2024 Year in Review

1. This city hosted the 2024 Summer Olympics
5. In April, a total solar ___ plunged parts of the United States into darkness during daylight hours.
10. In September, the Federal Reserve began cutting ___ rates for the first time in many years, a sign that inflation was finally cooling.
11. Winning team in the 2024 Super Bowl
12. In March, a massive container ship destroyed a highway bridge in this city
13. Throughout 2024, war continued between ___ and invading Russian forces.
14. In July, the Labour Party won control of this country’s government for the first time in many years, electing Keir Starmer as Prime Minister
17. In the fall, Israel went to war with Hezbollah, a militant group based in neighboring ___.
19. In July, she became the first woman of color nominated for president by a major party when President Biden left the campaign.
20. In November, he won the US presidential election, becoming on the 2nd person in history elected to nonconsecutive terms.
21. Winners of the 2024 NBA Finals

2. In December, the 50-year reign of the Assad family ended when rebels stormed the capital city of this country.
3. In December, President Biden issued a pardon for criminal offense related to his son ___.
4. In July, Donald Trump narrowly avoided an assassin’s bullet during a rally in this state.
6. In early December, this country’s president
7. In late September, Hurricane ___ devastated much of the Southeast, especially in North Carolina and Georgia.
8. In May, former president Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts in this state.
9. Feature performer at the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show
15. During the spring, some college students on campuses around the country protested Israel’s military campaign in ___.
16. Winners of the 2024 MLB World Series
18. In January, this university’s football team won the national championship for the first time since 1997.