Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, AUGUST 7th 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
75 articles
TRUMP, DESANTIS, JUDGE, CASE
Former President Trump arrives to board his plane at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Aug. 3, 2023, in Arlington, Va., after pleading not guilty to federal conspiracy charges that allege he conspired to subvert the 2020 election.
Former President
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FIRE, CALIFORNIA, HELICOPTER, KILLED
Authorities evacuated a plastic recycling facility south of Albuquerque after a two-alarm fire broke out Sunday, authorities said.
Bernalillo County Fire Rescue crews and Albuquerque firefighters responded to the scene around 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
The fire started
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WOMEN, CUP, WORLD, TRUMP
The future is uncertain for the U.S. after crashing out of the Women's World Cup
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MELBOURNE, Australia — The rest of the world has finally caught up to the United States.
The once-dominant
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BIDEN, HUNTER, ARCHER, DEVON
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said that China doesn’t view President Joe Biden as easier to antagonize than former President Donald Trump even though “China has become more aggressive.” And that this isn’t the time for partisan
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FLOYD, GEORGE, KILLING, OFFICER
Background:
On May 25, 2020, Minneapolis police officers arrested Mr. Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, after a store employee told the police that he had bought cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill. Mr. Floyd was handcuffed and pinned to the ground under
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NYC, MIGRANT, NEW, CITY
Big Apple officials are bracing for “thousands and thousands” more migrants to soon arrive in what’s being described as one of the most challenging waves yet — because it will include a massive amount of kids, City Hall sources said Monday.
State and city
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CHICAGO, GIRL, FATALLY, SHOT
Chicago police are investigating after they say a man fatally shot an 8-year-old girl in the head over the weekend after neighbors said the man was complaining about noise children were making.
The shooting took place about 9:40 p.m. Saturday in the 3500 block
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WILLIAM, FRIEDKIN, DIRECTOR, EXORCIST
LOS ANGELES — William Friedkin, the Oscar-winning director who became a top filmmaker in his 30s with the gripping “The French Connection” and the horrifying “The Exorcist” and struggled in the following decades to match his early success has died. He was 87.
Friedkin,
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BANKRUPTCY, TRUCKING, YELLOW, DECLARES
Yellow Corp. trucks are seen at a YRC Freight terminal Friday, July 28, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. After years of financial struggles, Yellow is reportedly preparing for bankruptcy and seeing customers leave in large numbers — heightening risk for future liquidation.
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RUSSIA, UKRAINE, TALKS, SAUDI
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hosted a summit of 42 nations over the weekend to draft principles for the end of Putin’s War in Ukraine. Russia was not invited to the talks, but China and the remainder of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China,
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ELON, MUSK, ZUCKERBERG, MARK
NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk says he may need to get surgery before a proposed “cage match” with Mark Zuckerberg.
The two tech billionaires seemingly agreed to an in-person face-off in late June. It’s unclear if a physical fight will actually end up happening,
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BRAWL, ALABAMA, RIVERFRONT, VIDEO
A 2010 photo of the Harriott II Riverboat in Montgomery, Alabama. Buyenlarge via Getty Images
Multiple people were taken into custody after a group of white boaters attacked a Black worker on the riverfront in Montgomery, Alabama, on Saturday, authorities
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STORMS, EAST, POWER, COAST
Thousands of U.S. flights were canceled or delayed Monday as forecasts warned of destructively strong storms, including tornadoes, hail and lightning, and residents were warned to stay indoors and prepare for the worst.
Rain began falling in the Washington
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BUS, PENNSYLVANIA, CRASH, CHARTER
This image provided by Samantha Grange shows people looking on at the scene of an overturned school bus along Highway 55, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, about 60 miles north of Boise, Idaho. The school bus carrying teenage campers rolled over on a winding Idaho highway
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PILL, POSTPARTUM, FIRST, TRUMP
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first pill that can be used specifically to treat postpartum depression, a move that will give patients more convenient access to fast-acting medication that addresses severe cases. The announcement marks
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MCCONNELL, RETIRE, CHANTS, MITCH
Voters welcomed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) with chants of “retire” and “ditch Mitch” at the Fancy Farm picnic in Kentucky over the weekend.
Throughout the senator’s five-minute speech, people could be heard booing while chanting, “lost the
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SEA, RED, IRAN, SAILORS
More than 3,000 United States military personnel have arrived in the Red Sea aboard two warships, part of a beefed up response from Washington after tanker seizures by Iran, the US Navy said Monday.
The deployment adds to a growing US military buildup in tense
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ASSASSINATION, PLOT, UKRAINE, WOMAN
A Ukrainian woman was arrested in connection with a plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the country's Secret Service (SSU) said Monday.
The woman, who who lives in Ochakov, allegedly planned to inform Russian authorities of Zelenskyy's whereabouts
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SHOOTING, STALLION, LANEZ, MEGAN
The sentencing of Canadian rapper Tory Lanez for the shooting of fellow musician Megan Thee Stallion has been delayed until at least Tuesday.
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NIGER, DEADLINE, AIRSPACE, PASSES
Supporters of Niger's ruling junta, accompanied by some security forces, stand guard at a roundabout in Niamey, Niger, on Aug. 6, 2023, checking cars for weapons and keeping an eye out for foreign intervention. AP Photo/Sam Mednick
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s
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HARRIS, KAMALA, 2024, TRAIL
When Kamala Harris was tapped to be the Vice President, I remember saying at the time that she was always pretty much assured the pick from the get-go. The Biden team wanted a prosecutor to go after Trump, and she was black, a woman, and a prosecutor. Form
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FOUND, WOMAN, MARYLAND, MORIN
Police in northeast Maryland opened a homicide investigation Sunday after they said they discovered the body of Rachel Morin, a mother of five who was reported missing a day earlier.
Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler said that an “obviously deceased” woman’s
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TEXAS, CEREMONIAL, GAINES, NAVRATILOVA
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was joined by former collegiate swimmers Riley Gaines and Paula Scanlan on Monday for a ceremonial signing of the Save Women’s Sports Act, which prohibits biological males from competing in women’s sports in colleges and universities
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55, MEGA, BILLION, MILLIONS
NEW YORK (AP) — There’s no shaking it. Your chances of winning the lottery are extremely slim.
After no big winner Friday night, the Mega Millions jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.55 billion. If someone wins it all on Tuesday, when the next Mega Millions
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