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___ 12-31-2022 ___
Pope Benedict XVI dead at 95
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# foreign head-of-state, Vatican, Catholic,
___ 12-30-2022 ___
House Ways and Means Committee releases six years of former president Trump's taxes
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# legal news - civil suit
___ 12-29-2022 ___
Russia sends missiles across Ukraine in one of the largest strikes of the war
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# national security / military; long-range offensive attack
___ 12-26-2022 ___
Russia launches a massive DRONE ATTACK on Ukraine
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# national security / military; war, battle lines, long-range offensive attack
___ 12-21-2022 ___
V.Zelenski pays wartime visit to the White House
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# national security / military / foreign policy - foreign head-of-state;
Russia - Ukraine invasion, war, Biden Administration
___ 12-21-2022 ___ **
China ends ZERO COVID policy
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# medical news - public health, coronavirus pandemic
___ 12-14-2022 ___
The FED RAISES INTEREST RATES by half a point
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# business news - economy - inflation; finance
___ 12-07-2022 ___
Democrat Warnock holds on to senate seat in Georgia runoff against controversial Republican H.Walker
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# politics - election;
___ 12-06-2022 ___
Ukraine uses DRONEs to ATTACK deep inside Russia
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# national security / military; war, battle lines
___ 12-03-2022 ___
Former President D.Trump implies the U.S. Constitution should be suspended to return him to the White House
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# politics - election; social media
___ 12-02-2022 ___
Bureau of Labor Statistics announces 263,000 jobs gained in November
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# business news - lagging economic indicator - employment / unemployment
___ 11-30-2022 ___
Arizona officials delay certifying 2022 MIDTERM ELECTION RESULTS
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# politics - election;
___ 11-30-2022 ___ **
2022 hurricane seasons ends with 14 named storms / 8 hurricanes
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# natural disaster - severe weather;
___ 11-28-2022 ___
the BLANK PAPER PROTEST in CHINA spreads in response to the ZERO COVID POLICY
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# int'l politics, public health
___ 11-16-2022 ___
Former President D.Trump announces running in 2024 election
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# politics - election; Republican, presidential primary
___ 11-16-2022 ___ **
NASA Artemis launch (Dec.11,2022 splashdown)
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# space news - MOON MISSION;
___ 11-15-2022 ___
Democrat beats Trump-backed candidate for Arizona governor
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# politics - election;
___ 11-10-2022 ___
Russian troops withdraw from Khershon, Ukraine
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# national security / military; Russia - invasion, war, battle lines
___ 11-10-2022 ___ **
NASA successfully test LOFTID Inflatable Heat Shield
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# space news - Mars
___ 11-09-2022 ___
Democrats avoid rout, but Republicans flip control of the U.S. House of Representatives
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# politics - election;
___ 11-04-2022 ___
Bureau of Labor Statistics announces 261,000 jobs gained in October
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# business news - lagging economic indicator - employment / unemployment
___ 11-03-2022 ___
B.Netanyahu wins majority in Israeli election
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# int'l politics, foriegn head-of-state, prime minister
___ 11-02-2022 ___
The FED RAISES INTEREST RATES by 75 basis points
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# business news - economy - inflation; finance
___ 10-31-2022 ___
V.Putin and Russia again blur the rules of war by attacking civilian infrastructure in Ukraine
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# national security / military; Russia - invasion, war; power generation & transmission, collateral damage,
war crime
___ 10-20-2022 ___
L.Truss resigns as UK PM and becomes the shortest serving PM in UK history
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# int'l politics, foreign head-of-state
___ 10-08-2022 ___
Massive blast cripples bridge connecting CRIMEA with the mainland
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# national security / military; Russia - Ukraine invasion, war; transportation infrastructure /
Russia - supply lines
___ 10-07-2022 ___
Bureau of Labor Statistics announces 263,000 jobs gained in September
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# business news - lagging economic indicator - employment / unemployment
___ 09-28-2022 ___
Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida as a Category 4 major hurricane
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# natural disaster - severe weather;
___ 09-26-2022 ___
Mass Exodus from Russia following conscription announcement
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# war / national security; Russia - invasion; troop level, battle ground LOSS
___ 09-26-2022 ___ **
British Pound reaches a record low to the U.S. dollar
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# business news - global economy, foreign currency, BREXIT
___ 09-26-2022 ___ ***
NASA crashes a small space probe into an asteroid Dimorphos
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# space news - test; natural disater / national security
___ 09-23-2022 ___
occupied regions of Ukraine hold vote to be annexed into Russia
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# national security / foreign policy; invasion, war, battle lines
___ 09-22-2022 ___
another BIG LOSS for DJIA 833 pts. (2.7%) on news of UK tax cut
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# business news - leading economic indicator; finance
___ 09-21-2022 ___
V.Putin announces mobilizing 300,000 troops from former military
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# war / national security; Russia - invasion; troop level, battle ground LOSS
___ 09-21-2022 ___ **
President Biden addresses the 77th Session of the UN
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# int'l politics; Russia - Ukraine war, invasion, sovereignty
___ 09-21-2022 ___ ***
IRAN women PROTEST and burn their hijabs in response to death of Mahsa Amini
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# int'l politics, Morality Police
___ 09-21-2022 ___ **
The FED RAISES INTEREST RATES by 75 basis points
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# business news - economy - inflation; finance
___ 09-13-2022 ___
BIG LOSS for DJIA 1,276pts. (3.9%) on inflation fears
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# business news - leading economic indicator; finance
___ 09-08-2022 ___
UKRAINE CONTINUES TO MAKE GAINES IN SOUTHERN OFFENSIVE
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# national security / military; Russia - invasion, WAR; surprise counter-offensive
___ 09-07-2022 ___
Queen Elizabeth dead at 96
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# int'l politics, foreign head-of-state, UK
___ 09-06-2022 ___
L.Truss becomes the 56th UK PM & the third woman
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# int'l politics, foreign head-of-state, Conservative Party
___ 09-02-2022 ___
Bureau of Labor Statistics announces 315,000 jobs gained in August
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# business news - lagging economic indicator - employment / unemployment
___ 08-30-2022 ___
Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader dead at 91
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# int'l politics, foreign head-of-state - General Secretary of the Soviet Union; last Communist /
1st president of Russia; Nobel prize, perestroika & glasnost / "reform & openness"
___ 08-26-2022 ___
DOW (DJIA) DROPS 3% (1008 pts.) on news that the Federal Reserve will continue aggressively
raising interest rates to curb inflation
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# business news - leading economic indicator; finance
___ 08-19-2022 ___
Europe's largest NUCLEAR POWERPLANT in Zaporizhzhia, UKRAINE is UNDER FIRE
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# national security / military; Russia - invasion, war; power infrastructure, apocalypse
___ 08-10-2022 ___
FBI RAID FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HOME AT MIR-A-LAGO to recover illegally stored classified documents
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# legal news / politics - national security
___ 08-05-2022 ___
Bureau of Labor Statistics announces 528,000 jobs gained in July
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# business news - lagging economic indicator - employment / unemployment
___ 08-02-2022 ___
DRONE STRIKE ON AL QUEADA LEADER in Kabul, Afghanistan
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# post war national security / military / foreign policy; 9/11 terror attack
___ 07-26-2022 ___
The FED RAISES INTEREST RATES by 75 basis points
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# business news - economy - inflation; finance
___ 07-23-2022 ___
Russia & Ukraine sign grain export deal
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# business news - int'l politics / war; invasion, global economy, food insecurity
___ 07-19-2022 ___
Russia meets with Iran and Turkey over Syria
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# NATO foreign policy, military, CIVIL WAR; economic sanctions, drones
___ 07-13-2022 ___
T.May becomes the 55th UK PM & the second woman to hold the post
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# int'l politics, foreign head-of-state, Conservative Party
___ 07-10-2022 ___
INFLATION INDEX (9.1%) HIGHEST IN 40 YEARS
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# business news - economic indicator; Bureau of Labor Statistics
___ 07-08-2022 ___
Bureau of Labor Statistics announces 372,000 jobs gained in June
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# business news - lagging economic indicator - employment / unemployment
___ 07-07-2022 ___
B.Johnson tenders resignation
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# int'l politics, foreign head-of-state / UK Prime Minister; Conservative Party, BREXIT
___ 07-04-2022 ___
In the Donbas Region - Luhansk, Ukraine falls to Russia
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# national security / military; invasion, war, battle lines
___ 06-24-2022 ___
U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade in Dobbs decision
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# legal news - SCOTUS; abortion rights
___ 06-15-2022 ___
The FED raises INTEREST RATES by 75 basis points the first time since 1994
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# business news - economy - inflation; finance, banking - credit / loans
___ 06-13-2022 ___
DOW Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) drops more than 2.7% (876pts.) ; the other
indices also dropped heavily today and sent the S&P into BEAR MARKET territory
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# business news - financial markets ; INFLATION worries
___ 06-12-2022 ___
The committee conducting the investigation on the January 6th Insurrection opened public hearings today
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# legal news, former president Trump stolen election, the big lie, U.S. House of Representatives
___ 06-10-2022 ___
The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index dropped to ALL-TIME LOW of 50.1
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# business news - leading economic indicator;
___ 06-03-2022 ___
Bureau of Labor Statistics announces 390,000 jobs gained in
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# business news - lagging economic indicator - employment / unemployment
___ 05-31-2022 ___
U.S pledges $700_M in military aide and advanced weapons to Ukraine
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# national security / military / foreign policy; WAR, Russia
___ 05-26-2022 ___
Oklahoma GOP governor signs abortion ban
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# health news - women's reproductive rights
___ 05-24-2022 ___
T.May resigns as UK PM
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# int'l politics, foreign head-of-state
___ 05-18-2022 ___
DOW Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) drops more than 3.5% (1,164) the worse day since ouset of the Covid pandemic
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# business news - financial markets
___ 05-17-2022 ___
one million COVID deaths in the U.S.
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# health news - public health / pandemic - COVID 19, coronavirus
___ 05-06-2022 ___
Bureau of Labor Statistics announces 428,000 jobs gained in April
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# business news - lagging economic indicator - employment / unemployment
___ 05-04-2022 ___
The FED RAISES INTEREST RATES by half a point ; this has been the largest increase since the year 2000
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# business news - economy - inflation; finance
___ 05-02-2022 ___
Draft report of the U.S. Supreme Court detailing the overturning of ROE V. WADE leaked to the media
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# legal news - SCOTUS ; ABORTION \ pro-life
___ 04-13-2022 ___
CDC EXTENDS MASK MANDATE FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
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# medical news - public health / pandemic - COVID 19, coronavirus
___ 04-12-2022 ___
President Biden commits another $800 million in MILITARY AIDE to UKRAINE
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# national security / military / foreign policy - national debt; Russia - invasion, war
___ 04-08-2022 ___
all private crew from SpaceX arrives at ISS
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# space news - Dragon capsule Endeavour
___ 04-07-2022 ___
K.Brown-Jackson becomes the 1st blcak woman confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court
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# legal news - SCOTUS; social justice
___ 04-01-2022 ___
Bureau of Labor Statistics announces 431,000 jobs gained in March
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# business news - lagging economic indicator - employment / unemployment
___ 03-29-2022 ___
Second COVID vaccine approved for adults over 50
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# medical news - public health / pandemic - COVID 19, coronavirus
___ 03-29-2022 ___ **
Omicron subvariant BA.2 becomes the dominant coronavirus strain in U.S.
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# medical news - public health / pandemic - COVID 19
___ 03-09-2022 ___
U.S. rejects plan by Poland to transfer Soviet MiGs to Ukraine
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# national security / military / foreign policy ; Russia - invasion, war, air defense
___ 03-07-2022 ___
another BIG LOSS for DJIA 797 pts. (2.37%)
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# business news - leading economic indicator; finance
___ 03-04-2022 ___
Bureau of Labor Statistics announces 678,000 jobs gained in
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# business news - lagging economic indicator - employment / unemployment
___ 03-02-2023 ___
Biden gives first State of the Union address to a mostly maskless Joint Session of Congress
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# politics / Administration / POLICY; Russia invades Ukraine, COVID response, economy - inflation
___ 02-28-2022 ___
SHANGHAI, CHINA LOCKDOWN under ZERO COVID POLICY (lockdown ends 8-7-22)
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# medical news - int'l public health / pandemic, coronavirus
___ 02-26-2022 ___
Russian troops close in on Kyiv, Ukraine on all sides
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# national security / military; Russia - invasion, war, urban warfare, battle lines
___ 02-25-2022 ___
Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace Justice Bryer on U.S. Supreme Court
FIRST NOMINATION OF A BLACK WOMAN TO SCOTUS
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# legal news - SCOTUS; social justice - diversity
___ 02-24-2022 ___
INVASION !! Russian troops advance on all fronts into UKRAINE
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# national security / military / foreign policy; V.Putin - WAR
___ 02-23-2022 ___
Due to worries over Ukraine 2-day STOCK MARKET losses send S&P 500 into correction territory
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# business news - financial markets
___ 02-22-2022 ___
RUSSIAN TROOPS ENTER UKRAINE - Donbas region ; President Biden announces first set of sanctions
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# national security / military / foreign policy - economic; invasion, cross border incursion
___ 02-20-2022 ___
WINTER OLYMPICS closing cerimony ; U.S. finished 5th in overall medal count behind Norway, Russia, Germany,
and Canada
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# sports news; Beijing, CHINA; U.S. 25 medals - 8 gold, 10 silver, 7 bronze (02-04-22 to 02-20-22)
___ 02-15-2022 ___
Russia claims withdrawl from TROOP BUILD UP around Ukraine to ease tensions
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# national security / military;
___ 02-18-2022 ___
California announces measures to manage COVID-19 as an ENDEMIC VIRUS ; a type of seasonal illness strategy
already adopted by Britian, France, and Spain
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# medical news - public health - coronavirus pandemic;
___ 02-17-2022 ___
President Biden SIGNS STOP-GAP FUNDING BILL
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# federal government policy - funding;
___ 02-13-2022 ___
L.A. rams beat Cincinnati Bengals to win SUPER BOWL LVI (56)
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# sports news - NFL; $6.5 million for a 30-sec commercial
___ 02-10-2022 ___
Bureau of Labor Statistics announces 7.5% price increase year over year
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# business news, economy - INFLATION - January 2022 CPI
___ 02-04-2022 ___
a key NO vote from J.Manchin (D. Sen. W.Virginia) signals that the BUILD BACK BETTER BILL IS DEAD
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# federal government policy - $1.75_T SPENDING BILL; social safety net
___ 02-04-2022 ___ **
WINTER OLYMPICS opening cerimony
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# sports news; Beijing, CHINA
___ 02-04-2022 ___ ***
Bureau of Labor Statistics announces 467,000 jobs gained in January
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# business news - lagging economic indicator - employment / unemployment
___ 02-01-2022 ___
Biden Administration announces 3000 troops are being deployed to Eastern Europe
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# national security / military; Russia troop build-up Ukraine - NATO response
___ 01-27-2022 ___
U.S Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer announces his retirement ; President Biden
reiterrates his campaign pledge to nominate a black woman should a position become available
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# legal news - SCOTUS - liberal justice; conservative super majority
___ 01-20-2022 ___
U.S.government to supply 4 RAPID COVID TEST KITS to all households that request them
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# medical news - coronavirus pandemic - COVID-19 OMICRON VARIANT
___ 01-19-2022 ___
Draft of U.S. Supreme Court decision to over Roe v. Wade leaked
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# legal news - SCOTUS; abortion rights, women's reproductive health
___ 01-10-2022 ___
Georgia Bulldogs defeat the Alabama Crimson Tide to win the Division 1 college championship
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# sports news - football;
___ 01-07-2022 ___
Bureau of Labor Statistics announces 199,000 jobs gained in December
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# business news - lagging economic indicator - employment / unemployment
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