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Massachusetts officially named Podokesaurus holyokensis as its state dinosaur.

Igor Danchenko , a primary source for the Steele dossier, was acquitted of lying to the FBI, marking a major setback for Special Counsel John Durham's investigation. Science, Sports & Culture October 19, 2022October 19, 2022

President Vladimir Putin declared martial law in four recently annexed Ukrainian territories: Donetsk , Luhansk , Kherson , and Zaporizhzhia . Concurrently, Russian forces began evacuating civilians from the occupied Kherson region as Ukrainian counteroffensives advanced. In Myanmar, bomb explosions at Yangon's Insein Prison

Rapper Little Simz won the prestigious Mercury Prize for her album Sometimes I Might Be Introvert . News Corp Class A (NWSA) 1.28% since 16:30 Closed: 23:00 • Disclaimer After hours: 23:45 Oct 19, 2022 16:30 - 23:00 Wade into federal law.

On October 19, 2022, the world saw significant political upheaval in the United Kingdom , major military escalations in Ukraine , and key domestic policy shifts in the United States .

In Myanmar, bomb explosions at Yangon's Insein Prison killed at least eight people. In Mexico, the Congress of Tabasco voted to legalize same-sex marriage, making it the 30th Mexican state to do so. United States Developments

President Joe Biden vowed that the first bill he would send to a new Congress—if Democrats expanded their majorities—would be to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law.