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USA last Week, Part 1/2

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Elizabeth Dole cries on casket of her husband, former Sen. Bob Dole (R-KS) as he lies in state in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on December 9, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Pool via AFP Photo)

Elizabeth Dole cries on casket of her husband, former Sen. Bob Dole (R-KS) as he lies in state in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on December 9, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Pool via AFP Photo)

Blue Origin's New Shepard lifts off from the Launch Site One launch pad carrying Good Morning America co-anchor Michael Strahan, Laura Shepard Churchley, daughter of astronaut Alan Shepard, and four other civilians on December 11, 2021 near Van Horn, Texas. The six are riding aboard mission NS-19, the third human spaceflight for the company which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP Photo)

Blue Origin’s New Shepard lifts off from the Launch Site One launch pad carrying Good Morning America co-anchor Michael Strahan, Laura Shepard Churchley, daughter of astronaut Alan Shepard, and four other civilians on December 11, 2021 near Van Horn, Texas. The six are riding aboard mission NS-19, the third human spaceflight for the company which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP Photo)

Onlookers watch as Blue Origin's New Shepard flies toward space carrying Good Morning America co-anchor Michael Strahan, Laura Shepard Churchley, daughter of astronaut Alan Shepard, and four other civilians on December 11, 2021 near Van Horn, Texas. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP Photo)

Onlookers watch as Blue Origin’s New Shepard flies toward space carrying Good Morning America co-anchor Michael Strahan, Laura Shepard Churchley, daughter of astronaut Alan Shepard, and four other civilians on December 11, 2021 near Van Horn, Texas. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP Photo)

(L to R) Laura Shepard Churchley, daughter of astronaut Alan Shepard, Good Morning America co-anchor and former NFL star Michael Strahan, Dylan Taylor, Chairman & CEO of Voyager Space, venture capitalist Lane Bess and his son Cameron, and investor Evan Dick, walk during a media availability on the landing pad after they flew into space aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard on December 11, 2021 near Van Horn, Texas. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP Photo)

(L to R) Laura Shepard Churchley, daughter of astronaut Alan Shepard, Good Morning America co-anchor and former NFL star Michael Strahan, Dylan Taylor, Chairman & CEO of Voyager Space, venture capitalist Lane Bess and his son Cameron, and investor Evan Dick, walk during a media availability on the landing pad after they flew into space aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard on December 11, 2021 near Van Horn, Texas. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP Photo)

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) shows off a photograph of former Senate Majority Leader, Bob Dole, R-Kansas, and himself, following a floor speech where he called Dole “my best friend in the United States Senate”, and closed with “Godspeed, my friend” in the U.S. Capitol on Monday, December 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Al Drago/The Washington Post)

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) shows off a photograph of former Senate Majority Leader, Bob Dole, R-Kansas, and himself, following a floor speech where he called Dole “my best friend in the United States Senate”, and closed with “Godspeed, my friend” in the U.S. Capitol on Monday, December 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Al Drago/The Washington Post)

Crowds greet first lady Dr. Jill Biden, President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff during the 44th annual Kennedy Center Honors at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, December 5, 2021. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/The Washington Post)

Crowds greet first lady Dr. Jill Biden, President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff during the 44th annual Kennedy Center Honors at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, December 5, 2021. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/The Washington Post)

A Christmas tree sits in the back of a truck in Durango, Colorado, U.S., December 9, 2021. (Photo by Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

A Christmas tree sits in the back of a truck in Durango, Colorado, U.S., December 9, 2021. (Photo by Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

Members react during Starbucks union vote in Buffalo, New York, U.S., December 9, 2021. (Photo by Lindsay DeDario/Reuters)

Members react during Starbucks union vote in Buffalo, New York, U.S., December 9, 2021. (Photo by Lindsay DeDario/Reuters)

U.S. President Joe Biden is seen through a glass doorway as he speaks by phone with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 9, 2021. (Photo by Leah Millis/Reuters)

U.S. President Joe Biden is seen through a glass doorway as he speaks by phone with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 9, 2021. (Photo by Leah Millis/Reuters)

A Saildrone Explorer un-crewed surface vehicle, or ocean drone, is prepared for launch at a dock, in Newport, R.I., Wednesday, December 8, 2021. Three of the drones are to be launched, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, and are expected to travel along the Gulf Stream, collecting data in tough winter conditions that would be challenging for traditional ships with crews. Saildrone, headquartered in Alameda, Calif., makes autonomous surface vehicles powered by the wind and sun to measure climate quality data and do mapping in remote oceans for scientists worldwide. (Photo by Susan Ryan/Saildrone via AP Photo)

A Saildrone Explorer un-crewed surface vehicle, or ocean drone, is prepared for launch at a dock, in Newport, R.I., Wednesday, December 8, 2021. Three of the drones are to be launched, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, and are expected to travel along the Gulf Stream, collecting data in tough winter conditions that would be challenging for traditional ships with crews. Saildrone, headquartered in Alameda, Calif., makes autonomous surface vehicles powered by the wind and sun to measure climate quality data and do mapping in remote oceans for scientists worldwide. (Photo by Susan Ryan/Saildrone via AP Photo)

New York Islanders defenseman Zdeno Chara (33) fights Nashville Predators center Yakov Trenin (13) during the first period at UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, USA on December 9, 2021. (Photo by Brad Penner/USA TODAY Sports)

New York Islanders defenseman Zdeno Chara (33) fights Nashville Predators center Yakov Trenin (13) during the first period at UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, USA on December 9, 2021. (Photo by Brad Penner/USA TODAY Sports)

Jeffery and Katie Tatum play Joseph and Mary as they wave to people driving through at Dalton, Ga., on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. The church hosted the drive thru nativity event for three nights. (Photo by Matt Hamilton /Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP Photo)

Jeffery and Katie Tatum play Joseph and Mary as they wave to people driving through at Dalton, Ga., on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. The church hosted the drive thru nativity event for three nights. (Photo by Matt Hamilton /Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP Photo)

The setting moon is framed by Christmas lights Thursday, December 9, 2021, in Lenexa, Kan. (Photo by Charlie Riedel/AP Photo)

The setting moon is framed by Christmas lights Thursday, December 9, 2021, in Lenexa, Kan. (Photo by Charlie Riedel/AP Photo)

Leanna Arcila, 7, is licked by Watson, a therapy dog with the Pawtucket police department, as she receives her COVID-19 vaccination from Dr. Eugenio Fernandez at Nathanael Greene Elementary School in Pawtucket, R.I., Tuesday, December 7, 2021. Even as the U.S. reaches a COVID-19 milestone of roughly 200 million fully-vaccinated people, infections and hospitalizations are spiking, including in highly-vaccinated pockets of the country like New England. (Photo by David Goldman/AP Photo)

Leanna Arcila, 7, is licked by Watson, a therapy dog with the Pawtucket police department, as she receives her COVID-19 vaccination from Dr. Eugenio Fernandez at Nathanael Greene Elementary School in Pawtucket, R.I., Tuesday, December 7, 2021. Even as the U.S. reaches a COVID-19 milestone of roughly 200 million fully-vaccinated people, infections and hospitalizations are spiking, including in highly-vaccinated pockets of the country like New England. (Photo by David Goldman/AP Photo)

Acrobats Suren Bozyan (L) and Karyna Konchakivska perform hanging from straps during the final dress rehearsal of the holiday show “Twas the Night Before…” by the group Cirque du Soleil in the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, USA, 09 December 2021. The show opens today and runs until 27 December 2021. (Photo by Justin Lane/EPA/EFE)

Acrobats Suren Bozyan (L) and Karyna Konchakivska perform hanging from straps during the final dress rehearsal of the holiday show “Twas the Night Before…” by the group Cirque du Soleil in the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, USA, 09 December 2021. The show opens today and runs until 27 December 2021. (Photo by Justin Lane/EPA/EFE)

A large semi trailer is flipped over and pushed against a building in Bowling Green, Ky., on Saturday, December 11, 2021. Tornadoes and severe weather caused catastrophic damage across multiple states late Friday, killing at least six people overnight as a storm system tore through a candle factory in Kentucky, an Amazon facility in Illinois and a nursing home in Arkansas. (Photo by Dylan T. Lovan/AP Photo)

A large semi trailer is flipped over and pushed against a building in Bowling Green, Ky., on Saturday, December 11, 2021. Tornadoes and severe weather caused catastrophic damage across multiple states late Friday, killing at least six people overnight as a storm system tore through a candle factory in Kentucky, an Amazon facility in Illinois and a nursing home in Arkansas. (Photo by Dylan T. Lovan/AP Photo)

Police Officer Jamison McFall stands in the street on Saturday amid destruction left behind from tornadoes that swept through Bowling Green, Ky. on Saturday, December 11, 2021. (Photo by Austin Anthony/The Washington Post)

Police Officer Jamison McFall stands in the street on Saturday amid destruction left behind from tornadoes that swept through Bowling Green, Ky. on Saturday, December 11, 2021. (Photo by Austin Anthony/The Washington Post)

Nicole Ari Parker, Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker and Karen Pittman pose with cast members at the red carpet premiere of the “Sеx and The City” sequel, “And Just Like That” in New York City, U.S. on December 8, 2021. (Photo by Caitlin Ochs/Reuters)

Nicole Ari Parker, Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker and Karen Pittman pose with cast members at the red carpet premiere of the “Sеx and The City” sequel, “And Just Like That” in New York City, U.S. on December 8, 2021. (Photo by Caitlin Ochs/Reuters)

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.