Newsy's Latest Headlines

Newsy's Latest Headlines

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The video covers three main news stories: a standoff at Hong Kong Polytechnic University where protesters clashed with police, President Trump's controversial pardons of military service members accused of war crimes, and the re-election of John Bel Edwards as Louisiana's governor, making him the only Democratic governor in the Deep South despite President Trump's support for his Republican opponent.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main reason for the protesters being trapped inside Hong Kong Polytechnic University?

A natural disaster

A student protest

A multi-day standoff with police

A government lockdown

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which military service member had their rank restored by President Trump?

John Bel Edwards

Edward Gallagher

David Petraeus

Michael Flynn

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was Edward Gallagher found guilty of?

Leaking classified information

Desertion

Posing for pictures with a dead ISIS prisoner

Espionage

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who won the gubernatorial runoff election in Louisiana?

A Republican candidate

John Bel Edwards

A third-party candidate

A write-in candidate

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was significant about John Bel Edwards' victory?

He was the youngest governor elected

He is the only Democratic governor in the Deep South

He won by a landslide

He became the first governor of Louisiana