The Week of September 18, 2022 by CoenM

What HURRICANE rocked Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic before making another landfall in Nova Scotia, where it left thousands without power and washed homes into the sea?

In an interview with 60 Minutes, President Biden said the US would defend what ISLAND if it were attacked by China? Long-standing US policy is purposefully ambiguous as to the defense of the island.

Queen Elizabeth II was laid to rest in St. George's Chapel, part of what PALACE, following services at the chapel and at Westminster Abbey? The queen's husband, Prince Philip, is also buried at the chapel.

While the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates again in the hopes of curbing inflation, what EURASIAN NATION dropped its prime interest rate by one percent, even though its inflation rate is currently over 80 percent?

A judge in what US STATE lifted an injunction against its almost total abortion ban that was enacted in 1864, 48 years before it gained statehood?

John Davis, the former head of what STATE's Department of Human Services, pled guilty to state and federal fraud charges stemming from the misuse of welfare funds? The case gained national attention when it was noted that some of the money was used to build a volleyball arena at the school where Brett Favre's daughter was on the team.

The US Preventive Services Task Force recommended that all adults under 65 be regularly screened for what form of MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER? Earlier in the year it recommended screenings for children ages 8 to 18, due in large part to the mental health impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

New York attorney general Letetia James filed a civil suit against Donald Trump, three of his children, and the Trump Organization for fraud, claiming that all had grossly overvalued property in order to gain favorable loans. What FORMER ATTORNEY for Trump set the lawsuit in motion in 2019 when he testified to Congress about some of the Trump Organization's fraudulent practices?

What ISLAND STATE OF AUSTRALIA saw 200 pilot whales die in a mass stranding, nearly two years after a mass beaching that left 380 whales dead?

Your HallR mini-theme of the week (tm): They Doth Protest. Iran was swept with protests, led primarily by women, after the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, who was taken in by morality police for not wearing what HEADSCARF?

People in Japan protested the planned state funeral for what FORMER PRIME MINISTER, who see the funeral as anti-democratic and oppose its public funding?

Russia announced a call-up of 300,000 reservists, leading to widespread protest and an exodus of eligible males, most notably to what FORMER SOVIET REPUBLIC, which removed the visa requirement for Russian visitors in 2012? The country hasn't had diplomatic relations with Russia since 2008, when it was invaded by Russia.