Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15th 2022
Updated 23:59 ET
13 articles
DEBATE, WALKER, WARNOCK, HERSCHEL
Herschel Walker, the Republican nominee in the Georgia Senate race, was reprimanded after flashing a “prop” police badge during his debate Friday night against Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock.
The former football star, who has faced waves of negative attention
Continued at NY Daily News...
13
UKRAINE, SHOOTING, RUSSIA, MILITARY
Elon Musk said on Saturday that his rocket company SpaceX would continue to fund its Starlink internet service in Ukraine, a day after he said it could no longer afford to do so.
Musk tweeted: "the hell with it ... even though starlink is still losing money
Continued at Newsmax...
11
POLICE, SUSPECT, WOMAN, ANTI
It's been an especially violent week for police across the U.S., including the deaths of two Connecticut police officers and the wounding of a third
FILE - Police officers from Bristol, Conn. gather with other towns at the scene where two police officers killed,
Continued at ABC...
9
POLICE, STOCKTON, SERIAL, ARRESTED
Police in Stockton, California announced that a suspect has been arrested in relation to six murders and one shooting since April 2021.
Stockton Police Department Chief Stanley McFadden announced that Wesley Brownlee, 43, was arrested while he was armed and
Continued at Fox News...
8
ALABAMA, TENNESSEE, COLLEGE, FOOTBALL
After last week’s stellar slate of football games, it’s a battle of the unbeatens in Knoxville as the Crimson Tide rolls on in, but do they roll through? It feels like all eyes in college football are wondering the same thing. Everyone has their favorite team,
Continued at Red State...
8
MINE, COAL, EXPLOSION, TURKEY
The death toll from a coal mine explosion in northern Turkey rose to at least 28 people Saturday, officials said. Rescue efforts continued as a fire burned in the mine and desperate relatives waited for news.
There were 110 miners working in the shaft when
Continued at New York Post...
6
PRISON, FIRE, IRAN, EVIN
A huge fire broke out at Iran's Evin prison, where political prisoners are held
BAGHDAD — A huge fire blazed at a notorious prison where political prisoners and anti-government activists are kept in the Iranian capital. Online videos and local media reported
Continued at NPR...
6
SHOOTING, RALEIGH, VICTIMS, ADULT
In the aftermath of a Thursday shooting that left five people dead in Raleigh, North Carolina, details emerged about the victims as loved ones and a community mourned.
Among those who were killed were a police officer, an avid marathon runner and a neighborhood
Continued at USA Today...
6
BIDEN, INFLATION, REBUTS, REPUBLICANS
During an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Wall Street Week,” Harvard Professor, economist, Director of the National Economic Council under President Barack Obama, and Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton Larry Summers said that
Continued at Breitbart...
6
RYAN, TRUMP, KO, VANCE
The Ohio Senate Debate on Columbus Day showcased the acumen, knowledge, and charisma of JD Vance while simultaneously revealing the dour duplicity of his opponent Tim Ryan.
Vance went right for the political jugular with a brutal statistical smackdown of Ryan
Continued at Town Hall...
5
XI, CHINA, JINPING, YEARS
Hong Kong CNN —
The expected coronation for China’s supreme leader Xi Jinping has officially begun, as the ruling Communist Party convenes a week-long meeting to extoll his first decade in power – and to usher in a likely new era of strongman rule.
Amid heightened
Continued at CNN...
5
KYIV, UKRAINE, RUSSIA, LAND
A missile strike seriously damaged a key energy facility in Ukraine’s capital region, the country’s power system operator said Saturday as the Russian military strove to cut water and electricity in populated areas.
Kyiv region Gov. Oleksiy Kuleba said the
Continued at Washington Times...
5
STUDENT, BETA, LOAN, FORGIVENESS
The federal Department of Education launched a website Friday night allowing those with outstanding student loans to begin submitting applications for debt relief.
The department is accepting applications in the beta, or test, launch “to help us refine our
Continued at Huffington Post...
5
JOE, YOUNG, GIRL, BIDEN
President Joe Biden drew criticism from conservatives on social media over a comment he made to a young teenager in California where he told her "no serious guys until you’re 30."
"Now a very important thing I told my daughters and granddaughters — no serious
Continued at Fox News...
5
FETTERMAN, JOHN, WIFE, JOURNALIST
A recent NBC News interview with Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman has America showing its disability biases.
In his first televised interview since he survived a stroke in May, Fetterman used live captioning technology for assistance with what
Continued at Vox...
4
ROBBIE, COLTRANE, HARRY, POTTER
The first Harry Potter film initially depicts the night Harry learns he’s a wizard like a scene from a horror movie. Harry and the disagreeable Dursleys—his uncle, aunt, and cousin—have escaped to a cottage on a remote island, attempting to outrun the letters
Continued at The Atlantic...
4
SOLO, PAN, BREAD, STAR
They made him at night, in the quiet hours after the bakery had closed. Together they worked, mother and daughter, mixing the materials that would give form to their creation — flour, water and sugar.
Slowly, he began to emerge as each feature was sculpted
Continued at New York Times...
4
SOUP, VAN, GOGH, OIL
The two young climate protesters who threw tomato soup over one of the world’s most famous paintings have pleaded not guilty to criminal damage charges.
On Friday, 20-year-old Anna Holland, and 21-year-old Phoebe Plummer made headlines around the world after
Continued at NY Daily News...
4
WEINSTEIN, HARVEY, TRIAL, MEL
Mel Gibson can testify at Harvey Weinstein sexual assault trial, judge says
Enlarge this image toggle caption Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
LOS ANGELES — Mel Gibson can testify about what he learned from one of Harvey Weinstein's accusers,
Continued at NPR...
4
MISSING, FOUND, BODIES, NEBRASKA
The bodies of four men were pulled from the waters of an Oklahoma river amid authorities’ search for a group of friends, who vanished during a bike ride nearly a week ago.
Authorities have been searching for Mark Chastain, 32, Billy Chastain, 30, Mike Sparks,
Continued at NY Daily News...
4
POT, BIDEN, PARDONS, STATES
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — There are few surprises expected on Election Day in solidly Republican Arkansas, where Donald Trump’s former press secretary is heavily favored in the race for governor and other GOP candidates are considered locks.
But one big exception
Continued at Washington Times...
4
CALIFORNIA, STAND, DEAD, TACO
POMONA, Calif. — A car slammed into a crowded sidewalk taco stand in Pomona, killing one person and injuring 12 other people, authorities said.
The sedan veered across the road, jumped a curb and smashed into the tent at about 7:45 p.m. Friday in Pomona, east
Continued at New York Post...
4
APPLE, UNIONIZE, OKLAHOMA, WORKERS
In this Saturday, March 14, 2020 file photo, an Apple logo adorns the facade of the downtown Brooklyn Apple store in New York. Workers at an Apple store in Oklahoma City voted to unionize, marking the second unionized Apple store in the U.S. in a matter of
Continued at Chicago Tribune...
3
REFUSING, WEAR, JAIL, SENDS
A North Carolina judge sent a prospective juror to jail after he refused an order to wear a mask, despite there being no mandate on the books.
"I never thought I would show up to jury duty and end up behind bars. So it happened," Gregory Hahn told Tucker Carlson
Continued at Fox News...