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Weekly news quiz: From ugly dogs to SCOTUS and a shiny new game show host

From left: a replacement, a champion, a Supreme Court justice.
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From left: a replacement, a champion, a Supreme Court justice.

President Biden has sleep apnea! That means the nation's oldest-ever president uses a CPAP machine when sleeping — and he probably snores.

Using the traditional method of determining age in South Korea, he'd be younger; sadly, that system was kicked to the curb this week by a new law. Dare we suggest Ryan Seacrest, who has a strong track record of replacing older men, as Biden's running mate in 2024?

Seacrest seems busy, though. Anyway, many other things happened. How well were you paying attention?

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Holly J. Morris works on NPR's Training team. She was an editor at The Washington Post Express, National Geographic and U.S. News and World Report, and a college teacher.

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