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What is the Internal Revenue Service mailing to 430,000 Americans this week?

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The IRS says 430,000 people overpaid taxes on their unemployment benefits last year, so it’s refunding an average of $1,189.

How many of the three Democrats running for Virginia’s top statewide offices won their elections on Tuesday?

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Republicans swept the governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general races in Virginia despite President Biden campaigning for Democrats.

What did voters in Maine decide is a basic right that the government must guarantee to every citizen in the state?

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The statewide referendum, which passed, guarantees Mainers the right “to grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume the food of their own choosing.”

Which college football team is ranked in the top ten in the Associated Press poll for the first time in school history?

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The undefeated Wake Forest Demon Deacons are ranked no. 10 in the country this week.

What has Burger King started giving away with some food purchases?

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Burger King has teamed up with investment platform Robinhood to offer some customers a chance to win a "side of cryptocurrency" like Dogecoin or Bitcoin.

Which rapper was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?

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Jay-Z, who has had 14 No. 1 albums, was inducted along the Foo Fighters, Tina Turner and The Go-Gos.

Which U.S.-based websites went dark in mainland China on Nov. 1?

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The company that owns Yahoo pulled its entire suite of websites out of China, including AOL, TechCrunch, Engadget

Which of the following countries is not among those Joe Biden criticized at the G-20 summit for not fighting climate change enough?

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Biden said making climate change progress requires a “focus on what Russia's not doing, what China's not doing, what Saudi Arabia's not doing.”

Which country opened its borders for the first time in 20 months?

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Australia previously had some of the strictest pandemic lockdown measures and travel restrictions in the world.

Which airline canceled more than 300 flights on Monday, blaming weather and short staffing?

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American Airlines canceled 10 percent of its schedule and delayed nearly 200 other flights.

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