2023 Year in Review

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Across
  1. 2. Winning team in the 2023 Super Bowl
  2. 5. In November, U.S. President Biden met with Chinese President ____ for a high-stakes meeting in California
  3. 11. It was discovered that China was using one of these to spy on American military facilities
  4. 13. In March, South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was convicted and sentenced for this crime
  5. 15. Palestinian-controlled territory that Israeli forces invaded in response to the October 7th attacks
  6. 18. Winning team in the 2023 Stanley Cup Finals
  7. 20. Taylor Swift broke records with the launch of this series of concerts in 2023
  8. 21. Last name of the man Republicans elected as Speaker of the House after 15 rounds of voting in January
  9. 22. Political party that won control of both chambers of Virginia’s General Assembly in November’s elections
  10. 24. In January, NFL safety Damar Hamlin of this team collapsed on the field during a game
  11. 25. Matthew ____, star of 90s sitcom Friends, was found dead after a long struggle with addiction
  12. 26. In February, a train derailed in this state, causing a massive fire and releasing toxic chemicals into the environment
Down
  1. 1. Wildfires destroyed the tourist town of Lahaina in this U.S. state
  2. 3. Diane Feinstein, the longest-serving female ____, died at age 90 in September
  3. 4. Last name of the second Republican Speaker of the House elected in the calendar year
  4. 6. In late spring, the pandemic-era “Title 42” rule expired, resulting in an increase in undocumented ____ into the United States
  5. 7. Winning team in the 2023 NBA Finals
  6. 8. Controversial Palestinian group, which launched a terror attack against Israel in October
  7. 9. Winning team in the 2023 World Series
  8. 10. Former First Lady Rosalynn ____ died at age 96
  9. 12. The ____ Guild of America began a months-long strike in May, later to be joined by actors
  10. 14. In the summer, a small submarine was destroyed while diving on the wreck of this famous ocean liner
  11. 16. In late march, this former president became the first ever to be indicted on criminal counts
  12. 17. President Joe Biden’s son ____ was indicted for tax evasion charges
  13. 19. In an effort to slow inflation, the Federal Reserve raised these rates to their highest levels in decades, making borrowing more expensive
  14. 23. Argentinian soccer star Lionel ____ signed with the Inter Miami MLS team