The Week of October 9, 2022 by CoenM

What 2020 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE and former US Representative from Hawaii announced that she was leaving the Democratic Party?

The US House of Representative's January 6 committee held their final public hearing, and voted unanimously to subpoena what INDIVIDUAL? Committee chair Bennie Thompson said they were obliged to subpoena this person because they are “the one person at the center of the story of what happened on January 6th.”

Nury Martinez resigned as the president of what US CITY'S CITY COUNCIL, and then resigned her seat, after the release of a 2021 recording where she and other council members made racist remarks about a fellow counselor and his son?

Ongoing financial turmoil in the UK saw Kwasi Kwarteng resign from what CABINET POSITION at the request of prime minister Liz Truss? Their "mini-budget" plan to cut taxes and maintain spending to stimulate growth led to drops in the value of the pound and government bonds.

A Florida jury chose life in prison without parole over the death penalty for the shooter who killed 17 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in what CITY?

Anti-oil protestors threw soup on Sunflowers, a painting by what ARTIST, before gluing themselves to the wall at London's National Gallery? The painting was unharmed - it is covered by glass - but the protestors are being charged for damage to its frame.

The US Food and Drug Administration announced a shortage of what DRUG, which they attributed to an increase in ADHD diagnoses and labor issues at Teva Pharmaceuticals, the largest manufacturer of the drug in the US? Teva said their stocks would rebound this month, while other makers said they wouldn't make up their shortages until 2023.

The US government announced that recipients of what BENEFIT, primarily retirees, would see a 8.7% cost of living increase in their monthly payments for 2023?

After Tweeting that his company couldn't afford to continue underwriting what SATTELITE INTERNET SERVICE for Ukraine, Elon Musk reversed course and said they would continue to offer the service for free in that country?

An explosion at a coal mine in what EURASIAN COUNTRY killed 41? The blast was attributed to firedamp, methane released during mining operations.

What GROCERY COMPANY, which operates such chains as Ralphs, Harris Teeter, and Dillons, announced a $24 billion merger with Albertsons? If approved, the new company would be the third largest retailer in the US and second largest grocer, behind Walmart.

Fish and game authorities in what US STATE canceled the annual snow crab fishing season, citing a decline in stocks of up to 90 percent? Warmer waters and a resulting lack of food is through to be behind the reduced numbers.