Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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OLYMPICS, CHINA, WINTER, BEIJING
Written by Oscar Holland, CNN
Filmmaker Zhang Yimou's opening ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Olympics was, for many, the abiding memory of China's first ever Games.
In a display of color, coordination and pyrotechnics, the celebrated director announced the
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TRUMP, PENCE, ELECTION, WRONG
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday directly rebutted Donald Trump‘s false claims that Pence somehow could have overturned the results of the 2020 election, saying that the former president was simply “wrong.”
In a speech to a gathering of the conservative
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JOBS, REPORT, JANUARY, BIDEN
President Biden on Friday hailed new jobs numbers that showed a burst of hiring in January despite a surge in COVID-19 infections caused by the Omicron variant that killed thousands and forced businesses and schools to shutter.
“Our country is taking everything
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CHENEY, KINZINGER, RNC, CENSURE
The Republican National Committee just voted to censure Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) for their involvement on the Jan. 6 Committee. They approved it out of committee on Thursday and voted to pass it on Friday.
RNC just passed censure
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STORM, WINTER, ICE, NEW
A major winter storm that already cut electric power to about 350,000 homes and businesses from Texas to the Ohio Valley was set to leave Pennsylvania and New England glazed in ice and smothered in snow Friday, forecasters said.
A foot of snow was expected
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ERIC, ADAMS, CRIME, BIDEN
NYC Mayor Eric Adams applauds federal help to fight crime NPR's Tamara Keith speaks with New York City Mayor Eric Adams about crime and policing in New York, which like many American cities is experiencing a spike in shootings.
Politics NYC Mayor Eric Adams
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MINNEAPOLIS, POLICE, LOCKE, AMIR
A YouTuber with more than 2 million followers tried to "prank" police officers in Florida by calling-in a fake 911 call in hopes that officers would respond "aggressively," but instead got "polite" and "professional" police officers, according to a police chief.
On
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ZUCKER, CNN, JEFF, EXIT
CNN could be nearing the end of its left-leaning bias as billionaire Donald Trump donor and media mogul John Malone wants the network restored to impartiality following Jeff Zucker's departure, according to a Daily Mail report published Friday.
Zucker, CNN
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COVID, 000, 900, DEATHS
The New York Times uncritically reported China’s official COVID-19 death rate and said that the country’s strategy has been effective in a Friday article.
“China’s strategy has had both major successes (holding deaths to low levels) and major costs,” the authors
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ARBERY, GUILTY, HATE, PLEA
“I have made it clear at every possible moment that I do not agree to offer these men a plea deal of any kind,” said Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones. She said federal prosecutors went “behind my back to offer the men who murdered my son a deal to make their
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HOUSE, BILL, CHINA, PASSES
WASHINGTON — The House on Friday passed legislation that would pour nearly $300 billion into scientific research and development and shore up domestic manufacturing, setting up a dispute with the Senate over how best to invest in scientific innovation to strengthen
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BIDEN, PICK, SUPREME, COURT
President Joe Biden is being criticized for promising to nominate a black woman to fill the forthcoming vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court — a promise that was a quid pro quo in exchange for Rep. James Clyburn’s endorsement in the 2020 primary.
No one objects
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COURT, NORTH, CAROLINA, MAPS
The North Carolina Supreme Court has struck down the state’s new maps for congressional and General Assembly seats and has ordered legislators to redraw them
RALEIGH, N.C. -- A divided North Carolina Supreme Court struck down the state's new maps for congressional
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CONVOY, CANADIAN, GOFUNDME, FREEDOM
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OTTAWA – The trucker convoy is alive and well and may be expanding by the weekend. I have been following this massive convoy of trucks from Canada
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MASK, VIRGINIA, JUDGE, SCHOOL
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) was confronted by a grocery store customer on Thursday for declining to wear a mask inside, several videos of the exchange show.
Youngkin, an opponent of COVID-19 mask mandates, was at an Alexandria, Virginia, Safeway to promote
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ROGAN, JOE, SPOTIFY, CEO
There’s some interesting news on the Joe Rogan front, following weeks of manufactured outrage about the podcast host supposedly spreading COVID-19 “misinformation.”
The saga began after Rogan hosted Peter McCullough and Robert Malone, two medical experts who
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NATHAN, CHEN, FIGURE, OLYMPICS
The Olympic spotlight is, once again, on American skater Nathan Chen. The 22-year-old Utah native is arguably Team USA’s best shot at winning an individual gold across the sport’s four disciplines (men’s, women’s, pairs, ice dance), and his participation in
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CORP, NEWS, CHINA, CYBERATTACK
Digital intruders broke into News Corp. email accounts and compromised the data of an unspecified number of journalists, the company disclosed Friday, and the media firm's internet security adviser said the attack was likely aimed at gathering intelligence
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RUSSIA, FLAG, FALSE, ATTACK
Reporter demands evidence of Russia false flag plot
A reporter for The Associated Press got into a heated exchange with State Department spokesman Ned Price and demanded evidence to support the administration's accusation that Russia is plotting an elaborate
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VACCINE, COVID, MANDATE, 19
(CNN) Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted 13-0 Friday to support recommending the two-dose Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, which received full approval from the US Food and Drug Administration earlier this week for use in adults.
The
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COUPLE, MONTHS, RESCUED, CALIFORNIA
California couple rescued after being snowed in for two months
A couple and their dog were rescued from a snowed in cabin in California’s Sierra County, after being stuck at the property since December 6. Credit : CHP - Valley Division Air Operations via
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