The Week of July 10, 2022 by CoenM

What US STATE saw its second temporary restraining order against its anti-abortion "trigger" law, originally signed by governor Kathleen Blanco in 2006? Opponents contend the law is unconstituionally vague.

What NORTH AMERICAN CAPITAL CITY's Cite Soleil neighborhood saw nearly 100 killed amid critical shortages of food, fuel, and water due to a gang war? The gangs are vying for territory that includes the Varreux oil terminal.

A lawsuit contends that we may be tasting the genotoxicity when we eat what CANDY, which uses titanium dioxide in its bright coloring? Candy maker Mars said in 2016 they were planning to discontinue using the chemical, but has not yet removed it from the candy.

The US introduced what THREE DIGIT PHONE NUMBER for emergency mental health services? The hotline builds on the 1-800-273-8255 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which will remain in operation.

Over 4000 of what BREED OF DOG were rescued from a breeding facility in Virginia, where a string of animal welfare violations had not been remedied? The facility, which bred the dogs for medical research, will be shut down by its parent company.

The first batch of images from the James Webb Space Telescope included a view Stephan’s Quintet, a group of five galaxies which may be best known for appearing in what 1946 MOVIE, where they represented angels?

In what EUROPEAN COUNTRY did prime minister Mario Draghi offer his resignation, only to have it rejected by the country's president? Draghi offered to resign after a party in his ruling coalition failed to support an economic relief bill.

What US SENATOR took the reasoning of the overturn of Roe v. Wade to same sex marriage, saying that the 2015 Obergefell decision that legalized same sex marriage across the country was "clearly wrong' and that legalization should be left to the individual states?

The select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot subpoenaed phone records from what FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, asking for texts from January 5 and 6, after the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general reported that many texts may have been erased? The agency blames a system migration for the loss of texts.

Your HallR mini-theme of the week: Yugo-a-Go-Go. What FORMER YUGOSLAVIAN REPUBLIC was admitted to the Eurozone, becoming the 20th country to join and the first since Lithuania in 2015? Their local currency, the kuna, will be valued at just over 7.5 to the Euro until the new currency is formally adopted on January 1, 2023?

What FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC said it would back a French plan and adopt language into its constitution recognizing its Bulgarian minority and offering certain protections to that minority? This is hoped to clear the path to EU membership, which had been blocked by Greece until the 2019 Prespa Agreement.

Four former executives at Tepco were ordered to pay 13 trillion yen (approximately $95 billion) in damages to the operator of what NUCLEAR POWER PLANT that suffered a post-tsunami meltdown in 2011? Three executives were acquitted of criminal wrongdoing, though that verdict is under review.