Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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BIDEN, AFGHANISTAN, AMERICANS, STATE
(CNN) As Americans watched chaotic and often heartbreaking scenes of desperation around the airport in Kabul this week, President Joe Biden on Friday vowed to do everything in his power to bring Americans home safely from Afghanistan as that nation descends
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COVID, 19, VACCINE, LIVESTOCK
The Food and Drug Administration is preparing to grant full approval of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, according to a report on Friday.
The New York Times reported that the approval had originally been targeted for Labor Day, but was expedited
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CALIFORNIA, UNCONSTITUTIONAL, GIG, JUDGE
California’s giant ride-hailing and delivery companies suffered a setback Friday as a state Superior Court judge invalidated a 2020 ballot proposition that allowed Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart and other app-based businesses to classify their workers as independent
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Tom T. Hall, the singer-songwriter who composed "Harper Valley P.T.A." and sang about life’s simple joys as country music’s consummate blue collar bard, has died. He was 85.
His son, Dean Hall, confirmed the musician's death on Friday at his home in Franklin,
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SUPREME, COURT, REMAIN, MEXICO
The Supreme Court is temporarily halting a judge's order that would have forced the government to reinstate a Trump administration policy forcing thousands to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the U.S.
Justice Samuel Alito issued the temporary stay late
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MASK, FLORIDA, SCHOOL, MANDATE
Arizona Teacher Says Lack Of Mask Mandate Leaves Teachers And Students On Edge Diane Lundahl, a Spanish teacher in Arizona, describes what the first few weeks of school have been like under a "mask optional" policy.
Education Arizona Teacher Says Lack Of Mask
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AFGHAN, FEARS, GREECE, MIGRANT
HANGEDIGI, Turkey (AP) – From above, the new border wall separating Turkey from Iran looks like a white snake winding through the barren hills. So far it only covers a third of the 540-kilometre (335-mile) border, leaving plenty of gaps for migrants to slip
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PRESS, TWITTER, SECRETARY, DESANTIS
How many times have we seen Twitter pull the trigger against someone on the right now?
But they’re not at all biased, right?
They just went after another one. This time, it’s Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ press secretary, Christina Pushaw.
As we reported earlier,
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COVID, 19, FLORIDA, SURGE
Florida became the third state in the U.S. to reach 3 million cases of COVID-19, a total surpassed by only 15 countries in the world.
Cases in the state fell very slightly this week, with 150,740 compared to 151,764 last week, but deaths were on the rise.
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NEWSOM, HARRIS, RECALL, GAVIN
Vice President Kamala Harris will campaign in support of California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) in what is the latest sign that the embattled governor may use all the help he can muster in the Golden State’s recall election.
Harris will campaign alongside Newsom
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NASA Wants To Return To The Moon By 2024, But The Spacesuits Won't Be Ready
Enlarge this image toggle caption Kevin Wolf/AP Kevin Wolf/AP
NASA won't be ready to send astronauts to the moon by 2024 as planned because, among other reasons, their spacesuits
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RECORD, ATHLETICS, CAREER, HASSAN
FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Men's 100m - Final - OLS - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - August 1, 2021. Su Bingtian of China reacts after the race REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Men's 100m - Final - OLS
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LOCKDOWN, ANTI, AUSTRALIA, PROTEST
(AFP) — Hundreds were arrested after violent clashes between anti-lockdown protesters and police in Australia’s two largest cities Saturday as the country recorded its sharpest rise in daily Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began.
Sydney’s state of New South
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TALIBAN, ICONIC, PHOTO, UNIT
An elite Taliban unit released propaganda images this week, including one mocking the iconic World War Two photo of U.S. Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima. In the propaganda image, the Taliban fighters are shown raising their flag while wearing what appears
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AFL, CIO, WOMAN, SHULER
Liz Shuler Becomes The 1st Woman To Lead The AFL-CIO
Enlarge this image toggle caption Seb Daly/Sportsfile via Getty Images Seb Daly/Sportsfile via Getty Images
Liz Shuler will serve as president of the AFL-CIO, following the death of longtime president Richard
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AFGHANISTAN, GERMANY, PHOTOS, EVACUEES
As thousands of Afghans attempted to evacuate from the capital of Kabul, images began to surface of the most vulnerable amid the chaos of the Taliban takeover.
Photos showed U.S. military service members interacting with Afghan children, holding anxious infants
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FOUND, CALIFORNIA, FAMILY, FOREST
Autopsies completed Thursday on a Northern California couple and their 1-year-old daughter who were found dead this week on a hiking trail in a national forest failed to reveal how they may have died, prompting investigators to keep digging into the mysterious
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POMPEO, BIDEN, DEBACLE, AFGHANISTAN
EXCLUSIVE: Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a blistering response to President Joe Biden’s remarks on the current situation in Afghanistan, saying that the president "failed" to adequately respond to the ongoing crisis.
"President Biden’s address
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DODGERS, WIN, STREAKS, MLB
FILE PHOTO: Aug 19, 2021; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Trea Turner (6) throws to first for the out against New York Mets center fielder Brandon Nimmo (9) during the eighth inning at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gary
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Brandon Lowe, Manuel Margot, and Joey Wendle each had two hits and two RBIs, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago White Sox 8-4 on Saturday.
Wander Franco also had two hits and scored twice as Tampa Bay won for the fifth time in six games. Luis Patiño (3-3)
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MOCKED, CHANGE, CLIMATE, CBS
CBS News raised eyebrows on Friday for a report that claimed climate change had helped strengthen the Taliban, which has now taken over Afghanistan and trapped thousands of Americans behind enemy lines.
In the report titled "How climate change helped strengthen
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