Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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MINUTES, 60, DESANTIS, PUBLIX
New York (CNN Business) "60 Minutes" is facing backlash for a story it aired Sunday on Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis — including from the supermarket chain Publix and two prominent Democrats in the state.
As part of a larger story about Florida's vaccine rollout
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MLB, GEORGIA, STAR, GAME
Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp fired back at his 2018 Democratic opponent, ex-Georgia State Rep. Stacey Abrams, who has led the charge against the Peach State's new election law.
Kemp told "The Story" that Abrams, D-Fulton, is appearing to have buyer's
Continued at Fox News...
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GEORGIA, LAW, VOTING, MCCONNELL
Corporate America has, once again, found itself in the crosshairs of politics with the passage of Georgia’s restrictive new voting law, which was signed by Gov. Brian Kemp last week. The bill, known as SB 202, will increase voting restrictions for Georgians
Continued at Vox...
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LOUIS, ST, INMATES, JAIL
The relative peace and quiet of a pleasantly warm Sunday Easter evening in St. Louis were interrupted by an uprising at the St. Louis City Justice Center. Around 8:40 pm, inmates at the Justice Center broke out windows on the third floor and tossed out furniture
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BORDER, WATCH, MIGRANT, CALIFORNIA
Former Obama Official On The Surge At The Border: 'This Is A Refugee Crisis'
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The number of migrants crossing into the United States in March was higher than in any other month in at least 15
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CHICAGO, SHOT, ADAM, POLICE
A 15-year-old boy was shot while taking out the trash Monday morning on Chicago’s West Side.
WGN9 reported the boy was taking out the trash “in the 1300 block of West Washburne Avenue at approximately 5:30 a.m.” when a shot rang out. The boy felt pain and
Continued at Breitbart...
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TRUMP, SUPREME, COURT, TWITTER
The Supreme Court has dismissed a case over former President Donald Trump’s efforts to block critics from his personal Twitter account
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a case over former President Donald Trump's efforts to block critics
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VETOES, ARKANSAS, BILL, GOVERNOR
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday vetoed legislation that would have made his state the first to ban gender confirming treatments or surgery for transgender youth.
The Republican governor rejected legislation that would have prohibited doctors from providing
Continued at Newsmax...
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ORACLE, GOOGLE, COURT, SUPREME
An illuminated Google logo is seen inside an office building in Zurich, Switzerland December 5, 2018.
The Supreme Court on Monday sided with Google against Oracle in a long-running copyright dispute over the software used in Android, the mobile operating system.
The
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GAETZ, MATT, SEX, BASELESS
A former staffer for Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz said Monday that the FBI has questioned him about the embattled congressman’s sex trafficking scandal — but blasted the allegations against the Republican as “baseless.”
Nathan Nelson, Gaetz’s former military affairs
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NEW, MEXICO, ELIGIBILITY, LAW
Personal income in New Jersey saw a higher increase than the national average, but one expert says the numbers are merely “superficially good.”
According to numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), New Jerseyans saw their personal income increase
Continued at Washington Examiner...
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COVID, 19, BAR, ILLINOIS
(CNN) A rural Illinois bar opening event in February was linked to a Covid-19 outbreak of at least 46 cases, a school closure and the hospitalization of a long-term care facility resident, according to a United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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CAPITOL, ATTACK, POLICE, OFFICER
The U.S. Capitol Police officer who was wounded when a man rammed a car into a barricade outside the Capitol building Friday afternoon has been released from the hospital, NBC News' "Meet the Press" reported.
On Saturday, USCP Officer Ken Shaver left the hospital
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VACCINE, COVID, 19, FLORIDA
Bill Boch via Getty Images Chicken soup is easy to digest and hydrating.
By May 1, all Americans will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine. Five states (Alaska, Arizona, Mississippi, Utah and West Virginia) have already opened vaccines to all adults over 16,
Continued at Huffington Post...
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APPLE, PRIVACY, TIM, MAKING
In a recent interview, Apple CEO Tim Cook discussed the upcoming iOS 14.5 privacy update that will provide users with greater transparency over which apps are tracking them, calling privacy the “top issue of the 21st century.”
In a recent interview with The
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WEINSTEIN, APPEALS, HARVEY, CONVICTION
(CNN) Lawyers for Harvey Weinstein filed an appeal Monday asking for a New York court to reverse his sex crimes convictions and grant him a new trial.
A lengthy motion filed in the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division argues the disgraced Hollywood mogul's
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PARK, SHOOTING, INJURED, BIRMINGHAM
Police said an altercation among a group of men led to gunfire.
Multiple people were shot, one fatally, in a Birmingham, Alabama, park Sunday night.
Birmingham police said there was an altercation among a group of men in Patton Park at around 7 p.m. local
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