Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, JUNE 5th 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
65 articles
TRUMP, 2024, PENCE, PRESIDENTIAL
DES MOINES, IOWA – Addressing a crowd of roughly 1,000 Republican activists in the state that leads off the GOP presidential nominating calendar, former Vice President Mike Pence this past weekend teased a major announcement.
"Come this Wednesday, I’m announcing
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UKRAINE, RUSSIA, ATTACKS, COUNTEROFFENSIVE
Latest in Ukraine: Kyiv isn't saying if its counteroffensive has begun (June 5)
Enlarge this image toggle caption Ukrainian Defense Ministry via AP Ukrainian Defense Ministry via AP
Here's a look ahead and a roundup of key developments from the past week.
What
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PLANE, VIRGINIA, DC, CRASH
WASHINGTON — Four were killed when an unresponsive plane that flew over the nation’s capital crashed in Virginia, leaving behind “highly fragmented” wreckage in a mountainous area that will take days to gather and sort, federal authorities said Monday.
A day
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SCHOOL, OKLAHOMA, RELIGIOUS, APPROVES
A Nevada mom is blasting a Las Vegas tech school after she says her child – and several other children with special needs – were left out of the school's yearbook.
Mariela Azarpira said her son Samir Azarpira did not appear in Northwest Career and Technical
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HANSSEN, ROBERT, AGENT, PRISON
Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who became one of the most notorious spies in US history, died in federal prison Monday morning. He was 79.
Hanssen was found unresponsive in his cell at the United States Penitentiary Florence ADMAX in Florence, Colo. at
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HARRY, PRINCE, COURT, DAY
Prince Harry’s bitter, yearslong feud with Britain’s tabloid press will come to a head this week. He is scheduled to take the stand on Tuesday in a London courtroom for a lawsuit against the Mirror newspaper group on charges that it hacked his cellphone more
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MIGRANTS, NEWSOM, SACRAMENTO, PLANE
Another group of approximately 20 migrants have arrived in Sacramento on a private flight.
The plane arrived on Monday morning, said Tara Gallegos, a spokeswoman for California Attorney General Rob Bonta. It follows the arrival of 16 migrants from Venezuela
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FBI, COMER, BIDEN, CONTEMPT
WASHINGTON ― The FBI privately briefed lawmakers Monday about an unverified tip the bureau received in 2020 that Joe Biden had been involved in a bribery scheme when he was vice president.
Republicans have said the source of the allegation is highly credible
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KENNEDY, JR, ROBERT, DORSEY
Facebook-owned Instagram announced that it has lifted its suspension against the personal account of Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after previously being suspended over supposed misinformation about the coronavirus and vaccines.
Master
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VIEW, TIM, SCOTT, DISGUSTING
For reasons that are completely beyond me, newly-minted 2024 presidential candidate Tim Scott decided to go on The View on Monday. As expected, the end result was checkered at best despite Scott doing his best to get his message out as he battled five left-wing
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NEW, YORK, YEAR, SHOOTING
FILE - NYPD officers patrol the surrounding areas at Rockefeller Center in New York on Dec. 19, 2019. A court-appointed federal monitor reported Monday, June 5, 2023, that New York City's reliance on the tactic known as “stop and frisk" as part of a new initiative
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CORNEL, WEST, ANNOUNCES, PRESIDENTIAL
Cornel West is among the eminent thinkers and voices of our time. Speaking truth to power while synthesizing a politics driven by love and solidarity and care for those you share society with are hallmarks of West’s legacy. And that’s why it is puzzling that
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POLICE, TROOPERS, CHICAGO, SHOOTS
Police in Maryland are accusing a mother of killing a grandmother and then trying to hide the remains with the help of her own 19-year-old daughter.
Candace Craig, 44, and Salia Hardy are facing charges following the death of 71-year-old Margaret Craig inside
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KONG, HONG, YOUNG, DAUGHTERS
A 29-year-old mother from Hong Kong raving about ghosts has been arrested for allegedly smothering her three daughters with pillows while grappling with marital problems, officials said.
The triple homicide that shocked Hong Kong, where violent crime is rare,
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DEFENSE, TIES, INDONESIA, CHINA
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Germany and Indonesia agreed on Monday to strengthen their defense cooperation and plan a joint military exercise with other countries in the region.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius discussed the growing ties in a meeting with
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IOWA, COLLAPSE, BUILDING, MISSING
The Latest
The police in Davenport, Iowa, said on Monday that they had found the bodies of all three men who had been missing since a section of a downtown apartment building collapsed last week.
City officials said on Sunday that one of the men, Branden
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GUN, FEDERAL, CONTROL, YEAR
Students call for tougher gun control laws during a rally at Miguel Contreras Learning Complex in Los Angeles on March 14, 2018.
Fewer guns plus more gun control add up to less gun carnage. That’s logical. And it’s a fact.
California is proof.
So is Mississippi.
We’re
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FIRE, ZOO, RICHMOND, METRO
One meerkat has died and other zoo animals are being closely monitored following a fire at the Metro Richmond Zoo Sunday night.
The zoo in Moseley, Virginia posted on social media confirming a large fire that occurred in work areas behind the scenes.
According
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MAYOR, MIGRANTS, NYC, ADAMS
Chicago, Illinois officials have turned Richard J. Daley College into a migrant shelter where now roughly 400 border crossers and illegal aliens are living.
Despite opposition from local residents, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) is housing 400 border crossers
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RON, DESANTIS, BIG, TILL
Haley also insists that girls need to be protected, a common argument among Republicans. Many of the laws banning trans people from playing on teams that match their gender identity do not address trans boys. This implies that cis women are weak and need extra
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DISINFORMATION, EUROPE, FIGHTS, MADE
FILE - In this April 17, 2007 file photo, exhibitors work on laptop computers in front of an illuminated sign of the Google logo at the industrial fair Hannover Messe in Hanover, Germany. The European Union is pushing online platforms like Google and Meta to
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BIDEN, UKRAINE, FREDERIKSEN, INTENSIFIES
Reporters were once again escorted out of the Oval Office and prevented from asking President Biden questions at the White House on Monday.
Biden welcomed Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and both world leaders gave approximately four minutes’ worth
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APPLE, HEADSET, NEW, REALITY
Goggles. They’re goggles.
Apple CEO Tim Cook debuted the $3,500 Vision Pro headset on Monday. And we’ll have to take his word for it that these goggles use amazing tech to show you really cool things when you wear them. As we previewed last week, they can
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SAUDI, BLINKEN, ISRAEL, STATE
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Cristiano Ronaldo is already in Saudi Arabia. Karim Benzema looks sure to be next. And as the oil-rich kingdom pursues Lionel Messi as well, it is making sure that money continues to flow into the domestic soccer league.
Saudi Arabia
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