Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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PIPELINE, COLONIAL, CYBERATTACK, ATTACK
Gasoline futures are ticking higher following a cyberextortion attempt on a vital U.S. pipeline that carries fuel from the Gulf Coast to the Northeast
NEW YORK -- Gasoline futures are ticking higher Monday following a cyberextortion attempt on a vital U.S.
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VACCINE, 12, PFIZER, 15
1. The Pfizer vaccine for teenagers moved closer to reality.
The Food and Drug Administration authorized use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds in the U.S., a crucial step in the recovery from the pandemic and a boon to American
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BIDEN, JOBS, LOSE, UNEMPLOYMENT
A new national poll indicates that most Americans approve of the overall job President Biden is doing in the White House.
But, according to AP-NORC survey released Monday, the president's numbers are mixed on gun violence and underwater on immigration.
WHAT'S
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DERBY, MEDINA, SPIRIT, KENTUCKY
(CNN) If Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit ends up being disqualified for failing a postrace drug test, second-place finisher Mandaloun will inherit the title.
Like Medina Spirit, Mandaloun is a 3-year-old colt. The two were separated by half a length at
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TRANSGENDER, HEALTH, BIDEN, TRUMP
The U.S. will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in healthcare, the Biden administration announced Monday, reversing a Trump-era policy that sought to narrow the scope of legal rights in sensitive situations involving medical care.
The
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GOLDEN, GLOBES, NBC, AIR
NBC Cancels The Golden Globes Amid HFPA Controversy NBC announced it is cancelling the Golden Globes because reforms to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association — after allegations of unethical and possibly illegal activities — do not go far enough.
NBC Cancels
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NEWSOM, RECALL, STIMULUS, CALIFORNIA
It turns out Gavin Newsom becomes a very generous warden when he’s under pressure from a recall.
Not generous with his own money, naturally (which is just ours anyway); but when it comes taxpayer money, our grimy governor has traditionally been extremely “generous”
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BIDEN, INFRASTRUCTURE, MEETING, GOP
President Joe Biden plans to meet with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Monday to discuss his support for a more limited infrastructure plan that can earn bipartisan support.
Since Biden first introduced his massive $2.3 trillion proposed infrastructure spending
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TIGER, HOUSTON, NEIGHBORHOOD, SPOTTED
Authorities are searching for a Texas man whose tiger was found wandering around a residential area in Houston on Sunday night
HOUSTON -- Authorities are searching for a Texas man whose tiger was found wandering around a residential area in Houston on Sunday
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FAUCI, MASK, COVID, INDOOR
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said Sunday the country could “start being more liberal” with mask mandates as COVID-19 vaccination rates continue to climb.
Fauci was asked about comments from other public health officials, particularly
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BROTHER, COHEN, FOUND, TARIK
Tyrell Cohen had fled the scene of a car accident at around 2 a.m. Saturday, Wake County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Eric Curry told The News & Observer. Raleigh police searched for him but called it off when they couldn’t find him, the newspaper reported. His
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SHOOTING, SQUARE, NYPD, TIMES
(CNN) A New York police officer sprang into action when a shooting erupted in Times Square over the weekend, wounding two women and a 4-year-old girl.
NYPD Officer Alyssa Vogel -- a new mother herself -- was filmed bolting through the busy tourist thoroughfare
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BORDER, 239, RIO, GRANDE
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents encountered two large groups of migrants resulting in the capture of 239 illegal aliens.
On Friday morning, McAllen Border Patrol (MCS) station agents encountered a large group of 132 noncitizens
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BILL, MCCONNELL, FIGHT, ROLE
Senate Democrats are plowing forward with their sweeping election reform bill they argue is necessary to safeguard voting rights that are "under attack," but Republicans have pledged to fight the legislation they've dubbed a Democratic "power grab" to federalize
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ZEALAND, NEW, SUPERMARKET, ATTACK
At least four people have been stabbed in a supermarket in Dunedin, New Zealand, in what police currently believe to be a “random attack”.
“There is nothing to suggest, from the police’s perspective, that this is what they would define as a domestic terror
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ROCKET, CHINA, FELL, EARTH
China is defending its handling of a rocket booster that burned up over the Indian Ocean and says it is unfairly being held to different standards than the U.S. and other space programs
BEIJING -- China’s government defended its handling of a rocket booster
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COURT, SUPREME, SUE, DIVINE
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a Shawano County transgender woman who has been prohibited from changing her name due to her listing on the state sex offender registry.
The plaintiff, identified only as Ella,
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JAMES, ROGEN, FRANCO, SETH
Allegations of sexual misconduct were made against Franco once again in 2018, when several students at his former acting school accused him of intimidating them into sexual situations. The allegations -- which Franco has denied -- turned into a lawsuit, which
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IRANIAN, WARNING, SHOTS, BOATS
A U.S. Coast Guard cutter fired 30 warning shots at more than a dozen Iranian gunboats that “conducted unsafe and unprofessional maneuvers” near a formation of U.S. Navy ships -- including a guided-missile submarine -- in the Strait of Hormuz, the Pentagon
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CRITICAL, RACE, THEORY, MARTHA
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Recent weeks have brought welcome pushback against the spread of critical race theory (CRT) and related dogmas of division in our nation’s schools.
Contrary to what many of CRT’s advocates often claim, the theory is about more than
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