Archive for Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Pop Culture Happy Hour: 50 Wonderful Things From 2019
From J. Lo to Keanu, baseball GIFs to Phoebe Waller-Bridge's masterpiece, here are 50 great cultural moments — from TV, movies, theater, books, podcasts and more — from the year that was.
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Immigration Raids, Burger Wars And Other Business Stories You May Have Missed In 2019
Engineered meat, immigration raids on chicken plants, and the big target on the backs of big technology companies are some of the business stories that made headlines in 2019.
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She was the First Woman to Win a CMA Musician of the Year Award in 2019-Now She’s Starting a Musical Revolution Armed Only With Her Fiddle
Fiddler Jenee Fleenor is the first woman ever to win the Country Music Association's Musician of the Year Award. Her work is partly responsible for the instrument's resurgence.
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3 Months After Heart Attack, Sanders’ Doctors Say He’s ‘Fit’ To Be President
The Democratic presidential candidate released letters from three doctors, saying he is fit for the office.
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Fresh Air’s Pick for the Word of 2019 is…
Foreign nations have been systematically spreading falsehoods on social media for years; in 2019, it seemed like the world began to fully grasp the ramifications of disinformation campaigns.
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Hanukkah Stabbing Suspect Appears To Have Been Driven By Anti-Semitism, FBI Says
Citing journals written by the suspect, Grafton E. Thomas, and his internet search history, the FBI says it appears that he was driven by anti-Semitism.
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Author Interview: A Holiday Feast Of ‘Fry Bread’? Yes, Please!
Our kids' books columnist, Juanita Giles, gave her daughter Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story for Christmas; she says the book's depiction of food and history mirrors her family's experiences.
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