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Who was invited to Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral?

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Buckingham Palace only invited President Joe Biden and the first lady and will not allow Biden to assemble a delegation to attend the funeral next week.

Canada’s conservatives have selected someone new to lead their party, hoping the choice will push Prime Minister Justin Trudeau out. Who has been elected to lead the Conservative Party of Canada?

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Former Canadian parliamentarian Pierre Poilievre won 68 percent of the vote in the first round.

President Joe Biden is launching a new initiative to encourage the production of something in the United States. What is President Biden’s new initiative?

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The new initiative will encourage biotech production and research in an attempt to boost domestic industry and continue to figure out how to fight cancer.

A U.S. wildfire has quadrupled in size and forced the evacuation of more than 2,000 homes. Near which city has this raging wildfire caused evacuations?

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The fire near Portland grew to nearly 86,000 acres by the end of this past weekend.

Who won the US Open and became the world’s youngest No. 1 in men’s tennis history?

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Carlos Alcaraz, 19, beat Casper Ruud in the final.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will make the first trip outside of his country since the early days of the pandemic two years ago. Where will Xi’s first trip abroad take place?

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Xi Jinping will travel to Uzbekistan to attend a meeting of the heads of state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. He will also be making a state trip to Kazakhstan.

A university has fired its head football coach after starting the season one and two. Which school fired its college football coach early in this season?

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Nebraska has fired Scott Frost after losing 45-42 at home to Georgia Southern. The Cornhuskers were projected to win by three touchdowns.

A fast-food company is under fire for a tweet that social-media users thought called out a Twitter user’s race. Which fast-food company is under fire?

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After a user tweeted about there being no spicy nuggets, the company replied with, “Your community will be the first to know if spicy items are added to the permanent menu, Don!” That made some upset with the account’s decision to use the term “your community” as the person who tweeted it appeared to be black.

After the Queen’s death, who will take care of the Queen’s corgis?

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Queen Elizabeth II’s beloved corgis will live with the Duke and Duchess of York.

A country singer’s tour bus overturned on the way to a concert this past week. Which country singer was in a tour bus accident?

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John Michael Montgomery said he is recovering from injuries as he and other passengers were hurt in the crash.

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