Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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TRUMP, BUDD, COVID, SENATE
Greenville, North Carolina (CNN) Former President Donald Trump dashed the hopes of Republicans on Saturday who spent the weeks leading up to his public reemergence encouraging him to keep his focus on policy and Democratic shortcomings, rather than re-litigating
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MANCHIN, VOTING, BILL, JOE
Sen. Joe Manchin , D-W.Va., explained why he will vote against his Democratic colleagues' far-reaching election bill, the "For the People Act," on "Fox News Sunday."
"It's the wrong piece of legislation to bring our country together and unite our country,
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HARRIS, PLANE, ISSUE, TECHNICAL
Harris Heads To Guatemala And Mexico As Part Of A 'Buzz Saw' Assignment
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When Vice President Kamala Harris arrives in Guatemala on Sunday for her first foreign trip in office, she'll
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MEGHAN, HARRY, PRINCE, CHILD
(AFP) — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced Sunday the birth of their daughter Lilibet Diana, who was born in California after a year of turmoil in Britain’s royal family.
“Lili is named after her great-grandmother, Her Majesty The Queen, whose family
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FRENCH, OPEN, FEDERER, ROGER
Roger Federer withdrew from the French Open on Sunday to give himself a chance to recover after emerging from a tight third-round victory that lasted about 3 1/2 hours.
“After two knee surgeries and over a year of rehabilitation it’s important that I listen
Continued at Huffington Post...
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BAN, JUDGE, ASSAULT, CALIFORNIA
The social media world is abuzz with talk about a federal court ruling Friday by a California judge which effectively overturns a decades-long ban on AR-15s in the Golden State. As RedState reported earlier,
On Friday United States District Court Judge Roger
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SUMMER, COVID, REACH, PANDEMIC
More children than ever could be in classrooms for summer school this year to make up for lost learning after U.S. school districts struggled to develop online learning programs during the pandemic.
School districts nationwide are expanding their summer programs
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RUN, GIRL, HIT, CRITICAL
“Gone Girl” and “Cocktail” actor Lisa Banes remains hospitalized in critical condition after being injured in a hit-and-run accident in New York City
NEW YORK -- “Gone Girl” and “Cocktail” actor Lisa Banes remained hospitalized in critical condition Saturday
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RAHM, MEMORIAL, JON, TEST
Rahm’s test results were negative for four days, but his most recent test, performed on Saturday morning, came back positive at 4:20 p.m. A second test on the original sample provided by Rahm, who is asymptomatic, yielded a positive result at 6:05 p.m., just
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CRITICAL, RACE, THEORY, COUPLE
An interracial couple from Chicago has condemned the controversial critical race theory movement — arguing that it “hurts” the black community by victimizing people of color.
“When I hear the ideas of critical race theory, they don’t remind me of my experience
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COVID, 19, DEATH, COUNTY
The coronavirus death toll in a California county has been cut by 25 percent — after officials found that some fatalities were not a “direct result” of the virus.
Alameda County on Friday issued a corrected death toll that puts the total number of fatalities
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GEORGIA, GOP, KEMP, CONVENTION
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp drew jeers and boos at his state party’s annual convention Saturday, laying bare the bitterness that remains among Republicans over his role in certifying Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential race.
Kemp’s supporters tried
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FLAG, STUDENT, WEARING, MEXICAN
“This incident is not about the Mexican flag,” the district said. “Students were encouraged to express their identity by decorating their mortar boards. A number of students followed the protocol and had the Mexican flag and other representations appropriately
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SALVADOR, EL, TENDER, LEGAL
Atlanta (CNN Business) El Salvador will become the first county to adopt bitcoin as a legal tender, Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele announced in a video recording shown during the Bitcoin 2021 conference held in Miami.
"Next week I will send to congress
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FAUCI, KEVIN, REP, FIRED
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Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) joined a chorus of GOP voices in calling for Dr. Anthony Fauci to step down from his position at the National Institutes of Health. In an interview on Saturday, the House
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DAY, SMALL, BIG, CROWDS
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — When the sun rises over Omaha Beach, revealing vast stretches of wet sand extending toward distant cliffs, one starts to grasp the immensity of the task faced by Allied soldiers on June 6, 1944 landing on the Nazi-occupied
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PHOENIX, FIRE, LARGEST, YARD
Firefighters upgraded the inferno to a 6-alarm fire as the day went on, with responders from 10 agencies arriving to combat a blaze that began as a 2-alarm fire near 35th Ave. and Lincoln St. in the downtown area of the Arizona capital.
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SHUTTING, SECRETARY, GRID, POWER
Alex Wong via Getty Images WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 08: U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm speaks during a daily press briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House April 8, 2021 in Washington, DC. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki
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MOTHER, TEEN, TAMPERED, DEATH
(CNN) The mother of a Florida teenager accused of carrying out a brutal stabbing last month was charged with tampering with evidence on Saturday for allegedly washing a pair of bloody jeans her son had worn, according to an arrest warrant.
Crystal Smith, 35,
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SHOOTING, GRADUATION, PARTY, DEAD
A shooting at a graduation party has left at least three people dead andsix others injured, the latest in a string of shootings in the Miami area, police said Sunday.
The party had just ended at a strip mall parking lot just south of Miami-Dade College around
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NEW, ORLEANS, SHOOTING, SHOT
(CNN) At least eight people were injured in a New Orleans shooting early Sunday morning, the city's police department said in a tweet.
The victims were brought to local hospitals. One female victim is in critical condition after being shot in the face and
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MAYWEATHER, LOGAN, PAUL, FLOYD
When Floyd Mayweather Jr. last fought in 2017, he dispatched Conor McGregor, a mainstream star in the Ultimate Fighting Championship whose trash talk and bravado — not any experience as a traditional boxer — led him to an expensive payday.
Now Mayweather,
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TAIWAN, COVID, VACCINES, 19
The U.S. is donating 750,000 COVID-19 shots to Taiwan, a trio of senators said Sunday, filling in the lines of President Biden’s export plans and sending a clear message to China.
Rep. Dan Sullivan, Alaska Republican, and Democratic Sens. Chris Coons of Delaware
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LAW, ASKED, REVIEW, MEN
The question of whether it’s unconstitutional to require men but not women to register could be viewed as one with little practical impact. The last time there was a draft was during the Vietnam War, and the military has been all-volunteer since. But the registration
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