The Week of June 11, 2023 by CoenM

A petroleum tanker fire led to the collapse of an elevated section of I-95 North in what US CITY? No fatalities were recorded in the collapse, which is expected to take months to repair.

What US FINANCIAL INSTITUTION opted to not raise its benchmark interest rate in June, the first time in 10 monthis that it did not raise its rate as a means of fighting inflation?

The US announced it would rejoin what INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, which it formally left in 2017 after years of not paying dues due to the organization adding Palestine as a member? By rejoining the US is looking to blunt growing Chinese influrnce in areas like artifical intelligence and technology education.

What COUNTRY blocked Russia from building a new embassy on a site located 400 meters from its Parliament House, over spying concerns? Prime minister Anthony Albanese said the move was made on the advice of security agencies, while reiterating the country's condemnation of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

What PROTESTANT DENOMINATION voted to remove two churches for having women pastors? It has expelled five churches in total for having female pastors, which runs counter to the denomination's mission statement that says the pastor role should be "limited to men."

Scientists announced that they detected the presence of what ELEMENT in the oceans on Enceladus, the first time the element was detected in oceans outside of Earth? The element, the second most abundant mineral in the human body, is required for the creation of bones, cell membranes, and DNA.

What BEER lost its standing as the top-selling beer in the US, a position it's held for more than 20 years? Its drop is attributed to increased market presence by new number one Modelo and conservative backlash over the beer's involvement with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.

Microsoft stated that the outage that took down what EMAIL PROGRAM and other components of Office was due to a DDoS attack? A group known as Anonymous Sudan, thought to be a Russian hacker collective, was identified as a likely culprit by Microsoft.

What US UNIVERSITY's medical school saw a former morgue manager and four others arrested for allegedly trafficking in body parts stolen from cadavers donated to the school for research?

Your HallR mini-theme of the week (TM): Tragic Endings. 78 were known dead with hundreds still missing after a fishing boat capsized off of the coast of what EUROPEAN COUNTRY? Questions have arisen over the role of the country's coast guard in the sinking; they said the boat wasn't in distress and headed to Italy before it went down.

The Allied Democratic Forces, an IS-allied group from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, claimed responsibility for an attach on a school in what NEIGHBORING COUNTRY, which killed 37 students?

Francis Suarez, the current mayor of what US CITY, announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican nomination for President?