Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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BIDEN, G20, ROME, LEADERS
World leaders are expected on Saturday to endorse plans for a global minimum tax on corporations during the first day of the G-20 summit, senior Biden administration officials said.
The policy is intended to prevent businesses from skipping from country to
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ALEC, BALDWIN, SHOOTING, RUST
“She was my friend.”
A haggard-looking Alec Baldwin broke his silence Saturday, declaring his friendship with Halyna Hutchins — the cinematographer he accidentally shot and killed on the set of his film “Rust” last week.
“There are incidental accidents on
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TRUMP, JAN, PENCE, LAWYER
The attorney who wrote the infamous “coup memos” on how to jettison the results of a legitimate presidential election angrily blamed then-Vice President Mike Pence for the Capitol “siege” as rioters roamed through the building on Jan. 6, The Washington Post
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SERIES, BRAVES, WORLD, GAME
Rookie Ian Anderson and the Atlanta bullpen took a no-hit bid into the eighth inning and the Braves blanked the Houston Astros 2-0 to take a two games to one lead in the World Series.
Astros pinch-hitter Aledmys Díaz blooped a leadoff single in the eighth
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POLICE, VIRGINIA, INCREASE, MALLS
The potential threat to malls came from intelligence possibly linked to ISIS.
Numerous police departments in Northern Virginia say the public can expect to see expanded police presence at shopping malls, public centers and gatherings over the Halloween weekend
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COVID, 19, CHINA, OFFICIAL
FILE PHOTO: People walk past a giant sign of the Universal Beijing Resort ahead of its opening, in Beijing, China August 27, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang FILE PHOTO: People walk past a giant sign of the Universal Beijing Resort ahead of its opening, in Beijing,
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MANDATE, VACCINE, NYC, WORKERS
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for city workers survived another challenge — this one from the City Council, which voted down a proposal pushed by some of its members to repeal it.
The council voted 30-13 Friday to keep
Continued at Washington Times...
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MANDATE, COURT, SUPREME, VACCINE
(CNN) New York State health care workers will no longer have a religious exemption to the state's Covid-19 vaccine mandate after a federal appeals court vacated a temporary injunction Friday.
The three-judge panel in the US Court of Appeals for the Second
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TARIFFS, STEEL, ALUMINUM, TRUMP
The United States and European Union are expected to announce a deal to resolve a long-running trade dispute over U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs this weekend – as early as Saturday – five people familiar with the agreement said.
Two of the sources said the
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IRAN, BIDEN, NUCLEAR, TALKS
Biden, other leaders say no easing sanctions until Iran slows its nuclear development
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ROME — President Biden and three European leaders sent
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NORTHERN, LIGHTS, WEEKEND, HALLOWEEN
From Seattle to Maine, a huge swath of states across the Northeast and as far west as the state of Washington could have a chance to see the northern lights this Halloween weekend, according to the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Geophysical Institute.
Depending
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PRINCE, ANDREW, ABUSE, LAWSUIT
(CNN) Attorneys for Prince Andrew are asking for a lawsuit filed against him by Virginia Roberts Giuffre to be dismissed, saying it violates the terms of a settlement agreement with sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, where she agreed to a
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LEBANON, GULF, SAUDI, RESIGN
CAIRO — A diplomatic crisis between several wealthy Persian Gulf states and their tiny, cash-strapped Arab neighbor, Lebanon, expanded on Saturday as the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait pulled their ambassadors from Beirut, one day after Saudi Arabia and Bahrain
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JOHNSON, UK, CLIMATE, PM
ROME (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrived in Italy for a Group of 20 meeting on Friday with a stark warning: modern civilization could soon lie in ruins like ancient Rome if world leaders don’t act to curb climate change.
Johnson has one big
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DEERE, STRIKE, UNION, TENTATIVE
(CNN) John Deere (DE) and the United Auto Workers Union have reached a new tentative agreement, more than two weeks after 10,000 John Deere workers went on strike, both parties announced Saturday.
"Our UAW John Deere national bargaining team went back to our
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CUOMO, SHERIFF, CRIME, SEX
More than two months after his abrupt fall from power, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is now facing a criminal complaint alleging he groped a former executive assistant in late 2020.
Cuomo, who resigned from office in August amid a slew of misconduct allegations,
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MILITARY, SUDAN, PROTESTS, TAKEOVER
The United Nations and the United States have urged Sudan’s top generals to show restraint and avoid confrontation as pro-democracy protesters began pouring into the streets against a military coup earlier this week
CAIRO -- The United Nations and the United
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QUEEN, GOOD, REST, ELIZABETH
Queen Elizabeth II is “on very good form” after her brief hospitalization 10 days ago and plans to attend a memorial next month for vets who served in both World Wars.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson,Johnson told the BBC that he spoke with the 95-year-old
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NETS, PLAY, UNSURE, TSAI
(Reuters) Brooklyn Nets owner Joseph Tsai said he is not sure when Kyrie Irving will play for them again, with the guard unable to join the team having chosen not to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
The NBA does not require players to be inoculated but Irving
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MANDATE, BIDEN, AG, SUES
A coalition of more than ten U.S. attorneys general announced a lawsuit against the Biden administration in an attempt to halt COVID-19 vaccine mandates for federal contractors and federally contracted employees.
The lawsuit, led by Missouri Attorney General
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IMMIGRANTS, ILLEGAL, BIDEN, PAY
A reported plan by the Biden administration to pay $450,000 per person to illegal immigrants who had been separated during the Trump administration could exceed the payments given to some families of 9/11 victims and Gold Star families.
The Wall Street Journal
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SUPREME, COURT, HEAR, POWER
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a climate-change case that could handcuff President Biden’s initiatives to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
Despite objections from the Biden administration, the nation’s highest court sided with a coalition of 19 Republican-led
Continued at New York Post...