Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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RUSSIAN, UKRAINE, WAR, FIRST
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces suffered heavy losses in a Ukrainian attack that destroyed a pontoon bridge they were using to try to cross a river in the east, Ukrainian and British officials said in another sign of Moscow’s struggle to salvage a war gone
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MUSK, ELON, TWITTER, HOLD
Following Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s announcement Friday that he has placed his buyout of Twitter “on hold,” many across social media were quick to react to the news.
Breitbart News reported earlier today that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has tweeted that his
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ABORTION, ROE, COURT, SUPREME
Maryland and Virginia governors urge DOJ to tighten security outside justices' homes
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Following a week of protests after the leaking of a draft Supreme
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JOURNALIST, ISRAELI, POLICE, FUNERAL
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett lambasted the Palestinian Authority on Thursday for “preventing any possibility of a joint investigation” into the death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
The veteran Palestinian-American reporter was killed
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KOREA, COVID, NORTH, 19
SEOUL, South Korea — Before acknowledging its first domestic COVID-19 cases, North Korea spent 2 1/2 years rejecting outside offers of vaccines and steadfastly claiming that its superior socialist system was protecting its 26 million people from “a malicious
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TRUMP, GEORGIA, KEMP, PENCE
(CNN) Former Vice President Mike Pence will rally support for Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp as the Republican incumbent seeks to fend off a May 24 primary challenge from Donald Trump-backed former Sen. David Perdue.
The decision by Pence to campaign for one of Trump's
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NATO, FINLAND, SWEDEN, JOINING
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that his country does "not have a favorable opinion" about Sweden and Finland joining NATO, arguing that the Scandanavian countries are "guesthouses" for anti-Turkey "terrorist organizations."
The Turkish
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TEXAS, COURT, ABUSE, CHILD
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday ruled that state officials can resume “child abuse” investigations on parents of transgender youth who provide gender-affirming health care for their kids.
In a mixed ruling, the state’s highest civil court struck down a statewide
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PSAKI, JEN, PRESS, WHITE
White House press secretary Jen Psaki’s final briefing with reporters quickly dissolved into chaos on Friday after one reporter repeatedly heckled over his colleagues, shouting his question about fair access in the room.
As Psaki began to take questions —
Continued at New York Post...
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TEXAS, ESCAPES, BUS, INMATE
The search continues for a Texas inmate serving a life sentence for murder who escaped from a transport bus after stabbing the driver
CENTERVILLE, Texas -- The search continued Friday for a Texas inmate serving a life sentence for murder who escaped from a
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2022, SCHEDULE, NFL, GAMES
The road to the Super Bowl is never an easy one and for at least three teams making it that far will surely be an accomplishment.
The winning percentages for the opponents of the top three teams with the toughest schedules are about 54%. The Los Angeles
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BIDEN, INFLATION, LOAN, STUDENT
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley chided President Joe Biden in an opinion piece this week after he said Republicans "don't want to solve inflation by lowering your costs."
Biden said in a speech on Tuesday that "Republicans have offered
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KHALIFA, BIN, SHEIKH, ZAYED
The President of the United Arab Emirates, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, passed away on Friday May 13, 2022, the Ministry of Presidential Affairs announced. In this 2013 photo, he is greeted by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke
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PROBATION, SENTENCED, NURSE, ERROR
RaDonda Vaught, whose criminal prosecution for a fatal medical error made her case a flashpoint in national conversations about nursing shortages and patient safety, was sentenced on Friday to three years of probation in a Nashville criminal court. After the
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PRICES, HIGH, RECORD, GAS
High prices at the pump and rewards for energy-company shareholders after record losses during the pandemic will persist for the foreseeable future, a major energy executive says.
With gasoline prices continuing to break all-time records daily, drivers can
Continued at Washington Times...
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JUDGE, EMAILS, GPS, FUSION
A federal judge this week ordered the research firm Fusion GPS to release almost two dozen emails to special counsel John Durham that relate to the company's work for Hillary Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussmann.
Federal Judge Christopher Cooper ruled
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NETFLIX, MEMO, WOKE, COMPANY
The streaming giant Netflix inserted an anti-censorship section into its newly-revised company culture memo that has largely been interpreted as a warning to the company’s vocally woke minority. It comes months after employees launched a woke #NetflixWalkout
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VICKY, WHITE, CASEY, INMATE
Vicky White reportedly went shopping for men’s clothes and visited a sex toy shop before she helped her inmate boyfriend escape — leading to an 11-day manhunt that ended in her suicide and his capture.
Details about the former Alabama jail honcho’s shopping
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BIDEN, SCOTT, RICK, LOVE
Biden’s low numbers are seriously unfair. He’s managing quite expertly Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The economy, despite some nasty inflation, is booming. Biden passed a $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill, and then he passed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill
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