Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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MICHIGAN, SCHOOL, SHOOTING, HIGH
DETROIT — School districts across the metro area were closed Thursday due to threats of violence just two days after a 15-year-old gunman at Oxford High School killed four students and wounded seven others.
At least 14 school districts planned to close for
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OMICRON, VARIANT, CASE, NEW
I regret to inform you that Omicron, which is to always be pronounced in a menacing, reverberated voice, has spread outside of California. In fact, it appears that this case actually confirms the virus is present in at least three states.
A Minnesota man has
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BIDEN, COVID, PLAN, WINTER
President Joe Biden is expected to extend the federal mask mandate for airplane, train and bus passengers until mid-March amid the spread of COVID-19 and as concerns rise over the new omicron variant of the coronavirus, according to reports.
For nearly a year,
Continued at Huffington Post...
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GOVERNMENT, SHUTDOWN, FUNDING, BILL
Every December, it seems the US government finds itself in the same place: Desperately trying to avoid yet another government shutdown, and all of the economic and political problems that would bring.
This year has been no different.
This week, Congress is
Continued at Vox...
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MEXICO, POLICY, REMAIN, TRUMP
The Biden administration will restart a controversial Trump-era border program that forces asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for U.S. immigration hearings, in keeping with a federal court order, U.S. and Mexican officials said on Thursday.
The United States
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HARRIS, KAMALA, SYMONE, SANDERS
(CNN) In the space of the last two weeks, Vice President Kamala Harris has lost two of her senior aides.
First, just before Thanksgiving, news broke that Ashley Etienne, Harris' communications director, would be leaving the vice president's office. Then, on
Continued at CNN...
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PLAYERS, MLB, BASEBALL, LOCKOUT
IRVING, Texas — Major League Baseball’s collective bargaining agreement expired Wednesday night, plunging the sport toward a management lockout that will end labor peace after 9,740 days over 26 1/2 years.
Players and owners had successfully reached four consecutive
Continued at Washington Times...
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CUOMO, CHRIS, CNN, SUSPENSION
On Tuesday, CNN finally did what it should have done many months ago: It took Chris Cuomo off the air. Since the spring, the cable news network had stood idly by, even after a series of reports revealed that Chris’s involvement in advising his brother—disgraced
Continued at New Republic...
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BIDEN, WHITE, HOUSE, HUNTER
Fox News contributor Miranda Devine discussed her new book "Laptop from Hell" Thursday during an appearance on the "Brian Kilmeade Show." Devine said unless the mainstream media starts reporting honestly about the situation, the Biden White House will continue
Continued at Fox News...
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MEGHAN, PRIVACY, DISPUTE, COURT
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, speaks during the annual Endeavour Fund Awards at Mansion House in London, Britain March 5, 2020. Paul Edwards/Pool via REUTERS FILE PHOTO: Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, speaks during the annual Endeavour
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TRUMP, JAN, OFFICIAL, COMMITTEE
“The select committee has no desire to be placed in this situation, but Mr. Clark has left us no other choice,” Mr. Thompson added. “He chose this path. He knew what consequences he might face if he did so. This committee and this House must insist on accountability
Continued at New York Times...
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OMICRON, JUNK, VOTE, BIG
FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell as trading is halted in New York, U.S., March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly
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AVANT, WIFE, BEVERLY, HILLS
A few days after Thanksgiving, venerable Watts community activist “Sweet” Alice Harris got a phone call. The woman on the other end of the line lived in the tony Trousdale Estates section of Beverly Hills and had seen Harris on TV, giving away turkeys for the
Continued at LA Times...
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ALEC, BALDWIN, TRIGGER, PULL
NEW YORK (AP) — Alec Baldwin told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in an interview airing Thursday that he did not pull the trigger on a prop gun he was holding on a New Mexico film set when it went off, killing a cinematographer.
“I didn’t pull the trigger,” Alec
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SMOLLETT, JUSSIE, BEAT, OSUNDAIRO
Chicago, Ill. — The man who testified that in 2019 former Empire star Jussie Smollett conspired with him to stage a racist and anti-gay attack against the actor actually roughed Smollett up to scare him so he could land a $5,000-a-week gig as his security guard,
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FLORIDA, MURDER, KILLING, SUSPECT
Investigators arrested a homeless man in Miami, who, they said, was responsible for the homicide of a 14-year-old boy in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
Police said they took Semmie Lee Williams Jr., a 39-year-old "homeless drifter," into custody on Wednesday
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POLICE, SHOT, SUSPECT, OFFICER
Paris (CNN) A man dressed like a ninja was shot by French police after he attempted to attack two officers with a sword in the western city of Cherbourg on Thursday, authorities said.
The incident escalated as two female police officers approached the man
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ANTONIO, BROWN, COVID, SUSPENDED
Last updated on .From the section American Football
Antonio Brown was a seven-time Pro Bowler with the Pittsburgh Steelers and won the Super Bowl in his first season with Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown is one of three players to
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