Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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COVID, 19, CASES, NEW
India is grappling with an alarming surge in COVID-19 cases, tallying 145,000 cases in a new daily record on Saturday, according to authorities. Deaths in one day — 794 — hit a five-month high.
It was the fifth time the number of cases broke a record in India
Continued at Huffington Post...
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INFRASTRUCTURE, BUTTIGIEG, PLAN, PACKAGE
Despite many Republicans signaling they do not support President Joe Biden's infrastructure proposal, Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said the GOP is willing to negotiate on ABC's "This Week."
"I'm meeting with the president tomorrow," the senator told "This Week"
Continued at ABC...
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PRINCE, PHILIP, DEATH, HUGE
The family rivalry of Prince William and Prince Harry is reaching a crescendo after the infamous Oprah interview that was rebuked for tarnishing the British royal family.
"The conversation Harry and William had after the big interview didn't end well," a source
Continued at Newsmax...
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OFFICER, POLICE, STOP, SHOOTING
(CNN) A US Army officer is suing two Virginia police officers after they pointed guns at him, pepper sprayed him and pushed him to the ground during a traffic stop last December for what the officers believed was a missing license plate on his new SUV.
The
Continued at CNN...
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MOTHER, CHILDREN, KIDS, ARRESTED
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A California mother was arrested after her three young children were found stabbed to death in their apartment. On Saturday, police named 30-year-old Liliana Carrillo as the sole suspect in the case
Continued at OANN...
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NUCLEAR, IRAN, NATANZ, FACILITY
The Natanz nuclear facility in Iran mysteriously lost power on Sunday in what Iranian officials called an act of sabotage, a development that comes amid new negotiations aimed at salvaging the nuclear deal repudiated by the Trump administration three years
Continued at New York Times...
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DEPUTIES, SHOT, SALT, JAIL
The Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office has released new details on the two hospitalized deputies and suspect involved in a shooting on the lawn of the Salt Lake County Metro Jail on Saturday.
The victims have been identified as Deputy Joshua Buerke and Deputy
Continued at Fox News...
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RESORT, ARMED, ROOM, BARRICADED
A Hawaii resort went into an hours-long lockdown early Sunday after a hotel guest — believed to be a local military man — started firing through his door at staff, according to police.
Hundreds of people were evacuated from the immediate area around the Kahala
Continued at New York Post...
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93, RAMSEY, CLARK, DIES
Ramsey Clark, the attorney general in the Johnson administration who became an outspoken activist for unpopular causes and a harsh critic of U.S. policy, has died. He was 93.
Clark, whose father, Tom Clark, was attorney general and U.S. Supreme Court justice,
Continued at LA Times...
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SHOOTING, DIES, SOUTH, CAROLINA
A North Carolina man who initially survived a mass shooting in rural York County, South Carolina, on Wednesday has now died, becoming the sixth person killed by a gunman who later took his own life.
GSM Services, the HVAC company that employed Robert Shook,
Continued at USA Today...
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MASTERS, MATSUYAMA, FIRST, HIDEKI
Hideki Matsuyama is officially in a class of his own.
On Sunday, Matsuyama, who shot a 1-over 73 to win the Masters by one stroke, became the first male golfer from Japan to claim one of golf’s major championships. Matsuyama held off Will Zalatoris, who finished
Continued at Fox News...
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BATTERY, BIDEN, DEAL, VEHICLE
SK Innovation headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, February 2017. (Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)
South Korean battery-making rivals SK Innovation and LG Chem have reached a last-minute settlement in a trade-secret dispute that threatened to shut down an electric vehicle
Continued at National Review...
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BIDEN, BORDER, TEXAS, MIGRANT
McALLEN, Texas — Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) led several Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee on a two-day visit to McAllen this week where they witnessed the ongoing border crisis, and all the members — as they recapped their visit — said the Biden
Continued at Breitbart...
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JUDGE, RUN, HIT, FLORIDA
A woman reportedly claimed she was the literary character Harry Potter following a deadly hit-and-run crash this week in Boca Raton, Florida.
“According to police, Nastasia Snape, 23, of North Lauderdale, was driving erratically on Ocean Boulevard Friday morning
Continued at Breitbart...
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MARYLAND, POLICE, RIGHTS, BILL
Maryland Lawmakers Override Vetoes On Sweeping Police Reform
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers voted Saturday to override Republican Gov. Larry Hogan's vetoes of three far-reaching police
Continued at NPR...
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ICE, BUILDING, PORTLAND, FIRE
Portland Antifa has made numerous attacks on the federal courthouse and other government buildings in Portland but we’re still waiting for Joe Biden to call it an insurrection. Heck, we’re still waiting for Joe Biden to even recognize that Antifa is more than
Continued at Red State...
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HOGG, DAVID, COMPANY, PILLOW
You may recall the story of the pillow fight picked by anti-gunner David Hogg against My Pillow head Mike Lindell.
Hogg declared in February that he was going to take on Lindell by forming his own pillow company called “Good Pillow” and prove that progressives
Continued at Red State...
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TRIAL, CHAUVIN, DEREK, WHITE
SNL’s cold open this week featured a fictitious morning news show in Minnesota in which uncomfortable disagreements between anchors highlighted differences in how white and Black Americans perceive the the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin
Continued at Vox...
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VACCINE, COVID, SOUTH, STUDY
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota reported 48 people had tested positive for the coronavirus Sunday, bringing the statewide total for active cases to 1,111.
The average number of cases has been on the rise in recent weeks. Over the past two weeks, the rolling
Continued at Washington Times...
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IOWA, TROOPER, STANDOFF, SHOT
An Iowa Department of Public Safety (DPS) officer was shot and killed by Michael Lang, a former candidate for county sheriff, authorities announced Saturday.
Sergeant Jim Smith was killed during a standoff at Lang’s home Friday, following a previous altercation
Continued at Fox News...
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A desert city built on a reputation for excess and indulgence wants to become a model for restraint and conservation with a first-in-the-nation policy banning grass that nobody walks on.
Las Vegas-area water officials have spent two decades
Continued at Washington Times...