Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, JULY 24th 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
29 articles
BIDEN, HUNTER, JOE, BUSINESS
FILE - Shuwanza Goff, left, speaks with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., as they walk on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 4, 2019. President Biden announced that Goff will serve as Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Legislative
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NETANYAHU, ISRAEL, JUDICIAL, KEY
Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved a key portion of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s divisive plan to reshape the country’s justice system despite massive protests that have exposed unprecedented fissures in Israeli society.
The vote came after a stormy
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TWITTER, MUSK, LOGO, ELON
One of the people behind Twitter’s iconic logo said goodbye to the “great blue bird” on Friday after Elon Musk announced that he plans to do away with the design in favor of an “X.”
Martin Grasser, a Bay Area-based artist and designer, reflected on the logo’s
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TEXAS, ABBOTT, GOV, BORDER
To say that the United State’s southern border is a right mess may not be the understatement of the decade, but it will do until a better one comes along. Indeed, the immigration controversy is certain, as RedState’s own Jeff Charles has explained in detail,
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POLICE, FLORIDA, SHOOTING, MIAMI
The director overseeing Miami-Dade Police Department, the largest police department in the Southeast, was involved in a domestic dispute Sunday night after which he shot himself on the side of the highway near Tampa, according to a Hillsborough County Sheriff's
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CARLEE, RUSSELL, ALABAMA, WOMAN
Authorities in Alabama said Monday that a woman has confessed to fabricating a story that she was kidnapped after stopping to check on a toddler she saw walking on the side of the interstate.
Hoover Police Department Chief Nicholas Derzis said Carlee Russell's
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KOREA, NORTH, SOLDIER, COMMAND
In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, the USS nuclear-powered submarine USS Annapolis docks at a South Korean naval base on Jeju Island, South Korea, Monday, July 24, 2023. (Uncredited/AP)
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired two short-range
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TRUMP, GOP, IMPEACHMENTS, ROMNEY
President Biden promised to reach across the aisle to work with GOP lawmakers, but Republican senators say that since he took office, he won’t give them the time of day.
Sen. John Cornyn of Texas told The Washington Times he has not spoken to Mr. Biden in
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BEAR, WOMAN, YELLOWSTONE, GRIZZLY
Woman found dead in apparent bear encounter outside of Yellowstone National Park
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Authorities are investigating the death of a woman who was found dead Saturday on a hiking trail outside Yellowstone
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MARTHA, VINEYARD, CHEF, OBAMA
A paddleboarder who drowned near former President Barack Obama’s Martha’s Vineyard estate has been identified as Tafari Campbell, the Obamas’ personal chef.
Campbell, 45, of Dumfries, Virginia, was recovered Monday morning a day after disappearing in the waters
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COAST, GUARD, BOAT, CAPSIZED
The 30-year-old went overboard from the Carnival Elation on Sunday.
The Coast Guard is searching for a man who jumped overboard from a Carnival cruise ship, officials said.
The 30-year-old went overboard on Sunday morning while the Carnival Elation was about
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UKRAINE, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, DRONES
Russian authorities said they destroyed two attack drones targeting Moscow on Monday morning in what they called a strike by Ukrainian forces. No one was injured, they said. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.
At least two nonresidential buildings
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BARBIE, GIRL, MOORE, POINT
He’s. Just. Ken.
In the lead-up for director Greta Gerwig’s Barbie’s release, the movie’s marketing team deployed the extremely savvy strategy of stating an obvious truth about Barbie Land. Barbies are mermaids, presidents, doctors, diplomats, and Supreme
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BOX, OFFICE, BARBIE, RECORD
Greta Gerwig’s Barbie has reportedly broken the record for the best U.S. box office opening for a movie helmed by a female director, with $155 million in its first weekend.
The box office opening for Barbie beats 2019’s Captain Marvel, which was co-directed
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OHIO, SURRENDERING, POLICE, DOG
An Ohio K-9 officer has been put on administrative leave, and his dog placed in a kennel, following an incident this month in which the animal was captured on body-camera footage attacking a truck driver as he was surrendering to state troopers with his hands
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YEAR, 1975, GIRL, MINISTER
David Zandstra, 83, of Marietta, Georgia, has been arrested under suspicion he killed Gretchen Harrington, 8, of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, in 1975.
Zandstra faces charges of criminal homicide, first-, second- and third-degree murder, kidnapping a minor
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IRS, VISITS, UNANNOUNCED, TAXPAYERS
The Internal Revenue Service said Monday it is ending its decades-old policy of making unannounced home and business visits, in an effort to help keep its workers safe and to combat scammers who pose as IRS agents.
Effective immediately, revenue agents will
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GILGO, BEACH, KILLER, YARD
MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. — Investigators have been digging in the yard at the Long Island home of Rex Heuermann, who was charged earlier this month with killing at least three women and burying their remains on a remote stretch of beach highway.
A yellow excavator
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BILLS, SPENDING, BIDEN, VETO
President Biden will veto House Republicans’ defense and health and agriculture bills if make it to his desk, the White House said Monday.
The White House said the reason for spiking the spending bills was that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has reneged on the
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GRETA, THUNBERG, PROTEST, DISOBEYING
Greta Thunberg will have to pay a small fine after being convicted of disobeying a lawful order of the authorities to stop blocking a road earlier this year, an outcome she has decried as “absurd”.
Those who burn fossil fuels should be in court, not those
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SAUDI, MAKES, MBAPPE, KYLIAN
Saudi Arabia’s turbocharged attempt to turn its domestic soccer league into one of the sport’s most glamorous has already attracted Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the greatest stars of his generation, and Karim Benzema, the reigning world player of the year. Those
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GOP, POLLING, DEBATE, 2024
Sen. Tim Scott appears to be a presidential candidate on the rise.
And the senator from South Carolina's upward mobility in the Republican presidential nomination race has led to a target being placed on his back.
Scott's up to 11% support in a new survey
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HUNTER, DOJ, TESTIFY, BIDEN
The lead prosecutor in the case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter says he is willing to testify publicly this fall, setting up a clash with House Republicans who have demanded he come in soon for a closed-door interview.
In a two-page letter to Rep.
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HAZING, NORTHWESTERN, UNIVERSITY, SCANDAL
CHICAGO — The hazing scandal at Northwestern University has widened to include a volleyball player who on Monday became the first female athlete to sue the university over allegations she was retaliated against by the coach for reporting her mistreatment.
The
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