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What Broadway production, about a high-school girl with a genetic disorder that causes rapid aging, won the Tony Award for best musical?
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What weather event led to the evacuation of more than 170,000 people in Indian and Pakistani coastal areas?
The event leading to the evacuation of more than 170,000 people in coastal parts of India and Pakistan was Cyclone Biparjoy. This powerful cyclone was forecasted to be the worst storm in the area in 25 years.
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A massive cyberattack has exposed personal details of every single driver’s license issued in Louisiana. The attack also affected multiple federal agencies, British Airways, and BBC. The hackers stole the information by exploiting a third-party software provider used by all of the victims — which one did they hack?
The governor of Louisiana said that everyone with a driver’s license, ID card, or car registration issued by the state likely had their names, address, and SSN exposed. A Russia-linked gang called CI0p claimed credit for the attack, and they hacked a flaw in MOVEit’s file transfer tool. The other entities also used MOVEit, or used another entity that used it.
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This week, over 25,000 fans of the Oakland Athletics staged a “Reverse Boycott”, holding signs like “Vegas Beware” and “Sell the team.” What were the fans protesting?
They were protesting the decision of Athletics’ team owner John Fisher to move the team from Oakland to Las Vegas, which was approved last month. The reverse boycott occurred the same day that the Nevada state Senate approved $380 million in public funding to build a new ballpark on the Vegas Strip. There were 27,759 fans in attendance, the largest home crowd the A’s have had all season, and triple their average.
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Kirsten Neuschäfer became the first woman to complete and win the Golden Globe Race, a round-the-world journey using only pre-1960s-era technology—no satellite communication, autopilot, cell phones, or radar. Courses are plotted using celestial navigation and a sextant. How did she circumnavigate the world?
Kirsten Neuschäfer, who grew up in South Africa, completed the Golden Globe Race aboard Minnehaha, her 36-foot sailboat. She was at sea for 235 days. The competition includes dangerous winds and waves and has been called “a voyage for madmen.”
