Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18th 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
53 articles
TRUMP, DEBATE, TRIAL, ELECTION
Former Trump "Fixer" Michael Cohen, one of Donald Trump's former most-prominent lawyers, not only had some harsh words to say about his old boss on Wednesday; he also pre-blasted, as it were, voters who'll support Trump in the 2024 Republican Party presidential
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BIDEN, HUNTER, JAPAN, KOREA
Biden hails 'new era of partnership' with Japan, South Korea
President Joe Biden and the leaders of Japan and South Korea agreed to expand security and economic ties at a historic summit at the US presidential retreat of Camp David, cementing a new agreement
Continued at USA Today...
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HILARY, HURRICANE, CALIFORNIA, STORM
Hurricane Hilary grew rapidly to Category 4 strength off Mexico's Pacific coast on Friday and could reach Southern California, causing "significant and rare impacts" including extensive flooding.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Hilary had sustained
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NURSE, BABIES, GUILTY, KILLING
A general view of the sign for the Countess of Chester Hospital, where former nurse Lucy Letby was employed, in Chester, northern England on July 13, 2023. OLI SCARFF via Getty Images
LONDON (AP) — A neonatal nurse in a British hospital was found guilty Friday
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CANADA, NORTHWEST, WILDFIRE, TERRITORIES
YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories (AP) — Thousands of residents fled the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories ahead of an approaching wildfire Thursday, some driving hundreds of miles to safety and others waiting in long lines for emergency flights, the
Continued at Washington Times...
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EMERGENCY, MAUI, RESIGNS, CHIEF
LAHAINA, Hawaii — Outdoor alert sirens on Maui stayed silent as a ferocious fire devastated the seaside community of Lahaina last week. The head of the Maui Emergency Management Agency said he had no regrets about not deploying the system as a warning to people
Continued at Chicago Tribune...
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FRANCISCO, SAN, DRIVERLESS, ROBOTAXI
A driverless Cruise robotaxi drove into wet concrete on a construction site in San Francisco and got stuck, highlighting the problems with self-driving vehicles. One attorney for the city said, “We have seen that this technology is not yet ready, and poor AV
Continued at Breitbart...
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SCHOOL, BUS, HIGH, CALIFORNIA
A school district in Iowa used artificial intelligence to examine library books and help identify which contain sexually explicit material that needed to be removed from school property to comply with a new state law.
In May, Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds
Continued at Fox News...
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CONSERVATIVE, BUCKLEY, JAMES, SENATOR
James L. Buckley, a “conservative beacon” who won a shock election victory to represent New York in the US Senate in 1970, has died. He was 100.
Buckley’s death in a Washington, DC, hospital was the result of complications from a fall, his nephew, author and
Continued at New York Post...
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FOX, NEWS, TRUMP, DEBATE
In the 2016 campaign for the White House, former President Donald Trump turned the Republican primary debates into live TV events that attracted record audiences to Fox and CNN.
But like a star walking away from a hit TV show, Trump is skipping the first debate
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LIGHT, BUD, TED, CRUZ
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Kid Rock just put himself in the middle of a brouhaha after he was photographed drinking a Bud Light at a Nashville bar.
The musician was seen drinking the beverage Thursday while attending a show by country singer Colt Ford.
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PROUD, SENTENCING, ARREST, AHEAD
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities are searching for a member of the Proud Boys extremist group who disappeared days before his sentencing in a U.S. Capitol riot case, where prosecutors are seeking more than a decade in prison, according to
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WILLIAMS, MICHAEL, 10, ACTOR
A man who sold a fatal dose of fentanyl-laced heroin to Michael K. Williams, the actor who rose to fame for his portrayal of a stickup man named Omar Little on the HBO series “The Wire,” was sentenced on Friday to 10 years in prison.
The man, Irvin Cartagena,
Continued at New York Times...
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AGENT, IRS, TRAINING, FATALLY
An IRS special agent is dead after he was accidentally shot by another agent during a training exercise at a correctional facility gun range in Phoenix, Ariz.
According to KTAR News, the FBI Phoenix field office is investigating the incident, which happened
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MISTRIAL, ATTACK, BLACK, FEDEX
Mississippi judge declares mistrial in shooting attack on Black FedEx driver
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BROOKHAVEN, Miss. — Citing errors by police, a Mississippi judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the case of two
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OTTER, RARE, ACTRESS, HOLLYWOOD
Hollywood actress Crystal Finn, who appeared in the final season of the HBO hit series "Succession," said she was swimming in a California river last month, when something bit her lower extremities.
"I felt something on my backside and on my leg," Finn told
Continued at Fox News...
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GAETZ, JUDGE, CENSURE, BIAS
FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is calling on Congress to investigate Judge Tanya Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, accusing her of conducting her court with open bias and partisanship in handling the cases of people linked
Continued at Fox News...
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BIRTHDAY, 96TH, CARTER, ROSALYNN
Rosalynn Carter will celebrate her 96th birthday at home Friday with her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, and other family members, while the surrounding community of Plains, Georgia, honors the former first lady’s years of public health advocacy.
The
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COVID, NEW, TRACKING, VARIANT
To mask, or not to mask?
That is the question facing many doctors, public health officials and concerned citizens worldwide, as cases of COVID-19 once again tick upward.
Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned on Thursday that there’s
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WHITE, SNOW, SON, DIRECTOR
The son of one of the directors of the original "Snow White" film bashed the upcoming Disney remake of the classic movie as disrespectful and too politically correct.
"I find it quite frankly a bit insulting [what] they may have done with some of these classic
Continued at Fox News...
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DIES, LOLITA, CAPTIVITY, MIAMI
Lolita, an orca whale who served as a main attraction at the Miami Seaquarium, died Friday just as plans were in motion to free her from five decades of captivity.
In social media posts, the aquarium announced that the whale, whose name was changed to Toki,
Continued at USA Today...
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FEDERAL, LAW, GUN, FLORIDA
A Florida law that harshly restricts property ownership for people from seven countries will not be suspended while it is being challenged in court, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
District Judge Allen Winsor denied a preliminary injunction, which would have
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ABUSE, MICHAEL, JACKSON, SEXUAL
Two men who have accused Michael Jackson of sexually abusing them as children are able to resume their lawsuits against companies owned by the singer, who died in 2009, a California appeals court ruled on Friday.
The men, Wade Robson, 40, and James Safechuck,
Continued at New York Times...
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CHESS, TRANS, WOMEN, GAME
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a decision blocking Idaho's first-in-the-nation ban on transgender athletes in girls and women's sports.
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a judge's preliminary injunction against
Continued at Newsmax...