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Best of the Best: the 2020 Third Coast Broadcast

Nov 27, 2020

Third Coast’s yearly ode to audio storytelling is back!

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Pop Culture Happy Hour
Kaley Cuoco plays the flight attendant in <em>The Flight Attendant</em>, a darkly funny thriller from HBO MAX.

'The Flight Attendant' Is A Fizzy, Dark And Funny Mystery

Nov 28, 2020
Kaley Cuoco plays a messy flight attendant in the HBO MAX series that begins when one very bad night leads to one very rough morning.
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Law
Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks at a hearing of the Pennsylvania State Senate Majority Policy Committee on Wednesday. Trump's legal challenge to the election contest in Pennsylvania was thrown out by a federal appeals court on

'Voters, Not Lawyers, Choose The President': Trump Team Dealt Another Blow In Court

Nov 27, 2020
In a blistering opinion, a federal appeals court has thrown out the Trump campaign's challenge to the certification of votes in Pennsylvania. Trump's lawyers say they will appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Animals
Kaavan, pictured Friday in Islamabad, will be transported to a sanctuary in Cambodia on Sunday.

'World's Loneliest Elephant' Moving To Sanctuary, With Help From Cher

Nov 27, 2020
Kaavan the elephant has lived in poor conditions for decades, and he's been alone since his partner died in 2012. Activists, including the pop singer, have successfully campaigned for his release.
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Coronavirus Updates
Black Friday shoppers wearing face masks wait in line to enter a store at the Glendale Galleria in Glendale, Calif., on Friday.

A Black Friday With Masked Shoppers And Booming Online Sales

Nov 27, 2020
Shoppers encountered temperature checks and mall Santas behind plexiglas shields. But online sales may have stolen the show.
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Shots - Health News
Princess Haley, co-founder of a group called Appetite for Change, picks an artichoke to go into supply boxes of fresh produce. The group's mission is to improve the diet of families in Minneapolis.

A Garden Is The Frontline In The Fight Against Racial Inequality And Disease

Nov 27, 2020
North Minneapolis's mostly minority community lost its only grocery store this summer. It's a neighborhood grappling with heart disease, obesity and COVID-19. A Garden may help.
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Pop Culture Happy Hour
The big family in <em>The Happiest Season </em>includes Burl Moseley, Alison Brie, Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Mary Holland, Victor Garber and Mary Steenburgen. (Whew!)

'Happiest Season' Is A Holiday Family Romcom With A Very Merry Cast

Nov 27, 2020
Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis play Abby and Harper, a couple headed home to Abby's parents' house for Christmas. Dan Levy, Victor Garber and Aubrey Plaza are among the terrific supporting cast.
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Criminal Justice Collaborative
A crowd gathers for a rally to demand justice in the death of Breonna Taylor on the steps of the the Kentucky State Capitol in June. Taylor was killed in her apartment while Louisville police served a warrant.

Movement To Limit Police Raids Looks Beyond 'No-Knock' Warrants

Nov 27, 2020
The death of Breonna Taylor energized a nationwide movement to restrict "no-knock" police raids, but activists want tightened rules for other kinds of forced-entry search warrants.
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Middle East
This photo released by the semiofficial Fars News Agency shows the scene where Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was reportedly killed in Absard, a small city just east of Tehran, Iran, on Friday. Fakhrizadeh, an Iranian scientist that Israel alleged led the Islamic Re

Top Iranian Nuclear Scientist Killed In Attack

Nov 27, 2020
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, believed to have led Iran's military nuclear program, died from wounds after an attack, causing outrage in Iran and raising international concerns over potential retaliation.

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