Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, AUGUST 4th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
39 articles
TRUMP, HARRIS, KAMALA, DONALDS
Last week, "white dudes" got together for the "White Dudes for Harris" Zoom call to support Vice President Kamala Harris in her presidential run. Days before that there had been a "White Women for Harris" Zoom call. There's been plenty said about how wild it
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GOLD, OLYMPIC, WINS, TEAM
Rapper Flavor Flav on why he decided to sponsor the U.S. women's water polo team NPR's Juana Summers talks to rapper Flavor Flav about his decision to sponsor the U.S. Women's water polo team at the 2024 Olympic Games.
Sports Rapper Flavor Flav on why he decided
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HARRIS, SHAPIRO, VP, FETTERMAN
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., is reportedly warning against Vice President Kamala Harris picking Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as her running mate.
His aides informed Harris' campaign about his concerns — including that Shapiro is too focused on "his own personal
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GENDER, FAILED, BOXER, TEST
The Issue: Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif’s defeat of Italian boxer Angela Carini amid a gender controversy.
Regarding the women’s boxing horror show in Paris: The story of Algerian boxer Imane Khelif is more complicated than The Post describes it (“Fairness
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FLORIDA, STORM, DEBBY, TROPICAL
Tropical Storm Debby is expected to gather strength and become a hurricane on Sunday night, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said, rather than Monday, as it had forecast just hours before.
Forecasters expect a large number of Atlantic hurricanes in
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JR, CENTRAL, BEAR, PARK
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent presidential candidate, confessed on Sunday that he had left a dead bear cub in Central Park in Manhattan in 2014 because he thought it would be “amusing.”
Mr. Kennedy posted a video detailing the bizarre story on social
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IRAN, ISRAEL, ANTICIPATED, AHEAD
The Pentagon announced new measures Friday to lessen the chance of escalation.
After a top Hamas political leader was assassinated in Tehran last week, White House Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer said the United States is "preparing for every possibility"
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SCHOOL, SOUTH, SHIRTS, SPARK
In the early 1960s, when my parents were in high school, they received free sampler packs of cigarettes on their cafeteria trays. To the cigarette companies, it made sense: Where better to find new customers than at schools, whose students, being children,
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STABBING, ISRAEL, ATTACK, KILLS
Two Israeli civilians were murdered and two others were wounded in a terror stabbing attack in central Israel on Sunday morning, local authorities said.
The Times of Israel reports the terrorist attacker, a West Bank Palestinian, stabbed the victims at three
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AFFAIR, HARRIS, ADMITS, HUSBAND
An exclusive story in Saturday's Daily Mail revealed that Kamala Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff, had an affair with a woman who worked both as a teacher at his kids' school and as a nanny for the family during his first marriage, and that the affair resulted
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PELOSI, BIDEN, RUSHMORE, NANCY
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi mused Sunday morning that President Biden could be added to Mount Rushmore after choosing to step out of the 2024 race.
CBS journalist Lesley Stahl asked Pelosi about reports claiming she led efforts to remove Biden from the
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TRIATHLON, SEINE, FALLS, ATHLETE
Belgian Olympic team bows out of triathlon as teammate falls ill after swim in the Seine
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Belgium's Olympic team forfeited from Monday's mixed competition triathlon after one of its triathletes, Claire
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CAREFUL, COURT, GORSUCH, SUPREME
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch offered a warning to people demanding court reform, telling them to "be careful."
President Joe Biden last week unveiled a long-expected proposal for changes at the Supreme Court, calling on Congress to establish term limits
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FIREFIGHTERS, MASSIVE, CALIFORNIA, BLAZE
Firefighters continue battling massive wildfire in California ahead of thunderstorms
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CHICO, Calif. — Firefighters made progress Saturday against California's largest wildfire of the year ahead of expected thunderstorms
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AIRFIELD, RANGE, LONG, STRIKES
Ukrainian military officials say they have sunk a Russian submarine and hit a Russian airfield in the past 24 hours
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine has sunk a Russian submarine and hit a Russian airfield in the past 24 hours, in line with a surge of long-range attacks
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SCHEFFLER, GOLD, OLYMPIC, SCOTTIE
Scottie Scheffler is the best player in golf and has an Olympic gold medal to show for it
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France -- Scottie Scheffler delivered the best performance of his greatest year by rallying from four shots behind on Sunday with a 9-under
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TIM, SCOTT, SEN, MARRIES
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., married fiancée Mindy Noce Saturday in a South Carolina ceremony.
Scott, 58, and Noce, 47, were married in the chapel at Charleston's Seacoast Church, according to local newspaper The Post and Courier. The Republican senator announced
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BILES, SIMONE, OLYMPIC, QUESTION
Simone Biles is just trying to soak in the moment.
Biles has further cemented her legacy as one of the greatest gymnasts of all time after she took home the gold medal in the women’s vault final on Saturday, marking her third gold medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Biles
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MORGAN, WALLEN, ARRESTED, CITY
Country music star Morgan Wallen appeared to ruffle feathers over the weekend as he walked onto the concert stage wearing a jersey with Harrison Butker's No. 7 on it as Travis Kelce and others appeared in his entourage.
Wallen performed at Arrowhead Stadium
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LEGEND, HALL, CEREMONY, STEVE
Chicago Bears legend Steve McMichael was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, and he made an appearance on the video board during the ceremony in Canton, Ohio.
McMichael, dressed in his bronze Hall of Fame jacket, was in a hospital bed
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YOUNG, OHIO, LIFE, HOME
A man has been sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole in the shooting deaths of his three young sons at their Ohio home last year
BATAVIA, Ohio -- A man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the shooting
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DEAD, PROTESTS, BANGLADESH, BACK
Renewed anti-government protests have left nearly 100 dead in Bangladesh
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DHAKA, Bangladesh — Nearly 100 people were killed and hundreds more injured Sunday as renewed anti-government protests swept across Bangladesh, with protesters
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SOCIAL, MEDIA, MAGIC, NEW
Magnesium is social media's new favorite magic aid for sleep. Here's what science says Is there anything to the social media craze for using magnesium supplements to help you get to sleep?
Health Magnesium is social media's new favorite magic aid for sleep.
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MICHIGAN, MUSK, PAC, BACKED
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, applauds as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., July 24, 2024.
A political action committee backed by billionaire Elon Musk is being investigated
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