Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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RUSSIA, UKRAINE, CHINA, INVASION
Washington, DC (CNN) White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan will meet with his Chinese counterpart, Yang Jiechi, in Rome on Monday as part of a follow-up conversation to President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping's virtual meeting last
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BORDER, POLISH, RUSSIA, BASE
On Sunday, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said on ABC’s “This Week” that a no-fly zone over Ukraine would not have prevented Russia from striking a military base less than 20 miles from the Polish border.
Anchor Martha Raddatz said, “Ukraine’s defense minister
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KILLED, UKRAINE, BRENT, RENAUD
Film director Brent Renaud, seen in 2015, was fatally shot by Russian forces outside Kyiv on Sunday, local authorities said. Jemal Countess via Getty Images
An award-winning American journalist and filmmaker was killed by Russian forces outside Kyiv on Sunday,
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OBAMA, COVID, POSITIVE, TESTS
Former President Barack Obama announced Sunday on social media that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Mr. Obama said he had been vaccinated and boosted, as had former first lady Michelle Obama, who has tested negative.
“I just tested positive
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WILLIAM, HURT, DIES, 71
Actor William Hurt, star of 'Broadcast News' and 'Body Heat,' dies at 71
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NEW YORK — William Hurt, the Oscar-winning actor of Broadcast News, Body Heat and The
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IRAQ, CONSULATE, IRAN, MISSILE
Iran on Sunday claimed responsibility for firing ballistic missiles near the US consulate in Erbil, Iraq, saying the barrage was in retaliation for an Israeli strike that killed two members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in Syria, according to a report.
No
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TOM, BRADY, BUCS, RETURN
It wasn’t clear from the video how Brady responded to Ronaldo, but his posts to Twitter and Instagram on Sunday seemed to be a resounding no.
The Buccaneers and Brady’s agent, Don Yee, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The Buccaneers had
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RUSSIAN, UKRAINIAN, OFFICIAL, ORTHODOX
Russian forces took a second Ukrainian mayor captive, Ukrainian officials said Sunday.
Russian "war criminals" abducted Yevhen Matveyev, mayor of Dniprorudne, a city in the Vasylivka Raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, according to Ukrainian Minister of Foreign
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SMOLLETT, JUSSIE, BROTHER, WARD
“I want to just make it clear to folks that he is in no way, shape or form at risk of self-harm,” he continued. “He wants to let folks know ... that he is very stable, he is very strong, he is very healthy and ready to take on the challenge that ultimately
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BIDEN, PRICES, SLIGHTLY, VOLATILITY
More than half of Americans (52%) say President Joe Biden’s actions towards Russia haven’t been strong enough, according to a CBS News/You Gov poll release on Sunday.
Only 36% said the president’s actions are about right, with 12% insisting that they are too
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OSAKA, NAOMI, HECKLED, WELLS
Tennis player Naomi Osaka was nearly brought to tears over the weekend after a spectator heckled her from the stands at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California.
Osaka, who is a four-time major champion and was formerly ranked No. 1 by the Women's
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Most people will need to get a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose to be protected from the virus, the head of Pfizer said on Sunday.
“It is necessary for most” people, CEO Albert Bourla said during an interview on CBS’s “Face The Nation” when asked if Americans
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WAR, SMALL, ANTI, PROTESTS
BOSTON (AP) - Long before waging war on Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin was working to make Russia’s internet a powerful tool of surveillance and social control akin to China’s so-called Great Firewall.
So when Western tech companies began cutting ties with
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TOURNAMENT, SEED, SOUTH, CAROLINA
South Carolina earned the No. 1 overall seed in the women's NCAA Tournament on Sunday night.
This year's bracket expanded to 68 teams for the first time to match the men's field with the play-in games on Wednesday and Thursday. The Gamecocks will face the
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POWER, DOG, ELLIOTT, SAM
Jane Campion finally snaps back at Sam Elliott's blast against her film "Power of The Dog." via Associated Press
New Zealand movie director Jane Campion slapped down actor Sam Elliott on Saturday for complaining that her riveting “Power of the Dog” was a “piece
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GRAHAM, UKRAINE, JETS, RUSSIA
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said on this week’s broadcast of FNC’s “Sunday Morning Futures” that he is worried the United States was going to “sellout” Ukraine.
Bartiromo said, “You have been saying throughout this conflict that you are calling for Vladimir
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BILL, MAHER, TRUMP, LUCK
Before I launch into the topic at hand, a few words of bemusement over the apparent eagerness of some folks to go off on one or two lines in a long article, rather than first sitting back and at least trying to view the entire piece in proper context. Hell,
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BIDEN, TRUMP, NOAH, TREVOR
What is it with the liberal comics recently — are they finally finding some sense when it comes to the problems of Joe Biden? We see a hilarious take from “SNL,” on Biden and the White House-TikTok stars meeting, in their cold opening skit on Saturday. Then
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GAS, AVERAGE, WEEKS, PRICE
CAMARILLO, Calif. — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline shot up a whopping 79 cents over the past two weeks to a record-setting $4.43 per gallon.
Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday the new price exceeds by 32 cents
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WAR, CLIMATE, CHANGE, ATLANTIC
Political commentators criticized an Atlantic headline on Sunday that argued, in addition to killing millions of people, a nuclear war would "prove disastrous for climate change."
"On Top of Everything Else, Nuclear War Is a Climate Problem," the headline
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MODERN, ART, MUSEUM, NYPD
The New York Police Department on Sunday released video showing the moment that a man allegedly stabbed two employees at New York City's Museum of Modern Art over the weekend.
Gary Cabana, 60, was apparently upset that his membership card to the Manhattan
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CASES, RISE, COVID, UNCERTAINTY
Just as the U.S. has finally turned the corner on a wave of COVID-19 cases caused by the omicron variant, multiple countries in Europe are showing an increase in virus infections, fueling concerns about the possibility of another surge around the world.
The
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KATT, NASHVILLE, SHOW, BOMB
(CNN) Comedian Katt Williams ended his show in Nashville, Tennessee, early Saturday night because of a bomb threat, according to a statement from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium, where Williams was performing.
Williams had to "abruptly end" the show "10
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