Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20th 2022
Updated 23:59 ET
13 articles
TRUMP, LAGO, MAR, PENCE
Former President Donald Trump is increasingly upset he endorsed former TV personality Mehmet Oz to run for a Senate seat in Pennsylvania, sources have told Rolling Stone.
He’s going to “f**king lose” unless something drastically changes, Trump has complained
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CHENEY, LIZ, ROMNEY, 2024
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) will not be the Republican nominee for president in 2024, said Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), who publicly urged her not to run.
“I’m not going to encourage anyone to run for president. I’ve done that myself, and that’s something I’m
Continued at New York Post...
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HOTEL, CAPITAL, DEAD, STORM
Mogadishu, Somalia CNN —
At least 20 people have been killed after unidentified gunmen stormed an upscale hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Friday evening, officials said, following gunfire and large explosions in the area.
Police Major Yasin Haji
Continued at CNN...
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COLI, WENDY, OUTBREAK, LETTUCE
The fast-food chain Wendy's says it is pulling lettuce from sandwiches in its restaurants in Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania after people eating them there reported falling ill.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday it is trying to determine
Continued at Newsmax...
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GARY, BUSEY, SEX, CHARGED
Gary Busey has been charged with sexual offenses at a fan convention
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CHERRY HILL, N.J. — Actor Gary Busey has been charged with sexual offenses at a New Jersey fan convention
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JENNIFER, BEN, AFFLECK, LOPEZ
Celebrities have begun to arrive to Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s Saturday night wedding.
Matt Damon and his wife, Luciana, arrived in Georgia on Friday via private jet. Since, there have been several preparations at Affleck’s 87-acre estate ahead of
Continued at Fox News...
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HOT, NATIONAL, PARK, FOOT
Authorities at Zion National Park are searching for a person who went missing after flash flooding Friday, the park said Saturday morning.
Iconic sections of the park have been closed, including The Narrows — an imposing gorge carved by the Virgin River that
Continued at USA Today...
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NEW, YORK, CITY, MONKEYPOX
A Daily Caller News Foundation reporter discussed New York City’s plan to put 1,000 migrant children into the city’s public schools on NewsNation Friday evening.
“I want to make sure everyone’s clear because migrants have been coming to these cities for year
Continued at Conservative Daily News...
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CHINA, BIDEN, XI, TAIWAN
China’s central government issued its first national drought alert of 2022 on Thursday, advising authorities to “produce artificial rainfall when necessary” due to the “risk of wildfires” across vast swathes of China’s central and southern regions, according
Continued at Breitbart...
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PRIME, MINISTER, ASKS, PARTY
HELSINKI — In a leaked video, Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin is seen dancing and singing with friends at a private party. The 36-year-old leader poses for the camera. She sits on her knees, hands behind her head. She’s entangled in a group hug. She’s
Continued at Washington Times...
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ABORTION, MICHIGAN, JUDGE, LAW
On Friday, a circuit court judge put in place an injunction against a Michigan law on abortion that was passed in the 1930s, according to a report from Fox News:
A 91-year-old Michigan law banning abortion won’t go into effect quite yet. On Friday, a judge
Continued at Red State...
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SCHOOL, BOARD, GOP, KKK
The leader of a local GOP group in northern Alabama has apologized for posting a Ku Klux Klan image on Facebook, saying that the image was shared by “mistake” and that he has no plans of stepping down.
Earlier this week, the Lawrence County Republican Party
Continued at NY Daily News...
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UKRAINIAN, WAR, RUSSIAN, BROADENING
Russian authorities reported shooting down Ukrainian drones Saturday in Crimea, while Ukrainian officials said Russian forces pressed ahead with efforts to seize one of the few cities in eastern Ukraine not already under their control. The Russian military
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BIG, HUNGRY, SHIPMENT, REGIONS
BULLA HAGAR, Kenya (AP) — The United States is stepping up to buy about 150,000 metric tons of grain from Ukraine in the next few weeks for an upcoming shipment of food aid from ports no longer blockaded by war, the World Food Program chief has told The Associated
Continued at Washington Times...
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RUSSIA, FLEET, STRIKE, BLACK
Image The Dmitry Rogachev, a Russian corvette, traveling through the Bosporus en route to the Black Sea in February. Credit... Burak Kara/Getty Images
Russia has replaced the commander of its Black Sea Fleet, the country’s state news agency reported on Friday,
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LITTLE, INJURED, PLAYER, LEAGUE
Easton “Tank” Oliverson, the 12-year-old Little League player who was hospitalized in critical condition after falling from a bunk bed last weekend, is no longer in intensive care but still facing challenges, his family said Friday on Instagram.
“The swelling
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TRUMP, BALDWIN, ALEC, DONALD
For his raucous depictions of Donald Trump’s ego, belligerence and obstinacy on “Saturday Night Live,” Alec Baldwin famously won an Emmy. At the time, this feat seemed rather impressive — Baldwin, one commenter wrote, had managed to create a series of “expertly
Continued at New York Post...
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GENERAL, MEXICO, ATTORNEY, STUDENTS
Mexican authorities arrested the country’s former top prosecutor in connection with the investigation and coverup of a massacre of 43 education students. The murders allegedly took place at the hands of cartel gunmen and corrupt cops.
On Friday afternoon,
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HONOR, STUDENTS, SCHOOL, UVALDE
(CNN) Eight students were injured after their school bus crashed on Friday in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, says the school district.
The bus was carrying students from New Heights Middle School and Jefferson Elementary School when it crashed at 4:00
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100, FALL, COLUMBIA, GORGE
A woman died after taking a nearly 100-foot fall while hiking near Oregon's Columbia River Gorge, on Friday, officials said.
The woman, who was not identified, was hiking with friends on the Multnomah Falls-Larch Mountain Trail, which is just outside Portland,
Continued at USA Today...
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YEAR, SCHOOL, MASK, WEARING
Speaking on Saturday during a "Fox & Friends Weekend" segment, Jennifer Sey, a former Levi Strauss & Co. executive, reacted to the news that a four-year-old child recently was asked to leave a preschool because he would not adhere to mask-wearing rules.
"I
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CHEMICAL, JAPAN, SOUTHWESTERN, SHIP
A Japanese chemical tanker ship has crashed into a cargo ship off the coast of southwestern Japan
This aerial photo shows Belize-registered cargo ship Xin Hai 99, after a collision, off Kushimoto, Wakayama prefecture, southwestern Japan, Saturday, Aug. 20,
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CITY, ALABAMA, POLICE, RACIST
(CNN) The city council in Vincent, Alabama, voted to abolish its police department on Thursday, at least temporarily, two months after one of the officers sent a text message containing racist language to a colleague.
The council had previously voted to dissolve
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DORLI, SYMBOL, OCCUPY, RAINEY
Dorli Rainey, the Seattle woman who constantly fought for what she believed in and briefly became a national symbol during the Occupy movement, died Aug. 12. She was 95.
Rainey’s cause of death was not announced.
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Though she was known for years
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