Sen. Chris Murphy hospitalized following stroke
5 outlets (CBS News, Axios, PBS NewsHour, NBC News and Fox News) are covering this story.
How outlets are covering this: 5 outlets ran their own headlines on this story. Words most headlines share: “Sen”, “stroke”, “Murphy”, “Chris”. Distinct wording: CBS News uses “following”; Axios uses “suffering”; PBS NewsHour uses “hospital” and “having”; Fox News uses “Saturday” and “Dem”. (Computed from the headlines below.)
- CBS News reports: “Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut was hospitalized on Saturday after experiencing a stroke, his office said.”
- Axios reports: “Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) had a stroke Saturday and is being treated at Johns Hopkins Hospital, his office said Sunday.The big picture: Murphy is one of the Senate's more visible Democrats and ha…”
- PBS NewsHour reports: “Murphy's chief of staff, Allison Herwitt, said in a statement the 53-year-old senator "started experiencing numbness in his arm while at his son's hockey game" on Saturday.”
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- CBS News: Sen. Chris Murphy hospitalized following stroke
- Axios: Sen. Chris Murphy hospitalized after suffering stroke
- PBS NewsHour: Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy is in the hospital after having a stroke, his office says
- NBC News: Sen. Chris Murphy hospitalized after stroke
- Fox News: Connecticut Dem Sen Chris Murphy hospitalized Saturday for stroke
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