Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28th 2026
Updated 01:12 ET
30 articles
TRUMP, LAKE, AMERICA, ONTARIO
Trump directs federal government to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America
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President Trump is escalating his ongoing dispute with Canada over tariffs with a new executive order renaming Lake Ontario, which
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KANTER, ENES, FREEDOM, BAN
Los Angeles Sparks forward Cameron Brink is aiming “stupid piece of sh*t” Enes Kanter Freedom after the former NBA star began his campaign to enter the WNBA Draft.
Brink made her comments about Freedom ahead of the Sparks’ loss to the Atlanta Dream on Monday.
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DOLLY, PARTON, EXPERIMENTAL, SISTER
The storm was named long before Dolly Parton died.
Tropical Storm Dolly forms in the Atlantic
In this satellite image, Tropical Storm Dolly is shown.
In this satellite image, Tropical Storm Dolly is shown.
In this satellite image, Tropical Storm Dolly is
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HASAN, PIKER, JON, OSSOFF
Hasan Piker is facing yet another Democratic lawmaker critic amid the fallout from comments he made on a stream last week, this time from Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga.
Ossoff, who is Jewish, was recently asked about Piker's comments that suggested American Jews
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LINDSAY, CLANCY, JURY, TRIAL
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PLYMOUTH, Mass — Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, told jurors she was a “darn good mother.”
“You know from looking at the objective evidence in this case, this young lady did nothing wrong in her
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NEPAL, MISSING, FLOODS, TIBET
As we previously wrote, areas near the Nepal-Tibet border suffered a catastrophic natural disaster this week.
My colleague Nick Amara wrote on Wednesday that "[h]undreds of tourists and locals are missing as a massive flash flood swept through villages along
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NEW, DSA, 4M, TRUMP
A thunderstorm crosses the Hudson River from Jersey City, New Jersey, into Lower Manhattan, August 7, 2026, in New York City.
A thunderstorm crosses the Hudson River from Jersey City, New Jersey, into Lower Manhattan, August 7, 2026, in New York City.
A thunderstorm
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IRAN, HORMUZ, TRUMP, STRAIT
U.S. Navy sailors work on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington as it transits the Arabian Sea to support U.S. military operations in the war with Iran Aug. 20, 2026.
Iran has set out its conditions to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, saying
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TATE, COURT, ANDREW, BROTHERS
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Controversial “manosphere” influencer Andrew Tate’s lawyer claimed in court that his client’s bombastic, misogynist behavior portrayed online is just a persona — comparing him on social media to Sacha Baron
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LEAVITT, KAROLINE, TRUMP, HOUSE
Karoline Leavitt may be stepping away from the White House podium, but she still has the president's ear on who takes her place.
In her final official interview as White House press secretary Thursday, Leavitt revealed she has been privately advising President
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MLADIC, 84, RATKO, SERB
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) – Ratko Mladic, the bullish Bosnian Serb general whose forces rained shells and snipers´ bullets on Sarajevo and carried out the worst massacre in Europe since World War II, has died while serving a life sentence for his crimes, U.N. officials
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MAMDANI, DEATH, VICTIMS, MURDER
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It was a crime that shocked the soul.
Jose Miranda stopped by a laundromat in The Bronx to wash his clothes one hot August day two years ago, and was hacked to death, randomly, by a maniac with a meat cleaver.
He
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GOOD, GOLF, AD, CALLAWAY
If you thought "cancel culture" was behind us, think again.
The seemingly never-ending saga of Good Good Golf's now-deleted ad has taken yet another more ridiculous turn Thursday afternoon. For some background, Good Good has one of the largest YouTube channels
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TEXAS, TRUMP, KEN, PAXTON
Texas Senate candidate James Talarico (D-TX) speaks at a campaign rally on March 2, 2026 in Houston, Texas. Talarico is visiting various locations around the state in the lead up to tomorrow's primaries.
Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is
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PLANE, TOWN, ALASKA, SMALL
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A small airplane crashed into shallow waters near a remote coastal town in Alaska on Wednesday, killing all four people on board, according to officials.
The aircraft, a Piper PA-24-260, was heading for an
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FLIGHT, EMERGENCY, AIRLINES, LANDING
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A New Jersey-bound United Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Nevada Thursday after reports of an engine issue.
United Airlines flight 1403 departed LAX before landing safely at Las Vegas’
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AIR, DEADLY, CONTROLLERS, FIRE
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Two air traffic controllers left work early the night an Air Canada regional jet smashed into a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport, killing two people in March, according to reports.
The Federal Aviation Administration
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KUSAMA, YAYOI, POLKA, DOTS
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who splashed her signature polka dots on paintings, sculptures and museum installations around the world, has died, her studio said Thursday. She was 97.
Kusama died Aug. 14 at a hospital in Tokyo, Yayoi Kusama Studio
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MARLOW, TRUMP, USA, FANTASIZES
Tuesday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about Canada.
Mark Carney’s whole campaign, his whole reason for being is to oppose the United States. All of his campaign ads were focused around opposing Trump, not being the
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MISSOURI, DEPUTY, WYOMING, DAYS
Missouri Deputy Attorney General Shaun Mackelprang has been found alive six days after he embarked on a hiking trip in Wyoming.
Crews found him Wednesday morning and he has since been reunited with his loved ones, Fox News reported Thursday.
In a social media
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ICE, OFFICER, TEXAS, RELEASED
The Cameron County Sheriff’s Office released the ICE officer who is wanted in Minnesota for an officer-involved shooting incident. The release came after Texas Governor Greg Abbott did not sign the rendition extradition requested by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
The
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HIGH, SCHOOL, DIESEL, ARRESTED
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A former Texas schoolteacher was arrested Tuesday amid allegations of inappropriate relationships with students, nearly one year after authorities began investigating her.
Holly Adams, who taught at Angleton
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MOSCOW, TRIP, CIA, RUSSIA
Putin will be well aware of Donald Trump's periodic disdain for Nato and he may have calculated that a low-key attack on say, Lithuania, is not going to trigger Nato's mutual self-defence clause – Article 5 – and that the US will not respond.
In which case
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SYRIA, VISA, CARD, PRESIDENT
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WASHINGTON — Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa used a Visa credit card for the first time ever in his country following the State Department’s decision to remove his country from its state sponsors of terrorism
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