Three elementary schools near Syracuse, N.Y. have banned Halloween costumes depicting characters from what violent TV show?
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The superintendent of the Fayetteville-Manlius School District said children are playing their own version of the deadly "Squid Game" program at recess.
Japan's Princess Mako appeared on TV to quell protests after she married whom?
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Princess Mako married her college sweetheart, Kei Komuro. Japanese law requires a female royal to relinquish their titles if she marries a commoner.
What common cowboy item has the city of Reno, Nev banned for people who lack special permits?
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Carrying a whip without a license is now a crime in Reno. Police said too many people called 911 to report whip-cracks they thought were gunfire.
NBA star Enes Kanter publicly scolded what company for sourcing its products from China?
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Kanter complained that Nike has been silent about “the oppression of minorities in China,” and suggested its shoes are the product of “modern day slavery.”
What kind of document did the Ohio government distribute with a glaring error?
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Ohio created 35,000 license plates with depicting a banner attached to the wrong end of Orville and Wilbur Wright's historic "first flight" plane.
A Las Vegas auction netted $109 million for 11 works by what famous artist?
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The Picasso pieces had hung in a restaurant at the Bellagio hotel. One painting, "Woman in a reddish-orange hat," fetched $40 million.
Which celebrity walked the late actor Paul Walker’s daughter down the aisle at her wedding?
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“Fast and the Furious” actor Vin Diesel is Meadow Rain Walker's godfather, so he did the honors.
U.S. Border Patrol said two agents' anti-immigrant participation in what activity got them fired?
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The agents took part in a private Facebook group that mocked migrants and politicians. The group included about 9,500 current and former agents.
A new U.S. government program allows groups of private citizens to provide direct assistance to whom?
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The new program lets Americans help some of America's 65,000 newly settled refugees during their first 90 days in the U.S., something nonprofit charities typically do.
A military coup ousted the prime minister of what African nation this week?
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Military leaders arrested Sudan's Prime Minister, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, and his wire, dissolving a power-sharing agreement that followed years of civil war.
