Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
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World’s rarest whale washes up on New Zealand beach
How well do you keep up with the world around you? Take this week’s quiz to test your knowledge of recent national and world events.
Election drama: Democratic convention will pick a nominee as Biden ends campaign against Trump
The presidential race changes abruptly less than four months before Election Day. Joe Biden, 81, dropped his campaign to stay in the White House on Sunday and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, 59, to replace him atop the ticket running agai...
Mayor of Paris follows through on promise to swim in Seine
After years of promises and more than $1.5 billion of investment the Seine River is clean enough for swimming, and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a promised plunge in the water to show it is ready for the Olympic Games that begin this week. The Seine ...
This week's word in the news: NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
DEFINITION:
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Local experts in mental health, political science and neuropsychology told the Dayton Daily News that elections can be a difficult time for mental health as strongly held beliefs can be challenged by deep political divides.
Dayton Daily News -- 07/22/2024
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