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Story of the Week: Biden Meets With Putin, G7 Leaders

Story of the Week / June 17th, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

President Joe Biden traversed Europe over the past week, meeting with multiple foreign leaders in the first international trip of his administration. He met with the leaders of the G7 nations in the United Kingdom last week; some big stories were their commitment to sending 1 billion...

Story Of The Week, Joe Biden, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Foreign Policy, World

Story of the Week: Record Number of Job Openings, but Hiring Slower Than Expected

Story of the Week / June 10th, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 9.3 million job openings this week, the highest amount since it began tracking the number in 2000 and a good sign for the economy's COVID-19 recovery. Despite this, hiring is lagging behind; the economy added 559,000 jobs in May , more than double...

Story Of The Week, Economy And Jobs, Unemployment, Labor, Coronavirus Recovery

Story of the Week: Interest in COVID-19 Lab Leak Theory Grows

Story of the Week / June 3rd, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

The theory that the COVID-19 pandemic originated from a laboratory leak in Wuhan, China is gaining traction and media coverage after it was initially dismissed early on in the pandemic. Last week, a report revealed that three researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, China, Wuhan Lab, Science, Anthony Fauci, WHO

Story of the Week: New COVID-19 Cases, Deaths Continue to Fall in US

Story of the Week / May 27th, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to wind down in the United States as vaccination rates rise and communities ease their public health restrictions. The seven-day average numbers of new cases and hospitalizations in the U.S. are all at their lowest point since the beginning of the pandemic...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Recovery, Life During Covid-19, Coronavirus Vaccine

Story of the Week: Violence Between Israel, Hamas Continues

Story of the Week / May 20th, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

The violence between Israel and Hamas militants continued this week as the two trade rocket attacks and airstrikes along the Gaza Strip. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he is "determined to continue" operations in Gaza despite a phone call from President Joe Biden Wednesday...

Israel Hamas Violence, Middle East, Story Of The Week

Pipeline Hack Leads to Gas Shortages Across the Southeast

Story of the Week / May 13th, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. Gas stations were dry across the southeastern United States this week following a ransomware attack that shut down one of the east coast's main gasoline pipelines. The Colonial Pipeline shut down operations...

Story Of The Week, Colonial Pipeline Hack, Energy, Gas, Economy And Jobs

Story of the Week: Biden's Presidency Hits 100-Day Mark

Story of the Week / May 6th, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. President Joe Biden's administration hit its 100th day last week. The first few months of Biden's presidency have been marked by his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, calls for social justice and police reform,...

Story Of The Week, Joe Biden, White House, Politics

Story of the Week: CDC Says Vaccinated People Usually Don't Need Masks Outside

Story of the Week / April 29th, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updated guidelines on Tuesday regarding mask-wearing amid the COVID-19 pandemic, saying vaccinated people can go maskless outside in most situations...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus Recovery, Coronavirus, Safety And Sanity During COVID-19

/Story of the Week: Derek Chauvin Found Guilty On All Charges In George Floyd's Death

Story of the Week / April 22nd, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. On Tuesday, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts in the May 2020 death of George Floyd, which sparked nationwide protests and riots against racism and police shootings...

Story Of The Week, Derek Chauvin Trial, George Floyd, Derek Chauvin, George Floyd Protests, Police, Race And Racism, Minneapolis, Justice Department

Story of the Week: White House Advances COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts, Developing Standards for 'Vaccine Passports'

Story of the Week / April 1st, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. The Biden administration is working with the private sector to develop standards for proof-of-vaccination credentials, informally referred to by some as vaccine "passports." Such credentials could potentially be...

Story Of The Week, News, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Vaccine, Vaccine Passports, Coronavirus Recovery, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Public Health, Healthcare, Biden Administration, Jen Psaki, Washington Post

Story of the Week: Mass Shootings Revive Debates on Gun Control, Racism

Story of the Week / March 25th, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. A series of shootings in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 17 that left eight people dead was followed by another mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado on Monday in which 10 people were killed. The Atlanta shooting sparked...

Story Of The Week, Gun Control And Gun Rights, Violence In America, Atlanta Spa Shootings, Boulder Shooting, Race And Racism

Story of the Week: Apprehensions of Migrants Surging Along Southern Border

Story of the Week / March 18th, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. U.S. Border Patrol apprehended nearly 100,000 migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in February. The number of apprehensions, particularly of single adults and unaccompanied minors, have risen increasingly since last...

Story Of The Week, Immigration, Border Crisis

Story of the Week: Biden Signs $1.9T Stimulus Bill

Story of the Week / March 11th, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. President Biden signed his administration's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package into law Thursday afternoon. Both houses of Congress approved the bill, which includes stimulus checks, state and local government...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Coronavirus Recovery

Story of the Week: Vaccine Outlook Improves; Some States Loosen Pandemic Restrictions

Story of the Week / March 4th, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the U.S. will now have enough COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate all adults by the end of May, two months sooner than the previously-predicted July. Amid that expansion and...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Recovery, Coronavirus Vaccine, Coronavirus Stimulus

Story of the Week: Supreme Court Issues Key Decisions

Story of the Week / February 25th, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. The Supreme Court met at the end of last week on several matters, and made two key decisions. It voted to allow the Manhattan, N.Y. district attorney to pursue former President Donald Trump's tax returns, and it...

Story Of The Week, Supreme Court, 2020 Election, Voting Rights And Voter Fraud, Trump Tax Returns

Story of the Week: Vaccine Rollout Expands As Cases Fall

Story of the Week / February 18th, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. The Biden administration announced Tuesday it will expand its COVID-19 vaccine distribution, as new cases of the virus continue to fall. The government will boost its weekly vaccine shipments to states from 11...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Vaccine, Healthcare, Public Health, Disaster, Texas Blackouts

Story of the Week: Trump's Second Impeachment Trial Begins

Story of the Week / February 11th, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. Former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial began in the Senate this week. Trump is charged with "incitement of insurrection" leading to the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6 that left five people dead...

Story Of The Week, Impeachment, Donald Trump

Story of the Week: The GameStop Saga: Wall Street Establishment vs. Everyday Traders

Story of the Week / February 4th, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. Wall Street was shaken up last week when everyday investors banded together on social media to challenge major hedge funds in a trading frenzy centered around video game retailer GameStop. As a result, GameStop’s...

Story Of The Week, Banking And Finance, Wall Street, Stock Market

Story of the Week: President Biden's First Week

Story of the Week / January 28th, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. Newly-elected President Joe Biden had a busy first week in office. He signed nearly 30 executive orders, taking action on criminal justice, climate change, racial equity, immigration and more. On Tuesday, he...

Story Of The Week, Joe Biden, White House, Coronavirus

Story of the Week: Joe Biden Sworn in as 46th President

Story of the Week / January 21st, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. On Wednesday, Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States in Washington, D.C. by Chief Justice John Roberts. The ceremony was scaled back amid the COVID-19 pandemic , and more than 20,000...

Story Of The Week, Joe Biden, White House, 2020 Election

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