Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, AUGUST 31st 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
45 articles
TRUMP, HARRIS, KAMALA, POLL
Former President Donald Trump touted his relationship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un recently, calling friendly relations with the cloistered country a "good thing."
Trump made the comment at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania this week, reflecting on
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TRUMP, HARRIS, KAMALA, CEMETERY
Harris, Walz campaign in battleground of Georgia. Here's what it means for Trump We look at how Vice President Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, are campaigning in the battleground state of Georgia, and what former President Trump will have to do to win back the
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CAITLIN, CLARK, SKY, CAREER
There are two safe bets when the Chicago Sky play Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever: First, the Fever will win (three out of four ain’t bad), and second, Caitlin Clark will be victimized by a vicious flagrant foul.
We pick up the action in the fourth quarter
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BUS, MISSISSIPPI, CRASH, DEAD
The bus crashed on Saturday just before 1 a.m. local time.
7 dead, 37 injured after bus runs off road, overturns in Mississippi
Seven people were killed and 37 others were injured after a bus ran off a road and overturned in Mississippi.
Six people were
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WALZ, TYPE, CHARACTER, MAHER
What can be said about super-creepy Tim Walz that hasn't already been said?
A lot. And there will be, between now and the November 5 election. There's just something wrong with the guy. In addition to the serial lying, I mean. He's just not right. Even one
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FOUND, COUPLE, ARRESTED, REMAINS
Man arrested at California nudist resort for couple's murder
The couple and their dog, a white Shih Tzu named Cuddles, were reported missing last Sunday
On Friday, police said they had found human remains at Mr Sparks’ home.
Their neighbour, 62-year-old
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SMALL, PLANE, CRASHES, OREGON
A small plane crashed into a collection of townhouses Saturday morning in a neighborhood east of Portland, causing a massive fire.
Gresham Fire Chief Scott Lewis said at least two people were aboard the aircraft and one person inside the townhomes was unaccounted
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IRAQ, RAID, 15, ISIS
All U.S. personnel are in stable condition, an official told ABC News.
United States and Iraqi military forces conducted a raid in western Iraq that targeted ISIS leaders and killed 15 ISIS militants, U.S. Central Command said in a statement.
Seven U.S. military
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BANK, WEST, ISRAEL, DAMAGE
During a trip to the West Bank to conduct research and visit her family in Nablus in 2022, Yara Asi remembered the moments when Israel’s military besieged the city, a major economic hub for the region, in an effort to weed out militants living there.
“Surely
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BILL, PELOSI, BUY, HOMES
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., appeared to express support for her state's controversial bill that would provide financial aid for illegal immigrants to buy homes.
California lawmakers passed AB 1840, which would require the California Housing
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DJOKOVIC, NOVAK, OPEN, DEFENDING
Defending U.S. Open champion Novak Djokovic knocked out in shock defeat
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NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic did not go easy on himself when assessing the listless way he performed from the start of the U.S. Open, pointing to his sloppy
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POLIO, GAZA, DOSES, VACCINATIONS
A mass polio vaccination campaign for young children will begin in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, an especially challenging effort in a war zone where hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced repeatedly, buildings and infrastructure have been destroyed
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FRANCISCO, SAN, RICKY, PEARSALL
49ers rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall was shot and wounded during a reported robbery in San Francisco’s Union Square Saturday.
According to District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin, the first-round pick is in stable condition, and the suspect is in custody. Pearsall
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DAY, LABOR, WEEKEND, TRUMP
The Trump campaign issued a rebuke of inflated prices going into Labor Day weekend, blasting President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris' administration for "sky-high prices."
"President Trump will make America affordable again," a Trump campaign
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STUDENTS, JEWISH, UNIVERSITY, ATTACK
One person was arrested after an attack on a group of Jewish students on the University of Pittsburgh campus, the school said in a statement.
Two of the students were treated at the scene for injuries after the suspect, who was not identified, attacked them
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ANGELES, WOMAN, DEATH, SHOOTOUT
The City of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $9.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a woman who was shot and killed by police during a shootout with a gunman at a grocery store in 2018, attorneys for the family said Friday.
Melyda Corado, 27,
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BODIES, GAZA, HOSTAGES, IDF
The Israel Defense Forces announced Saturday that several bodies, likely of those of Israeli hostages seized and held by Hamas, were found underground in Gaza.
The military is not confirming any specifics about the bodies, including the identities and number
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GOP, TEXAS, GENDER, DEMOCRATS
A Democratic state politician in Texas is flipping to the Republican Party for her final four months in office.
State Rep. Shawn Thierry published a statement to social media on Friday decrying the Democratic Party's march into the "progressive abyss" after
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OASIS, TICKETS, TOUR, REUNION
Oasis says reunion tour tickets can only be resold at face value on official sites
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Oasis fans, many of whom have waited 15 years for the band to reunite, are scrambling to secure a spot at the reunion tour next
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16, AIR, CRASH, FIRES
Ukrainian president Zelenskyy fires air force commander after fatal F-16 crash
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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired the commander of the country’s air force Friday, four days after an F-16 warplane
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GANG, ISOLATED, REACT, OCCURRENCE
Shocking doorbell footage showed a group of heavily-armed Venezuelan migrants trying to break into an apartment in Colorado. The suspected gang members have since overrun the Aurora, Colo. apartment complex, but one former resident says the takeover is "not
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SCOOP, FATMAN, RAPPER, COLLAPSING
The rapper Fatman Scoop, whose hoarse and booming voice brought an electric energy to songs by Missy Elliott and Mariah Carey, and who performed the underground club favorite “Be Faithful,” died after collapsing onstage during a performance on Friday.
A statement
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MEXICAN, DRUG, PRISON, RELEASED
Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, a former drug cartel leader described as having "generated a new era of organized crime" in Mexico, has now been released from U.S. prison and may be heading back over the border, reports say.
Cárdenas Guillén, the past leader of the
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CARNIVAL, DIED, PEOPLE, NOTTING
British police say two people who were critically injured in attacks while attending London’s Notting Hill Carnival this week have died
Police say 2 people who were attacked during London's Notting Hill Carnival have died
LONDON -- Two people who were critically
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