Charles Schulz's A Charlie Brown Christmas celebrated its 40th anniversary on December 1, 2005. The ironic thing is that the program, which intentionally turned away from a materialistic view of Christmas, has become a huge corporate moneymaker. It also earned over $6 million in ad revenue, as companies paid over $200,000 for each commercial airing with it. Editor’s Note: A Charlie Brown Christmas will not air on TV for 2022. That said, you can still watch it free of charge without an Apple TV+ subscription from Dec. 22 through Dec. 25, 2022.

Bad Bunny says halftime show will be a 'huge party' NPR music reporter Isabella Gomez breaks down the excitement and what we can expect from Bad Bunny's halftime show at this years Super Bowl.

Ukraine’s air force said Moscow launched roughly 71 missiles and some 450 attack drones overnight, adding that air defenses shot down or suppressed 38 missiles and 412 drones. The air force said 27 missiles and 31 drones impacted across 27 locations. Ukraine and energy operators reported damage to electricity infrastructure that has produced outages across multiple regions during one of the coldest stretches of winter. In Kharkiv a drone strike ignited a high-rise fire; regional emergency services said five people were injured and three rescued. Kyiv emergency services reported three people injured in the capital, and one agency said at least 10 people were wounded across the country.

Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor slammed the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post’s decision to lay off his son, Ishaan Tharoor, as part of a global round of over 300 journalists. However, he deleted the post later and reshared a post reading, "Nobody better -- or even equal to -- Ishaan in his domain of international affairs synthesis and analysis". Link in comment. #ShashiTharoor #IshaanTharoor #WashingtonPost #Layoff

My mom and the man who would become my adoptive father had hired a private detective to find my birth dad. AdvertisementThen one night, years later, I saw a guy on TV with the same name as my dad. As the story was told to my sister, who eventually told me, our dad accidentally brushed the chest of a teenage girl. There are seven kids in total — four of us always wondering what our dad was really like, and three who never got to wonder. The ones who really knew him didn’t get to do that.

With time running out to find a way to pay for college and also play football, running back Zander Lewis of Corona Centennial received a last-minute scholarship offer from Virginia Military Institute and signed Wednesday. As they say, all anyone needs is one opportunity from someone who believes in you, and Lewis seized it. Catalano recommended VMI take a look at Lewis. The 5-foot-11, 195-pound Lewis rushed for 606 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior for the Southern Section Division 1 finalists. He signed with VMI even though there's one big requirement for students: a buzz cut.

How relevant is this ad to you? Video player was slow to load content Video content never loaded Ad froze or did not finish loading Video content did not start after ad Audio on ad was too loud Other issues

Greg Hedgepath is a supervising sound editor at Fomosa Group, a post-production sound editing company for the film industry in the Sawyer building on the former Samuel Goldwyn Studio lot in West Hollywood in 2013. As film and television post-production work has increasingly left California, workers are pushing for a new standalone tax credit focused on their industry. Though post-production workers aren’t as visible, they play a crucial role in delivering a polished final product to TV, film and music audiences. AdvertisementBut post-production workers say the incentive program doesn’t do enough to retain jobs in California because it only covers their work if 75% of filming or overall budget is spent in the state. By 2024, post-production employment in California dropped 11.2%, compared with 2010, according to a presentation from Tim Belcher, managing director at post-production company Light Iron.

It’s going to be kind of tricky.”Man-made snow debuted at the Olympics in 1980, when a snow drought endangered the Lake Placid Games. Kaitlyn Trudeau, a senior research associate of climate science for Sacramento-based Climate Central, says the unmistakable trend is the result of climate change. And it threatens the future of the Winter Olympics. “There’s a very dry snow; that’s the fluffy snow. And I don’t know how we’re supposed to have the Winter Games if we don’t have winter.”Staff writer Sam Farmer contributed to this report.

Advertisement10:30 a.m.: First cup(s) of the dayI’m a night owl, so on a Sunday especially, I’m going to let myself sleep in. L.A. beans though, either Counter Culture or Go Get Em Tiger would be my beans of choice. Almost immediately upon getting up, I’m going to start playing the radio. That is very easy, very manageable.”Then I either want to be doing a comedy show or seeing a comedy show. If I’ve been stimulated, doing a puzzle for a couple of hours is a great way to decompress.

The 29-year-old content creator in San Francisco paid $168 a month last year for a Blue Shield health plan through Covered California. This year — without enhanced federal subsidies that expired at the end of December — that same plan would have cost $299 a month, with higher copays. On top of the loss of the extra federal benefits, the average Covered California premium this year rose by 10.3% because of fast-rising medical costs. Last year, she paid about $285 a month for a Covered California plan. The rise was due to her loss of federal subsidies, as well as a 23% increase in the premium charged by Blue Shield.

The Dallas Cowboys are reportedly going to play in Rio de Janeiro in 2026. The report comes from Jonathan Jones of CBS as the NFL has been spending Super Bowl week announcing all of its international intentions next season. Notably the NFL will play in Australia and Paris in 2026, and they will also break ground in Rio de Janeiro specifically. Getting a game in Rio de Janeiro specifically is a different thing and the Cowboys are one of the league’s biggest draws so it would seem that the NFL cares deeply about this. For what it’s worth, those games were the season opener given the travel involved so it stands to reason that Dallas will be in Rio de Janeiro in Week 1.

“Our first bridal collection launched in 2023,” founder and creative director Andrea Lieberman says. AdvertisementThe Spring 2026 collection reflects that idea in practice. From beach ceremonies to rooftop receptions and backyard gatherings, Lieberman approached the bridal line as an extension of A.L.C.’s broader Spring collection. These are dresses designed to fit into real lives, not just on the pages of lookbooks or in uber-formal settings. Spring 2026 Bridal Collection

Over the past 29 years, however, Greenland has been rapidly losing its ice sheet, expediting access to the minerals. That said, melting ice leads to greater ecological concerns like rising sea levels. Since 1993, global sea levels have risen four inches and will continue to rise. Higher sea levels endanger coastal communities, lead to severe flooding during storms and high tides, and disrupt oceanic circulation patterns, affecting weather patterns throughout the hemispheres. Greenland sits at the intersection of scientific research, geopolitical interests, and the climate crisis.

“These are our homelands.”“We are still here.”The statements are objectively true: The Timbisha Shoshone have lived in what’s now popularly known as Death Valley for thousands of years. And they still live there, in a small village inside the national park that has about 30 full-time inhabitants. AdvertisementParticipants take time out for a photo during a march organized by the Timbisha Shoshone to mark the 25th anniversary of the Homeland Act. AdvertisementBack to Death Valley — a name that, by the way, members of the Timbisha Shoshone have never liked. Ahead of the event, the Park Service submitted the additions to its parent agency, the Interior Department, for review.