Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, JUNE 26th 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
49 articles
BIDEN, HUNTER, IMPEACHMENT, GARLAND
The Delaware federal judge likely to sign off on Hunter Biden’s guilty plea next month was nominated to the bench by former President Donald Trump — but was backed by the First State’s two Democratic senators and has donated to both parties.
US District Judge
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WAGNER, PUTIN, RUSSIAN, PRIGOZHIN
Up First briefing: Russian rebellion; 'Cop City' protests; Alzheimer's drug approval
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TRUMP, DESANTIS, BORDER, AUDIO
Monday, CNN aired a recording of former President Donald Trump talking about “highly confidential, secret” documents at his club in Bedminster, NJ.
Cooper said, “We begin tonight with breaking news. We have obtained what is expected to be a central piece of
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COURT, SUPREME, LOUISIANA, CASE
The Supreme Court is getting ready to decide some of its biggest cases of the term. The high court has 10 opinions left to release over the next week before the justices begin their summer break. As is typical, the last opinions to be released cover some of
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NYC, NEW, COAL, PIZZA
New York City's coal- and wood-fired pizza ovens may have to slice carbon emissions by up to 75% under new rules proposed by the city's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
"All New Yorkers deserve to breathe healthy air, and wood and coal-fired stoves
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FOX, TUCKER, CARLSON, JESSE
Jesse Watters is the new 8 p.m. Eastern host on Fox News.
Rocked by the loss of its top-rated opinion host Tucker Carlson, Fox News has overhauled its prime-time lineup in an effort to reverse its recent ratings declines.
The Rupert Murdoch-owned conservative
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GUILTY, SPRINGS, PLEADS, COLORADO
Club Q shooting suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges during an arraignment hearing Monday morning, avoiding the prospect of a public trail just seven months after the deadly Colorado attack.
Aldrich, who public
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PRIDE, STARBUCKS, UNION, DECLARES
The union organizing Starbucks workers says a strike timed to Pride month closed 21 stores over the weekend, including the company’s flagship Reserve Roastery in Seattle
The union organizing Starbucks workers said Monday that a strike timed to Pride month
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HARRIS, KAMALA, ABORTION, POLL
NEW YORK — Vice President Kamala Harris visited the Stonewall Inn national monument on Monday to pay tribute to activists at the site of a watershed moment in the gay rights movement. And she spoke out as state lawmakers around the U.S. have introduced or pass
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IDAHO, DEATH, PENALTY, BRYAN
The News
Prosecutors in Idaho said they planned to seek the death penalty against the man accused of murdering four University of Idaho students in a home near campus last fall.
Why It Matters: The killings were ‘especially heinous.’
Bill Thompson, the top
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MASSACHUSETTS, COUPLE, ANNIVERSARY, DEAD
Three elderly people, including a couple celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary, were found dead inside a home in Massachusetts as officials ask residents to remain vigilant, authorities said.
After the couple failed to arrive at church Sunday morning,
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PITTSBURGH, SYNAGOGUE, DEATH, JURY
The Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue mass shooter, who was convicted this month in the 2018 killings of 11 people in the nation's deadliest antisemitic attack, had a history of psychotic symptoms that impaired his brain, his defense attorney argued Monday.
In
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CANCER, BIG, TREATMENT, VACCINES
The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine.
After decades of limited success, scientists say research has reached a turning point, with many predicting more vaccines will be out in five years.
These aren't traditional vaccines that prevent
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BLACKROCK, ESG, CEO, ASHAMED
Blackrock CEO Larry Fink has been one of the more ominous figures of the last decade. The venture capitalist has seemingly been everywhere, buying up property from struggling homeowners, ingratiating himself to Beltway politicians, promoting various wars, and
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EMISSION, LOW, ELECTRIC, BUSES
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding almost $1.7 billion in grants for buying zero- and low-emission buses, with the money going to transit projects in 46 states and territories.
The grants will enable transit agencies and state
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SON, TITAN, HUSBAND, DAWOOD
Christine Dawood, who lost two family members in the Titan submersible implosion, said she was originally supposed to be on the fatal voyage but gave her seat to 19-year-old son Suleman.
Dawood told the BBC in an interview over the weekend that she and her
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DELAWARE, MEMBER, TRANSGENDER, FIRST
A Delaware state senator wants to become the first openly transgender member of Congress.
Sarah McBride, 32, announced Monday that she will run for Delaware's only U.S. House seat, currently held by Democrat Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester.
Rochester last week
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NORTH, KOREA, RALLIES, WAR
SEOUL, South Korea — Tens of thousands of North Koreans marched in anti-U.S. rallies over the weekend, pledging “merciless” revenge against “U.S. imperialists,” as the country marked the 73rd anniversary of the start of the Korean War, state media said Monday.
More
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PRIDE, PARADE, NAKED, CHILDREN
A viral video on Sunday showed a group of fully nude cyclists performing in front of children at the LGBTQ pride parade in Seattle, Washington.
Similar to a video from the Seattle Pride Parade in 2022, Sunday’s video showed men waving their exposed genitals
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WOMAN, FLORIDA, WHITE, BLACK
A Florida woman who fatally shot a mother of four after a long running dispute involving her children will not face murder charges, officials said Monday.
Susan Lorincz, 58, was instead hit with manslaughter and assault raps for killing Ajike Owens earlier
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SWEDEN, COASTER, ROLLER, DERAILS
Swedish government investigators on Monday launched a probe into a roller coaster accident that killed one person and injured nine at the country’s oldest amusement park.
The Gröna Lund park has been closed, and will remain closed for at least one week after
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PLANE, AIRPORT, ENGINE, WORKER
The worker was "ingested" into the engine of a Delta plane that was taxiing towards its gate with one engine turned on, officials said.
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FAUCI, GEORGETOWN, DISTINGUISHED, JOINS
Dr. Anthony Fauci will continue his professional career as a professor at Georgetown University, the school announced Monday.
Fauci, the former longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) will serve as a Distinguished
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PATTI, TURNER, LABELLE, LYRICS
Patti LaBelle appeared to forget the lyrics to Tina Turner’s hit song, “(Simply) The Best” while performing a tribute in honor of the legendary pop and rock icon, who died last month at the age of 83.
“I get — whatever, I can’t see the words, I don’t know.
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