Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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TRUMP, TWITTER, MUSK, ELON
After Elon Musk said he would reverse Twitter’s ban of former President Donald Trump when his deal to purchase Twitter closes, former platform CEO Jack Dorsey said he doesn’t think bans should be permanent, Axios reported Tuesday.
“Musk says @jack agrees with
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WHITE, ALABAMA, CASEY, INMATE
(CNN) The nationwide search for a former Alabama corrections officer and the inmate she disappeared with ended Monday when Vicky White died after being hospitalized for a self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said.
Vicky White, 56, and Casey White, 38, were
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UKRAINE, RUSSIA, WAR, PUTIN
The Kremlin had predicted Ukraine would provide only token resistance against invading forces, allowing Russian troops to swiftly encircle and bypass population centers.
That emphasis on “best-case scenario” planning has led to what British military intelligence
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JUSTICES, PROTESTS, HOMES, COURT
Another day, another protest outside Sen. Schumer’s home in Brooklyn.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) shrugged off conservative handwringing over pro-choice protests targeting Supreme Court justices who are poised to overturn the landmark Roe
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JUSTICES, PROTESTS, SUPREME, COURT
Pro-abortion activists that have been protesting at churches and the homes of Supreme Court justices over the potential overturning of Roe v. Wade have a new target on the agenda: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
The left-wing group Ruth Sent Us announced Tuesday
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BATALI, MARIO, SEXUAL, MISCONDUCT
Mario Batali on Tuesday was cleared of charges that he groped a woman at a Boston bar — an important victory for the celebrity chef who fell from grace after multiple allegations of sexual impropriety surfaced.
Boston Municipal Court Judge James Stanton found
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ABORTION, SENATE, ROE, BILL
Senate passes bill to give police protection to families of Supreme Court justices
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A bill to grant security for the families of U.S. Supreme Court justices unanimously
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YOUNG, THUG, CHARGES, GANG
Prominent Atlanta rapper Young Thug was arrested on Monday on gang-related charges after being named in a sweeping 56-count grand jury indictment in Georgia.
The rapper was among 28 people allegedly associated with the Atlanta-based Young Slime Life (YSL)
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BAHAMAS, SANDALS, RESORT, TOURISTS
Tourists at the Sandals resort in the Bahamas where three Americans mysteriously died last week have been complaining about the intense smell of bug repellant, according to a new report.
Multiple guests at the Grand Exuma resort told NBC News about the “strong
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MIKE, TYSON, PUNCHING, CHARGES
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson dodged criminal charges after punching a man multiple times before a flight out of San Francisco last month.
The announcement came Tuesday following an investigation by the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office,
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COOK, LISA, WOMAN, BLACK
The Senate has voted to confirm economist Lisa Cook for a top position at the Federal Reserve.
Cook, a professor of economics at Michigan State University who served under President Barack Obama as a senior economist on the Council of Economic Advisers, was
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QUEEN, PARLIAMENT, POMP, TIME
HRH Prince Charles has delivered the Queen’s Speech for the first time, standing in for his mother who, at 96 years of age, has missed the state event for the first time in 59 years.
The state opening of parliament, at which what is called the ‘Queen’s Speech’
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LIGHTFOOT, ARMS, LORI, CALL
The incendiary rhetoric that is coming from the radical left in response to the recently-leaked draft majority opinion written by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on how “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled” just keeps getting worse, with the Biden
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MARCOS, PHILIPPINES, JR, DUTERTE
The namesake son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos appeared to have been elected Philippine president by a landslide in an astonishing reversal of the 1986 “People Power” pro-democracy revolt that ousted his father.
Marcos Jr. had more than 30.8
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GUN, PANDEMIC, CDC, HOMICIDES
The rate of U.S. gun deaths surged 35% in 2020 to the highest point since 1994, with especially deadly levels for young Black men, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report published on Tuesday.
Killings with firearms rose most among
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TAIWAN, CHINA, STATE, DEPARTMENT
A Taiwanese activist who was jailed for five years in China detailed his experience to reporters at Taiwan's parliament Tuesday.
The man, Lee Ming-che, was "kidnapped" by Chinese authorities during a visit to the country in 2017. He was sentenced to five
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PUTIN, KYIV, DONBAS, RUSSIA
President Biden warned Monday night that Russian President Vladimir Putin “doesn’t have a way out” of the war in Ukraine as Kyiv’s foreign minister upgraded his country’s goals for victory to pushing Moscow’s forces completely out of the country.
During a
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TOM, BRADY, FOX, SPORTS
Tom Brady hasn’t even started his comeback, but he’s already decided what he’s going to do with his time when (and if) he ever retires from his football career. The seven-time Super Bowl champ is reportedly signing a deal with Fox Sports worth $375 million
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BALLOTS, MAIL, CHILDREN, LA
A woman walking her dog in Los Angeles on Saturday night made a surprising discovery, KTTV 11 reports.
"I turned the corner and I just saw this box of envelopes, and it was a USPS box,” Christina Repaci told the station. “I picked some envelopes up and I saw
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MARILYN, WARHOL, SELLS, 195M
Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe portrait sells for $195m
Andy Warhol’s “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” has sold for $195 million. That makes the iconic portrait of Marilyn Monroe the most expensive artwork by a U.S. artist ever sold at auction. Christie’s auction house in
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SOUTH, KOREA, NORTH, NEW
SEOUL — Yoon Suk-yeol, the new president of South Korea, was sworn into office in Seoul on Tuesday, using his inaugural speech to make promises to heal political and economic divides at home, to fight for international norms and to offer an ambitious package
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