Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd 2022
Updated 23:59 ET
32 articles
BIDEN, TRUMP, SPEECH, MAGA
Former president Donald Trump heads to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on Saturday for his first rally of the general election season
FILE - Former President Donald Trump arrives at a rally, Aug. 5, 2022, in Waukesha, Wis. Trump backed lots of Republicans who
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NASA, LAUNCH, MOON, ARTEMIS
NASA has again delayed the launch of the Artemis I after engineers discovered another fuel leak approximately three hours from the beginning of its launch window.
It is the second time this week that the launch was postponed after the first attempt also experienced
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PLANE, MISSISSIPPI, WALMART, CRASH
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves on Saturday morning warned residents near Tupelo, Mississippi, to "be on alert" after police said a pilot flying a plane over the town threatened to crash into a Walmart.
On Saturday morning, Gov. Reeves tweeted that state
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FLETCHER, ABDUCTED, POLICE, MEMPHIS
The hunt is on as Memphis Police search for two suspects involved in the abduction and robbery of a mother and her 1-year-old this week.
The victims' names have not been released, but, according to a Facebook post by the Memphis Police Department, officers
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GORBACHEV, PUTIN, FUNERAL, MOSCOW
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(CNN) The funeral of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Saturday will
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BORDER, MIGRANTS, RIO, GRANDE
Officials on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border searched for more victims Saturday after at least nine migrants died while trying to cross the rain-swollen Rio Grande, a dangerous border-crossing attempt in an area where the river level had risen by more
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WATER, JACKSON, OFFICIALS, MISSISSIPPI
In Jackson, Miss., football goes on despite the water crisis
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Rain, shine, dry faucets or low water pressure, in the South the game must go on.
Some residents in Jackson, Miss.,
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LOAN, STUDENT, FORGIVENESS, WORKERS
Blue collar Pennsylvania iron workers took a harsh view of President Biden’s $500 billion student loan giveaway, with many saying it was unfair to those who didn’t take on expensive debt for their degrees.
“It’s not going to affect the people that are here,
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WILLIAMS, SERENA, OPEN, LOSES
Billie Jean King (left) was among the first to pay tribute to Williams
US Open 2022 Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 29 August-11 September Coverage: Daily radio commentaries across BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website and app, with selected live text
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NUCLEAR, PLANT, FIGHTING, OFFLINE
“Our team on the ground received direct, fast and reliable information about the latest significant development affecting the plant’s external power situation, as well as the operational status of the reactors,” he said.
One of the six reactors at the plant
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RUSSIA, EUROPE, NORD, GAS
State-owned Russian energy giant Gazprom announced Friday that it would not be re-opening its Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline on Saturday as planned, causing worries that Europe’s energy crisis will worsen and possibly send the continent into a recession.
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HUNTER, BIDEN, TREASURY, RECORDS
The US Treasury Department has formally rejected a Republican lawmaker’s bid to examine “suspicious activity reports” on first son Hunter Biden — because the request wasn’t okayed by Democrats in Congress.
“It’s unacceptable,” Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), ranking
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CZECH, PROTEST, GOVERNMENT, TENS
PRAGUE (AP) —Tens of thousands of protesters from the far right and far left joined forces to rally against the country’s pro-Western Czech government in the capital on Saturday.
Police estimated that the crowd at Prague’s central Wenceslas Square numbered
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WORLD, ORGANIZERS, BEER, CUP
Organizers of the World Cup in Qatar have finalized a policy to serve beer with alcohol to soccer fans in the Muslim-majority country
FILE - Branding is displayed near the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center, in Doha, Qatar, March 31, 2022. Qatar recently
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BYU, SLUR, SOUTH, GAMES
The recent alleged Duke-BYU women's volleyball incident is now affecting basketball season, which doesn't start for practically another three months.
The South Carolina University women's basketball team canceled two games - one this year and one next -
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TAIWAN, ARMS, MEASURES, APPROVES
President Biden approved the largest arms sale to Taiwan under his administration, as tensions continue to heighten between the United States and China.
The administration greenlighted over $1.1 billion in arms sales to Taiwan, which included 60 anti-ship
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DISMISSAL, SUIT, PROSECUTOR, DESANTIS
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants a federal judge to throw out a free speech lawsuit filed by a Democratic prosecutor he suspended from office over statements about not pursuing criminal charges in abortion, transgender rights and certain low-level cases
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UNEXPLODED, KILLED, PLAYING, AFGHAN
Four children are dead and three others are injured after an unexploded ordnance detonated after being brought into an Afghanistan classroom.
The incident in Afghanistan's Helmand province happened when children discovered an unexploded shell and brought
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ABORTION, POLL, WSJ, LEGAL
A Wall Street Journal poll indicates that Americans' support for abortion increased in the months since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade precedent that recognized a nationwide right to terminate pregnancies.
The rise in support for abortion could
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LORD, RINGS, POWER, MIDDLE
"The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" has become Amazon Prime Video's most-watched premiere ever.
The fantasy television series' debut drew a global audience of more than 25 million viewers, the largest in the streaming platform's 15-year history,
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GAME, UVALDE, SHOOTING, HOME
A community in desperate need of something to cheer for got precisely that on Friday night as Uvalde High School pulled off a miraculous win in their first home game since the tragic shooting at Robb Elementary that left 19 children and two teachers dead.
Those
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AL, SOMALIA, SHABAB, 20
Somali state media and residents say the extremist group al-Shabab killed at least 20 people and burned seven vehicles transporting food in the Hiran region Saturday morning
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Somali state media and residents say the extremist group al-Shabab
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ACCIDENT, INFLUENCER, TIKTOK, SKYDIVING
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A Canadian TikTok influencer died last week in a skydiving accident, according to multiple media reports in the country.
Tanya Pardazi, 21, was a University of Toronto Scarborough student studying philosophy, one of many topics
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CALIFORNIA, HEAT, WILDFIRES, TEMPS
(CNN) Millions across Nevada and California are urged to reduce electricity consumption during the holiday weekend as a heat wave continues to smother several states in the West, where crews are also battling wildfires.
The latest weather system has put more
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