Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16th 2026
Updated 03:12 ET
10 articles
EXCLUSIVE, ROBERT, DR, KENNEDY
Friday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talked about the CDC.
Kennedy said, “We’re trying to do is to do what the Europeans do. They don’t have mandates there and yet they have a lot — they have very high
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TRUMP, LETITIA, ACCESS, JAMES
New York Attorney General Letitia James has drawn a Trump-backed challenger, with President Donald Trump throwing his "complete and total endorsement" behind Republican Saritha Komatireddy in a bid to oust his longtime political foe.
"It is my Great Honor
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DEAD, MICHIGAN, SUSPECT, ARRESTED
Police said the 19-year-old suspect was found hiding in a closet on the campus.
A suspect in the shooting at Virginia State University early Saturday that left five people wounded, including one critically, has been arrested after being found hiding in a closet
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UNIVERSITY, STATE, VIRGINIA, SHOOTING
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A 19-year-old has been arrested in connection with the shooting that rocked Virginia State University Saturday morning and left five people wounded, one in critical condition.
The suspect has been identified
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HAWAII, HURRICANE, LALA, YEARS
Hurricane Lala strengthens as it heads to Hawaii Hurricane Lala is headed toward Hawaii's Big Island. If it makes landfall there, it'd be the first hurricane to do so since 1871.
National Hurricane Lala strengthens as it heads to Hawaii Hurricane Lala strengthens
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SYNAGOGUE, NYC, LUNATIC, COPS
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The unhinged lunatic who stormed into a Manhattan synagogue is a deranged serial robber who sources say told cops “F–k the Jews” after the hate-filled attack — but his aunt bizarrely claims he wants to be Jewish.
Larry
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PILOT, VIDEO, MARINE, CRASH
The F/A-18 Hornet aircraft crashed in Washington in June.
'Hey, buddy, I just crashed': Dramatic new video footage shows pilot walking away from fighter jet crash
A still photo from body camera footage released by the Yakima County Sheriff's Office on Aug.
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TEXAS, AIRPORT, ISLAMIC, GOV
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday directed a review of state grants to entities operating two major Texas airports over religious accommodations after Dallas Fort Worth International Airport said it would no
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INDONESIA, EARTHQUAKE, STRIKES, 38
Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's coast, killing at least 20
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MAUMERE, Indonesia — A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Saturday, killing at least 20 people, collapsing buildings
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STUDENT, TEACHER, SCHOOL, ADMITS
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A Florida middle school teacher was arrested after investigators said he exchanged inappropriate messages with a former teenage student and acknowledged communicating inappropriately with the student since 2023.
Christian
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IMMIGRANTS, MAHER, VALUES, AMERICAN
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said that “most immigrants still want to assimilate, but some now have this other attitude” of opposing assimilation.
During his “New Rules” segment at the end of the show, Maher said, “And finally,
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CREW, USS, LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
Having failed to gain enough traction on the Air Force One rope-a-dope story from earlier in the week, the legacy media – in its never ending quest for a "gotcha story" on President Trump – has made a hard pivot and is now focused on the conditions aboard the
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AMENDMENT, COVID, INVOKING, FAUCI
Dr. Anthony Fauci on Friday declined a request to voluntarily appear before a second Senate panel, opening another front in Republicans’ investigations into the former public health official’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
An attorney for Fauci rejected
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DENVER, SOCIALIST, BUSINESS, LL
Colorado's increasing leftward tilt is something people have been watching and commenting on for years. I moved to Colorado in 1988, and even then, when Colorado was still, for the most part, South Wyoming, people were beginning to complain about the influx
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ARDAY, PROFESSOR, CAMBRIDGE, RACISM
Jason Arday, Cambridge professor accused of plagiarism, is found dead
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LONDON — A British sociologist who resigned last week from the University of Cambridge following weeks of public accusations of plagiarism and media
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SINEMA, BODYGUARD, SEX, KYRSTEN
Former Democrat-turned-Independent Arizona senator Kyrsten Sinema has been open in court about her sexual relationship with a former bodyguard who is now her boyfriend.
Sinema has been embroiled in a legal battle involving Matthew Ammel and his ex-wife, Heather
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COP, EXECUTED, EX, MURDERED
After almost four decades, the execution of James Duckett brought closure for two families who believe they both lost young girls to the same killer.
The 68-year-old was executed by lethal injection July 28 for the rape and murder of 11-year-old Teresa McAbee
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BIBLE, EDUCATION, RELATED, SCHOOLS
Texas state representative and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico’s campaign responded after a resurfaced video of his comments on the Bible and education sparked outrage.
A clip resurfaced this week of Talarico, a Christian seminarian, speaking
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LAWSUIT, MATT, HARASSMENT, CBS
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Embattled CBS News anchor Matt Gutman’s checkered past has come into focus as he faces a bombshell sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former ABC News colleague.
The “CBS Evening News” host, one of the network’s
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TOWN, BEACH, CRACKDOWN, DRINKING
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No shoes, no shirts, no teens … no problems.
A Jersey Shore beach town banned all unaccompanied minors from night activities in a citywide crackdown to stop dangerous gatherings that have led to brawls and
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CHARLES, OAKLEY, DISMISSED, MSG
Charles Oakley’s lawsuit against Madison Square Garden and owner James Dolan was dismissed for a third time Friday, concluding another chapter to the legal battle involving the former Knicks star that dates back to when he was ejected from the Garden following
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MLB, MAKES, HISTORY, ROOKIE
It’s never been done before, and it may never be again.
The St. Louis Cardinals’ Joshua Báez became the first rookie to hit three home runs in his MLB debut Saturday — but he’s also the only one to hit them in his first three at-bats.
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VISA, STATE, DEPARTMENT, TACKLING
State Department spokesperson on Iran war and U.S. visa revocations NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott about the with Iran and the hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals who have had their U.S. visa revoked.
Politics
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24, ABUSE, COUNTS, ACTOR
A California actor and producer is facing 24 felony charges after investigators said he used online casting calls to contact minors as part of an alleged pattern of child sexual abuse spanning decades.
Shane Ryan Gledhill, 46, of Lompoc, was arrested Aug.
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