The Week of January 9, 2022 by CoenM

What US CITY became the first major city to allow non-citizens to vote in municipal elections, which will allow upwards of 800,000 voters to cast ballots beginning in 2023?

What POET AND ACTIVIST became the first Black woman featured on the US quarter when her coin went into circulation as part of the American Women Quarters Program?

A 57 year old man became the first human to receive a heart from what type of ANIMAL that was genetically modified to decrease the odds that the patient's body will reject the organ?

What ORGANIZATION announced its first ever national blood crisis in the US? The organization, which supplies about 40 percent of the nation's blood supply, has been operating with less than a day's supply in reserve, due mostly to a decline of blood drives due to Covid-19.

The eruption of an undersea volcano spread ash and debris and drove tsunamis into the coast of what PACIFIC ISLAND NATION? The blast could be heard as far away as New Zealand and Alaska.

The US Supreme Court struck down the vaccine or test regimen for businesses to be enforced by what FEDERAL AGENCY, saying they did not have standing to regulate broadly on public health? The court did let the rules stand for workers in the healthcare industry

A federal grand jury indicted 11 members of what FAR RIGHT GROUP, including its founder Elmer Rhodes on counts including seditious conspiracy, for their actions during the January 6 attack on the Capitol?

A study published in the journal Science stated that the Epstein-Barr virus may be a leading cause of what DISEASE, where the body's immune system attacks the protective covering of nerves?

What FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN SERVICER, once known as Sallie Mae, settled with over three dozen state attorneys general on allegations of deceptive lending practices and agreed to forgive $1.7 billion in loans?

Roughly 70 websites for the government of what EUROPEAN COUNTRY were taken down by a malware attack, which was blamed on Russia as part of a hybrid war against the country? A 2017 cyberattack on the country led to $10 billion in damages worldwide.

A man took hostages at a synagogue in Texas seeing the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a terrorist from what ASIAN COUNTRY currently serving an 86 year sentence for attempting to murder US soldiers in Afghanistan? The hostage taker was killed with no other casualties reported.

The White House announced a $27.5 billion allocation of funds aimed at improving what SPECIFIC FORM OF INFRASTRUCTURE? Funds are allocated based on need rather than size, such as Louisiana getting $1 billion to address 1600 structures in need of repair.