The Week of July 17, 2022 by CoenM

What ONLINE RETAILER announced plans to buy primary care provider One Medical for nearly $4 billion? The announcement raised concerns over the company's ownership of health data, but its experience in the field includes the 2018 acquisition of PillPack and the launch of its own telehealth service the following year.

Europe sweltered under extreme heat, with the UK recording for the first time ever a high over what CELCIUS TEMPERATURE? The Fahrenheit equivalent is 104 degrees.

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature put what SPECIES OF BUTTERFLY on its red list and categorized it as endangered? The species is well known for its long migration, from central Mexico to southern Canada.

CIA director Bill Burns downplayed rumors that what WORLD LEADER is in poor health, saying he looks "entirely too healthy?" Burns noted this wasn't a formal intelligence finding, while acknowledging the number of rumors about the leader's health, which intensified during the Covid-19 pandemic due to his isolation and use of a very long table to meet with foreign leaders, most notably French president Emanuel Macron.

The UN and what NATO MEMBER COUNTRY brokered a deal with Ukraine and Russia to revive grain exports through the Black Sea? The third country will inspect ships to ensure that they are only transporting grain, and will provide other security and monitoring services.

The UK Supreme Court said it would hear a case from what CONSTITUENT COUNTRY OF THE UK, which is asking about the legality of having an independence referendum without the approval of the British government?

Years of research into what DISEASE was thrown into question by a Science article suggesting that a key 2006 study pointing towards the clumps of the amyloid beta protein as a root cause included manipulated images?

The final public hearing of the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot launched a thousand memes involving what US SENATOR, whose public raised fist in support of the rioters contrasted with video of him running away from rioters after they breached the Capitol entrances?

The race to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister of the UK was narrowed to Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, with the winner to be decided by a full party vote. Name EITHER POSITION most recently held by Sunak or Truss in the Johnson cabinet; Sunak took his role over from Sajid Javid in 2020, while Truss took on her role last year when she took over for Dominic Raab.

Your HallR mini-theme of the week (TM): Goin' Courtin' What FORMER ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT TRUMP was found guilty on two counts of contempt of Congress for his refusal to appear in front of the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot after being subpoenaed? He faces a minimum of 30 days in jail.

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the gunman in the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in what FLORIDA CITY? The shooter pled guilty to murder and attempted murder charges, and is only contesting sentencing.

What ARTIST, known for creating large-scale sculptures of everyday objects, such as the spoon and cherry in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, the University of Pennsylvania's split button, and Cleveland's FREE stamp, died at 93?