Current Events Summer 2021

The catastrophic partial collapse of a ________ in Surfside, Fla., on June 24, led to the deaths of 98 people

Which billionaire DID NOT go to space?

New York City announced on Aug. 3 that it would be the first U.S. city to ____________

On July 8, Zaila Avant-garde,became the first Black American to win the National Spelling Bee. Her word, murraya, means

A fierce Category 4 storm, Hurricane _____, struck the northern Gulf Coast at the end of August, the worst since Katrina

A long-awaited report by a Pentagon task force released on June 25, confirms that the U.S. government has

The House voted mostly along party lines on June 30 to create a select committee to investigate

President Biden signed legislation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, the national day to commemorate the

Naomi Osaka, the second-ranked women’s player withdrew from the French Open, citing concerns for

Which country shown below is Ethiopia?

Apple unveiled changes to iPhones designed to flag ________ causing concern for privacy rights

The remains of 751 people, mainly Indigenous children, were discovered at the site of a former boarding school in

On Aug. 15, just weeks before the U.S. military withdrew from Afghanistan, ___ fighters took control of major city Kabul

Unseasonably hot weather swept the United States this summer, which led to one of the largest fires in _____ history.

Which of the following provisions is NOT included in the European climate plan?

On July 26, 39-year-old pop star Britney Spears petitioned a court to __________

Which of the following was NOT true about the Tokyo Games:

“Arthur,” the educational children’s show about Arthur the _______ and his friends, is coming to a close after 25 years

China’s strict limits on how long minors can ________ just got stricter, 1 hour on weekends and not at all during week!

After the death of the longtime “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek, the game show picked 2 new hosts, Mike Richards and

Charlie Watts, the bedrock drummer for for over 50 years, died on Aug. 24 in London at 80

By the end of June, more than 20 states including New Hampshire, and Texas had proposed or passed laws restricting

Starting in mid-July, people in _______ protested the economic crisis and the government’s response to the pandemic

The Supreme Court ruled a Pennsylvania school district had violated the First Amendment for _______ while not at school

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of ______ said Aug. 10 he would resign from office, because of a shocking sexual harassment scandal

Bill Cosby was released from prison after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his conviction for sexual assault

On June 25, the former police officer, Derek Chauvin, was sentenced to _______ for the death of George Floyd

Amazon has eclipsed ________ to become the world’s largest retail seller outside China

Wasabi, the shown in the photo below, won Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on June 13

The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan brought to a close America’s longest war, _________ years in total