Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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COVID, CASES, REPORTS, VIRUS
Live Covid-19 Live Updates: India Restricts Vaccine Exports as Virus Runs Rampant The country’s decision to keep vaccines for its own citizens puts more pressure on global vaccine supplies. Scientists in Europe identified unusual antibodies that seemed to cause,
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POLICE, OFFICER, FIRED, SHOT
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) - The Ethical Society of Police said Friday it had no confidence in St. Louis County Police Chief Mary Barton, in part because a Black officer was reassigned shortly after speaking to the media.
The group, which advocates for racial and gender
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VACCINE, JOHNSON, CLOTS, PAUSE
(CNN) Texas Republican Party chairman Allen West falsely suggested that Texas could secede from the United States and become an independent country, a CNN KFile review of his comments in recent months shows.
In radio interviews after the 2020 presidential
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CRENSHAW, EYE, SURGERY, REP
Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, announced Saturday he will take a one month leave from his congressional duties to recover from surgery to his eye that will leave him "effectively blind" for a month.
"This is a terrifying prognosis for someone with one eye, and
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TRUMP, GOP, REPUBLICAN, 2024
“We are gathered tonight to talk about the future of the Republican Party — and what we must do to set our candidates on a course to victory,” Trump says in prepared remarks. “I stand before you this evening filled with confidence that in 2022, we are going
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VINCENT, ST, VOLCANO, EXPLOSIONS
Cots, tents, and respirator masks poured into the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent as officials expected to start distributing them on Saturday, a day after a powerful explosion at La Soufriere volcano uprooted the lives of thousands of people who evacuated
Continued at Fox News...
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MARYLAND, POLICE, VETOES, REFORM
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Maryland lawmakers gathered Saturday with plans to override Gov. Larry Hogan’s vetoes of three police reform measures.
The Republican governor vetoed legislation Friday that includes the core components of a far-reaching police reform package.
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SEVERE, WEATHER, LOUISIANA, SOUTH
Ashley White/The Daily Advertiser, Bobby Ardoin/Special to The Daily World
PALMETTO, La. – At least two deaths and multiple injuries have been reported in Louisiana following severe weather Friday night and Saturday morning.
One person was killed and seven
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GEORGIA, VOTING, LAW, MASTERS
A group of about two dozen people gathered near Augusta National Golf Club to protest Georgia’s new voting law, according to a report.
The protestors held up signs reading “Let Us Vote” and “Protect Georgia Voting Rights” as the third round of the Masters
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NFL, PLAYER, BRAIN, SHOOTING
The former NFL player who killed five people in a South Carolina murder-suicide on Thursday will be posthumously examined for a degenerative brain disease that has been linked to football head trauma and irrational behavior, a new report said.
The family of
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TRIAL, FLOYD, CHAUVIN, POLICE
The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin moved methodically through its second week, giving the jury a more complete picture of the forces that shaped Chauvin’s deadly interaction with George Floyd on May 25, 2020.
Floyd, a Black man, was
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GAETZ, MATT, ETHICS, PROBE
The House Committee on Ethics announced Friday they opened an investigation on two Republican Representatives, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY). This comes as both Republicans recently were accused of sexual misconduct.
The letter opening Gaetz’s
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CARRY, CONCEALED, PERMIT, GUN
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Tennessee became the latest state to abolish permit requirements for concealed or open carry. On Thursday, GOP Governor Bill Lee (R) signed the bill, which permits any Tennessean 21 and older to
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BIDEN, BUDGET, JOE, HOUSING
When Joe Met Jimmy
Joe Biden was first elected to public office in 1970, the same year that Jimmy Carter was elected governor of Georgia. Two years later, in 1972, Biden was elected as a senator from Delaware, and four years after that, in 1976, Carter was
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LOS, CHILDREN, ANGELES, FOUND
There is a breaking story here in Los Angeles that is tragic and sobering.
Three children were found stabbed to death in Reseda, the Los Angeles Police Department reported Saturday. At around 9:30 a.m. the LAPD got a call of a possible stabbing. When deputies
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DEPUTIES, UTAH, OUTSIDE, DEAD
The Salt Lake County Metro Jail is on lockdown following the shooting.
Two deputies are injured and a suspect is dead following a shooting outside a sheriff's office in South Salt Lake, Utah, authorities said.
The shooting occurred around 10:30 a.m. local
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AMAZON, VOTE, WORKERS, UNION
Amazon Warehouse Workers Vote 'No' To Union A majority of Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama voted against forming a union. It wasn't that much of a surprise for people who work and live in the state.
Amazon Warehouse Workers Vote 'No' To Union Business Amazon
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BOOGALOO, FOUR, OBSTRUCTING, PROBE
Jessie Alexander Rush, 29; Robert Jesus Blancas, 33; Simon Sage Ybarra, 23; and Kenny Matthew Miksch, 21 are allegedly part of the “Grizzly Scouts,” a subgroup linked to the extremist movement. They were indicted on Friday for destroying messages on WhatsApp
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COVID, BIDEN, VACCINES, ADMINISTRATION
The Biden administration denied a request from Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to bump up the state’s allocation of coronavirus vaccines amid a surge in new Covid-19 cases.
Michigan is currently leading the country in infections and hospitalizations for coronavirus.
Whitmer
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ARMY, TRAFFIC, BLACK, STOP
A US Army officer who was held at gunpoint and pepper-sprayed following a Virginia traffic stop has now filed suit against two police officers alleging racial profiling, according to reports.
Lt. Caron Nazario, a member of the US Army Medical Corps, was wearing
Continued at New York Post...