Quick News Quiz: The USA is #1 in… What?!

According to the latest report from the UN’s Social Progress Index, the US ranks first in the world in access to advanced education. However, Out of 50 indicators assessed in the index, the country severely underperforms in 19, including maternal health, political rights, discrimination against minorities, greenhouse gas emissions, and early marriage.

You know your Emmys! Schitt’s Creek pulled off an unprecedented sweep of all comedy categories at Sunday’s Primetime Emmy Awards. It will launch in U.S. broadcast syndication beginning September 28.

This is Donald Trump’s high court appointee, Amy Coney Barrett. She took the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg seat in the US supreme court. Barrett is a devout Catholic. Conservatives are hailing her an ideological heir to the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

True. JK Rowling’s new Robert Galbraith thriller Troubled Blood sold almost 65,000 copies in just five days, amid widespread criticism of the author’s decision to include a serial killer who dresses in women’s clothing in the novel.

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Mark Chapman now says he was seeking glory and deserved the death penalty for a “despicable” act of killing John Lennon.

That’s right! Kara Danvers is Superman’s biological cousin. Melissa Benoist starred as Supergirl for 6 years before the CW announced in 2021 that Supergirl’s 6th season would be the show’s final season.