Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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TRUMP, DESANTIS, GOP, DEBATE
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie appears on June 6 in Manchester, New Hampshire. via Associated Press
ATLANTA — While Donald Trump claims he canceled a promised press conference to prove that the 2020 election in Georgia had been “stolen” from him because
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RUSSIAN, MISSILE, CITY, KILLS
Five people were killed and 37 wounded when a Russian missile struck a central square in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, the interior ministry said on Saturday.
People had been on their way to church to celebrate a religious holiday when the strike
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BIDEN, HUNTER, JOE, PRESIDENT
There are a lot of lingering questions about Attorney General Merrick Garland’s elevation of David Weiss to special counsel.
Weiss, the U.S. Attorney tasked with investigating alleged wrongdoing by Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, was not from outside
Continued at Breitbart...
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TRUMP, BIDEN, POLL, ADMITS
CNN host and chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper admitted that former President Donald Trump "was right" when he accused then-presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden of accepting large amounts of foreign money during the 2020 presidential
Continued at Fox News...
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ENGLAND, CUP, WORLD, WOMEN
Referee Cheryl Foster shows a yellow card to Australia's Katrina Gorry during the Women's World Cup third place playoff soccer match between Australia and Sweden in Brisbane, Australia, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard)
Referee Cheryl Foster
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TAIWAN, WARNING, MILITARY, CHINESE
China held air and sea drills around Taiwan on Saturday, in what it said was a "stern warning" after the island's vice president visited the United States.
William Lai -- the frontrunner in Taiwan's presidential election next year and a vocal opponent of Beijing's
Continued at Newsmax...
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NOTRE, DAME, GENERAL, DIES
Jean-Louis Georgelin, the French general who was placed in charge of rebuilding Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris after a devastating fire in 2019, has died. He was 74.
“The nation has lost one of its greatest soldiers,” President Emmanuel Macron said in a statement
Continued at New York Times...
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FIRE, LAHAINA, HAWAII, RISE
NATION Wildfires Add Topic
Utility workers work to restore power lines in Lahaina
Di'Amond Moore USA TODAY
Utility workers cut down damaged trees in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Aug. 18. At least 114 people died in the Aug. 8 fire, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire
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WATER, OFFICIAL, DELAYED, MAUI
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Louisiana police have tracked down a Texas man accused of assaulting and murdering his 11-year-old neighbor, Maria Gonzalez.
Authorities in Shreveport, Louisiana, took Juan Carlos Garcia Rodriguez, 18, into custody Saturday after Harris County, Texas, officials
Continued at Fox News...
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NEWSPAPER, KANSAS, RAID, BROKE
The first edition of the Marion County Record since its newsroom in central Kansas was raided by police. (Katie Moore/Katie Moore/Kansas City Star/TNS)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A central Kansas police chief was not only on legally shaky ground when he ordered the
Continued at Chicago Tribune...
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ORCA, LOLITA, DIES, CAPTIVITY
Lolita, oldest orca held in captivity, dies before chance to return to the ocean
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Lolita, the oldest orca held in captivity, died
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COUPLE, FOUND, TENNESSEE, ALASKA
A Tenessee couple who vanished more than a week ago while hiking in Alaska were found safe Friday — just two miles from their parked car, family said.
Couple Jonas Bare, 50, and Cynthia Hovsepian, 37, were spotted by a hiker as they wandered through the woods
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Ron Cephas Jones, who won two Primetime Emmy Awards for his role on "This Is Us," has died. He was 66.
A representative for Jones confirmed the actor's death in a statement to Fox News Digital on Saturday.
"Beloved and award-winning actor Ron Cephas Jones
Continued at Fox News...
FILE - In this image made from video released by Roscosmos State Space Corporation, the Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the moon lander Luna-25 automatic station takes off from a launch pad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023.
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TRAINING, MARINE, CAMP, PENDLETON
A recently graduated, enlisted Marine is dead following a live-fire training event at Camp Pendleton, California.
Investigation into the death of Joseph Whaley from Columbia, Tennessee, is ongoing after he was killed during a school of infantry training, WSMV
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DEALERS, BIDEN, GUN, AMENDMENT
Gun dealers are crying foul as the Biden administration pursues an apparent crackdown on legal firearms sellers, whose licenses have been revoked at an unprecedented rate over the last two years.
“This policy is designed to be a backdoor violation of the Second
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STATE, WASHINGTON, WILDFIRE, MEDICAL
Washington state officials declared a state of emergency in Spokane County on Saturday afternoon, as thousands of residents across the state have been evacuating their homes amid destructive wildfires.
At least one person has died due to what's being called
Continued at Fox News...
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RESTAURANT, STRIKE, LOST, CHORD
Nearly half of the employees at three notable restaurants in Lahaina – Old Lahaina Luau, Star Noodle, and Leoda's Kitchen and Pie Shop – lost their homes in the historic wildfires that ravaged the Maui town. Their struggles have struck a chord for many on the
Continued at USA Today...
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COFFEE, FEET, STAR, HAWAII
TikTok star Caleb Coffee was sent to the hospital on Wednesday afternoon after falling 60 to 80-feet off a cliff onto lava rock in Hawaii, according to a family member.
Caleb Coffee's sister, Peyton Coffee, wrote in a GoFundMe that he fell off the 60 to 80-foot
Continued at Fox News...
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GENDER, GEORGIA, TEACHER, IDENTITY
The Cobb County, Georgia, Board of Education has voted to fire fifth-grade teacher Katie Rinderle for reading a book on so-called "gender identity" called "My Shadow Is Purple."
Rinderle, a ten-year veteran of the Cobb County school system, was accused of
Continued at Red State...