CURRENT ISSUES & EVENTS STATE 2025

Which of the following is true of Netflix following its last quarter of 2024?

• The gained 19 million new subscribers and will raise prices on most of its subscription tiers

• They gained 19 million new subscribers and will lower prices on most of its subscription tiers

• The lost 19 million new subscribers and will raise prices on most of its subscription tiers

• They lost 19 million new subscribers and will lower prices on most of its subscription tiers

After four years of testing with humans behind the wheel, Aurora pulled the driver for the first time in late April as announced it had successfully launched a commercial self-driving trucking service in ______, delivering a load of frozen pastries.

• California

• Texas

• New York

• Florida

Twenty years ago, three former PayPal employees launched YouTube.com, originally intended as a dating website with the slogan "Tune In, Hook Up." The co-founders—Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim—struggled to attract users, so they created YouTube's first video themselves. What is the name of the first clip?

• “Hi, Mom!”

• “Would you look at those?!”

• “Me at the zoo”

• “Cat jumps through window”

Which of the following is true of Pope Leo XIV?

• He was born in Peru and holds dual U.S. citizenship

• He is the only Pope to be born outside of Europe

• He speaks more than seven languages

• He is the first Augustinian friar to be elected pope.

An unprecedented wave of infections has struck the state of Kansas as nearly 70 cases have been recorded, say officials. The Department of Health and Environment announced 67 active outbreak cases and 79 latent infections. What disease?

• Norovirus

• Bird Flu

• Tuberculosis

• Measles

Which of the following is NOT subject of executive orders issued by President Donald Trump?

• Making English the official language of the United States

• Ending a US government effort to replace plastic grocery bags with paper

• Renaming the Anahuac wildlife preserve in Texas

• Ending water pressure regulations for showerheads

Cameron County's top elected official signed an order clearing the way for an election that would allow employees of SpaceX's launch site to make it the county's newest city, Starbase. Where is the site located?

• Florida

• Texas

• Arizona

• New Mexico

Alice Marie Johnson has been appointed "pardon czar" by President Trump, a role in which she will recommend individuals for presidential commutations. What is unique about her appointment?

• She is a former federal judge and has given the most life sentences of any federal judge in U.S. history

• She had served 20 years in prison before Trump commuted her sentence

• She is the CEO CoreCivic, the largest private prison system in the United States

• She is the former head of the Innocence Project, Inc. Is a 501 nonprofit legal organization that works to exonerate the wrongly

TV veteran Lester Holt is stepping down as anchor of ___ after over a decade hosting the network’s flagship news program.

• CBS’s Evening News

• NBC’s Nightly News
• ABC’s World News Tonight

• FOX’s Primetime New

Completing a stunning turnaround for the governing center-left Labor party which trailed in the polls against the conservative opposition leading up to the election, _____ was elected Prime Minister of their commonwealth realm.

• Mark Carney

• Anthony Albanese
• Robert Prevost

• Keir Starmer