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Weekly Review

April 30, 2019

At a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Trump criticized the alleged support among Democrats, including that of Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, for what he called “extreme late-term abortion,” in which “the baby is born, the mother meets with the doctor, they take care of the baby, they wrap the baby beautifully, and then the doctor and the mother determine whether or not they will execute the baby,” before making a chopping guillotine motion with his hands. Read More

April 23, 2019

Individuals and corporations have donated over $1 billion to rebuild Notre Dame, a sum that has drawn international criticism and prompted protests by the Yellow Vests. Read More

April 16, 2019

The Cairo, New York, police department advised drivers to “overcome the fear” after a woman crashed her car when she saw a spider. Read More

April 9, 2019

A student at the University of Iowa asked Robert Francis O’Rourke, who was speaking on campus that day, “Are you here to see Beto?” Read More

April 3, 2019

Japan’s government announced that the new imperial era will be called “Reiwa,” but have not specified its meaning. Read More

March 26, 2019

Teachers in Indiana were shot execution-style by pellet guns as part of an active-shooter training session conducted by the White County sheriff’s department. Read More

March 19, 2019

A federal appeals court ruled against a police officer who gave a Michigan woman a harsher ticket after she flipped him off. Read More

March 12, 2019

The Brazilian president tweeted, “What is a golden shower?” Read More

March 5, 2019

A black man became the director and president of a white-supremacist organization in the hopes of disbanding it. Read More

February 26, 2019

“I am an underdog,” said presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar, who once ate a salad on an airplane with a comb and then ordered her aide clean it, at a Democratic Party fundraiser in Des Moines. Read More

February 20, 2019

“It’s not as if he just didn’t get what he wanted so he’s waving a magic wand and taking a bunch of money,” said the White House’s acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, of Donald Trump’s decision on Friday—after the administration’s budget deal with Congress to end a 35-day… Read More

February 12, 2019

Classes at a Catholic school in Durham, North Carolina, were canceled in anticipation of protests against a lesbian alumna, who had been invited to speak at a Black History Month event. Read More

February 5, 2019

North Korea’s Clothing Research Center announced that it has created clothing that contains “high-grade protein, amino acids, fruit juice, magnesium, iron, and calcium” and can therefore be eaten to avoid starvation. Read More

January 29, 2019

The vice president of the United Arab Emirates and the ruler of Dubai gave all Gender Balance Index awards, including “best personality supporting gender balance,” to men, but “recognized the efforts” of one woman in a press release about the prizes. Read More

January 23, 2019

Canadian air-traffic controllers purchased more than 350 pizzas for their American counterparts. Read More

January 15, 2019

Trump brought candy to meeting with Schumer and Pelosi; the governor of Ohio was sworn in on nine Bibles; a woman was banned from Walmart after drinking wine from a Pringles can while riding an electric shopping cart Read More

January 8, 2019

Jair Bolsonaro eliminated Brazil’s Labor Ministry; a coup failed in Gabon; “yellow vest” protesters walled up a member of Parliament’s garage Read More

January 1, 2019

Debate over Trump’s wall that maybe isn’t a wall continued; Ukraine ended martial law; fireworks banned on the Galapagos Islands because they cause animals to tremble Read More

December 26, 2018

“Mad Dog” Mattis resigned; Trump’s spiked slats forced a government shutdown; Canadian boy bit by coyote upset he hasn’t turned into a werewolf Read More

December 18, 2018

Michael Cohen sentenced to three years in prison; Mitch McConnell announced a Senate vote on long-delayed bill to decrease the prison population Read More

December 11, 2018

John Kelly resigned; “ballot harvesting” uncovered in North Carolina; a robot ran over bear repellent at an Amazon warehouse Read More

December 5, 2018

George H. W. Bush died; military law enforcement officers broke up a catfishing ring; a London ambulance trainee went rogue Read More

November 27, 2018

Migrant children were teargassed; carbon dioxide levels have reached three to five million year high; missionary killed by remote tribe Read More

November 20, 2018

Theresa May’s Brexit proposal was rejected; Trump suggested raking to prevent forest fires; Jair Bolsonaro insulted Cuban doctors working in Brazil Read More

November 13, 2018

The unresolved midterms; Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III replaced; the debut of the world’s first AI television anchor Read More

November 6, 2018

Pittsburgh protesters forced Trump’s motorcade to take a detour; “Whitey” Bulger murdered in prison; Kentucky Fried Chicken paid the family of a child named after Colonel Sanders Read More

October 31, 2018

Jair Bolsonaro wins; the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in American history; a robot gets a visa Read More

October 23, 2018

The Saudi government vacillates on what happened to Jamal Khashoggi; black senior citizens denied early voting in Georgia; some of the Museum of the Bible’s most valuable artifacts declared fakes Read More

October 16, 2018

Nikki Haley resigns; Jamal Khashoggi murdered; Kanye visits the White House Read More

October 10, 2018

Kavanaugh is confirmed; Earth’s governments are given 12 years to get climate change under control; Bansky trolls Sotheby’s Read More

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