Emerging Topics in U.S. News
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16th 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
68 articles
TRUMP, GEORGIA, INDICTMENT, ELECTION
Former President Donald Trump and the other 18 people indicted earlier this week for alleged attempts to overturn Georgia's 2020 presidential election results "are entitled to the presumption of innocence that every American enjoys," former Vice President Mike
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INFLATION, ACT, REDUCTION, BIDEN
President Biden staged a day of celebration on Wednesday to herald the reduction in inflation and the Inflation Reduction Act even though experts believe one had little to do with the other.
Mr. Biden hosted a boisterous ceremony in the East Room of the White
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POLICE, DEPUTY, SHOT, MINNESOTA
Police fatally shot a 65-year-old man during a standoff at an apartment complex in southern Indiana, authorities said Wednesday.
A SWAT team member shot Richard Glass around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday after Glass pointed a gun out his apartment window in Jeffersonville,
Continued at Fox News...
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POLL, TRUMP, DESANTIS, AP
Poll finds growing Republican support for Trump amid criminal charges
Donald Trump boasts that his standing among Republicans only improves as he faces a series of criminal charges. A new AP-NORC poll supports Trump's claim in the primary election, but the
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COURT, ABORTION, PILL, RESTRICTIONS
A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the abortion pill can remain on the market, though the judges halted recent moves to expand access, such as the Biden administration’s plan to make it available to women through the mail.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court
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BLIND, SIDE, FAMILY, OHER
Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, the couple who took in former NFL star Michael Oher, whose inspiring life story was the subject of the 2009 film “The Blind Side,” are breaking their silence over Oher’s allegations that they have been profiting off him for years.
According
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RAID, NEWSPAPER, KANSAS, SEIZED
The search warrant that prompted the raid at a small-town Kansas newspaper was suddenly withdrawn Wednesday — as the paper’s owner pointed to the “suspicious” timing of other court filings in the stunning First Amendment case.
The Marion County attorney yanked
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CUP, WORLD, WOMEN, ENGLAND
England breaks Australia's heart, will play Spain in World Cup final
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England's Lionesses will face Spain's La Furia Roja in Sunday's Women's World Cup final after dealing
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BIDEN, TRUMP, VISIT, TOLL
The White House announced Wednesday that President Joe Biden was scheduled to visit Maui after former President Donald Trump criticized him for smiling and saying, “No comment,” when asked about the rising death toll from the wildfires there last week.
On
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SANTOS, FUNDRAISER, AIDE, MCCARTHY
U.S. Rep. George Santos leaves the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Central Islip, New York, May 10, 2023.
A man who was a paid campaign fundraiser for Rep. George Santos was indicted in New York on federal charges related to his
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NORTH, OVERRIDE, VETO, CAROLINA
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Transgender youth in North Carolina lost access Wednesday to the gender-affirming treatments many credit as live-saving after the Republican-controlled General Assembly overrode the Democratic governor’s veto of legislation
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SALES, TARGET, BACKLASH, PRIDE
NEW YORK (AP) — Target reported a second-quarter sales drop, dragged down by shoppers’ inflation worries and a negative reaction by some customers, widely publicized on social media, to its Pride merchandise.
The Minneapolis retailer expects high interest
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BIDEN, IMPEACHMENT, HUNTER, HOUSE
There's a lot of talk among House Republicans about impeaching President Joe Biden. But GOP members disagree on whether there is enough evidence to go forward. On one hand, Republican investigators have made enormous progress in the past few weeks. The testimony
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DEATH, TOLL, MAUI, REACHES
A mobile morgue unit arrived Tuesday to help Hawaii officials working painstakingly to identify remains, as Maui County released the first names of people killed in the wildfire that all but incinerated the historic town of Lahaina a week ago and raised the
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COOPER, BERNSTEIN, LEONARD, BRADLEY
"At all times during the making of this film, we could feel the profound respect and yes, the love that Bradley brought to his portrait of Leonard Bernstein and his wife, our mother Felicia. We feel so fortunate to have had this experience with Bradley, and
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MIGRANT, NEW, YORK, ADAMS
Guardian Angels founder and former Republican nominee for New York City mayor Curtis Sliwa was reportedly arrested Wednesday while protesting against a new migrant tent city in Queens, New York as the city continues to struggle to address the surge in migrants.
Video
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BALDWIN, ALEC, RUST, PULLED
A forensics expert examined the gun that Alec Baldwin accidentally discharged on the set of the film "Rust," killing cinemaphotographer Halyna Hutchins, and determined that the actor must have pulled the trigger. Although previous charges against Baldwin were
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AI, GOOGLE, ADVICE, LIFE
Artificial intelligence has been used "behind the scenes" in health care for decades, but with the growing popularity of new technologies such as ChatGPT, it’s now playing a bigger role in patient care — including during routine doctor’s visits.
Physicians
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NORTH, KOREA, SOLDIER, AMERICA
A portrait of American soldier Travis King is displayed as his grandfather, Carl Gates, talks about his grandson on July 19, 2023, in Kenosha, Wis. (Morry Gash/AP)
North Korea on Wednesday offered its first official confirmation that it had detained a U.S.
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SAN, FEDERAL, CRIME, WORK
Officials in California are facing fierce scrutiny over increasing crime as some federal employees are being told to work from home over fears surrounding public safety.
Independent journalist Erica Sandberg described what she called utter "mayhem" in San
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TULSA, MASSACRE, OKLAHOMA, RACE
True, Roberts’s opinion for the court, and Justice Kavanaugh’s concurring opinion, stated that, although [the reference to state “legislatures” in the federal Constitution’s Election Clause] does not exempt state legislatures from the ordinary constraints imposed
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MAUI, BIDEN, VISIT, WILDFIRE
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel Monday to Maui to meet with first responders, survivors and government officials after horrifying wildfires ripped through the Hawaiian island, the White House said Wednesday.
The first couple will “see
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LOAN, STUDENT, AOC, DEBT
Progressive firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez carried thousands of dollars in student loan debt last year, new financial disclosures show.
During that time, the Bronx and Queens congresswoman was pining for mass student loan cancellation, publicly urging
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CHINA, DEAL, SOUTH, APPEARS
BEIJING — China appears to be constructing an airstrip on a disputed South China Sea island that is also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan, according to satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press.
The work on Triton island in the Paracel group mirrors construction
Continued at Washington Times...