Emerging Topics in U.S. News
TUESDAY, APRIL 18th 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
44 articles
FOX, DOMINION, NEWS, DEFAMATION
Fox News admitted in a statement about the settlement ― brokered on the same day the landmark defamation trial was scheduled to begin ― that it had broadcast false claims about Dominion. However, as Tapper phrased it, the network then tried to put a “positive
Continued at Huffington Post...
32
NEW, YORK, WOMAN, WRONG
A 20-year-old woman was fatally shot Saturday when the driver of the car she was in accidentally went to the wrong address in New York.
Schuylerville resident Kaylin Gillis was riding in the vehicle with three others when the incident occurred, Fox News reported
Continued at Breitbart...
31
DESANTIS, DISNEY, TRUMP, RON
Washington CNN —
Former President Donald Trump has tried to mount an argument that he was a formidable deterrent to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the foreign leader Trump has for years been criticized for praising and defending. But Trump has been making
Continued at CNN...
22
SHOOTING, YARL, RALPH, KANSAS
An 84-year-old Missouri man accused of shooting a Black teenager who mistakenly arrived at his home has surrendered to police, authorities said Tuesday.
"Andrew Lester, charged in the shooting of Ralph Yarl, has surrendered at our Detention Center and is in
Continued at Fox News...
17
FEINSTEIN, GOP, JUDICIARY, SCHUMER
Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein has long had an uneasy relationship with her party’s left wing. Some now seek to exploit her illness to force Feinstein out and replace her with someone more liberal.
Dianne Feinstein wished to make a statement.
The former
Continued at LA Times...
15
MAINE, DEAD, POLICE, SHOT
Four people were fatally shot in a Maine home before three others were shot and wounded on a busy highway about 25 miles away in a linked shooting, cops said.
The bodies were discovered in a home in Bowdoin before gunfire erupted on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth,
Continued at New York Post...
15
MUSK, TWITTER, ELON, AI
Canada's public broadcaster pauses Twitter after 'government-funded media' label
Enlarge this image toggle caption Tijana Martin/AP Tijana Martin/AP
TORONTO — The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation paused its use of Twitter on Monday after the social media
Continued at NPR...
15
PUTIN, UKRAINE, TROOPS, VISITS
Russian President Vladimir Putin has met his commanders in two regions of Ukraine that Moscow claims to have annexed, while Russian forces stepped up heavy artillery bombardments and air strikes on the devastated eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.
The Kremlin
Continued at Newsmax...
14
DEBT, MCCARTHY, PLAN, CEILING
On Tuesday, Goldman Sachs economists sounded a warning that the potential default date could be much sooner than previous forecasts — which typically pegged the date in July or August — if revenue comes in soft. “While the data are still very preliminary, weak
Continued at New York Times...
12
BIDEN, CARE, EXECUTIVE, ORDER
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has signed an executive order containing more than 50 directives to increase access to child care and improve the work life of caregivers, the White House said Tuesday.
But the directives would be funded out of existing commitments,
Continued at Washington Times...
10
REPORTER, COURT, APPEAL, DETENTION
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, April 18, 2023. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)
An American journalist arrested on spying charges as part of a sweeping Kremlin crackdown
Continued at Chicago Tribune...
10
CHINA, POLICE, STATIONS, CHARGES
China denied all accusations of an overseas police presence, saying the United States was making “groundless accusations” after U.S. law enforcement arrested two men in New York for establishing a secret police station
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- China denied all accusations
Continued at ABC...
9
LIGHT, BUD, BRANTLEY, MULVANEY
First, I’m over the Dylan Mulvaney-Bud Light discussion — way over — to the point of ridiculousness. But when I ran across former Fox News host Megyn Kelly‘s latest podcast, in which she tag-teamed with Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles to blister the bejesus out
Continued at Red State...
9
DAMAR, HAMLIN, CLEARED, BILLS
Last updated on .From the section American Football
Damar Hamlin was drafted from the University of Pittsburgh by the Bills in 2021
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin has been cleared to return to play, four months after suffering a cardiac arrest on the field
Continued at BBC...
9
BIDEN, TRUMP, CLAIMS, PLAY
On Monday, President Joe Biden reiterated his false claim that guns are the “leading killer of children.”
Biden tweeted:
Biden has made the claim regarding guns and children numerous times. He began doing so in the summer of 2022, which is when Breitbart
Continued at Breitbart...
8
SUPREME, COURT, RELIGIOUS, CASE
The stakes in Groff v. DeJoy, a case about religion in the workplace, are enormously high. The Supreme Court could give religious individuals an extraordinary new ability to reshape workplace cultures.
Yet, after oral arguments in Groff, which the Supreme
Continued at Vox...
8
GARAGE, PARKING, INJURED, MANHATTAN
One worker was dead and four required hospitalization Tuesday after a parking garage collapsed in lower Manhattan's Financial District, toppling cars over each other as concrete floors fell and left other vehicles teetering on the unstable roof.
Mayor Eric
Continued at USA Today...
8
LAB, COVID, LEAK, PANDEMIC
A new comprehensive US Senate report on the origins of COVID-19 is pointing to at least two different lab leaks ultimately causing the worldwide pandemic. According to Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS), a lack of change in operations by both the Chinese and the United
Continued at Red State...
7
OKLAHOMA, OFFICIALS, RECORDING, SHERIFF
An Oklahoma sheriff's office, whose leader, along with three other local officials, is facing calls to resign, claimed Monday that leaked audio recordings capturing them allegedly making death threats against two local journalists and talking about lynching
Continued at Fox News...
7
DRAYMOND, GREEN, WARRIORS, DOMANTAS
In the fourth quarter in Sacramento, Sabonis fell to the floor after a Steph Curry defensive rebound. As the teams transitioned upcourt, Sabonis grabbed Green’s leg. Green retaliated by thrusting his foot down on Sabonis’s torso. The Kings player reportedly
Continued at Huffington Post...
6
CHICAGO, MOB, VIDEO, COUPLE
A disturbing video appears to show a mob of teenagers beating a helpless woman in Chicago during the riots that occurred in the Loop over the weekend.
Shared by CWB Chicago, the video shows a woman being attacked in the doorway of 129 North Wabash where she
Continued at Breitbart...
6
BACK, DEMOCRATS, FEINSTEIN, PLAY
Now, the options are far and few between for Democrats. And the stakes are no less heightened in the backdrop of the scandalous financial entanglements of one of the most powerful jurists in the country, Clarence Thomas.
Though calls for Feinstein’s resignation
Continued at New Republic...
6
SHOOTING, ALABAMA, MASS, POLICE
DADEVILLE, Ala. – Investigators on Monday were urgently seeking details from anyone who knew what led to a deadly weekend shooting that turned a Sweet 16 party into a scene of horror.
Four people were killed and 32 were injured, some critically, at a girl's
Continued at USA Today...
6
SUDAN, DIPLOMATIC, CONVOY, ATTACKED
Separatist forces in Sudan are believed to have opened fire on a convoy of U.S. diplomats traveling in the nation's capital of Khartoum on Monday as rival factions continued a bitter conflict over control of the country.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said
Continued at Fox News...