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in PoliticsWho was the first Black mayor of New York City?
David Dinkins was the first Black mayor of New York City, serving in office from 1990 to 1993. Get more facts!
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in PoliticsWho is Dario Antonio Úsuga, known as Otoniel?
Dario Antonio Úsuga is the man Colombia describes as “the world’s most dangerous drug trafficker.
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in BusinessChina Telecom serves more than 335 million subscribers worldwide. How many are in the US?
The US government said on April 2020 that China Telecom is targeting its mobile virtual network to more than 4 million Chinese Americans. That’s in addition to 2 million Chinese tourists a year visiting the United States, 300,000 Chinese students at American colleges, and the more than 1,500 Chinese businesses in America.
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in SportsWhat is Chicago Sky?
Chicago Sky is the 2021 WNBA Finals champion with an 80-74 win over Pheonix Mercury. It’s Chicago’s first WNBA title and the city’s first professional basketball championship since 1998._x000D_
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in PoliticsAccording to President Joe Biden, which ‘meteor headed to crash’ into the US economy?
Joe Biden denounced “reckless” Republicans for pushing the US government towards a historic debt default in a televised address on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, warning: “A meteor is headed to crash into our economy.”_x000D_
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in PoliticsIn the US, what is the Mann Act?
The Mann Act is an anti-sex trafficking law that prohibits taking anyone across state lines’ “for any immoral purpose.”_x000D_’
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in SportsWhat was Larry Bird’s college basketball team?
Basketball legend, Larry Bird, attended Indiana State University, playing for three years for the Sycamores._x000D_
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in TVWhy did New York’s former Governor, Andrew Cuomo, win an Emmy?
New York former Gov. Andrew Cuomo received the special Emmy Award in 2020 for his daily, televised briefings on the coronavirus pandemic. He also participated in a televised reading of “James and the Giant Peach with Taika and Friends,” hosted by Actor and filmmaker Taika Waititi that year. Andrew Cuomo’s brother, Chris, hosts CNN’s Cuomo…
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in ScienceIn the United States, which products can display the triangular “chasing arrows” recycling symbol?
Any ֲ product can display the triangular “chasing arrows” recycling symbol in the US, even if it isn’t recyclable.
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in PoliticsWhat are the 2021 Texas and Mexico abortion laws?
On Sept. 2021, a Texas law banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy went into effect the same week Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled to decriminalize abortions.
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in PoliticsWhat was the United State’s longest war?
20 Years of fighting made the Afghanistan war the longest the US ever fought._x000D_
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in PoliticsHow did President Biden react to allegations of sexual harassment against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo?
US President Joe Biden called on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign Tuesday, Aug 3, 2021, after the New York state attorney general’s office released a new report on allegations of sexual harassment against the governor. The report detailed multiple allegations of sexual harassment, said that the Cuomo administration was a “hostile work environment,”…
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in PoliticsWhat is the Havana Syndrome?
The Havana Syndrome is a mysterious attack on U.S. diplomats, supposedly with sonic weapons, causing hearing loss, memory loss, and nausea. U.S diplomats in Cuba’s capital, Havana, reported the first instance of the attack in 2016._x000D_
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in PlacesIn the US, what is the top producing state of bee honey?
North Dakota is the top-producing US state of bee honey._x000D_
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in ScienceWhich COVID-19 vaccine got the FDA’s full approval?
The US FDA (Food and Drug Administration) gave full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for people 16 and older Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine is the first to move beyond emergency use status in the United States._x000D_
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in CultureWhat was the occasion for which Lift Every Voice and Sing was set to its familiar tune?
James Weldon Johnson wrote the lyrics for “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sang” – the song known as the Black National Anthem in the United States – in 1900. His brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, set those lyrics to music for the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday in 1905._x000D_
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in PoliticsWho is Meng Wanzhou?
Meng Wanzhou is the deputy chair of the board and chief financial officer (CFO) of telecom giant and China’s largest privately held company, Huawei, founded by her father, Ren Zhengfei._x000D_
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in ScienceWhat is the average life expectancy in the US?
For decades, U.S. life expectancy was rising, hitting 78 years, ten months in 2019. In 2020, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, it dropped to about 77 years, four months – the most significant drop since WWII, according to a CDC report published Wednesday, July.21, 2021.
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in PoliticsAccording to Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, against who was the war against cannabis aimed?
“”The war on cannabis, which was at its core a war on people in Black and Brown communities, not only caused injustices and increased disparities in our state, it did little to protect public health and safety”,” Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said in a statement June 17, 2021, after the State Senate passed the bill.’
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in PoliticsHow many Americans believe Cannabis should be legalized?
According to a survey conducted by Pew Research Center from April 5-11, 2021, an overwhelming 91% share of U.S. adults say that marijuana should be legal either for medical and recreational use (60%) or for medical use only (31%). Fewer than one-in-ten (8%) say marijuana should not be legal for use by adults.