Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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OLYMPICS, GOLD, TOKYO, WOMEN
Caeleb Dressel Breaks His Own World Record In 100 Meter Butterfly At The Olympics
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U.S. star swimmer Caeleb Dressel has beaten his own world record in the 100 meter butterfly at the Tokyo Olympics.
The
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COVID, 19, CASES, VACCINATED
FILE PHOTO: A man living in an area under lockdown receives food through a barricade during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam July 20, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/Files FILE PHOTO: A man living in an area under lockdown receives
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CAPITOL, OUTSIDE, EVICTION, PROTEST
(CNN) Rep. Cori Bush slammed her House colleagues for adjourning for August recess without passing an extension of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's eviction moratorium for renters, which is set to expire Saturday night.
"The House is at
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MASK, PEOPLE, DATA, VACCINATED
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher reacted to new mask guidance from the CDC by remarking, “now we’re back to wearing the mask from the front of the restaurant until the waiter brings the breadsticks. It’s called science, people!” And
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BOSTON, COLLIDE, TRAINS, INJURED
Nearly two dozen Boston commuters were injured when two trolleys crashed into each other in the city’s Brighton neighborhood Friday evening.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green Line trolleys collided on Commonwealth Avenue, leaving 23 people
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FLORIDA, MASKS, DESANTIS, COVID
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida reported 21,683 new cases of COVID-19, the state’s highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic, according to federal health data released Saturday, as its theme park resorts again started asking visitors to wear masks
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THEATER, SHOOTING, CALIFORNIA, MOVIE
The father of an 18-year-old woman who was killed in a movie theater shooting in California confronted the accused shooter during a court appearance.
"Look at me. Look at me!" yelled Dave Goodrich at 20-year-old Joseph Jimenez at the Riverside Hall of Justice
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RUSSIANS, JUSTICE, HACKED, 27
The Russian hackers behind the massive SolarWinds cyberespionage campaign broke into the email accounts of some of the most prominent federal prosecutors’ offices around the country last year
WASHINGTON -- The Russian hackers behind the massive SolarWinds
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SENATE, INFRASTRUCTURE, DEAL, SATURDAY
The Senate aims to pass next week a bipartisan $550 billion infrastructure bill that is a cornerstone of President Joe Biden's economic agenda, even as negotiators continued to write the legislation into the weekend.
Senators convened for an unusual Saturday
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TEXAS, ORDER, SUES, BIDEN
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed an executive order prohibiting cities from imposing certain COVID-19 measures, and Austin Mayor Steve Adler is not very happy about it. In fact, the news upset him so much that he spent an interview whining about it on
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RESTRICTIONS, BIDEN, COVID, JOE
President Biden said Friday that Americans can “in all probability” expect to face more restrictions due to an increase in COVID-19 cases caused by the Delta variant, as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the White House was
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PINK, PROTEST, MASKS, TEAMMATE
Members of the U.S. men’s fencing team showed how they felt about having to compete alongside teammate Alen Hadzic in the Tokyo Olympics amid at least three ongoing sexual assault accusations against him.
On Friday, three members of the men’s épée team donned
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PELOSI, HOUSE, MASK, MANDATE
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) roasted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on the Senate floor Thursday, saying she is drunk on power for reinstating the mask mandate.
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts, absolutely. Great men are almost exclusively bad
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VACCINES, SHOWS, WORKING, COVID
More people are deciding to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in some pockets of the U.S. where vaccination rates are low and COVID-19 case rates are high.
White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Friday that this is the third week where
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EXPECTING, WIFE, JOHNSON, BABY
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s wife, Carrie, has announced she is expecting the couple’s second child
LONDON -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s wife, Carrie, said Saturday that she is expecting the couple’s second child.
Carrie Johnson announced
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AMMUNITION, GUN, CONTINUE, SOAR
SEATTLE (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with record sales of firearms, has fueled a shortage of ammunition in the United States that’s impacting law enforcement agencies, people seeking personal protection, recreational shooters and hunters — and could
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CANCEL, MAHER, CULTURE, BILL
Comedian Bill Maher slammed "cancel culture" on his HBO program Friday night and said that the practice belongs in "Stalin’s Russia."
Maher was discussing multiple examples of Olympic officials being fired recently for offensive jokes and explained that losing
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MANDATE, CDC, DIRECTOR, VACCINE
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky speaks before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis on Capitol Hill, April 15, 2021. (Amr Alfiky/Pool via Reuters)
During an appearance on Fox News Friday, CDC director Rochelle Walensky indicated the Biden
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HEALTH, PUBLIC, TRUST, MANDATE
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., slammed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other federal health agencies during a conversation with Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade on Friday night’s edition of "The Ingraham Angle."
CDC BOSS WALENSKY, AFTER FOX
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FOUND, CAR, AUNT, NIECE
A Baltimore woman was arrested after cops found the starved and decomposing bodies of her niece and nephew in the trunk of her car during a traffic stop, police said Friday.
Nicole Johnson, 33, was charged with first-degree child abuse resulting in death after
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BORDER, PATROL, AGENT, COVID
A top Border Patrol union official is warning that agents are having to release COVID-positive migrants into the U.S. "day in, day out" -- amid the ongoing crisis at the border, which also has Border Patrol agents worried about their own health.
"Not everyone
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STRANDED, COLORADO, INTERSTATE, 100
(CNN) More than 100 motorists were stranded after mudslides shut down a major interstate in Colorado, officials said Friday.
The incident occurred Thursday night after debris from the burn scars around the location of the Grizzly Creek Fire -- which burned
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