Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FILE PHOTO: A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., August 20, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly FILE PHOTO: A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City,
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MASK, MANDATE, DESANTIS, BAN
Kentucky Lawmakers Scrap Statewide Mask Mandate In Schools
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers, many not wearing masks, voted Thursday to scrap a statewide mask mandate in public
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APPLE, APP, EPIC, JUDGE
A federal judge ordered Apple to dismantle part of the competitive barricade guarding its closely run app store, threatening one of the iPhone maker’s biggest moneymakers. It could potentially also save app developers billions of dollars that could encourage
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OPEN, FERNANDEZ, FINAL, TENNIS
(CNN) The US Open women's final will be a battle of the teens as Britain's Emma Raducanu advances to her first major final by defeating No. 17 seed Maria Sakkari of Greece 6-1, 6-4 in the semifinals on Thursday night.
Raducanu, 18, will face 19-year-old Canadian
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LARRY, ELDER, HATE, CRIME
The Los Angeles Times is under fire for a pair of misleading tweets about Republican California gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder, who had an egg thrown at him by a person in a gorilla mask while walking in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
First the liberal newspaper
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ABORTION, TEXAS, COURT, BAN
Though many have described the controversial new “Texas Heartbeat Act” as a ban on abortions six or more weeks into a pregnancy, that’s not precisely what the law says. Nor are its prohibitions triggered by actual fetal heartbeats.
As of Thursday, the law
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COWBOYS, BUCS, SEASON, PASS
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady flexed his star power in the face of offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich on Thursday, according to fans watching the NFL season opener.
As the Super Bowl champion Bucs opened their season against the Dallas Cowboys,
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NEWSOM, RECALL, CALIFORNIA, POLL
There are 6,163,001 reasons for California voters to recall Gavin Newsom on Tuesday. That’s the number of K-12 students who largely are ill-served by the Golden State’s Democratic governor.
California once boasted America’s finest government classrooms. I
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BIDEN, 11, ATTACKS, JOE
President Joe Biden will not address the nation on September 11th to mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks the White House confirmed Thursday.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed that Biden would not deliver live remarks because he
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COVID, STUDENTS, 12, ANGELES
District employees are also required to be vaccinated by Nov. 1.
Milwaukee Public Schools, the largest school district in Wisconsin, will give $100 to students who get the COVID-19 vaccine.
The district’s school board voted unanimously Thursday night to mandate
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One study tracked over 600,000 COVID-19 cases in 13 states from April through mid-July. As delta surged in early summer, those who were unvaccinated were 4.5 times more likely than the fully vaccinated to get infected, over 10 times more likely to be hospitalized
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RECORD, INFLATION, PRICES, POLL
Federal Reserve building is pictured in Washington, D.C., August 22, 2018. (Chris Wattie/Reuters)
Prices paid to U.S. producers for final demand goods and services jumped in August at a rate that exceeded projections and amounted to the largest annual increase
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AFGHAN, FLIGHTS, MEASLES, CASES
The U.S. has halted in-bound flights carrying Afghanistan evacuees after four cases of measles were detected among Afghans who already arrived in the country, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday.
Ms. Psaki told reporters the Centers for Disease
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ILLINOIS, SHOT, GETAWAY, TRAIN
Police in East St. Louis, Illinois, have arrested three suspects who they say wounded seven people in a shooting before crashing into a commuter train in a dangerous getaway attempt.
The shooting happened at about 4 p.m. Thursday in the city's downtown area,
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BAUER, SEASON, LEAVE, TREVOR
(CNN) Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer's administrative leave has been extended through the rest of the season, according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation.
According to the source, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association
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PRINCE, ANDREW, SERVED, LAWSUIT
Prince Andrew The Duke of York arrives at the Headquarters of CrossRail in Canary Wharf on March 7, 2011 in London, England.
Prince Andrew of Britain was served with a lawsuit filed by an American woman who accuses him of having sex with her when she was underage,
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Former President Donald Trump did not commit to running for president in 2024 while on Fox News on Thursday, but said he’d make a decision “in the not too distant future.”
“I think you’ll be very happy,” Trump told host Greg Gutfeld. “I’ll make a decision
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KONG, HONG, CHINA, WEALTH
FILE PHOTO: Cars for export wait to be loaded onto cargo vessels at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China October 14, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer FILE PHOTO: Cars for export wait to be loaded onto cargo vessels at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province,
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VENICE, AFFLECK, JENNIFER, BEN
Maria Moratti via Getty Images Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez attend the red carpet of the movie "The Last Duel" during the 78th Venice International Film Festival on Sep. 10 in Venice, Italy.
NEW YORK (AP) — After weeks of smooching on yachts and holding
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Hong Kong (CNN Business) China is starting to sell off some of the oil it keeps in strategic reserve in a bid to lower prices in the market, a historic first for the world's biggest importer of oil and its second largest consumer.
The State Bureau of Grain
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ANDREW, YANG, PARTY, LONGER
Andrew Yang, who unsuccessfully sought the presidency and the New York City mayoralty as a Democrat, will launch a third party next month — an announcement tied to the publication of his new book, a source close to Yang confirmed to The Post.
The move by Yang,
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PLEADS, ASSOCIATE, GUILTY, GIULIANI
A Florida businessman who gained notoriety for helping Rudy Giuliani seek damaging information on Joe Biden in Ukraine pleaded guilty Friday to a charge alleging he facilitated illegal foreign campaign contributions in an effort to build a marijuana business
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