Federal prosecutors say a Kansas woman led an all-female battalion of ISIS terrorists. Allison Elizabeth Fluke-Ekren was apprehended in Syria. What was her profession?
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Fluke-Ekren was a teacher, according to her indictment. She was tasked with bombing a U.S. university, but the plan was shelved when she became pregnant.
Six universities in the United States received bomb threats on January 31. What do the colleges have in common?
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Howard, Bowie State, Bethune-Cookman, Southern, Delaware State and Albany State Universities, all historically black colleges and universities, went into lockdown. .
The New York Times paid more than a million dollars to acquire an online game. What is its name?
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The newspaper said it paid “in the low seven figures” for Wordle, which caught fire and became a global fascination in January 2020.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos made a $200 million donation to an organization, guaranteeing that his name will be on one of its buildings for 50 years. Who sold the naming rights?
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Bezos’s name will be on the Smithsonian’s new National Air and Space Museum, and elsewhere. VP Kamala Harris and Chief Justice John Roberts are on the board that approved the deal.
A cold snap in southern Florida led the National Weather Service to warn about something falling from trees. What are Floridians supposed to look out for?
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Iguanas “slow down or become immobile” when temperatures drop into the 40s, the weather service said. The cold-blooded reptiles are still alive — just motionless.
A hip-hop couple made a pregnancy announcement after being photographed in New York City. Who’s expecting?
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Rihanna says she’s “excited to be a mom.” She debuted her bare baby belly in Harlem, in freezing weather.
A European nation has announced that it will lift all restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic in February. Which country is taking this step?
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Finland is leading a Scandinavian charge away from restrictions. In neighboring Denmark, restaurants, museums and nightclubs will no longer require masks.
President Biden’s nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin to be vice chair of the Federal Reserve is raising eyebrows because of her husband. What initiative did he lead?
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Sarah Bloom Raskin is married to Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin. He was the leading prosecutor in the unsuccessful Donald Trump impeachment trial last year.
A 19-year-old is demanding $50,000 from a billionaire to scrap a program that tracks and tweets the location of his private plane. Whose travel habits have 200,000 followers?
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University of Central Florida student Jack Sweeney is trying to cut a deal with Elon Musk to shut down the @ElonJet Twitter account.
A robot developed by a team at Johns Hopkins University succeeded in doing something without human intervention for the first time. What did the machine learn to do?
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The robot operated on pigs, and reconnected two ends of an intestine better than most human surgeons. The procedure is said to be intricate and complex.
