Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, AUGUST 6th 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
45 articles
TRUMP, PENCE, JAN, ATTORNEY
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a candidate for the GOP presidential nomination, steered clear of commenting on former President Donald Trump's latest indictment, instead saying he believes "we have to move on to the future."
He did, however, say for the first
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CUP, WORLD, WOMEN, MEGAN
Under an ink black Australian sky above Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, the Women’s World Cup game between the United States and Sweden on Sunday went on and on and on. For 120 minutes, it went on as the teams tried unsuccessfully to score, with nearly 28,000
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MUSK, ZUCKERBERG, CAGE, FIGHT
NEW YORK — Elon Musk says his potential in-person fight with Mark Zuckerberg would be streamed on his social media site X, formerly known as Twitter.
The two tech billionaires seemingly agreed to a “cage match” face-off in late June. Zuckerberg is actually
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UKRAINE, RUSSIA, MISSILE, DRONE
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The towering Mother Ukraine statue in Kyiv — one of the nation’s most recognizable landmarks — lost its hammer-and-sickle symbol on Sunday as officials replaced the Soviet-era emblem with the country’s trident coat of arms.
The move is
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SEA, BOAT, FLORIDA, PHILIPPINES
A 25-year-old missing boater was rescued Saturday morning after aimlessly floating on his partially submerged boat 12 miles off the Florida coast for over 24 hours, the US Coast Guard said.
In a press release, the U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) Southeast district
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PAKISTAN, TRAIN, INJURED, DERAILMENT
A train derailment has killed at least 15 and injured 50 in southern Pakistan
MULTAN, Pakistan — At least 15 passengers were killed and 50 more injured when a train derailed near the Pakistani town of Nawabshah in southern Sindh province, officials said Sunday.
The
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ALASKA, RUSSIA, CHINA, NAVY
China and Russia conducted a joint naval operation near U.S. territory earlier this week, triggering a large response from the U.S. Navy, Fox News Digital has learned.
The joint operation, conducted by two significant American adversaries, consisted of 11
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BARBIE, BILLION, JOINS, RECORD
Australian actress Margot Robbie poses on the pink carpet upon arrival for the European premiere of "Barbie" in central London on July 12, 2023. (JUSTIN TALLIS/JUSTIN TALLIS/Getty Images North America/TNS)
Greta Gerwig should be feeling closer to fine these
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ALASKA, FLOODING, RIVER, EVACUATIONS
Home collapses into river amid flooding in Alaska after glacial break Bystanders could only watch as a home collapsed into the Mendenhall River in Juneau, Alaska, amid major flooding in the state.
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BEAR, HANK, CAPTURED, CALIFORNIA
This undated photo provided by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife shows the South Lake Tahoe conflict bear 64F. California authorities have captured four suspects in multiple break-ins at homes around South Lake Tahoe, a mama bear and three of her
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FIRE, DEPARTMENT, KILLED, BOAT
A Wisconsin demolition derby driver was hospitalized with severe burns after his car caught fire in the pit of the Ozaukee County Fair Demo Derby, according to officials.
The incident happened Friday night in the city of Cedarburg.
The 22-year-old man was
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HUNTER, BIDEN, DEVON, ARCHER
Representative Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) said on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” that the Republican “obsession” with President Joe Biden’s son Hunter was a “whopper of whataboutism” to distract from the legal cases against former President Donald
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ARRESTED, OFFICERS, SUSPECT, ARIZONA
A woman is accused of unleashing her pit bull on police officers when they approached her in Phoenix on Saturday night, police said.
Mary Clifton, 39, was charged with aggravated assault against a police officer and resisting arrest on Saturday.
The Phoenix
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BENEFITS, NEW, VETERANS, LAW
FILE - Veterans, military family members and advocates call for Senate Republicans to change their votes on a bill designed to help millions of veterans exposed to toxic substances during their military service, on the steps of the Capitol in Washington, Aug.
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BILES, CLASSIC, SIMONE, RETURN
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Four-time Olympic champion Simone Biles has made a triumphant return to gymnastics after a two-year break.
The 26-year-old American thrilled the Chicago
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RIOT, INCITING, KAI, INFLUENCER
NEW YORK (AP) — Social media influencer Kai Cenat is facing charges of inciting a riot and promoting an unlawful gathering in New York City, after the online streamer drew thousands of his followers, many of them teenagers, with promises of giving away electronics,
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BOMB, HIROSHIMA, NUCLEAR, ANNIVERSARY
Japan on Sunday marked the 78th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing on Hiroshima, where its mayor urged the abolition of nuclear weapons and called the Group of Seven leaders' notion of nuclear deterrence a "folly."
The day to commemorate the victims of
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WOMAN, MARYLAND, TRAIL, NATURE
Police have discovered a corpse at the same Maryland hiking trail a woman was reported missing on Saturday night.
Rachel Morin, 37, was last seen heading out to the Ma and Pa Trail, in Bel Air, on Saturday at around 6 p.m., according to the Harford County
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HEAT, DEAD, FOUND, PHOENIX
A missing hiker was found dead Friday evening in north Phoenix, Arizona, authorities said.
The remains of Oregon resident Jessica Christine Lindstrom, 34, were recovered in the Deem Hills Recreation Area following a search, according to the Phoenix Fire Department.
There
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TIM, ANDERSON, GUARDIANS, RAMIREZ
CLEVELAND (AP) — Tim Anderson of the Chicago White Sox and José Ramírez of the Cleveland Guardians exchanged punches at second base Saturday night, triggering a long, bench-clearing melee in the sixth inning that led to six ejections.
Ramírez connected with
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SHOOTING, KILLS, WOMAN, WOUNDS
Three people were shot and killed Saturday night in Southeast, as the District endures a bloody start to August.
Acting Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith said two men and a woman were pronounced dead at the scene of Saturday’s 8 p.m. shooting near the
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POPE, YOUTH, WORLD, DAY
Young pilgrims from South Korea celebrate with their national flag and with Pope Francis after he announced that the next World Youth Day will be in Seoul, South Korea, in 2027, following a mass at Parque Tejo in Lisbon, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. An estimated 1.5
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IMRAN, HIGH, SECURITY, EX
Cameramen film outside the district prison Attock, where Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan in-prison after his conviction, in Attock, Pakistan, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. Khan was arrested Saturday after a court handed him a three-year jail sentence for
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DAKOTA, NORTH, JOBS, OIL
Maksym Bunchukov remembers hearing rockets explode in Zaporizhzhia as the war in Ukraine began.
“It was terrible,” he said. He and his wife sent their adult daughter west to Lviv for safety and joined her later with their pets.
Now, about 18 months after
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