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An author was stabbed on stage during an event in New York. Which author was involved?

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A 24-year-old suspect stabbed Salman Rushdie multiple times and pleaded not guilty to attempted murder in the second degree.

A five-member delegation of American lawmakers arrived in a specific country for a visit. Which country is the delegation visiting?

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Just 12 days after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s drama-causing visit to Taiwan, the five American lawmakers will meet President Tsai Ing-wen and other officials.

China’s air force is sending fighter jets and bombers to a country for a joint exercise. Which country did China send fighter jets to?

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The training with Thailand will include air support, strikes on ground targets, and troop deployment.

A new study shows the chances of a disastrous megaflood coming to a U.S. state in the next four decades has doubled. Which state faces the chance of this disastrous flood?

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The study by Science Advances says the potential California flood would be unlike anything anyone alive today has ever experienced.

A federal judge has approved a $24 million settlement that would secure equal pay for professional women athletes in a sport compared to the men’s team. Female athletes in which professional sport have gotten their equal pay deal approved?

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The proposed settlement between U.S. women soccer players and the sport’s American governing body have a Dec. 5 hearing for final approval.

A water main break in a U.S. state put an estimated 935,000 people under precautionary boil water advisories. Which state has this water main break affected?

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The break at Michigan's Great Lakes Water Authority's Lake Huron impacted 23 communities.

On Sunday, an undersea 5.7 magnitude earthquake shook the eastern part of which country?

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The undersea earthquake in Indonesia did not cause any immediate reports of deaths or major damage.

A man drove his car into a barricade and began firing gunshots in the air before killing himself. Near which building did the man drive his car?

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The man was near the U.S. Capitol a little before 4 a.m.

Which CNN analyst is leaving the network?

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Jeffrey Toobin was CNN’s chief legal analyst and has been with the network for 20 years.

A wild animal in Norway that has become famous and attracted crowds has been euthanized due to a “persistent threat to human security.” Which type of animal was the wild Norway tourist attraction?

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The 1,320-pound walrus — who had been nicknamed Freya — has passed after officials “concluded that we could not guarantee the wellbeing of the animal by any of the means available.”

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