Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, AUGUST 14th 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
62 articles
TRUMP, GEORGIA, ELECTION, CASE
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump fired back at Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' office for leaking the charges being put before the grand jury targeting Trump this week.
"The Fulton County District Attorney's Office has once again shown
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BIDEN, HUNTER, DEAL, FBI
Law enforcement investigate the scene of a shooting involving the FBI on Aug. 9, 2023, in Provo, Utah. The Utah man accused of making violent threats against President Joe Biden before a western states trip last week pointed a handgun at FBI agents attempting
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MAUI, BIDEN, HAWAII, COMMENT
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre both mispronounced the names of Hawaii’s two Democratic senators and misgendered one of them at a Monday press conference after the island suffered the most devastating US wildfire in more than a century.
“Senator
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KANSAS, POLICE, RAID, NEWSPAPER
A lawyer for The Marion County Record, a Kansas newspaper that was raided by the police late last week, demanded that the town’s Police Department not review any information on the devices it seized until a court hearing could be scheduled.
The lawyer, Bernard
Continued at New York Times...
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CLARENCE, AVANT, 92, BLACK
Clarence Avant, a man dubbed the “Godfather of black entertainment” has died, his family confirmed Monday. He was 92.
His death came 20 months after his wife of 54 years, philanthropist Jacqueline Avant, was shot and killed by an intruder in their Beverly
Continued at Breitbart...
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MONTANA, CLIMATE, TRIAL, ACTIVISTS
A Montana judge has sided with young environmental activists who said state agencies were violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment by permitting fossil fuel development without considering its effect on the climate
HELENA,
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SCHOOL, DEAD, FOUND, CAR
A Catholic school was within its rights to deny an art teacher a contract renewal after the instructor became pregnant out-of-wedlock, the Supreme Court of New Jersey ruled Monday.
Victoria Crisitello, who had once attended the school as a student, returned
Continued at Washington Times...
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RUSSIA, DEFENSE, MINISTER, BELARUS
Russia's ruble hits lowest level since early in conflict
The Russian ruble has reached its lowest value since the early weeks of the special military operation in Ukraine, as Moscow increases military spending and Western sanctions weigh on its energy exports.
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SHOW, AIR, MICHIGAN, JET
BELLEVILLE, Mich. (AP) — A pilot and crew member escaped serious injury when they ejected from a vintage jet that crashed during a Michigan air show Sunday, officials said.
The MiG-23 demonstration plane crashed during the Thunder Over Michigan Air Show shortly
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BLIND, SIDE, MICHAEL, OHER
The 2009 film The Blind Side was a popular feel-good blockbuster, and it also was the pinnacle of actress Sandra Bullock's career. She won the Best Actress Oscar for portraying Leigh Anne Tuohy, a well-heeled, Memphis interior designer who, with her millionaire
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ABORTION, RFK, JR, BAN
Young women get proactive before heading to HBCUs in states with abortion bans As some young women head to HBCUs in states where abortion is restricted or banned, they're getting education and birth control to help safeguard their reproductive health during
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GUARD, DIVERS, MISSING, COAST
Greek authorities said Sunday they had safely rescued 48 migrants from a rudderless inflatable boat off the island of Lesbos, close to the Turkish coast.
A coast guard vessel on patrol off the island sighted the boat Sunday morning, the Greek coast guard said
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FIGHT, ZUCKERBERG, ELON, MUSK
What follows is not news.
Earlier today, Elon Musk furthered the narrative that he wishes to engage in hand-to-hand combat with Mark Zuckerberg, tweeting in such a way as to suggest that he was at Zuckerberg’s front door. (Previously, he called Zuckerberg
Continued at The Atlantic...
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MOB, NORDSTROM, GOODS, SHOWS
Dozens of masked robbers were filmed destroying department store display cases and shelving during a wild smash-and-grab inside a Los Angeles shopping mall on Saturday afternoon.
As many as 50 men and women wearing face coverings and dark clothing ransacked
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PRIMARY, ARGENTINA, TRUMP, MILEI
A far-right libertarian candidate won Argentina’s open presidential primary election on Sunday, a surprising showing for a politician who wants to adopt the U.S. dollar as Argentina’s official currency and embraces comparisons to Donald Trump.
Javier Milei,
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PARK, NATIONAL, HIKER, 1ST
The search for a California backpacker who went missing in Sequoia National Park this weekend has come to a happy close.
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks' Facebook page posted an update late Monday afternoon confirming that Bill Roberts, 76, of Lake
Continued at USA Today...
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FLIGHT, SYDNEY, EMERGENCY, PASSENGER
A "disruptive passenger" caused a flight from Australia to Malaysia to return to Sydney just three hours after taking off.
A 45-year-old man was arrested and the rest of the passengers were released about three hours after the plane landed.
The man is expected
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FRIED, BANKMAN, SAM, BOUNDARY
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For months, the FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has regularly
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SWEDISH, CALLS, VIGILANCE, QURAN
Al-Qaida has called for targeted assassinations of Swedish and Danish diplomats at embassies worldwide after several copies of the Quran were burned in the two Scandinavian countries in recent months, U.K. news outlet Express reported.
Copies of the Islamic
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NAVY, FIRST, MILITARY, SENATE
Following his retirement ceremony Monday at the U.S. Naval Academy, Adm. Mike Gilday’s photograph was taken down from a display at the Pentagon showing the current members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
But Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the 4-star admiral nominated
Continued at Washington Times...
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OFFICERS, GUILTY, MEN, BLACK
FILE - In this Forrest County Adult Detention Center booking photo, is Brett McAlpin a former sheriff's deputy in Rankin County, Miss., taken in Hattiesburg, Miss., on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. McAlpin, who is one of six former Mississippi law officers, including
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POLICE, CHASE, SHOT, SUSPECT
Authorities are searching Monday for an inmate who police say was last seen "casually walking" along a street in Richmond, Virginia, after escaping from a hospital over the weekend.
Naseem Roulack, who is serving a 13-year-sentence on charges of aggravated
Continued at Fox News...
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REPORTER, RUSSIA, AMBASSADOR, WSJ
MOSCOW — U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy on Monday made her third visit to Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been behind bars in Russia since March on charges of espionage.
Tracy last visited Gershkovich in early July.
“Ambassador
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ALABAMA, CONGRESSIONAL, REDRAWN, VOTING
Alabama lost a voting rights case at the Supreme Court. It's still trying to win
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The state of Alabama is taking an unusual legal position as it heads into a closely watched court hearing this
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