Summer Current Events

A baseball card featuring NY Yankees baseball legend _______ recently sold for $12.6 million, setting a new record.

This summer sequel to the 1986 blockbuster, made an estimated record-breaking $156 million opening weekend.

The _______ took its most aggressive step yet to try to tame inflation, raising interest rates by 3/4 of a % point.

_________said on Aug. 9 that she planned to retire from tennis after playing in this year’s U.S. Open.

Why was Happy the Elephant, pictured here, in the news in June?

What is this picture?

A Russian judge on Aug. 4 sentenced the ______ star Brittney Griner to nine years in a penal colony on cannabis charges.

A TX school removed a graphic novel adaptation of ___________; an example of the growing trend to ban books in the US.

A Missouri school district has decided to reinstate ________ for the 2022-2023 School Year

The state of _____ announced a plan to phase out the sale of new gas cars by 2035.

Biden announced that the federal gov't would cancel up to $20k worth of __________ debt for millions of Americans.

HBO’s “________” was the network’s most-watched series premiere ever

Elizabeth Johnson became the last person convicted in the _____ to have her name cleared 329 years after she was killed.

Which national park, known for its active geysers, closed for several days after record rainfall washed away roads?

Less than 3 months after striking a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, ______ announced that he was terminating the deal.

Yale scientists announced that they had revived cells in animals that had been dead for 1 hour. Which animal?

This landmark case was overturned, eliminating the constitutional right to abortion.

____________ stepped down as Britain’s prime minister after a rebellion of his cabinet and loss of party support.

The F.B.I. conducted a search of Donald Trump’s home in Palm Beach, Fla., What was the search reportedly targeting?

_________ beat the Boston Celtics, 103-90, to win the N.B.A. championship again, their fourth in eight years.