Wednesday, December 30, 2020 Unpacking 2020: The pandemic wasn’t the only major news story roiling San Antonio and Texas this year Posted By Sanford Nowlin on Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 8:30 AM click to enlarge Samantha Serna The global pandemic was the top news story of 2020, representing the biggest disruption to daily routines, the economy and public safety most of us have experienced in our lifetimes. But that doesn’t mean it was the only big story this year. There were also massive street protests over police accountability and racial justice, a contentious election that unseated a divisive, unpopular president and plenty of political infighting and scandal. What follows are some of the highlights and lowlights.
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Let’s face it: 2020 was no one’s favorite year. From the deeply tragic (a pandemic that took too many of our lives) to the deeply comic (a pair of Arlington drivers who found a novel way to wash their cars), this was perhaps the craziest, stupidest, Bum Steeriest year in