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/ It goes without saying, 2020 was a big year for news. TPR.org welcomed more than 6.3 million page views to its website. Readers were interested in local stories including the coronavirus pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement and the presidential election. NPR stories were also popular, like this one about Jeff Bezos dad, and this story about a Walmart employee who struggled to work through the pandemic. TPR is dedicated to providing our readers and listeners with a wide-range of news coverage. Here are the most-viewed TPR stories: After a year of seemingly endless bad news, it isn’t surprising that our top story was one about community, nature and building bridges literally. The Robert L.B. Tobin Land Bridge opened at Phil Hardberger Park in December, connecting the previously divided 330-acre park. The bridge is covered with native trees and plants and is now the largest wildlife bridge in the U.S. ....
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. ....
Illustration by Max-o-matic; Covid: Radoslav Zilinsky/Getty; Gun Couple: Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP; Hegar: Eric Gay/AP; D Souza: John Raoux/AP; Corn Dog: Susie Oszustowicz/Courtesy of CornDog With No Name; Powell: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP; Boat: Bob Daemmrich; Paxton: Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP; Donkey: Gooddenka/Getty; Abbott: Ronald Martinez/Getty; Cornyn: Susan Walsh/Getty; Patrick: Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP; Possum: RF Pictures/Getty 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 ....