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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the state of Maine cannot exclude a type of school from tuition-assistance programs. Which type of school can now get such funding?

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The high court said Maine could not exclude religious schools from the program that allows parents to use vouchers in order to send their children to public/private schools.

A U.S. state’s senate has convicted the attorney general there of two impeachment charges and removed him from office. Which state’s attorney general got the boot?

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South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg was impeached after the state’s Senate didn’t believe he only thought he hit a deer or large animal, rather than fatally striking a man.

An airline is cutting service to four cities because of a pilot shortage. Which airline is taking this step?

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Starting in September, American Airlines will cut service to Islip and Ithaca in New York, as well as to Toledo, Ohio, and Dubuque, Iowa.

A government unveiled plans for a Bill of Rights that it says will strengthen free speech. Which country’s government unveiled these new plans?

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Those arguing against the new British bill say that it will rip up human-rights protections for ordinary people.

An earthquake struck a country early Wednesday morning, killing at least 1,000 people. Which country got hit by this deadly tremor?

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The 5.9 earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan at 1 a.m. local time, killing some, injuring others, and destroying hundreds of homes and buildings.

President Joe Biden has signed a pay raise for a type of federal worker. Which workers are getting a pay boost?

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Federal wildland firefighters will receive the raise for the next two fiscal years.

A country successfully put its own space rocket into orbit. Which country has become the latest to accomplish that feat?

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South Korea’s successful Nuri rocket launch means it is the seventh nation capable of launching satellites using a self-developed system.

A social media company has reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to change its algorithms to prevent discriminatory housing ads. Which social media platform did this?

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Facebook reached the agreement to settle a lawsuit filed simultaneously in Manhattan federal court, which challenged the social media platform’s algorithmic discrimination under the Fair Housing Act.

South Korean prosecutors have barred dozens of people from leaving the country as they expand an investigation. What is the probe about?

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Dozens connected to Terraform Labs are being looked into when it comes to a $40 billion collapse of the company’s cryptocurrency that devastated traders not just in South Korea, but around the world.

A public figure’s transgender daughter has filed to request a name change to fit her new identity and to sever ties with her biological father. Whose daughter is taking those actions?

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Elon Musk's transgender daughter said she “no longer lives with or wishes to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form.”

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