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The government agency FEMA has been busy helping communities in Texas and Louisiana recover from this type of recent natural disaster named Hurricane Omar.
What is a hurricane?
Leaders from around the world met in this European country, known for its pyramids of glass and the Mona Lisa, to discuss a global plan to reduce plastic pollution.
What is France?
NASA released stunning new images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope of the "Pillars of Creation," which are massive clouds of this where new stars are born.
What is gas and dust?
The MLB playoffs are in full swing as teams compete to make it to this championship series.
What is the World Series?
The first trailer dropped for the new Disney animated movie Mythica, which features magical creatures from this country's ancient mythology, such as Zeus and Hercules.
What is Greece?
The Supreme Court announced this week it will hear a major case about whether schools can legally ban the use of these personal electronic devices during the school day.
What are cell phones?
Archaeologists in this country made an exciting discovery of a 2,000-year-old sunken ship from the Roman Empire in the Mediterranean Sea.
What is Italy?
This popular video-sharing app released a new safety feature that automatically reminds users to take a break after they have been scrolling for over an hour.
What is TikTok?
This U.S. city, home to the Jazz basketball team, was officially selected to host the 2034 Winter Olympic Games.
What is Salt Lake City?
This female pop superstar, who has a fan base called the "Beyhive," announced she is releasing a new surprise album next week.
Who is Beyoncé?
In an effort to protect wildlife, the Department of the Interior declared a new national monument in this western state, famous for its giant redwood trees.
What is California?
Showing a sign of peace, the leaders of North and South Korea met for talks at the border that divides these two nations.
What is the Korean Peninsula?
Scientists announced the discovery of a new species of glowing amphibian in the Amazon rainforest. This class of animals can live both on land and in water.
What is a frog?
In NFL news, the Miami Dolphins remain the league's only undefeated team after winning their game on Sunday.
What is the National Football League?
A new spooky anthology series, based on the creepy stories of this famous author of the Goosebumps books, became the #1 kids' show on Disney+ this week.
Who is R.L. Stine?
On Tuesday, this U.S. central bank, often called "the Fed," announced it would not raise interest rates, a move that helps determine the cost of borrowing money for things like cars and houses.
What is the Federal Reserve?
This international organization, whose flag is blue with a world map, announced a new mission to provide clean drinking water to communities in East Africa.
What is the United Nations (or UN)?
A major tech company, famous for its electric cars, unveiled a new robot named "Optimus Gen 2" that is designed to help humans with difficult or repetitive chores.
Who is Tesla?
The Chicago Marathon took place this past weekend, where thousands of athletes ran a race that is this many miles long.
What is 26.2 miles?
A viral video trend has people filming themselves doing the "Spooky Shuffle," a new dance inspired by this upcoming holiday.
What is Halloween?
A new report from the Surgeon General warned about the negative effects of too much screen time on the mental health of this age group.
What are teens (or adolescents)?
The winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize was a young activist from Pakistan who has been fighting for the right of all girls to receive one of these.
What is an education?
A breakthrough in medical technology was reported this week, as doctors successfully used a technique involving the gene-editing tool CRISPR to help cure a patient's genetic disease.
What is CRISPR?
U.S. soccer star Sophia Smith won the Ballon d'Or Féminin, an award given annually to the best female player in this sport in the world.
What is soccer?
It was confirmed that the next movie in the Star Wars saga will star a popular young actor who is famous for playing a web-slinging superhero from New York City.
Who is Tom Holland (Spider-Man)?