Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, JULY 24th 2022
Updated 23:59 ET
23 articles
TRUMP, CHENEY, THOMAS, LIZ
Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 riot said they are considering subpoenaing Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, over text messages
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SHOOTING, INJURED, PARK, ATLANTA
The suspect is in custody and was shot multiple times.
A U.S. Marshal and a murder suspect were shot on Sunday while law enforcement officials attempted to arrest the suspect in Peachtree City, Georgia, according to the Pike County Sheriff's Office.
Officials
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COVID, BIDEN, SYMPTOMS, WHITE
President Joe Biden, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, is improving in health and none of his 17 identified close contacts have so far tested positive for the coronavirus, White House COVID coordinator Ashish Jha said on Sunday.
Jha told ABC News
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RUSSIA, PORT, UKRAINIAN, MILITARY
Russia claimed Sunday that its weekend missile assault on Odesa struck military targets, amid sharp criticism that the attack undermined a critical grain shipment deal signed just hours earlier.
Ukrainian servicemen prepares a cannon for fighting in Kharkiv
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WOMAN, FLORIDA, COAST, SAILFISH
A large sailfish leapt from the water and gored an elderly Maryland woman last week during a fishing excursion off Florida’s eastern coast.
Katherine Perkins, 73, of Arnold, was struck by the 100-pound fish’s bill on July 19 when her companions were attempting
Continued at Washington Times...
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HEAT, NORTHEAST, TURNS, DEADLY
New York City, Philadelphia and Boston could all break daily heat records Sunday as an "extremely oppressive" heat wave intensified in the Northeast, leading to at least two heat-related deaths over the weekend.
More than 85 million Americans faced excessive
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GORE, CLIMATE, AL, UVALDE
Former Vice President Al Gore made a stunning comparison, saying climate change skeptics are similar to the law enforcement officers who botched the response to the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
"Climate deniers are really in some ways similar to
Continued at Fox News...
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RECESSION, YELLEN, ECONOMIC, JANET
This coming July 28th, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis will release the second quarter GDP numbers, and all available signs point to a disastrous report. Current trackers have growth sitting at around -1.6 percent as of July 19th.
That means that according
Continued at Red State...
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YOSEMITE, CALIFORNIA, WILDFIRE, FIRE
A raging wildfire near Yosemite National Park ripped through nearly 20 square miles of land in just over a day — forcing thousands of people to flee their homes, officials said Sunday.
The fast-moving Oak Fire, just southwest of the national wilderness treasure
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ARRESTED, DEATH, MAULED, DOGS
(CNN) A 71-year-old man was mauled to death by seven dogs while he walked to a neighborhood store last Tuesday in Fresno, Texas, the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.
Freddy Garcia was walking to a neighborhood store in Fresno on July
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POPE, CANADA, INDIGENOUS, FRANCIS
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Pope Francis began a historic visit to Canada on Sunday to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses by missionaries at residential schools, a key step in the Catholic Church’s efforts to reconcile with Native communities and help
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17, BOAT, MIGRANTS, BAHAMAS
17 died in the Bahamas after a boat believed to be carrying Haitian migrants capsized
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At least 17 people have died after a boat capsized shortly after
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DNA, WARNS, REP, AMERICANS
Bio-weapons are being developed that use specific DNA to target and kill individuals through their medical profile, a Democrat member of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee warned Friday.
Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), a U.S. Army veteran, used the Aspen Security
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BORDER, ARREST, ARIZONA, SMUGGLING
Two Americans were arrested in Arizona while attempting to smuggle five Mexican citizens across the US border, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officials said.
Agents from the Border Patrol’s Tucson station responded to Sasabe — a border town with just over
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BLACK, PANTHER, TRAILER, WAKANDA
Marvel unveiled the trailer for "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" on Saturday at San Diego Comic-Con as the cast moves forward without late actor Chadwick Boseman.
The trailer features a lyrical motif of "We Gon' Be Alright" from Kendrick Lamar’s song, "Alright."
Continued at Fox News...
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NOPE, PEELE, JORDAN, 44
Writer and director Jordan Peele arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Nope," Monday, July 18, 2022, at TCL Chinese Theatre. (Jordan Strauss/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Jordan Peele‘s UFO thriller “Nope” topped the North American charts in its first weekend
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WINS, VINGEGAARD, DE, TOUR
PARIS — Head down and legs churning, Jonas Vingegaard crossed the finish line of the penultimate stage of the Tour de France on Saturday and cupped his hand over his mouth, as if to stifle a gasp. He had done what he had come to do, and his astonishing accomplishment
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BANK, WEST, ISRAELI, KILL
Israeli forces killed two Palestinian fighters in a pre-dawn clash in the occupied West Bank on Sunday and, off the coast of the Gaza Strip, attacked a fishing boat accused of smuggling in Hamas supplies from Egypt after its two crewmen escaped.
The Fatah
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JAPAN, SAKURAJIMA, VOLCANO, ERUPTS
Japan puts alerts to the highest level for the Sakurajima volcano after it erupted
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TOKYO — A volcano on Japan's main southern island of Kyushu erupted Sunday night, spewing ash and rocks.
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WIFE, FOUNDER, ELON, GOOGLE
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s alleged affair with the wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin prompted the couple’s divorce earlier this year, according to a report published Sunday.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Brin, who along with Larry Page
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EMERGENCY, MONKEYPOX, HOUSE, WHITE
The feds might declare monkeypox a national emergency if they can’t get the outbreak under control, a top White House official said Sunday.
The World Health Organization on Saturday deemed monkeypox a “public health emergency of international concern,” the
Continued at NY Daily News...
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KID, ROCK, VENUE, NORTH
Hell hath no fury like a Kid Rock crowd scorned. That’s a lesson learned this weekend at a North Dakota fairgrounds.
Fans of the rowdy rocker had gathered for Friday’s sold-out show. But weather across the North Dakota State Fair was evidently not a southern
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AFRICA, EGYPT, PART, VISITS
Russia's Lavrov visits Egypt as part of Africa diplomacy trip
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CAIRO — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is in Cairo for talks Sunday with Egyptian officials as his country seeks to break diplomatic isolation and
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IOWA, YEAR, KILLED, SHOOTING
(CNN) Two parents and their 6-year-old daughter were found dead at an Iowa campground Friday, and a 4th person died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in what authorities are investigating as a triple homicide.
Cedar Falls residents Tyler Schmidt and Sarah
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