A ‘60 Minutes’ veteran gets fired, and a rookie hits an unusual home run: The news quiz

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A veteran '60 Minutes' producer was fired, a rookie baseball player hit an unusual home run, and the House issued a rare rebuke of the president, these were among the week's notable stories. The news quiz also covered FIFA imposing a ban and the return of a flesh-eating parasite. The article packages these disparate events into a lighthearted weekly roundup designed to test readers' news knowledge across politics, sports, media, and health.