The Week of April 28, 2024 by CoenM

A trial in Hawaii started to determine if the 2021 spill of jet fuel into the drinking water system at what US MILITARY BASE caused the physical effects claimed by plaintiffs?

Houston suffered widespread flooding in the wake of heavy rains, which caused what RIVER, which shares its name with the final battle of the Texas Revolution, saw flooding along both its eastern and western forks?

Local and mayoral elections in England saw the Labor party make gains in council seats and the re-election to a third term for what MAYOR OF LONDON?

What EURASIAN COUNTRY saw mass protests over a proposed "foreign agent" bill, due to its similarity to a Russian law that's been used to stifle dissent? President Salome Zurabishvili has said she will veto the law, though the ruling party has the votes to override.

What US STATE enacted its six week abortion ban, which had been delayed while its supreme court ruled on other abortion legislation? The ban may be reversed in November, when voters get to decide on Amendment 4, which would protect abortion access through 24 weeks of pregnancy.

In what AFRICAN COUNTRY have newly-arrived Russian troops moved into the same base, located in the capital Niamey, as US troops? The US troops have been ordered to leave by the ruling military government.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced that what DIAGNOSTIC test should now begin for women at age 40? The change was prompted by a 2 percent annual rise since 2015 in breast cancer diagnoses in women in their 40s.

The US Food and Drug Administration announced it would seek to reclassify what DRUG from Schedule I to Schedule III? The drug would still be controlled, but less strenuously than schedule I drugs like LSD or heroin.

Layoffs at Tesla claimed the entire team behind what CHARGING SYSTEM, at a time when several other automakers are adopting it as their standard? Elon Musk explained the move by saying the company planned to focus on increasing reliability of existing stations rather than expanding the network.

Your HallR mini-theme of the week: A+ Animal Attendance. A large school of anchovies brought more than 1000 of what SEA MAMMAL to Pier 39 in San Francisco, the most in 15 years?

Several states reported the emergence of what INSECT's brood XIX? A separate brood, numbered XIII, is expected to emerge later this year, a rare convergence of the two broods 13 and 17 year cycles.

What SOUTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR and potential VP pick for Donald Trump defended her killing of a hunting dog as depicted in her recently published book No Going Back?