Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, JULY 23rd 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
20 articles
TRUMP, DESANTIS, RAMASWAMY, GOP
We don’t know what specific charges special counsel Jack Smith will pursue if former President Trump is indicted on allegations of attempting to overturn the 2020 election. We can’t even be certain that there will be an indictment, although it looks imminent
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TWITTER, MUSK, ELON, LOGO
Twitter, Elon Musk’s social media platform, is about to undergo a major rebranding. Musk has announced that the platform’s name will soon change to “X,” and all bird symbols, a long-standing logo for the platform, will be phased out.
The Verge reports that
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BIDEN, HUNTER, SON, JOE
The Issue: Evidence that a Ukrainian oligarch paid the Bidens to avoid an investigation into his company.
If this most recent bombshell regarding the $10 million going to Hunter Biden and President Biden isn’t either prison- or impeachment-worthy, then I have
Continued at New York Post...
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SPAIN, ELECTION, WIN, NARROWLY
Spanish voters are headed to the polls in the scorching heat Sunday in an uncertain election that could shift power from socialists to the far right, following a greater trend in Europe.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who has been premier since 2018,
Continued at Fox News...
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ODESA, CATHEDRAL, RUSSIAN, STRIKE
Russia struck the Ukrainian Black Sea city of Odesa again on Sunday, keeping up a barrage of attacks that has damaged critical port infrastructure in southern Ukraine in the past week. At least one person was killed and 22 others wounded in the attack in the
Continued at Chicago Tribune...
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TILL, MONUMENT, EMMETT, BIDEN
President Joe Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed in 1955 after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, and his mother, a White House official
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NETANYAHU, ISRAEL, HEART, REFORM
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel was rushed to the hospital early Sunday for surgery to implant a heart pacemaker, casting new uncertainty over his government’s deeply contentious plan to pass a law on Monday to limit judicial power.
Doctors at
Continued at New York Times...
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GREEK, RHODES, WILDFIRE, ISLAND
ATHENS, Greece — Some 19,000 people have been evacuated from the Greek island of Rhodes as wildfires continued burning for a sixth day on three fronts, Greek authorities said on Sunday.
The Ministry of Climate Change and Civil Protection said it was “the largest
Continued at Washington Times...
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BARBIE, BOX, OFFICE, OPPENHEIMER
A movie theater Box Office is pictured announcing the opening of "Oppenheimer" and "Barbie" movies, in Los Angeles California, on July 20, 2023. "Oppenheimer" is facing off against "Barbie" in the biggest clash of Hollywood summer blockbusters, with both opening
Continued at Huffington Post...
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HIGH, SCHOOL, MASSACHUSETTS, STAR
Separate boat crashes in Massachusetts and Missouri over the weekend have left multiple people injured and at least one person dead.
A 17-year-old girl was killed and five other people were injured when a boat crashed Friday night into a jetty in Cape Cod,
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HARMAN, OPEN, BRITISH, BRIAN
Brian Harman wins the British Open in his first major championship
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HOYLAKE, England — Brian Harman turned back every challenge in the British Open, from big names to bad weather, and took his place
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CHICAGO, 20, WOUNDED, WEEKEND
Nearly 30 people were shot Friday through mid-afternoon Sunday in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.
Breitbart News noted nearly 20 people were shot Friday into the beginning of Saturday night in Chicago, and five of those gunshot victims succumbed to their
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LANDSLIDE, RESCUERS, MISSING, INDIAN
Rescuers walk towards the site of a landslide in Raigad district, western Maharashtra state, India, Thursday, July 20, 2023. While some people are reported dead many others feared trapped under piles of debris. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Rescuers walk towards
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REX, HEUERMANN, BUTCHER, BODY
Editor's note: This story contains graphic details.
Before Rex Heuermann's arrest, years of unanswered questions about the murders of at least 10 sex workers birthed the phantom personas of "LISK" and the "Manorville Butcher."
Four of the victims - known
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COUNTRY, DECK, CLUB, MONTANA
At least 33 people were injured and 25 were taken to local hospitals after a deck collapsed at a Montana country club Saturday, police and news reports said.
The Billings Police Department responded to a report of a patio collapse in Billings at around 7:50
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PRICE, KOREA, SOLDIER, NORTH
"Is he defecting? I think he was running from his problems."
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul said Sunday that he's concerned North Korea will demand concessions from the United States in exchange for releasing American Travis King, the
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SUSPECT, KILLED, UNBORN, ARRESTED
A sheriff’s deputy in Texas was fatally shot in the line of duty Friday evening while responding to a report of a domestic fight, authorities said.
Deputy David Bosecker responded around 9 p.m. to a home on Highway 183 between Cisco and Rising Star, the Eastland
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PLANE, CRASHES, TEXAS, GEORGETOWN
Three people were injured when a small plane crashed into a residential neighborhood in Massachusetts
STOW, Mass. -- Three people were injured when a small plane crashed into a residential neighborhood in Massachusetts on Sunday afternoon, authorities said.
Police
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WORLD, CUP, WOMEN, YEAR
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The FIFA Women’s World Cup is about more than just soccer.
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WISCONSIN, NEW, DEMOCRATS, COURT
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s Supreme Court will flip from majority conservative to liberal control in August and Democrats have high hopes the change will lead to the state’s abortion ban being overturned and its maps redrawn to weaken GOP control of the Legislature
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DOZENS, PEOPLE, AFGHANISTAN, FLOODS
ISLAMABAD — Heavy flooding from seasonal rains in Afghanistan killed at least 31 people and left dozens missing over the past three days, while in neighboring Pakistan 13 people died due to heavy rains and landslides.
Shafiullah Rahimi, the ruling Taliban’s
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PENCE, CONFIDENCE, LOST, SENTIMENT
Republican presidential candidate Mike Pence said Sunday he believes another criminal indictment against former President Donald Trump would “only contribute” to the feelings among Americans that the Department of Justice has “lost the confidence” of U.S. citizens.
“I
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BEETLEJUICE, POUND, STOLEN, SET
A 150-pound statue and other items have been stolen from the set of Beetlejuice 2 in Vermont last week, according to police.
“We tried saying the name of this stolen statue three times, but it didn’t come back!” the Vermont State Police said in a Facebook
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WINS, VINGEGAARD, DE, TOUR
Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard wins the Tour de France for the 2nd straight year
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PARIS — Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard has won the Tour de France for a second straight year as cycling's
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