Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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COVID, 19, OMICRON, SOUTH
(CNN) Covid-19 cases among children are on the rise yet again, according to a report from the American Academy of Pediatrics published Monday.
New cases reported among children last week were up nearly 24% over the previous week, the report said. For the week
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OMICRON, COVID, FIRST, 19
Long lines formed Monday at vaccination centers across England as people heeded the government’s call for all adults to get booster shots to protect themselves against the omicron variant, as the U.K. recorded its first death of a patient infected with omicron.
In
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MEADOWS, JAN, PANEL, CONTEMPT
Ahead of panel vote, Meadows' attorney says contempt referral runs contrary to law
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Hours before a House select committee was set to vote for Mark Meadows' referral for criminal contempt,
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CHAUVIN, CIVIL, RIGHTS, GUILTY
Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin appears to be on the verge of pleading guilty to violating George Floyd 's civil rights, according to a notice from the court.
A federal docket entry on Monday showed that a hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday
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CHRIS, WALLACE, FOX, NEWS
Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch has bought a large cattle ranch in southwest Montana from a subsidiary of Koch Industries
DILLON, Mont. -- Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch has bought a large cattle ranch in southwest Montana near Yellowstone National Park from
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FACTORY, KENTUCKY, TORNADO, CANDLE
A Kentucky inmate who was working at a candle factory that collapsed in Friday’s devastating tornado is now in the wind after fleeing a local hospital later in the day, authorities said.
Francisco Starks, 44, who was at MCP Candle Factory in Mayfield as part
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MISS, UNIVERSE, INDIA, HARNAAZ
EILAT, Israel — Harnaaz Sandhu of India was crowned the 70th Miss Universe on Sunday, topping a field of some 80 contestants in a pageant that was touched by politics and the pandemic.
The previously reigning Miss Universe, Andrea Meza of Mexico, crowned her
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BIDEN, POLL, INFLATION, VOTERS
Students used to look at me quizzically when I mentioned the word “inflation,” as if I were reminiscing about the invention of the spinning jenny. No more. Last Friday’s Consumer Price Index report showed that inflation had grown to 6.8 percent from last November’s
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GOLDEN, GLOBES, NOMINATIONS, ANNOUNCES
FILE PHOTO: The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Golden Globe statuette is seen with its red velvet-lined, leather-bound chest during a news conference in Beverly Hills, California January 6, 2009. REUTERS/Fred Prouser FILE PHOTO: The Hollywood Foreign
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As expected, the long-running “Dr. Oz Show” will end in the wake of host Dr. Mehmet Oz’s announcement late last month that he’s running for U.S. Senate.
The daily hourlong talk show, syndicated across the country by Sony Pictures Television, will end Jan.
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HARRIS, CENTRAL, KAMALA, NEW
Despite bringing in a crisis comms manager in August in an attempt to get her office’s messaging game on track, Vice President Kamala Harris’s woes continue, most recently as it relates to her failed “root causes” visit to the Northern Triangle from June which
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BRADY, TOM, BUCS, BILLS
(CNN) Before Sunday, Tom Brady had almost every all-time NFL quarterback record to his name -- and at the end of the day, he set another two milestone achievements.
In the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' dramatic 33-27 overtime win against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday,
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DAMAGE, BIDEN, KENTUCKY, TORNADO
Biden to tour tornado damage in Kentucky
President Joe Biden says that he will travel to Kentucky to view damage from devastating tornadoes that killed at least 64 people and displaced thousands. He's scheduled to visit Ft. Campbell and then to hard-hit Mayfield
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CHANGE, CLIMATE, TORNADOES, DEADLY
CLAIM: The devastating Kentucky tornado is the result of a warmer climate, which is making storms more frequent.
VERDICT: UNCERTAIN. Scientists do not actually know if there is a correlation between storms and a warmer climate.
President Joe Biden could not
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FILE PHOTO: A vendor sleeps as his son waits for customers at their roadside vegetable shop in New Delhi, India, February 12, 2019. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi FILE PHOTO: A vendor sleeps as his son waits for customers at their roadside vegetable shop in New Delhi,
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YEAR, ELON, MUSK, PERSON
Time magazine named Tesla chief executive Elon Musk its “Person of the Year” for 2021.
Time’s chief executive Edward Felsenthal wrote that the magazine selected Musk as “few individuals have had more influence than Musk on life on Earth, and potentially life
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STRIKE, CIVILIANS, DRONE, TROOPS
Aimal (R), brother of Ezmarai Ahmadi, stands next to the wreckage of a vehicle that was damaged in a US drone strike in the Kwaja Burga neighbourhood of Kabul on September 18, 2021.
The U.S. military will not punish any personnel for the drone strike this
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MANDATE, CITY, MASK, CALIFORNIA
The State of California is reimposing an indoor mask mandate that will apply to everyone, whether vaccinated or not.
California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly announced the updated policy Monday, citing an increase in COVID-19 cases in
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TAIWAN, WHITE, MINISTER, FEED
FILE PHOTO: Chinese and Taiwanese national flags are displayed alongside military airplanes in this illustration taken April 9, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration FILE PHOTO: Chinese and Taiwanese national flags are displayed alongside military airplanes
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MANCHIN, BIDEN, BILL, PLAN
(CNN) Sen. Joe Manchin, the most pivotal swing vote in the Senate, indicated on Monday that a significant amount of work remains to be done to earn his support for President Joe Biden's sweeping social safety net expansion, potentially delivering a fatal blow
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