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USA last Week, Part 1/2

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Activist with East River Park Action chain themselves to a tree outside New York's City Hall to protest the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project and call on city council member Corey Johnson to hold an emergency hearing on the East River park plan, Friday, October 8, 2021. (Photo by Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)

Activist with East River Park Action chain themselves to a tree outside New York’s City Hall to protest the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project and call on city council member Corey Johnson to hold an emergency hearing on the East River park plan, Friday, October 8, 2021. (Photo by Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)

Security guards stand off the field at Arrowhead Stadium as a steady rain falls during halftime of an NFL football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills Sunday, October 10, 2021, in Kansas City, Mo. The start of the second half has been delayed because of lightning in the area. (Photo by Charlie Riedel/AP Photo)

Security guards stand off the field at Arrowhead Stadium as a steady rain falls during halftime of an NFL football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills Sunday, October 10, 2021, in Kansas City, Mo. The start of the second half has been delayed because of lightning in the area. (Photo by Charlie Riedel/AP Photo)

Rex Marsh washes up the V-807 Forty & Eight train vehicle on Friday morning, October 8, 2021, in front of his home in Owensboro, Ky., as he gets it ready to be in the West Side Nut Club's Fall Festival parade on Saturday in Evansville The train vehicle was built in 1934 to honor World War I veterans and has been in parades all across the country. (Photo by Alan Warren/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP Photo)

Rex Marsh washes up the V-807 Forty & Eight train vehicle on Friday morning, October 8, 2021, in front of his home in Owensboro, Ky., as he gets it ready to be in the West Side Nut Club’s Fall Festival parade on Saturday in Evansville The train vehicle was built in 1934 to honor World War I veterans and has been in parades all across the country. (Photo by Alan Warren/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP Photo)

The words “Expect Us” are spray painted on the base of the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park as Indigenous and environmental activists protest in front of the White House in Washington, Monday, October 11, 2021. The words are part of the phrase “Respect Us, or Expect Us” which indigenous women have been using while protesting oil company Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline through Minnesota. President Joe Biden on Friday issued the first-ever presidential proclamation of Indigenous Peoples' Day, lending the most significant boost yet to efforts to refocus the federal holiday celebrating Christopher Columbus toward an appreciation of Native peoples. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)

The words “Expect Us” are spray painted on the base of the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park as Indigenous and environmental activists protest in front of the White House in Washington, Monday, October 11, 2021. The words are part of the phrase “Respect Us, or Expect Us” which indigenous women have been using while protesting oil company Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline through Minnesota. President Joe Biden on Friday issued the first-ever presidential proclamation of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, lending the most significant boost yet to efforts to refocus the federal holiday celebrating Christopher Columbus toward an appreciation of Native peoples. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)

Alivia Templeton fires her trebuchet “Silver” for a throw dressed as the Lone Ranger during the 16th Annual Boyd Buchanan high school Physics Trebuchet & Catapult Competition on Monday, October 11, 2021 in Chattanooga, Tenn. (Photo by Troy Stolt/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP Photo)

Alivia Templeton fires her trebuchet “Silver” for a throw dressed as the Lone Ranger during the 16th Annual Boyd Buchanan high school Physics Trebuchet & Catapult Competition on Monday, October 11, 2021 in Chattanooga, Tenn. (Photo by Troy Stolt/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP Photo)

Remi Barnes squats by the shore of Randall's Island on the East River with her five-month-old son during a sunrise water ceremony, as Indigenous Peoples' Day is observed in the U.S., in New York City, New York, U.S., October 11, 2021. (Photo by Mike Segar/Reuters)

Remi Barnes squats by the shore of Randall’s Island on the East River with her five-month-old son during a sunrise water ceremony, as Indigenous Peoples’ Day is observed in the U.S., in New York City, New York, U.S., October 11, 2021. (Photo by Mike Segar/Reuters)

A deer scurries through a recently burned area off Refugio Rd after the Alisal fire swept through on October 12, 2021. (Photo by Mike Eliason/SBCo FD/Reuters)

A deer scurries through a recently burned area off Refugio Rd after the Alisal fire swept through on October 12, 2021. (Photo by Mike Eliason/SBCo FD/Reuters)

A man sits on his balcony amid a sea of balconies at an apartment building in Arlington, Virginia on October 13, 2021. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

A man sits on his balcony amid a sea of balconies at an apartment building in Arlington, Virginia on October 13, 2021. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Blue Origin's rocket New Shepard blasts off carrying Star Trek actor William Shatner, 90, on billionaire Jeff Bezos's company's second suborbital tourism flight as part of a four-person crew near Van Horn, Texas, U.S., October 13, 2021. (Photo by Mike Blake/Reuters)

Blue Origin’s rocket New Shepard blasts off carrying Star Trek actor William Shatner, 90, on billionaire Jeff Bezos’s company’s second suborbital tourism flight as part of a four-person crew near Van Horn, Texas, U.S., October 13, 2021. (Photo by Mike Blake/Reuters)

Onlookers watch as Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket blasts off carrying Star Trek actor William Shatner, 90, on billionaire Jeff Bezos's company's second suborbital tourism flight as part of a four-person crew near Van Horn, Texas, U.S., October 13, 2021. (Photo by Joe Skipper/Reuters)

Onlookers watch as Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket blasts off carrying Star Trek actor William Shatner, 90, on billionaire Jeff Bezos’s company’s second suborbital tourism flight as part of a four-person crew near Van Horn, Texas, U.S., October 13, 2021. (Photo by Joe Skipper/Reuters)

Marcel Hug, of Switzerland, breaks the finish line with his helmet to win the men's wheelchair division at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, October 11, 2021. (Photo by Charles Krupa/AP Photo)

Marcel Hug, of Switzerland, breaks the finish line with his helmet to win the men’s wheelchair division at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, October 11, 2021. (Photo by Charles Krupa/AP Photo)

This early Monday, October 11, 2021, photo provided by CalFire shows one of several vehicles damaged during a wind event in El Granada village in the coastal area of northern San Mateo County, Calif. (Photo by CalFire via AP Photo)

This early Monday, October 11, 2021, photo provided by CalFire shows one of several vehicles damaged during a wind event in El Granada village in the coastal area of northern San Mateo County, Calif. (Photo by CalFire via AP Photo)

A passenger on a canoe photographs the brilliant fall foliage on South Pond, Saturday, October 9, 2021, in Bryant Point, Maine. Autumn leaves are reaching peak colors in much of the state. (Photo by Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)

A passenger on a canoe photographs the brilliant fall foliage on South Pond, Saturday, October 9, 2021, in Bryant Point, Maine. Autumn leaves are reaching peak colors in much of the state. (Photo by Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)

A woman rides a Vespa during the Annual Columbus day parade in New York on October 11, 2021. (Photo by Kena Betancur/AFP Photo)

A woman rides a Vespa during the Annual Columbus day parade in New York on October 11, 2021. (Photo by Kena Betancur/AFP Photo)

A baby dressed as Baby Yoda crawls on the floor of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center during New York Comic Con at the on Sunday, October 10, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP Photo)

A baby dressed as Baby Yoda crawls on the floor of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center during New York Comic Con at the on Sunday, October 10, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP Photo)

A cosplayer dressed as Swampman poses next to a food cart outside Day 3 of New York Comic Con at Javits Center on October 09, 2021 in New York City. Comic Con has returned this year after being cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

A cosplayer dressed as Swampman poses next to a food cart outside Day 3 of New York Comic Con at Javits Center on October 09, 2021 in New York City. Comic Con has returned this year after being cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Billie Eilish performs on day two of the Austin City Limits Music Festival's second weekend on Saturday, October 9, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Amy Harris/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Billie Eilish performs on day two of the Austin City Limits Music Festival’s second weekend on Saturday, October 9, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Amy Harris/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Beachgoers rest as workers continue to clean the contaminated beach in Huntington Beach, Calif., Monday, October 11, 2021. Huntington Beach reopened its shoreline this morning after water testing results came back with non-detectable amounts of oil associated toxins in ocean water, city officials and California State Parks announced. (Photo by Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP Photo)

Beachgoers rest as workers continue to clean the contaminated beach in Huntington Beach, Calif., Monday, October 11, 2021. Huntington Beach reopened its shoreline this morning after water testing results came back with non-detectable amounts of oil associated toxins in ocean water, city officials and California State Parks announced. (Photo by Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP Photo)

Fire crews work the scene of a small plane crash, Monday, October 11, 2021, in Santee, Calif. At least two people were killed and two others were injured when the plane crashed into a suburban Southern California neighborhood, setting two homes ablaze, authorities said. (Photo by Gregory Bull/AP Photo)

Fire crews work the scene of a small plane crash, Monday, October 11, 2021, in Santee, Calif. At least two people were killed and two others were injured when the plane crashed into a suburban Southern California neighborhood, setting two homes ablaze, authorities said. (Photo by Gregory Bull/AP Photo)

Julia Everson
Julia is a freelance writer and lifelong learner with an ongoing curiosity to study new things. She enjoys checking out the latest grammar books and writing about video games more than anything else. If she's not running through Colorado’s breathtaking landscape, she's indoors hidden away in her cozy game room trolling noobs and leveling up an RPG character. She is a Final Fantasy IX apologist (although she loves them all… except XV), coffee aficionado, and a bit of a health nut. Julia graduated from Western Kentucky University with a B.A. in English Literature with a minor in Creative Writing.