait of Hormuz, where 20 percent of the world’s oil passes through, other energy developments are occurring down south — in Venezuela, to be exact, where the U.S. nabbed former president and dictator Nicolás Maduro in January with
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FLORIDA, ILLEGAL, HAITIAN, DEATH
A Haitian national, in the United States illegally, was arrested and charged with the murder of a woman at a Florida gas station, after he allegedly violently beat her to death.
Fox News’s Bill Melugin reported that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
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RYAN, CANDIDATE, EXCLUSIVE, GA
Tuesday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about Iran.
Marlow said, “People are making the mistake that people have made for the last 10 years, is they are taking Trump literally, which you cannot do here.”
The
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AMERICAN, EVEREST, FIRST, 97
Jim Whittaker, who in 1963 became the first American to reach the top of Mount Everest, has died. He was 97.
Whittaker’s 1963 ascent to the summit of Mount Everest came 10 years after Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay first scaled the peak.
Whittaker died
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TAX, MISTAKE, WEALTH, NEW
On March 30, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed Senate Bill 6346 into law, which will levy a 9.9 percent tax on households with incomes exceeding $1 million per year, beginning in 2028.
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“Adoption of the historic Millionaires’ Tax makes our
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WISCONSIN, DEMOCRATS, SUPREME, COURT
is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he focuses on the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the decline of liberal democracy in the United States. He received a JD from Duke University and is the author of two books on the Supreme Court.
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WIFE, DOCTOR, HAWAII, ACCUSED
Hawaii anesthesiologist Gerhardt Konig has been convicted of attempted manslaughter based upon extreme mental or emotional disturbance after prosecutors said he tried to kill his wife in a brutal, bloody cliffside attack fueled by suspicions of an affair.
Jurors
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MOM, INVESTIGATOR, TEEN, PRIVATE
A runaway Arizona schoolgirl last seen 32 years ago is now reportedly living as a married mom-of-three who now works for a private investigator.
Christina Plante was 13 when she disappeared from her parents’ house in Star Valley, northeast of Phoenix, one
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CAROLINA, SOUTH, WIFE, FOSTER
A South Carolina pastor and his wife were arrested after a foster child reported being a victim of sexual abuse, according to officials.
Rodney Gibson and Kawiana Young, both 50, were charged with unlawful conduct with a minor, the Richland County Sheriff's
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BASEMENT, WOMAN, LAW, DISABLED
A Michigan woman is accused of keeping her disabled relative locked in a basement – where she tortured her by blasting the radio non-stop and almost starved her to death, according to authorities.
Tasha Beamon, 48, was hit with vulnerable adult abuse and unlawful
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ATTORNEY, VICTIM, PLAN, CONSTANT
The man accused of perpetrating the deadly shooting at Florida State University in April 2025 was in “constant contact” with ChatGPT while planning the attack, according to attorneys representing one victim’s family who plan to sue OpenAI.
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