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Sweltering heat wave grips central and southern US for a second straight day
ABC News - US and The Epoch Times describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedA scorching heat wave continues across the central and southern United States, leaving at least 40 million people under extreme heat warnings.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Sweltering heat wave grips central and southern US for a second straight day". The right frames it as "Sweltering Heat Wave Grips Central and Southern US for 2nd Straight Day".
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Left / center-leftSweltering heat wave grips central and southern US for a second straight day
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Right / center-rightSweltering Heat Wave Grips Central and Southern US for 2nd Straight Day
Sweltering Heat Wave Grips Central and Southern US for 2nd Straight Day
At least 40 million people were under extreme heat warnings across central and southern parts of the United States on Sunday as high temperatures and severe humidity gripped large swaths of...
