Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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BIDEN, PUTIN, RUSSIA, HUNTER
(CNN) Hunter Biden's artistic debut is sparking ethics concerns for the White House as some critics raise eyebrows over the high-priced pieces and whether they pose a conflict of interest.
Sources told CNN the White House was involved in forming an agreement
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STORM, ELSA, TROPICAL, NEW
Tropical Storm Elsa is making its way up the East Coast. About 35,000 were without power in Georgia and South Carolina early Thursday.
One person died in Florida after a tree fell on two cars.
In Georgia, a suspected tornado touched down at Kings Bay Naval
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SPELLING, BEE, GARDE, AVANT
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Whether dribbling a basketball or identifying obscure Latin or Greek roots, Zaila Avant-garde doesn't show much stress. Now she has become the first African American winner in the 96-year history of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
The
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BIDEN, ORDER, BIG, EXECUTIVE
On Friday, the White House announced a potentially important, if modest, effort to further tamp down the power of the technology industry. This time the instrument is an executive order—the kind of wide-ranging declaration that often gets called “sweeping”
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CDC, MASKS, VACCINATED, STUDENTS
(Stock photo: Getty Images)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has urged school districts to fully reopen in the fall without mandatory coronavirus vaccination of all students and staff.
Teachers and students who are fully vaccinated against coronavirus
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SUSPECT, GEORGIA, GOLF, SHOOTING
After a statewide manhunt, a suspect has been captured and charged with murder in a triple homicide that unfolded at a country club near Atlanta last week, authorities said.
Bryan Rhoden was apprehended in Chamblee, Georgia, about a half hour from the crime
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BIDEN, INDIA, GARCETTI, AMBASSADOR
FILE PHOTO: Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti visit the United Firefighters of Los Angeles City headquarters in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 10, 2020. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu/File Photo FILE PHOTO:
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HEAT, RECORD, WAVE, WEEKEND
An estimated 1 billion sea creatures cooked to death off the Canadian coast in the record heat wave last week that also scorched America’s Pacific Northwest and claimed hundreds of human lives.
Chris Harley, a marine biologist at the University of British
Continued at Huffington Post...
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THEORY, CRITICAL, RACE, CRT
Critical Race Theory is all the rage, and the American military is in mid-metamorphosis.
The two are destined to meet, and have.
And according to a recent Washington Post op-ed, one of those intersections is currently located at the Air Force Academy.
Lynne
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BOOSTER, SHOT, PFIZER, COVID
Pfizer Is Pursuing A Booster Shot And New Vaccine Targeting The Delta Variant Federal health officials say a booster isn't currently needed for anyone fully vaccinated against COVID-19. But testing is underway to determine what is the best boosting strategy
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FLORIDA, COLLAPSE, DEATH, TOLL
Search and Rescue teams look for possible survivors and to recover remains in the collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building on July 07, 2021 in Surfside, Florida. Officials say the death toll climbed to 36 today, with 109 still unaccounted for.
Search
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DOOR, VACCINE, BIDEN, COVID
EXCLUSIVE: The conservative House Freedom Caucus is pushing back on President Biden's latest door-to-door vaccine push decrying the home visits as a "deeply disturbing" violation of Americans' privacy.
Rep. Andy Biggs, the chairman of the House of Representatives'
Continued at Fox News...
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FIRE, FACTORY, BANGLADESH, FOOD
DHAKA, Bangladesh — At least 51 people died in a fire on Thursday evening at an industrial building outside the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, the latest disaster in a country with a long history of unsafe working conditions in its factories.
The authorities
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POLL, LAB, CORONAVIRUS, AMERICANS
Fifty-eight percent of likely voters agree that media outlets are the enemy of the people, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll.
Thirty-six percent disagree.
Here is how the poll results break down:
76% of Republicans agree with the "enemy of the people"
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BIDEN, SECURITY, SOCIAL, FIRES
New York businessman Andrew Saul testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing to be commissioner of the Social Security Administration in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill October 02, 2018 in Washington, DC.
President
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DRUG, ALZHEIMER, FDA, CALLS
The FDA has faced an intense public backlash since approving the drug, which costs $56,000-a-year and requires monthly IVs. On Thursday, the agency took the unusual step of vastly scaling back prescribing information on the drug. The agency and Biogen announced
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EURO, 2020, FINAL, SOCCER
I am not from England. I have no family in England. And I have not spent a considerable amount of time on English soil. So my investment in the success of England’s soccer team, at face value, doesn’t make much sense. I cheer as Raheem Sterling glides past
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CONDO, SURFSIDE, COLLAPSE, REPEALED
(CNN) An independent budget review warned the Champlain Towers South condo association that its financial reserves were critically underfunded in the face of urgently needed structural repairs a little over a year before the building collapsed, a document obtained
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