Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, AUGUST 3rd 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
135 articles
TRUMP, BIDEN, JAN, INDICTMENT
First son Hunter Biden sent a series of texts to his now-former friend and business partner in 2019 defending his family's name when pressed about them not stepping in when the Obama-Biden administration's DOJ arrested him, insisting the friend was "a Biden"
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NYC, MIGRANTS, NEW, YORK
The crowds outside the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown Manhattan this week would have been familiar in any number of American cities struggling to contain a crisis of homelessness: dozens of people languishing on sidewalks, camping out on flattened cardboard boxes
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LIGHT, BUD, SALES, ANHEUSER
Beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV reported a 28.2% drop in core profit in the United States during the second quarter of 2023, or around $37 billion in market value.
It also translated to about $395 million in lost U.S. sales.
While the downturn follows
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TENNESSEE, SEATS, EXPELLED, BACK
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones, who became Democratic heroes as members of the so-called “Tennessee Three,” are hoping to once again reclaim their legislative seats Thursday after they were expelled for involvement in
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LIZZO, DANCERS, LAWSUIT, FORMER
Pop star Beyoncé appeared to omit fellow singer Lizzo’s name from her song “Break My Soul (Queen’s Remix) at a concert in Boston on Tuesday in the wake of explosive allegations that she fostered a hostile work environment.
In her song “Break My Soul (Queen’s
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ASYLUM, RESTRICTIONS, COURT, BIDEN
People line up against a border wall as they wait to apply for asylum after crossing the border from Mexico, July 11, 2023, near Yuma, Ariz. An appeals court Thursday, Aug. 3, allowed a rule restricting asylum at the southern border to stay in place. (Gregory
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TEXAS, FOUND, BODY, BARRIER
Two bodies believed to be migrants trying to illegally cross into the US were found in the Rio Grande River in Texas on Wednesday — one caught in the recently installed floating border barrier.
The gruesome discovery of the body caught in the buoy barrier
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DESANTIS, NEWSOM, DEBATE, GAVIN
A year after California Gov. Gavin Newsom threw down the gauntlet, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has taken it up: The Newsom-DeSantis debate is on.
DeSantis accepted Newsom’s debate request during an appearance Wednesday night on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show.
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SAILORS, NAVY, CHINA, ARRESTED
China appears to be stepping up its intel-gathering efforts on the United States.
On August 3rd, two U.S. Navy sailors were arrested in unrelated incidents. Both are charged with releasing sensitive information to agents of the Chinese government, which in
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PLEAD, GUILTY, MEN, BLACK
Six white former law enforcement officers in Mississippi pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges in the beating and sexual assault of two Black men, one of whom was also shot in the mouth.
The five former Rankin County sheriff’s deputies and another officer
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THROATS, DAY, START, DESANTIS
“You know, they may have to slit some throats. And it’s a lot harder to do that if these are people that you’ve trained with in the past or that you know,” DeSantis said. “So we’re going to have somebody out there, you know, be very firm, very strong, but they
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INJURED, SOUTH, KOREA, CAR
Police officers cordon off the scene of a stabbing rampage near a subway station in Seongnam, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. A dozen of people were injured in South Korea on Thursday when a man rammed a car onto a sidewalk and then stepped out of the
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GREENPEACE, PRIME, MINISTER, OIL
LONDON (AP) — Greenpeace demonstrators draped the country estate of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in black fabric Thursday to protest his plan to expand oil and gas drilling in the North Sea.
Video posted by the group showed a crew dressed in bright red
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WOMAN, CELL, BLOCK, CINDER
Woman's escape from cinder block cell likely spared others from same fate, FBI says
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PORTLAND, Ore. — A woman who escaped her kidnapper by punching her way out of a homemade cinder block cell at a home in southern Oregon
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CREDIT, DOWNGRADE, MANCHIN, RATING
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) arrives prior to Israeli President Isaac Herzog's address to a joint meeting of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 19, 2023.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin on Thursday called on his colleagues to take sorely needed
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HOSTAGE, TRUCK, OHIO, SHOT
An Indianapolis police officer fatally shot a motorist who fled on foot Thursday during a traffic stop, police said.
Police did not immediately release information about the reason for the traffic stop or other details, including the identity of the motorist.
CORONER
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SOUTH, KOREA, HEAT, WORLD
South Korea heat swelters World Scout Jamboree
Wednesday night’s opening ceremony of the Jamboree, which brought more than 40,000 scouts, mostly teens, to a campsite built on land reclaimed from the sea in the southwestern town of Buan, South Korea. (August
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FLIGHT, ATTENDANT, DELTA, ARRESTED
A man aboard a Delta Airlines plane attacked a flight attendant, put her in a chokehold, and threatened to “cut off her head” before slashing the woman, police said.
The chaos erupted on Wednesday at around 4 p.m. when Flight 2432 landed at the Louis Armstrong
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POLICE, WIFE, HEAD, ARGUMENT
A veteran Massachusetts police sergeant is facing an assault and battery charge for allegedly attacking and injuring his 72-year-old neighbor, according to a police report.
Hull police Sgt. Scott Saunders has been placed on paid administrative leave and had
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NORTH, KOREA, KING, TRAVIS
Family members of the US Army private who defected to North Korea last month say they have not heard from the White House, and wish the executive branch was doing more to ensure the young soldier’s release.
“We wish [the White House] would come to our house
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JONATHAN, TRIAL, MAJORS, ASSAULT
Marvel actor Jonathan Majors’ trial in Manhattan was delayed as the actor faces charges of assault, attempted assault, harassment and aggravated harassment in connection with a domestic dispute with a woman.
Majors appeared in New York City Criminal Court
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POPE, FRANCIS, CHANGE, STUDENTS
Pope Francis challenged university students on Thursday to make the world a more just and inclusive place, as he focused the second day of his Portugal trip on inspiring young people to use their privilege to combat global warming and economic inequalities.
Francis
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WOMEN, TEAM, WORLD, CUP
Going into this year’s World Cup tournament, the U.S. Women’s National Team was looking to secure a three-peat—that is, win their third World Cup in a row. Now they are struggling. On Tuesday, they eked out a tie against ninth-ranked Portugal in a generally
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GENDER, CALLS, SUPPORT, CARE
The American Academy of Pediatrics backed gender-related treatments for children on Thursday, reaffirming its position from 2018 on a medical approach that has since been banned in 19 states.
But the influential group of doctors also took an extra step of
Continued at New York Times...