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President Joe Biden has nominated Kentanji Brown for the Supreme Court in a history-making move. What did Biden’s nomination make Supreme Court history as?

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Federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has become the first Black woman selected to serve on the Supreme Court—which once declared her race unworthy of citizenship.

A number of stores across the U.S. and Canada have thrown out stocks of certain Russian-made products in protest of the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Which Russian-made products are these stores tossing out?

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Liquor stores are ridding their shops of Russian vodka and other alcoholic products.

Recently, a mine collapsed and trapped 14 workers. Which country did this happen in?

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A rescue operation began in southwestern China when the roof of a shaft caved in about 1.9 miles early this past weekend.

“Pawn Stars” star Rick Harrison is being sued in a dispute over assets and ownership of the Las Vegas pawn shop. Who filed the lawsuit against Harrison?

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Harrison’s 81-year-old mother is suing her son in a dispute over family assets and ownership of the famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop.

This past weekend, the top six ranked teams in this sport all lost their games. Which sport experienced these top 10 losses?

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Along with the top six men’s college basketball teams, the No. 9 team also lost this Saturday, setting a new record of six top-10 teams in the Associated Press poll losing in one day.

A popular social media platform has paused ads in Ukraine and Russia in order to “ensure critical public safety information is elevated and ads don’t detract from it.” What social media platform did this?

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Along with Twitter temporarily pausing all ads in the two countries, YouTube and Facebook have announced they are blocking Russian state media from running ads on their platforms.

Months after Britney Spears went to court to get out of her conservatorship, another celebrity is filing to end their own. Which former kid’s star has filed to end her nearly nine-year conservatorship?

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Former-Nickelodeon actress Amanda Bynes, 35, has filed to terminate her conservatorship—run by her mother—as she believes her condition is improved.

A country has restricted access to Facebook, claiming that it is censoring media outlets in their country? Which country has done this?

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Russia’s ministry of communications said Facebook has “violated the rights and freedoms of Russian citizens” by censoring Russian outlets.

The founder of a major U.S. food company is scheduled to appear at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference. Which food company did he use to run?

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Papa John's founder and former CEO John Schnatter was recently on a panel focused on “cancel culture,” in which he criticized the way the Biden administration is working on the economy.

Organizers of a major competition event have made the decision that Russia will not be able to compete. Which competition will Russia not be able to compete in?

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The Eurovision Song Contest, which is a big singing/songwriting competition in Europe, said “the inclusion of a Russian entry in this year’s Contest would bring the competition into disrepute.”

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