Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, JUNE 11th 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
50 articles
TRUMP, INDICTMENT, BARR, POLL
Former President Donald Trump’s 2024 Republican rivals have largely come to his defense and cast doubt about the legitimacy of his federal indictment over his handling of classified documents, while also distancing themselves from his behavior.
The Justice
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95, PHILADELPHIA, COLLAPSE, FIRE
The shutdown of Interstate 95 outside of Philadelphia is causing massive delays for drivers on Sunday, and the slowdown is sure to persist into the work week.
Traffic reports from around Philadelphia show large backups in side streets surrounding the collapsed
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SHOT, SYRACUSE, HOUSTON, STABBED
At least 13 people were injured at a large pop-up block party in Syracuse, New York, early Sunday, police said.
Officers responded to a call of shots fired just after midnight and found a crowd of "hundreds" of people. People had been shot, stabbed, or struck
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TAIWAN, CHINA, TIES, BREAKING
Taiwan's air force scrambled into action on Sunday after spotting 10 Chinese warplanes crossing the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait, as the island's defense ministry said four Chinese warships also carried out combat patrols.
This is the second
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LEADER, ARRESTED, STURGEON, NICOLA
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Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested by police investigating the finances of Scotland's
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PRIDE, FLAG, HOUSE, WHITE
Joe Biden held a large Pride event on the South Lawn of the White House on Saturday with hundreds of guests.
Biden attacked laws that banned things like irreversible transgender surgery for minors, claiming that such laws were “anti-LGBTQ.” To Joe, seeking
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TED, KACZYNSKI, UNABOMBER, SUICIDE
Ted Kaczynski, known as the “Unabomber,” who carried out a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died by suicide, four people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Kaczynski, who was 81 and suffering from late-stage
Continued at Washington Times...
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BUS, PROCESSION, CHICAGO, 10
A “fairytale” Australia wedding ended in a horrific tragedy Monday night when a chartered bus carrying guests overturned, killing 10 people and injuring 25 more, police said.
The bus and its 58-year-old male driver were hired to provide transportation for
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TITLE, FRENCH, GRAND, DJOKOVIC
Novak Djokovic wins the French Open men's singles, securing his 23rd Grand Slam title
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PARIS — Novak Djokovic made clear for years that this was his goal. What drove him. What inspired him.
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GOLDEN, KNIGHTS, CHARLES, CUP
Charles Barkley has recently been lauded for his impressive weight loss as the famed "Round Mound of Rebound" is looking a bit slimmer these days.
Barkley appeared on Turner Sports’ pregame show before the Vegas Golden Knights and the Florida Panthers dropped
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2019, CHINA, SPY, BASE
WASHINGTON (AP) — China has been operating a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019, part of a global effort by Beijing to upgrade its intelligence-gathering capabilities, according to a Biden administration official.
The official, who was not authorized to
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MUSICIAN, ARRESTED, LEAKE, MOSCOW
An American musician who has lived in Russia for more than a decade has been arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking, Russian news media reported Saturday.
The reports said Michael Travis Leake is suspected of selling mephedrone, whose effects are similar
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SOROS, SON, GEORGE, POLITICAL
Billionaire left-wing Democrat donor George Soros is handing control of his $25 billion financial empire to his younger son Alex who has vowed to pursue even more ultra-liberal causes.
The newly crowned 37-year-old heir told the Wall Street Journal he will
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JUNGLE, 40, COLOMBIAN, CHILDREN
BOGOTA, Colombia — The four Indigenous children who survived 40 days in the Amazon jungle after their plane crashed were recovering Sunday in a military hospital in Colombia, as new details of their harrowing story emerged in a country still mesmerized by their
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MILITARY, CITIZENSHIP, MIGRANTS, TU
When Esmita Spudes Bidari was a young girl in Nepal, she dreamed of being in the military, but that wasn’t a real option in her country.
Last week, she raised her right hand and took the oath to join the US Army Reserves, thanks in part to a recruiter in Dallas
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ENGLAND, GIVE, GENDER, CLINICS
The publicly funded health service in England has decided it will not routinely offer puberty-blocking drugs to children at gender identity clinics, saying more evidence is needed about the potential benefits and harms.
The National Health Service said Friday
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POPE, FRANCIS, TV, MEDICAL
The window of the Apostolic Palace at The Vatican from where popes bless faithful on Sunday's noon stays closed ,Sunday, June 11, 2023. Pope Francis, following doctors' advice, skipped Sunday's customary public blessing to allow him to better heal after abdominal
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BIDEN, TRUMP, BRIBERY, TREATMENT
Calls from the right are growing for Republicans to impeach President Joe Biden after the revelation of an FBI informant’s allegations he and Hunter Biden were part of a bribery scheme back in 2015 and 2016, and after former President Donald Trump’s indictment.
On
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POLICE, OFFICER, ACCUSED, MEXICO
A group of gunmen in Mexico overpowered two state police officers, threatened them, and then repeatedly beat them with a wooden paddle with complete impunity. State officials attempted to deny the incident.
The incident took place this week in the southern
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RAMASWAMY, TRUMP, PARDON, HUTCHINSON
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that if he were elected president that he would pardon former President Donald Trump if convicted in the Mar-a-Lago documents case.
Anchor Dana Bash said, “So before
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DAM, COLLAPSE, ECOLOGICAL, DISASTER
The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam was a fast-moving disaster that is swiftly evolving into a long-term environmental catastrophe affecting drinking water, food supplies and ecosystems reaching into the Black Sea.
The short-term dangers can be seen from outer
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BELMONT, TRIPLE, ADDING, PARK
Two horses were euthanized at Belmont Park on Saturday, a grim milestone meaning at least one horse has died at all three Triple Crown race sites this year.
Excursionniste was injured and euthanized after Saturday’s final race at the Belmont Stakes. Then,
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MURDER, ARRESTED, FLORIDA, FOUR
California authorities captured a Florida fugitive who managed to avoid capture for nearly 40 years in connection with the murder of a 33-year-old woman in 1984.
Authorities in San Diego, California arrested Donald Michael Santini on Wednesday, June 7 for
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HEAT, CONOR, BIZARRE, MCGREGOR
Former UFC champion Conor McGregor knocked out the Miami Heat mascot in a midgame bit that went wrong.
Burnie — more specifically, the man who occupies Burnie's costume — briefly sought medical attention Friday night after taking two punches from McGregor
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