Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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OLYMPICS, GOLD, BILES, SIMONE
24-year-old Simone Biles won a bronze medal in the women's balance beam final competition, her second medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and her seventh Olympic medal overall. China took the other two medals with Guan Chenchen winning gold and China's Tang Xijing
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COVID, 19, VACCINATION, PROOF
The Pentagon announced Monday the US Army had awarded Pfizer a $3.5 billion contract to manufacture 500 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine by the end of next year for distribution around the world.
The order matches the number of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
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EVICTION, MORATORIUM, BIDEN, BAN
The Biden administration issued a new eviction moratorium on Tuesday after progressive lawmakers turned up the pressure as protections for millions of vulnerable renters lapsed over the weekend.
The national moratorium on evictions, which the Centers for Disease
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OFFICERS, POLICE, SUICIDE, CAPITOL
Prosecutors say five Florida police officers are being charged with battery connected to the violent arrests of two Black men last week
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Five Florida police officers have been charged with battery connected to the violent arrests of two
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COVID, 19, CASES, TYSON
More People Seek COVID-19 Shots In Louisiana As Cases Rise NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. John Heaton of Louisiana Children's Medical Center about the uptick in vaccinations in the state amid a surge in coronavirus infections.
Health More People Seek COVID-19
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GOP, REPORT, WUHAN, LAB
House Foreign Affairs Republicans concluded the World Military Games in Wuhan in October 2019 was “one of the earliest super spreader events” during the pandemic, with their new report contending COVID-19 escaped from a Wuhan lab in late August or early September
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FOUND, HANGED, UKRAINE, ACTIVIST
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – A Belarusian activist who ran a group in Ukraine helping Belarusians fleeing persecution was found dead in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, local police said Tuesday.
Vitaly Shishov, leader of the Kyiv-based Belarusian House in Ukraine, was
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COVID, FLORIDA, TEXAS, SURGE
Tyson Foods Inc said on Tuesday it was mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for its entire workforce, joining a growing list of major U.S. companies as they face renewed pandemic restrictions due to the fast-spreading Delta variant.
Surging COVID-19 cases and new
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CHINESE, TENCENT, GAMING, OPIUM
FILE PHOTO: A logo of China Evergrande Group is displayed at a news conference on the property developer's annual results in Hong Kong, China March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo FILE PHOTO: A logo of China Evergrande Group is displayed at a news
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SHOT, POLICE, SMILE, CLUB
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Multiple people were shot at a business in a Nashville suburb after a person opened fire there early Tuesday morning, police said.
The shooting was reported at 5:58 a.m. at a Smile Direct Club location on Antioch Pike.
A male employee entered
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WUHAN, COVID, SPREADS, TESTING
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities announced Tuesday mass coronavirus testing in Wuhan as an unusually wide series of COVID-19 outbreaks reached the city where the disease was first detected in late 2019.
Wuhan, a provincial capital of 11 million people in
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BORDER, JULY, HIGHEST, CHILDREN
Washington (CNN) Federal authorities in July arrested tens of thousands of migrants attempting to enter the United States from Mexico, likely surpassing June's numbers that were the highest in decades , raising new health and safety concerns during summer's
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UNION, AMAZON, LABOR, OFFICIAL
Many of the other allegations by the union revolve around a mailbox that Amazon installed in the parking lot of the Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse. It said the mailbox created the false appearance that Amazon was conducting the election, intimidating workers
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BIG, HAWAII, ISLAND, WILDFIRE
Firefighters gained more control over a wildfire in Hawaii that forced thousands of people to evacuate over the weekend and destroyed at least two homes on the Big Island, but officials warned strong winds Monday could raise the danger again.
Authorities have
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REBOUND, OIL, PRICE, ADMINISTRATION
FILE PHOTO: An employee looks on at Saudi Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia October 12, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov//File Photo FILE PHOTO: An employee looks on at Saudi Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia October 12, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim
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MUSEUM, TITANIC, ICEBERG, WALL
At least three guests were injured Monday night after an iceberg wall collapsed at the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
The three guests were taken to the hospital and their injuries are unknown at this time, the museum's owners, Mary Kellogg Joslyn
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SHOOTING, EL, PASO, VICTIMS
'They Should Never Die In Vain': El Paso Honors Victims On Shooting Anniversary El Paso, Texas, is remembering the 23 people killed during a mass shooting at a Walmart on this day in 2019. The alleged gunman said online that he wanted to stop the "Hispanic
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LOUISIANA, COVID, MANDATE, REINSTATES
Ahead of Louisiana expecting its worst day of COVID-19 hospitalizations yet, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards will be bringing the state back under a mask mandate until at least September 1.
During a Monday afternoon press conference, Edwards, a Democratic
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TEXAS, MIGRANT, BORDER, ORDER
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents rescued nine migrants in the Arizona desert after they illegally crossed from Mexico. The agents also found the body of a deceased migrant.
Yuma Sector officials received a 911 call from a woman who said she was with a group
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