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Compiled byWILL DUDDING,JESSICA ANDERSONandANNA SCHAVERIENSEPT. 18, 2020
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Breonna Taylor’s family and the city of Louisville, Ky., reached an agreement to settle the wrongful-death lawsuit brought after the young woman was killed in a botched police raid in March.
Which of the following were terms of the settlement?
(Select all answers that apply to receive credit.)
The city will acknowledge wrongdoing.
The city will adopt a number of police reforms.
The city will pay Ms. Taylor’s family $12 million.
The city will rename the street where Ms. Taylor lived in her memory.
Done
Israel and two Arab countries signed agreements at the White House to normalize their relations.
The United Arab Emirates was one of the countries. What was the other?
Bahrain
Kuwait
Oman
Saudi Arabia
Where did Hurricane Sally make landfall?
The Alabama and Florida state line
The Alabama and Mississippi state line
The Louisiana and Mississippi state line
The Louisiana and Texas state line
Which chemical did astronomers detect in Venus’s atmosphere?
Carbon dioxide
Hydrogen chloride
Phosphine
Sulfur dioxide
Which crime did a top Trump health aide, without evidence, accuse scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of committing?
Fraud
Murder
Sedition
Treason
Sarah McBride is set to become the highest-ranking transgender official in the United States. Which position was she nominated for?
A Senate seat
A House seat
A State Senate seat
A State House seat
Which conference reversed its earlier decision not to play college football this year?
Big Ten
Big 12
Pac-12
Southeastern
Yoshihide Suga became the new prime minister of Japan. Whom did he replace?
Shinzo Abe
Taro Aso
Toshimitsu Motegi
Yoshihiko Noda
The American West isn’t the only place on Earth that’s burning. Name one of the other countries that is also experiencing its worst wildfires in decades.
Argentina
Italy
Korea
Mexico
Which company did TikTok choose to be its technology partner for U.S. operations?
Instagram
Microsoft
Oracle
Palantir
Netflix is facing a backlash after releasing the award-winning French film “Cuties” on its platform. What do critics accuse the film of?
Ableism
Animal abuse
Sexualizing children
Transphobia
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