The Weekly Wrap Up For August 12, 2023

This Week’s Most (And Least) Engaged Headlines

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Top Ten Most Engaged News Headlines (Per Engagement Data)

 1-Cardi B’s alleged microphone from viral video could raise $100k for charity   

   (Friday – 8/4/2023)

 2-Sophia Bush Refuses To Pay Spousal Support In Bitter Divorce 

   (Wednesday – 8/9/2023)

 3-Missing Mexican woman Maria Fernanda Sanchez found dead in Germany       

   (Sunday – 8/6/2023)

 4-Lil Tay, Teen Internet Rapper, Has Died    

   (Wednesday – 8/9/2023)

 5-Several people detained after fight breaks out at Montgomery’s Riverfront Park in Alabama                

   (Monday – 8/7/2023)

 6-NYC officials announce hate crime charge in stabbing death of gay dancer O’Shae Sibley                

   (Saturday – 8/5/2023)

 7-Costa Rica soccer player who jumped from bridge is eaten by crocodile in front of horrified onlookers               

   (Friday – 8/4/2023)

 8-Beyoncé in D.C.: FedEx Field Issues Shelter-in-Place Order Due to Severe Weather    

   (Monday – 8/7/2023)

 9-White Sox’ Tim Anderson, Guardians’ Jose Ramirez ejected after benches clearing fight 

   (Sunday – 8/6/2023)

 10-Natalie Portman and husband Benjamin Millepied hit by claims they have ‘separated’ after 11 years of marriage     

   (Monday        – 8/7/2023) 

Almost-Ran Headlines (Ranking 11 – 15)

 11-WGA & AMPTP Can’t Agree To Resume Negotiations; Strike To Go On Indefinitely 

   (Saturday – 8/5/2023)

 12-At least 36 dead in wildfire in historic Lahaina, Hawaii, officials say           

   (Thursday – 8/10/2023)

 13-Jake Paul wins unanimous decision against Nate Diaz in boxing bout             

   (Sunday – 8/6/2023)

 14-‘Ringleader’ Bethenny Frankel recruits ‘over 80 people’ in Bravo, NBC war 

   (Saturday – 8/5/2023)

 15-Orioles announcer Kevin Brown reportedly suspended for broadcasting truth about team’s former losing ways       

   (Tuesday – 8/8/2023)

And The Almost-Irrelevant Story Of the Week

214-Research Firm Says Proud Boys Legal Team Stiffed Them $30,000

   (Friday – 8/11/2023)

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