Seven new Olympic events are debuting at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. Which of the following is NOT a real event that athletes will compete in?
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Seven new Olympic events are debuting at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. Which of the following is NOT a real event that athletes will compete in?
The new interim leader of Canada’s Conservative Party shares the name of a television actress known for opposing conservatism. Who trended on Twitter for a weird reason?
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Manitoba MP Candice Bergen is now the leader of Canada’s opposition party. A photo of her in a camouflage “MAGA” hat made the rounds on social media.
The U.S. military conducted a successful raid on ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi in a Syria border town near Turkey. How did Qurayshi die?
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As helicopters deposited dozens of U.S. Special Forces troops near Qurayshi’s building, he detonated a bomb that killed himself and four family members.
Southwest Airlines said it’s bringing back something that disappeared in March 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic first hit the travel industry. What is the airline restoring?
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Unions representing pilots and flight attendants oppose anything that can make flyers more unruly, but Southwest will once again sell you a beer or two onboard.
Shares of high-tech stocks slid on Thursday, ending four days of increases, when a single stock lost 26 percent of its value in one day. Which big name tanked?
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Facebook’s parent company, Meta, lost $230 billion in market value on Thursday, following a disappointing earnings report and news that it’s losing active users.
The Women’s National Basketball Association has raised $75 million in funding from a group including Nike, Michael Dell and a former U.S. political figure. Who’s boosting the WNBA?
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More than two dozen investors put money on the table but Rice, the former U.S. secretary of state, is the biggest name helping to revamp the league.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson attracted scorn for calling an American city “one of the worst places in the western hemisphere.” What urban area was he clobbering?
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Baltimore is often cited as a violent urban landscape, with 337 homicides last year. Donald Trump once called it a city where “no human being would want to live.”
An Asian nation is boycotting the Winter Olympics opening ceremony because one of China’s torchbearers is a military commander involved in deadly border clashes. Which country is fired up?
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Chinese troops killed 20 Indian soldiers in fighting that erupted in 2020 in eastern Ladakh. Just one Indian athlete qualified for the games, skier Arif Khan
Amazon announced that it will raise the price of something that millions of customers pay for. What’s getting more expensive?
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Amazon Prime is getting a $20 price hike, from $119 to $139 for annual memberships and from $12.99 to $14.99 for month-to-month customers.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has bought real estate near a different NFL team’s home city, raising speculation that he wants to be traded. But to which team?
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Reports on ESPN have Rodgers building a home in Franklin, Tenn., a Nashville suburb.
