Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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BIDEN, POWELL, FED, JEROME
President Joe Biden announced Monday he will nominate Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to a second four-year term amid new concerns about controlling inflation.
He also said he would nominate Dr. Lael Brainard, a longtime Federal Reserve official and
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ARBERY, AHMAUD, TRIAL, CLOSING
The three white men on trial for the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery killed him because the Black man refused to stop and talk to them while running through their mostly white Georgia neighborhood, a prosecutor told a jury as closing arguments begann Monday.
Gregory
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CUOMO, FINDS, EVIDENCE, OVERWHELMING
An investigation finds overwhelming evidence that Cuomo engaged in sexual harassment
ALBANY, N.Y. — A legislative investigation released Monday found "overwhelming evidence" that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo engaged in sexual harassment and ordered state workers
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AMERICAN, MUSIC, AWARDS, BTS
NEW YORK — BTS and Coldplay - two of the biggest groups on Earth - teamed up Sunday for a live and raucous version of their cosmic collaboration “My Universe” as the American Music Awards celebrated the best popular music for a second pandemic year.
Silk Sonic’s
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FEDERAL, WORKERS, VACCINE, 90
(CNN) White House health officials are set to announce on Monday that 95% of the federal workforce is in compliance with the Biden administration's vaccine mandate, a senior administration official said.
Over 90% of workers have received at least one shot
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PENG, SHUAI, TENNIS, STAR
Even as she took on decades of sports tradition, Ms. Peng knew how to play to China’s desire to showcase its top athletes. The head coach of the Tianjin Tennis Team, where she had trained, took credit for having “created the foundation and conditions for Peng
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CHINA, SEEK, XI, SOUTHEAST
FILE PHOTO: The Amnesty International Hong Kong office is seen after its announcement to close citing China-imposed national security law, in Hong Kong, China. October 25, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu FILE PHOTO: The Amnesty International Hong Kong office is
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COVID, 19, 2021, DEATHS
COVID-19 has killed more people in 2021 than 2020, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows.
The disease was reported as the underlying cause of death or a contributing cause of death for an estimated 377,883 people in 2020, accounting for 11.3%
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OBAMA, FOUNDATION, BEZOS, 100
Barack Obama has a big new backer: Jeff Bezos.
The Amazon founder and world’s second richest man is donating a whopping $100 million to the former president’s charity, the Obama Foundation said Monday.
The donation comes as Amazon seeks to fend off challenges
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SENATE, SUSPENDS, TRUMP, BACKED
Republican Sean Parnell, endorsed by former President Donald Trump for Pennsylvania’s open Senate seat, announced on Monday he is suspending his campaign after losing his child custody case.
His announcement came after a judge awarded Mr. Parnell’s estranged
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SUBPOENAS, ROGER, JAN, STONE
“The Select Committee is seeking information about the rallies and subsequent march to the Capitol that escalated into a violent mob attacking the Capitol and threatening our democracy,” said Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, the Democratic chairman of the
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COHEN, TRUMP, MICHAEL, FORMER
Former U.S. President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen leaves federal court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 22, 2021.
Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen completed his criminal home confinement
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FOX, NEWS, TUCKER, CARLSON
Famous never Trumpers Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes quit as contributors for Fox News in protest of Tucker Carlson’s January 6 documentary suggesting that the Capitol Hill riot may have in part been sparked by the FBI.
In late October, as Carlson’s documentary
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LEBRON, JAMES, STEWART, PISTONS
Lakers superstar LeBron James was ejected from the team’s game against the Pistons after he drilled Detroit’s Isaiah Stewart in the head with an elbow while the two players were fighting for a rebound in the third quarter of Sunday’s matchup.
James was hit
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NEW, COVID, ENGLAND, RUGBY
FILE PHOTO: People wearing face masks pass the Marina Bay Sands hotel during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Singapore October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo FILE PHOTO: People wearing face masks pass the Marina Bay Sands hotel during
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LOCKDOWN, AUSTRIA, COVID, 19
VIENNA (AP) – Austria went into a nationwide lockdown early Monday in a desperate effort to contain spiraling coronavirus infections.
The lockdown in the Alpine nation comes as average daily deaths have tripled in recent weeks and some hospitals have warned
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OIL, RELEASE, RESERVES, BIDEN
President Joe Biden is preparing to announce the release of oil from nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in concert with several other countries as soon as Tuesday, Bloomberg reported on Monday, without multiple unnamed sources.
Oil prices rose on Monday,
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TRIAL, HOLMES, ELIZABETH, RESUME
Elizabeth Holmes leaving the courtroom with her partner after her first testimony on Friday. (Sara O'Brien/CNN)
Until last week, it was unclear not just whether Elizabeth Holmes would take the stand, but whether her defense team would put on a case.
Holmes’
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POLL, SINEMA, KYRSTEN, POLITICS
Nearly two-thirds of Americans have no appetite to talk turkey about politics this Thanksgiving.
A Quinnipiac University poll released on Monday found that 66 percent of adults are “hoping to avoid” conversations about politics at the dinner table this year,
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SENATE, LEAHY, VERMONT, WELCH
Rep. Peter Welch formally began his campaign Monday to replace retiring his fellow Vermont Democrat, Senate President pro tempore Patrick Leahy, who announced last week that he would not seek re-election for a ninth term.
Welch, 74 — who was first elected
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RAPE, FOUR, YEARS, WHITE
Florida has formally cleared four Black men who were falsely accused of raping a white woman more than seven decades ago
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A judge on Monday officially exonerated four young African American men of the false accusation that they raped
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