Current Issues 

News Notes:

%%Wednesday, 8/31/22%%

• Search in Trump’s home
• United States life expectancy dropped to 76 years old
• An endangered power plant in Ukraine
• The last leader of the Soviet Union passed away, Gorbachev
• 25th death anniversary of Princess Diana
• California prepares for a major heatwave
• Stockmarket in its worst drop in 7 years
• Spain’s annual tomato food fight
• Omicron booster vaccines authorized

%%Thursday, 9/1/22%%

• Biden addresses attacks from Trump’s followers
• Trump plans to pardon protests from Jan. 6th, if re-elected
• Updated booster shots are now available
• COVID shows dramatic learning losses in 9-year-olds
• The nuclear plant in Ukraine is being investigated
• Taiwan tensions with China
• Sexual assaults in the military (in the last year) increased by 13%
• New York begins a ban on all guns in specific locations

%%Monday, 9/5/22%%

• Canadian manhunt continues after the mass stabbing, motives are still unknown
• Liz Truss was elected as the new Prime Minister, replacing Boris Johnson
• Kenya’s Supreme Court upheld Rutos win in the presidential election
• Constitution rejected by voters in Chile
• California’s governor signed a law granting new protections for fast food workers
• Former New Orleans mayor died, Moon Landrieu

%%Tuesday, 9/6/22%%

• One suspect is dead and another is still not found after a mass stabbing in Canada
• Juul, an electric cigarette company, is paying off settlements and faced with lawsuits against its products
• Liz Truss appointed the new Prime Minister
• California’s heatwave reached 115 degrees
• Federal funding for COVID vaccines may run out by February of 2023. However, new booster vaccines will be out by next week
• South Korea's most powerful typhoon in years, with winds of 100 miles an hour and three feet of rain, killed six people

%%Wednesday, 9/7/22%%

• Utility operators in California issued a statewide alert, urging consumers to conserve electricity due to intense heat
• A suspect was taken into custody for the recent mass stabbing in Canada
• Putin refuses to stop the war with Ukraine and threatened to cut off energy supplies to Europe
• United Nations called for a protection zone around the nuclear power plant in Ukraine
• COVID infections dropped 12% worldwide last week
• The Obama’s were back in the White House to unveil their official portraits
• Schools in Seattle canceled their 1st day of school due to teacher strikes
• NPR foreign correspondent died due to lung cancer, Anne Garrels

%%Thursday, 9/8/22%%

• Legal fight over the search in Trump’s home
• Shootings in Memphis City, TN. Motive is still unknown, however, 4 deaths are confirmed
• Abortion rulings are decided by voters through their states supreme court
• California heatwaves continue
• Steve Bannon arrested for conspiracy and fraud
• Queen Elizabeth ll died at the age of 96 years old

%%Friday, 9/9/22%%

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