Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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POLICE, WOMAN, ATTACK, OFFICER
Norway has announced it will hold an independent investigation into the actions of police and security agencies following a bow-and-arrow attack that killed five people and injured three others
HELSINKI -- Norway on Saturday announced it will hold an independent
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CHINA, MISSILE, HYPERSONIC, TEST
China tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August that circled the globe before speeding towards its target, The Financial Times reported.
The test shows China has advanced space capability that “caught US intelligence by surprise,” the outlet reported.
Citing
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BUTTIGIEG, SUPPLY, CHAIN, PETE
Washington (CNN) Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg predicted on Sunday that supply chain issues facing the US will continue into 2022, but stressed that Congress potentially passing President Joe Biden's infrastructure proposal is the best way to help
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JON, GRUDEN, SCANDAL, EMAIL
Super Bowl-winning coach Jon Gruden was officially canceled last week after his decade-old emails were leaked by someone at the NFL office. Included in them were offensive language toward Michael Sam, Roger Goodell, and others. Though the emails were not recent
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TENNESSEE, MISS, OLE, FANS
Tennessee football coach Josh Heupel and university chancellor Donde Plowman condemned fan behavior during the Volunteers’ loss to Ole Miss on Saturday night.
Tennessee fans reacted negatively to a ball spot during the fourth quarter of the intense game and
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VACCINE, FAUCI, JOHNSON, SHOT
Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot coronavirus vaccine “very likely” should have been two doses, Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday after a federal health advisory panel recommended that J&J vaccine recipients get a booster shot at least two months after receiving
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VIRGINIA, MCAULIFFE, RACE, GOVERNOR
Virginia Republican Glenn Youngkin holds less than a one-point lead over former Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) in the state’s gubernatorial race, according to a Trafalgar Group poll released Friday.
The poll, conducted October 11–13 among 1,095 likely voters, shows
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ALEX, MURDAUGH, SUE, BOOKED
Alex Murdaugh was booked into a South Carolina detention facility on Saturday following his Thursday arrest in Florida.
The disgraced South Carolina attorney was taken into custody following his release from a drug rehabilitation facility in Orlando. He arrived
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SPACE, RUSSIAN, EARTH, MOVIE
MOSCOW (AP) — A Soyuz space capsule carrying a cosmonaut and two Russian filmmakers has landed after a 3 1/2-hour trip from the International Space Station.
The capsule, descending under a red-and-white striped parachute after entering Earth’s atmosphere,
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SKY, FIRST, WNBA, MERCURY
CHICAGO — In front of a packed home crowd at Wintrust Arena, the Chicago Sky defeated the Phoenix Mercury, 80-74, in Game 4 of the W.N.B.A. finals, giving the franchise its first championship.
It was the second W.N.B.A. title for Sky forward Candace Parker,
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BIDEN, JILL, COL, JINPING
President Joe Biden on Saturday vowed to move forward with policing reform, telling a gathering honoring slain officers that their profession is called on to do too much.
"We expect you to be everything," Biden said in a speech in front of the U.S. Capitol,
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GAME, RED, DODGERS, SOX
Austin Riley played the hero in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series for the Atlanta Braves on Saturday against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
With the game tied in the bottom of the ninth and Ozzie Albies on second base, Riley singled to left field
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SHIP, OIL, CALIFORNIA, SPILL
Coast Guard says a ship's anchor dragged California oil pipeline that later leaked
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Investigators believe a 1,200-foot cargo ship dragging anchor in rough seas caught an underwater oil
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KILLS, BOX, OFFICE, HALLOWEEN
Jamie Lee Curtis and Judy Greer in "Halloween Kills," directed by David Gordon Green. (Ryan Green/Universal Pictures via AP) via Associated Press
“Halloween Kills” may be available to watch at home, but the latest installment in the Michael Myers saga is making
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MARKI, OPPOSITION, CZECH, ELECTION
FILE PHOTO: Leader of Civic Democratic Party (ODS) and Together (SPOLU) coalition candidate for prime minister Petr Fiala attends the last radio debate before the country's parliamentary election in Prague, Czech Republic, October 8, 2021. REUTERS/Bernadett
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VACCINE, GOV, MANDATES, HUTCHINSON
Governor Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Republican governors’ opposition to private employer’s vaccine mandates was not “practical” or “principled.”
Anchor Chuck Todd said, “We have evidence here that mandates work. Let me
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AMERICAN, SUPERMAN, COMICS, FIGHT
Superman is a very American hero, even down to the costume he wears, meant to evoke the colors of the American flag.
He was the quintessential American, the “visitor from another planet” who landed in Kansas with Midwestern parents, who came to protect the
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BEIJING, GAMES, OLYMPICS, PROTESTS
Greek police arrested two activists at the Acropolis in Athens for protesting against the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing.
On Sunday, police in Athens detained 22-year-old exiled Hong Kong activist Joey Siu and 18-year-old Tibetan student Tsela Zoksang,
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