TOP HEADLINES OF 2022

1. She became the first black woman to sit on the US Supreme Court
4. This caused $30 billion in damage to houses, crops and key infrastructure in Pakistan
6. The May 24 mass shooting at an elementary school in this Texas town is notable for its “systemic failures”
7. She was re-elected governor of Kansas
8. Factories in China shut down in August because of this
10. The Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade put the fate of this in the hands of states
12. She became the first black woman to be featured on a US quarter
13. This ‘sequel’ is the top grossing movie of 2022 (three words)
16. Google searches for how to get this reached an all-time high after the overturn of Roe V. Wade)
17. The Jan. 6 panel recommended the DOJ prosecute him for his involvement in the riots at the capitol

2. She became the NFL’s first openly transgender cheerleader
3. The longest-reigning queen of England of all time who died this year (first name only).
5. This surpassed 8 billion in 2022
9. Russia invaded this country, leading to global crises for both food and energy, as well as displacing millions of people
11. The rapper former known by this name went on an anti-semantic rant on Info Wars, praising Hitler and Nazis
14. The top viewed TV series of 2022
15. Spread of this highly transmittable variant of COVID-19 led to a resurgence of the disease