(PART 1) Current Trends/Topics/HEADLINES in the News per (Week.com) Usually run 1 day late as they report what happened THAT DAY.. the next day
09/01/2023 (Friday)
-Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia election interference case
- 2 ex-Proud Boys leaders sentenced for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
- Thomas, Alito respond to criticism over trips with GOP billionaires
- Prigozhin addressed security threats in video recorded days before plane crash
- Idalia moves offshore after final swipe at Carolinas
- White House calls for short-term spending deal to avert shutdown
- U.S. deports dozens to Haiti a day after urging U.S. citizens to leave
- Illegal border crossings by families surge to record high
- ‘’’McConnell cleared to work after freezing for 2nd time’’’
- Disney channels go dark on Charter Spectrum in fee dispute
09/02/2023 (Saturday)
- North Korea fires missiles into sea following US-South Korea drills
- DeSantis to skip meeting with Biden following Hurricane Idalia
- Proud Boys leader gets 18 years in prison for Capitol insurrection
- Ohio police release body cam footage of officer fatally shooting pregnant woman
- -‘-Margaritaville' singer Jimmy Buffett dies at 76– (fuck your salt shaker)
- US reportedly sending depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine
- Francis becomes first pope to visit Mongolia
- 98-year-old charged with accessory to murder during Holocaust
- Mohamad Al Fayed, whose son died alongside Princess Diana, dies at 94
- College football returns for the 2023 season
09/03/2023 (Sunday)
- Biden visits Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia
- Former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson dies at 75
- Russia attacks Ukrainian port prior to grain talks with Turkey
- North Korea performs simulated ‘tactical nuclear attack’
- At least 1 dead at Burning Man as thousands remain stranded from flooding
- Florida redistricting plan violates state constitution, judge rules
- Thousands evacuated from Taiwan as Typhoon Haikui hits
- India sets moon rover to ‘sleep’ following successful landing
- UNC response to active shooter criticized by students
- Fans across US mourn passing of Jimmy Buffett (nope)
09/04/2023 (Monday)
- Erdogan and Putin meet in effort to rejuvenate Ukraine grain deal
- Biden heads to Philadelphia for pro-union Labor Day celebration
- Xi Jinping to skip G20 meeting in India as relations remain dicey
- More than 70,000 people still stranded at Burning Man
- Astronauts return to Earth following 6-month space mission
- UK education minister says hundreds of school buildings could be unsafe
- Texas AG Ken Paxton to begin impeachment trial
- Greece limits Acropolis tourists in effort to stop overcrowding
- Remains of 142-year-old shipwreck found in Lake Michigan
- Original Smash Mouth singer Steve Harwell dies at 56
09/05/2023 (Tuesday)
- Biden courts unions on Labor Day
- Burning Man exodus begins after desert mud trapped thousands
- Kim Jong Un to visit Russia to discuss weapons sales
- Ukrainian defense minister resigns in shakeup
- Country Garden makes late interest payment to avoid default
- Gabon coup leader sworn in as interim president
- Jill Biden tests positive for Covid
- Report: Chinese 'gate-crashers' test security at US military sites
- 'Barbie' becomes top box office hit of 2023 (which means skewed data or noone saw any other movie)
- Rolling Stones to release 1st album of new material since 2005
09/06/2023 (Wednesday)
- Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio sentenced to 22 years
- Judges: Alabama GOP congressional map still hurts Black voters
- Capitol physician: 'No evidence' McConnell suffered stroke or seizure
- Texas AG Ken Paxton pleads not guilty as impeachment trial begins
- Sullivan warns North Korea not to supply Russia with weapons
- Murdaugh lawyers accuse official of jury tampering, request new trial
- Cuba says human trafficking ring sent Cubans to fight for Russia in Ukraine
- Regulators take step toward massive air bag inflator recall
- Tropical Storm Lee expected to become Category 4 hurricane
- Summer 2023 was the hottest on record
09/07/2023 (Thursday )
- Trump liable in 2nd E. Jean Carroll defamation case
- Blinken promises $1 billion more in aid during Ukraine visit
- Colorado voters sue to keep Trump off 2024 ballot
- Special counsel to seek Hunter Biden indictment within weeks
- Biden blocks oil drilling in much of Arctic Alaska
- Mexico's Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion nationwide
- Judge orders Texas to remove Rio Grande floating barriers
- Lee expected to strengthen into major hurricane
- 2 women picked as Mexico's leading 2024 presidential candidates
- Spanish soccer player Jenni Hermoso accuses embattled official of sexual assault
09/08/2023 (Friday)
- Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro found guilty of contempt of Congress
- Appeals panel says Texas can keep border buoys for now
- Biden seeks to counter Russia, China aggression at G-20 summit
- Hurricane Lee's top winds reach 165 mph over Atlantic
- Ukraine slams Musk over report he foiled drone attack in Crimea
- Georgia prosecutor says Jordan interfering in Trump case
- Rescuers scramble to save ailing American in Turkey cave
- 5 ex-London police officers admit racist messages about Meghan, other royals
- 'That '70s Show' star Danny Masterson sentenced to 30 years to life for rapes
- Coco Gauff advances to her 1st US Open final
09/09/2023 (Saturday)
- More than 1,000 dead following massive earthquake in Morocco
- G20 countries to unveil rail and ports corridor linking Middle East and Europe
- Biden administration brings abortion pill access to Supreme Court
- Judge denies Mark Meadows’ request to move Georgia case to federal court
- Court rules Biden administration likely violated 1st Amendment in dealing with social media companies
- New Mexico governor temporarily suspends public gun carry laws in Albuquerque
- Jalisco, Mexico hit by 5.5 magnitude earthquake
- Former Philadelphia police officer charged with murder for Eddie Irizarry shooting
- US Open to conclude between Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka
- Fran Drescher re-elected SAG-AFTRA president as strike continues
09/10/2023 (Sunday)
- Aftershock strikes Morocco as death toll rises
- Approval of new Covid shots likely coming within days
- Hurricane Lee expected to restrengthen on its way to the coast
- Rishi Sunak lambasts China after allegations of spy in UK Parliament
- Police announce additional sightings of Pennsylvania escaped murderer
- Coco Gauff wins US Open to secure 1st Grand Slam title
- Catholic Church beatifies Polish family that hid Jews during Holocaust
- 2 New Sept. 11 victims identified ahead of anniversary
- Conservative activist’s son convicted of Jan. 6-related charges
- Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis apologize for supporting Danny Masterson during sexual assault trial