Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, AUGUST 22nd 2022
Updated 23:59 ET
43 articles
TRUMP, LAGO, MAR, DOCUMENTS
He wants an injunction to bar the government from reviewing seized materials.
Former President Donald Trump filed a motion in federal court in Florida on Monday seeking the appointment of a special master to review materials seized by the Justice Department
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POLICE, ATLANTA, SOUTH, SUSPECT
An unidentified suspect is dead after being shot by a police officer in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Greensboro police say they initiated a traffic stop just after 9 p.m. Sunday when it was determined the vehicle the suspect was driving was stolen. As an
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FAUCI, DECEMBER, ANTHONY, DR
Washington (CNN) Dr. Anthony Fauci is departing his roles as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and as chief medical officer to President Joe Biden at the end of this year, marking the end of nearly four decades as the
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UKRAINE, RUSSIA, BLAMES, WAR
What a celebration it was in winter, when Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivered his “Zeitenwende” speech. A transformation of German foreign policy was afoot; the leader of a party addicted to détente suddenly promised $100 billion for defense. But Scholz
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KIELY, RODNI, BODY, TEEN
TRUCKEE, Calif. — Divers searching for a missing 16-year-old girl said they found a car with a body inside it in a Northern California reservoir, not far from where she attended a huge party weeks ago. The FBI was at the scene as authorities worked to confirm
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ARKANSAS, OFFICERS, VIDEO, SUSPENDED
MULBERRY, Ark. — 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
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SHOOTER, PARKLAND, NIKOLAS, CRUZ
An attorney for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz pleaded with jurors to consider the 23-year-old gunman’s troubled upbringing when deciding whether he should be put to death or spend his life in prison without the possibility for parole.
During the defense’s
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DALLAS, WORTH, RAIN, FORT
Heavy rain floods streets across the Dallas-Fort Worth area
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DALLAS — Heavy rains across the drought-stricken Dallas-Fort Worth
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IMRAN, KHAN, PAKISTAN, POLICE
Pakistan faces a political flash point after the police filed terrorism charges this weekend against Imran Khan, the former prime minister who has staged an improbable comeback after his ouster earlier this year.
The conditions that precipitated Mr. Khan’s
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SCHOOL, STRIKE, TEACHERS, OHIO
Days before the beginning of the new school year, teachers at Ohio's largest school district voted Sunday to go on strike, Axios reports.
After failing to reach an agreement with the Columbus Board of Education about the terms of its contract, the Columbus
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VACCINE, PFIZER, BOOSTER, UPDATED
Pfizer asked U.S. regulators Monday to authorize its combination COVID-19 vaccine that adds protection against the newest omicron relatives — a key step toward opening a fall booster campaign.
The Food and Drug Administration ordered vaccine makers to tweak
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STUDENT, DEBT, FORGIVENESS, LOAN
A UC Berkeley off-campus house called “The Person of Color Theme House” reportedly bans white people from common areas in order to “avoid white violence and presence.” The alleged house rules also state that residents must alert other tenants in a group chat
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JUPITER, TELESCOPE, NEW, IMAGES
NASA releases space telescope images of Jupiter
NASA releases new images from the James Webb Space Telescope showing Jupiter and its norther and southern lights. (Aug. 22)
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NEWSOM, SITES, DRUG, INJECTION
California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Senate Bill 57 on Monday, drawing praise from rare places, and fueling more speculation about his potential 2024 White House bid.
SB 57 would have allowed people in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Oakland to use illegal
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FORD, JOBS, 000, CUTTING
The company has separately expanded hiring -- especially in EV manufacturing.
Ford plans to cut 3,000 jobs across the U.S., Canada and India, the automaker said in a letter to employees on Monday, describing the reductions as part of a "reshaping" to get more
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TAIWAN, INDIANA, GOVERNOR, REPUBLICAN
Indiana's Republican governor arrived in Taiwan Sunday for an economics-focused multi-day visit, as tensions between Taiwan and China escalate towards a possible war between the two countries.
Governor Eric Holcomb's visit follows two other visits by American
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ADAMS, MAYOR, NYC, HABITS
At La Baia, where entrees range in price from about $30 to over $60, Times reporters never observed him paying for his meals. In response to questions from The Times, a spokesman said the mayor personally pays the bill to the restaurant monthly. But the spokesman
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TWITTER, CEO, SUBPOENAS, FORMER
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has subpoenaed his friend and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as part of an effort to back out of his $44 billion agreement to acquire the company Dorsey helped found, according to a court document.
Twitter and Musk are headed for an Oct.
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NUCLEAR, PLANT, UKRAINE, ROCKETS
Russian shelling near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in eastern Ukraine wounded four people Monday, hours after President Biden spoke with the leaders of France, Germany and the UK about the delicate situation.
A White House readout of Biden’s Sunday
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MCCONNELL, TRUMP, WIFE, CHAO
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell just said the quiet part out loud -- he's throwing Trump-endorsed Republican candidates under the campaign
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HOUSE, DEM, MALONEY, PRIMARY
The Democratic primary race in New York’s 12th congressional district can be best characterized as Hobbesian: nasty, brutish, and short. The newly drawn district, finalized at the end of May, consolidated the east and west sides of Manhattan and pitted two
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CHENEY, MORAL, JUDGE, LIZ
The panelists on the "Big Sunday Show" discussed Rep. Liz Cheney's, R-Wyo., landslide primary defeat last Tuesday, her contempt for former President Trump, and her future political aspirations.
"She lost by almost 40 points, I don't understand how her name
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BIDEN, POLL, BORDER, INVASION
Almost half of Hispanics, blacks, and Asians believe President Joe Biden’s global invite has created an “invasion” of migrants, says a July poll by Ipsos.
The shocking result shows the community wide breadth of public opposition in the poll, which also showed
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SUFFERING, RECORD, POLL, AMERICANS
The share of Americans who rate their lives so poorly they are considered to be “suffering” is climbing, according to a Gallup survey that says economic stress from inflation and worry over moral values is fueling the problem.
The pollsters said the share
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