Emerging Topics in U.S. News
TUESDAY, AUGUST 22nd 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
89 articles
TRUMP, DEBATE, GOP, FIRST
ATLANTA — John Eastman, the conservative attorney who pushed a plan to keep Donald Trump in power, turned himself in to authorities Tuesday on charges in the Georgia case alleging an illegal plot to overturn the former president’s 2020 election loss.
Eastman
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BIDEN, MAUI, HUNTER, HOUSE
On today's episode of the 5 Things podcast: Biden says government will help Maui ‘for as long as it takes’
Biden visited Maui after devastating wildfires. But he was met with grief from some over relief efforts. Plus, National Political Correspondent David
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TEXAS, STORM, TROPICAL, HAROLD
A tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico has strengthened into storm Harold and is expected to strengthen further before it reaches the Texas coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Tuesday.
The storm, located about 195 miles (310 km) east
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NEW, YORK, POLL, MAYOR
On the second day of his trip to Israel, Mayor Eric Adams of New York City will seek to strike a political balance by meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, and with leaders of the country’s pro-democracy protest movement.
On Tuesday morning,
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CABLE, CAR, PAKISTAN, RESCUERS
Six children and two teachers are dangling nearly 1,000 feet in the air in Pakistan after a cable connected to the gondola they are traveling in snapped, reports say.
An "extremely risky" helicopter rescue mission is now unfolding Tuesday to save those stuck
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WILDFIRE, 18, GREECE, MAJOR
LOADING ERROR LOADING
ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece (AP) — Firefighters scouring the area of a major wildfire in northeastern Greece burning out of control for a fourth day found the bodies of 18 people, authorities said Tuesday. They were examining whether the
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BUS, SCHOOL, OHIO, 23
An Ohio elementary school student was killed and nearly two dozen others injured Tuesday when their bus crashed and rolled over on their first day of school, officials said.
The bus carrying 52 students crashed at 8:16 a.m. when a Honda minivan coming the
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CALEB, EXPLOSION, FARLEY, FATHER
Farley was spotted on scene, speaking to authorities, after the blast.
A massive explosion leveled a multimillion-dollar home owned by Tennessee Titans cornerback Caleb Farley in Mooresville, North Carolina, early Tuesday.
One person was killed and another
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KANSAS, NEWSPAPER, RAID, VIDEO
Footage showing police officers raiding the home of one of the co-owners of a Kansas newspaper was published on Monday. The video, which has been circulating on social media, showed local law enforcement searching the home of Joan Meyer, who co-owned the Marion
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HOSPITAL, PATIENTS, STORM, POWER
A train derailed Monday morning in the Palm Springs, California, area due to the impact of Tropical Storm Hilary.
Aerial footage showed water flowing around the derailed train cars.
As local news outlet KESQ reported:
Officials with Union Pacific are reporting
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SOUTH, SUMMIT, BRICS, PUTIN
The five-nation BRICS summit is focused on whether to expand the club and how to be a counterweight to Western powers, but the meeting opened in Johannesburg on Tuesday in the shadow of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with President Vladimir V. Putin attempting
Continued at New York Times...
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FLAG, PRIDE, POSTS, OWNER
The alleged gunman who shot and killed a beloved California shop owner over a Pride flag she had flown outside her boutique had a history of posting anti-LGBTQ remarks on social media and far-right sites.
Authorities on Monday identified the suspect as Travis
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VAN, LEFT, DIES, DAY
The driver of a day care van was arrested after a 1-year-old girl who was left in the vehicle for several hours amid sweltering temperatures died, Nebraska police said.
Police responded to a day care center Monday afternoon "for an unresponsive child who was
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LOAN, STUDENT, REPAYMENT, PLAN
Borrowers can now apply for new, income-based student loan repayment
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A new repayment program opens today to more than 20 million student loan borrowers, with payments based on their income and
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SCHOOL, PARENTS, DISTRICT, POLICY
An Illinois school district outside of Chicago fired a newly-hired elementary teacher after outrage spread among parents over his alleged social media posts showing support for Satan and detailing a "psychosis and mania" disorder that has led to "violent" behavior.
"This
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CONTRACT, APPROVE, UPS, WORKERS
UPS Teamsters and workers hold a rally in downtown Los Angeles, as a national strike deadline nears on July 19, 2023. The union representing 340,000 UPS workers said Tuesday, Aug. 22, that its members voted to approve the tentative contract agreement reached
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COAST, GUARD, ASSAULT, RESCUED
The search for a small airplane that possibly crashed near the Bahamas ended Tuesday with no recovery, the U.S. Coast Guard announced.
U.S. Coast Guard Southeast District officials said that a Cessna 402 was last reported leaving Fort Lauderdale International
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WOMAN, MISSING, CALIFORNIA, COPS
A North Carolina woman who was believed to be missing has been arrested after allegedly tricking her friends, family and police into thinking she had been murdered, police said.
Margaret Frances “Maggie” Elizabeth Sweeney, 37, of Franklin, was reported missing
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FRANCISCO, NETFLIX, MISSING, SAN
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco is the latest Catholic organization to declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy as it deals with 537 lawsuits from survivors of child sexual abuse.
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone said in a statement that the bankruptcy
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RARE, ZOO, BORN, GIRAFFE
A Tennessee zoo has welcomed a rare spotless giraffe to its family.
On July 31, Brights Zoo in Limestone announced the birth of a baby giraffe — born a solid brown color.
"Giraffe experts believe she is the only solid-colored reticulated giraffe living anywhere
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RAMASWAMY, VIVEK, 11, KAITLAN
This summer, I set out to write about Vivek Ramaswamy because I thought that his public-speaking skills set him apart from his GOP presidential rivals. Whereas most candidates were struggling to find their lane, Ramaswamy knew exactly what he was offering:
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LUNAR, FAILED, MOSCOW, INDUSTRY
An ambitious but failed attempt by Russia to return to the moon after nearly half a century has exposed the massive challenges faced by Moscow’s once-proud space program.
The destruction of the robotic Luna-25 probe, which crashed onto the surface of the moon
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ALASKA, AIRLINES, LANDING, FLIGHT
Alaska Airlines flight makes hard landing during California storms
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An Alaska Airlines flight made a hard landing amid Tropical Storm Hilary late Sunday, sending sparks
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SURRENDERED, LOAN, ARREST, STUDENT
Citing Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, the landmark Supreme Court case that rolled back the nationwide right to abortion, the appeals court said that the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees people the rights listed in the Constitution,
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