Emerging Topics in U.S. News
18
DAY, MEMORIAL, BIDEN, ARLINGTON
'My heart is in Arlington': What Memorial Day means to one Gold Star family
Enlarge this image toggle caption Erin Stalnaker Erin Stalnaker
For many years, Vikki and Mark Pier would come during Memorial Day weekend to Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia,
Continued at NPR...
17
OIL, EU, RUSSIAN, EMBARGO
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders will gather Monday in a new show of solidarity with Ukraine but divisions over whether to target Russian oil in a new series of sanctions are exposing the limits of how far the bloc can go to help the war-torn country.
Ukrainian
Continued at Newsmax...
16
UKRAINE, FRENCH, JOURNALIST, CITY
A 32-year-old French journalist was killed Monday in eastern Ukraine, fatally hit by shell shrapnel while covering a Ukrainian evacuation operation, according to the French news broadcaster he worked for.
BFM TV said Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff was killed as
Continued at Fox News...
11
MONA, LISA, CAKE, THROWS
PARIS — A man seemingly disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa on Sunday at the Louvre Museum and shouted at people to think of planet Earth.
Videos posted on social media appear to show a young
Continued at Washington Times...
10
TEXAS, SCHOOL, SHOOTING, DAD
A University of Pennsylvania professor drew ridicule online for suggesting that first responders waited too long to engage the shooter in Uvalde, Texas last week because “police didn’t give a damn” about “brown kids.”
In a since-deleted tweet from Friday,
Continued at Breitbart...
10
PELOSI, HUSBAND, DUI, ARREST
As we reported, Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), was arrested on Saturday for driving under the influence in California.
It turns out that there was a bit more to that story. He was driving a Porsche and was involved in a crash
Continued at Red State...
9
UKRAINE, BIDEN, RUSSIA, ROCKET
The United States will not provide Ukraine with advanced missile systems that can hit targets inside Russia, President Biden revealed Monday – once again rejecting a request from the Kyiv government for vital military aid.
“We are not going to send to Ukraine
Continued at New York Post...
9
MONKEYPOX, PANDEMIC, UNKNOWNS, GLOBAL
More than 250 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed around the world over a two-week period, but a pandemic is unlikely, a World Health Organization expert said Monday.
Ten cases were confirmed in the U.S. from May 13 to May 26, WHO said. The U.S. is one
Continued at USA Today...
7
UVALDE, POLICE, SCHOOL, COUNCIL
Uvalde School District Police Chief Pedro Arredondo will not be sworn into the city council seat he won in May. CNN's Nick Watt reports on the criticism Chief Arredondo is facing in the wake of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
Continued at CNN...
7
FREEZE, TRUDEAU, CANADA, ANNOUNCES
(CNN) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday announced the introduction of a bill that would place a national freeze on handgun ownership across Canada.
"What this means is that it will no longer be possible to buy, sell, transfer or import handguns
Continued at CNN...
7
GAS, PRICES, MEMORIAL, DAY
(CNN) Millions of Americans traveling this holiday weekend are being greeted by unprecedented prices at the gas pump.
The national average for regular gasoline rose to a fresh record of $4.62 a gallon on Monday, according to AAA. That's up by a penny from
Continued at CNN...
7
CHURCH, STOLEN, BROOKLYN, TABERNACLE
(CNN) A tabernacle valued at $2 million was stolen from a Catholic church in Brooklyn last week and statues of angels flanking the altar were decapitated in the process, police said.
Power tools were used to "forcefully cut open" the altar and access the 18-karat
Continued at CNN...
6
BIDEN, INFLATION, FED, CHAIR
President Joe Biden will meet Tuesday with Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell as soaring inflation takes a bite out of Americans’ pocketbooks.
The meeting will be the first since Biden renominated Powell to lead the central bank and comes weeks after his
Continued at New York Post...
6
NEBRASKA, INJURED, CRASH, CROWD
Police say two people are dead and 20 others injured in a crash that sent two cars careening into a crowd of bystanders at an annual Memorial Day weekend “cruise” night in Nebraska’s capital
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Two people were killed and 20 others were injured
Continued at ABC...
6
JEFF, GLADNEY, DIES, CARDINALS
Arizona Cardinals cornerback Jeff Gladney, a first-round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft , died in a car accident early Monday morning, according to multiple reports. He was just 25.
Gladney’s agent, Brian Overstreet told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Monday
Continued at Fox News...
6
DEPP, JOHNNY, SURPRISE, PERFORMANCE
(CNN) Johnny Depp's defamation trial may be winding down, but he stayed in the spotlight this weekend.
The actor and musician played guitar with his longtime friend Jeff Beck at a concert at Sheffield City Hall in in Sheffield, England.
"Well...what a surprise
Continued at CNN...
6
PLANE, NEPAL, MOUNTAINS, BODIES
This photograph released by Fishtail Air, shows the wreckage of a plane in a gorge in Sanosware. (AP)
Rescuers searching a mountainside in Nepal on Monday recovered the bodies of 21 of the 22 people who were on board a plane that crashed a day earlier, officials
Continued at Chicago Tribune...
6
CHINA, TAIWAN, ENTERS, SCRAMBLE
A guest essay in the New York Times argued Monday that the Biden administration's "fixation" and posture on China would both make it more difficult to cooperate with Beijing and "distracts from the real threat" Russia.
"Rather than cast China as our next
Continued at Fox News...
5
DEAD, MISSING, COLORADO, BOAT
One person is still missing Monday and another dead after winds flipped their boat Sunday night at Colorado’s Lake Pueblo State Park.
Thirteen people — eight juveniles and five adults — were onboard when the boat capsized near the park’s North Picnic Area
Continued at NY Daily News...