Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, AUGUST 21st 2022
Updated 23:59 ET
28 articles
RAID, FBI, TRUMP, LAGO
Revealing details of the affidavit for the search of Mar-a-Lago could put Justice Department sources at risk, giving prosecutors good reason to want it kept sealed, a top House Democrat said Sunday.
A federal judge has asked the Justice Department to suggest
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DAUGHTER, PUTIN, CAR, KILLED
Darya Dugina, daughter of the Russian nationalist philospher Alexander Dugin, sometimes described as “Putin’s brain”, has died after a car her father was due to travel in exploded.
Dugin, 60, is what might be called a radical traditionalist as well as a “Eurasianist”
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GRAHAM, COURT, TESTIMONY, ELECTION
A federal appeals court on Sunday temporarily halted a lower court's ruling mandating that Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., testify before a grand jury in Georgia that is investigating pro-Trump efforts to sway the state's 2020 presidential election results.
In
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FLASH, NATIONAL, PARK, FLOODING
Maryland police outside the Washington-D.C. metropolitan area are looking for a 26-year-old mother and her infant son who have been missing for at least six days as of Sunday.
Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – 3rd District Investigative
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BIDEN, COVID, JILL, NEGATIVE
(CNN) First lady Jill Biden on Sunday will leave isolation in South Carolina for Delaware after testing negative for Covid-19, according to her communications director, Elizabeth Alexander.
"After isolating for five days and receiving negative results from
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AFFLECK, LOPEZ, WEDDING, BEN
Casey Affleck did not attend older brother Ben Affleck’s star-studded wedding to Jennifer Lopez this past weekend in Riceboro, Georgia.
The brother of the groom, 47, was spotted in LA on several occasions just hours before Ben’s big day.
In video obtained
Continued at New York Post...
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DENNIS, RODMAN, GRINER, RUSSIA
NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman says he will travel to Russia this week to negotiate Brittney Griner’s release from prison, according to NBC News.
While at a local restaurant in Washington D.C. on Sunday, Rodman told the outlet that he received clearance from
Continued at Huffington Post...
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STELTER, RELIABLE, BRIAN, FINAL
Sunday brought the last day for “Reliable Sources” and Brian Stelter on CNN.
The last show demonstrated exactly why the show got canceled and why Stelter got the boot. It’s clear how upset he was over getting canned, and the tears were sweet as he tried to
Continued at Red State...
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TAIWAN, OFFICIAL, CHINESE, LATEST
The visit comes after the Biden administration announced last week that it would begin official trade negotiations with Taiwan this fall. The move was aimed at strengthening ties with the self-governing island, which the United States considers an important
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TEXAS, BORDER, MIGRANTS, NYC
Texas sends migrants to New York. They get a warm welcome but life there is tough
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NEW YORK — A white bus with Texas plates has just pulled up outside the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan.
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SEX, SINGAPORE, GAY, DECRIMINALIZE
BANGKOK — Singapore announced Sunday it will decriminalize sex between men by repealing a colonial-era law while protecting the city-state’s definition of marriage.
During his speech at the annual National Day Rally, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he
Continued at Washington Times...
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ARKANSAS, SUSPENDED, OFFICERS, LAW
Three Arkansas law enforcement officers were suspended Sunday following social media outrage over a video that seemingly showed two deputies and an officer striking a suspect under arrest.
Crawford County Sheriff Jimmy Damante issued a statement Sunday evening,
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TRUMP, MCCONNELL, MITCH, HACK
Following Senator Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) remarks about Republicans having a better chance of flipping the House than the Senate in the midterm election, Trump took to social media to rebut those sentiments. On Thursday, Sen. McConnell’s comments
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CRASH, INDIANA, UNIVERSITY, STUDENTS
(CNN) Three Indiana State University students died and two were seriously injured after their vehicle ran into a tree in western Indiana early Sunday morning, according to the school and local law enforcement.
The five passengers included several football
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BUSEY, CONVENTION, HORROR, FILM
CHERRY HILL, N.J. — A horror movie convention promoter says it is assisting authorities following charges against actor Gary Busey involving alleged sexual offenses at an event in New Jersey earlier this month.
Busey, 78, was charged Friday with two counts
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COUNTY, LOS, DEPARTMENT, ANGELES
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is offering free COVID-19 testing for pets who may have been exposed to the virus.
Los Angeles health officials announced the initiative on Aug. 20, stating that it has recently received funding to conduct
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DANGEROUS, DOUBLE, SUSPECT, ARMED
Seattle police are hunting a man accused of killing the married owners of a popular local brewery, officials said Saturday.
Steven and Mina Schulz, both 51, were found dead inside their Olalla home Thursday evening by their daughter, who stopped by to check
Continued at NY Daily News...
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SUPER, BALL, BOX, DRAGON
This image provided by Crunchyroll shows a still from “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero”, which topped the charts in its first weekend in theaters, with $20.1 million in ticket sales according to studio estimates on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022. (AP)
Idris Elba may
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VACCINE, ISRAEL, RARE, REVEALS
LONDON — For years, global health officials have used billions of drops of an oral vaccine in a remarkably effective campaign aimed at wiping out polio in its last remaining strongholds - typically, poor, politically unstable corners of the world.
Now, in
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WEISKOPF, TOM, 79, ARCHITECT
(CNN) Tom Weiskopf, former professional golf player and winner of the 1973 British Open, has died at the age of 79, the PGA Tour announced Sunday.
Weiskopf died at his home in Montana on Saturday from pancreatic cancer, the Tour said.
Weiskopf won on the
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COVID, JAPAN, POSITIVE, TESTS
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been diagnosed with the coronavirus Sunday and canceled his planned travels while he isolates and recuperates.
Kishida developed a slight fever and cough late Saturday and tested positive in a COVID-19 PCR
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FURY, COUSIN, TYSON, STABBED
A cousin of boxer Tyson Fury was fatally stabbed Saturday night in England, the two-time heavyweight champion said Sunday.
Fury wrote in an Instagram post that Rico Burton was fatally stabbed in the neck, calling it “ridiculous” that “idiots carry knives”
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RING, WOMAN, LOST, FIND
A woman from Massachusetts has her wedding ring again after a stranger found it buried on the ocean floor with his metal detector.
Francesca Teal told the Boston Globe that she lost her ring earlier this month while throwing the football with her husband at
Continued at Washington Times...
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CONVENTION, CONSERVATIVE, THREATENING, ACCUSED
A Texas man remains jailed after being accused by authorities of making threats against a convention of young conservative activists held last month in Florida
SAN ANTONIO -- A Texas man remained jailed Sunday authorities accused him of making threats against
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