Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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FEDEX, LEGALLY, SHOOTER, GUNS
The teenager police say fatally shot eight people at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis this week legally purchased the two semiautomatic rifles he used even though the FBI questioned him last year after a disturbing warning from his mother, according to the
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AUSTIN, DEAD, SHOOTING, SUSPECT
Officials in Austin, Texas, report three people died in an active shooter situation on the city’s northwest side on Sunday afternoon. The suspect is at large and police are engaged in a manhunt.
Austin-Travis County EMS officials tweeted that three people
Continued at Breitbart...
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WATERS, MAXINE, CHAUVIN, PROTESTERS
On Saturday night California Congresswoman Mad-Maxine Waters joined demonstrators in the streets of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, who were protesting the shooting last week of Daunte Wright by former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter.
Potter fired one
Continued at Red State...
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NAVALNY, RUSSIA, PUTIN, PROTESTS
Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s condition has worsened sharply after a 2 1/2 week-long hunger strike, prompting supporters to say he could die in days and announce a nationwide protest.
“Alexey is dying now. Given his condition, it’s a matter
Continued at Newsmax...
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SHOOTING, DEAD, WISCONSIN, KENOSHA
The suspect has still not been located at this time.
Three people are dead and two people have been left with serious injuries following a shooting that took place at a bar in Wisconsin.
The incident occurred at Somers House Tavern in Kenosha, Wisconsin in
Continued at ABC...
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BIDEN, BORDER, JOE, CRISIS
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Sunday attended the confirmation of their 14-year-old grandson Robert Hunter Biden II — the son of the late Beau Biden.
The service took place at around 2 p.m. at St. Joseph on the Brandywine, the Biden family’s
Continued at New York Post...
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CLIMATE, CHINA, AGREE, COOPERATE
New York (CNN) A consensus appears to be taking root in Corporate America: What's good for the environment can also be good for business.
As President Joe Biden prepares to bring 40 world leaders together for a two-day climate summit this week, big businesses
Continued at CNN...
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PHILIP, PRINCE, FUNERAL, QUEEN
Queen Elizabeth II was photographed dabbing away a tear at the funeral for her late husband, Prince Philip.
Philip died at age 99 on April 9, prompting the royal family to gather for a celebration of life ceremony in honor of the late Duke of Edinburgh. All
Continued at Fox News...
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BIDEN, CAP, REFUGEE, BLINKEN
In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended the Biden administration amid a barrage of criticism from Democratic lawmakers and refugee advocates for maintaining a Trump-era limit on refugee admissions for now.
While
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FAUCI, VACCINE, WEEK, JOHNSON
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Dr. Anthony Fauci suggested he expects officials to make a decision on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine by Friday.
During an interview on Sunday, Fauci stated he doubts very seriously the vaccine will
Continued at OANN...
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FAUCI, LIBERTIES, COVID, WEAR
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday there are no civil liberties or freedom concerns with coronavirus lockdowns.
The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases stressed that the number of deaths and COVID-19 cases support restrictions,
Continued at Washington Times...
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MINNESOTA, SHOOTING, WRIGHT, POLICE
An armed carjacker being pursued by police officers in Minnesota Sunday afternoon was captured on video pointing a gun at an oncoming vehicle before he was reportedly shot by police officers.
The carjacking happened about 20 miles south of Minneapolis in the
Continued at Fox News...
Going-Out Friends
TY, Love You, See You Soon
In a year without access to queer spaces, one writer considers the importance of the bonds they helped form.
April 12, 2021
LATELY, I’VE BEEN checking in on the friends I’ve made in queer spaces. Without a physical
Continued at New York Times...
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HALF, RECEIVED, COVID, ADULTS
Half of all adults in the U.S. have received at least one COVID-19 shot, the government announced Sunday, marking another milestone in the nation’s largest-ever vaccination campaign but leaving more work to do to convince skeptical Americans to roll up their
Continued at Newsmax...
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SHOOTING, CHICAGO, ADAM, POLICE
A Chicago-based prosecutor was placed on paid leave Friday for failing to mention in a statement that Adam Toledo, 13, had dropped the handgun he was holding before he was shot by a Chicago police officer, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office announced.
"In
Continued at Fox News...
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IRAN, NUCLEAR, TALKS, COUNTRY
Iran has begun enriching uranium to 60 percent — dangerously close to weapons-grade — at an “aboveground facility” at its Natanz nuclear enrichment plant, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Saturday, confirming an earlier statement made by Iranian President
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GIRLS, MIGRANT, FACILITY, HOUSTON
“There seemed to be a lot of confusion as to what was happening,” said Cesar Espinosa, director of the group FIEL Houston. “The people that were there looked like they were in a sad stance, kind of with their head down and seemed like they were wiping tears
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78, WAHLBERG, ALMA, DONNIE
“People know me as being the mother of famous children, and although this fact has brought many gifts into my life and has afforded me opportunities that may never have been possible otherwise, there is a whole lot more to my story than most people know,” Alma
Continued at Chicago Tribune...
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BIDEN, FOREIGN, POLICY, NUNES
Examining Biden's Foreign Policy Plans NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks University of Pennsylvania foreign policy and national security historian John Gans if there is a "Biden Doctrine" guiding American foreign policy.
Examining Biden's Foreign Policy Plans
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MANDATE, ISRAEL, MASK, OUTDOOR
Israel has dropped its outdoor mask mandate as it closes in on total immunization of its adult population against the coronavirus, according to reports.
Instituted almost a year ago at the start of the pandemic, Israel required masks outdoors for non-exercise
Continued at Fox News...
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RUSSIA, CZECH, HOSTILE, EXPELS
Moscow reacted furiously on Sunday to Czech allegations that two Russian spies accused of a nerve agent poisoning in Britain in 2018 were behind an explosion at a Czech ammunition dump four years earlier, which killed two people.
Prague on Saturday expelled
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