Advent calendars are flying off the shelves—here are the best ones you can still

buy

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make through our links may earn us a commission. The 2021 holiday season is fast
approaching and one of our favorite traditions is finding the best Advent calendars
money can buy. This year we’ve scoured the web for the best top-selling Advent
calendars that include everything from Lego sets to mouth-watering Godiva
chocolates. Beware, many of these picks are already on the verge of selling out—the
time to shop for your favorites is right now.  Explore the galaxy with _Star
Wars _or try out a new cup of tea as you count down to Christmas.  Listed below are
the 11 best Advent calendars for 2021 for people of all ages.  1. For the Jedi or
Sith Lord: Star Wars Lego Advent Calendar If they’re always thinking about the
galaxy far, far away, they’ll love this Star Wars-themed calendar. It’s got
minifigures, buildable vehicles, accessories, and more and is inspired by _Star
Wars: The Mandalorian _season 2. You’ve got a baby Yoda, a holiday Mandalorian and
more to explore with this popular set. All in all, there are 335 individual Lego
pieces in the calendar and you’ll want to shop it now before it sells out.  Get
the Star Wars Lego Advent Calendar from Amazon for $39.95 2. For the Gryffindor at
heart: Harry Potter Lego Advent Calendar  If you or your giftee has been waiting
for their Hogwarts admission letter all their life, they’ll love this Harry Potter-
inspired Lego Advent calendar. Behind each door is a little minifigure, build or
accessory including Hedwig the owl, Harry Potter, and even a colorful spinner that
can be used to play the board game printed atop the calendar. Whether you’re buying
this for a young kid or yourself, it’ll be sure to add a little magic and whimsy to
your countdown to Christmas. Get the Harry Potter Lego Advent Calendar for $39.95
3. For the chocoholic: Godiva Chocolate Advent Calendar  Starting December off with
a box of chocolates is always the right choice. Enter: The Godiva chocolate Advent
calendar filled with 24 delectable options including Milk Caramel Embrace,
Raspberry Star, Dark Mint Medallion and more. Each chocolate also features a fun
Christmas design so you’ll be chomping down on Santa Claus himself or your friendly
snowman. I tried it out and loved the variety of flavors and how melt-in-the-mouth
each delectable candy was. If you or your giftee is a major chocoholic, you’ll need
this! Get the Godiva Chocolate Advent Calendar for $39.95 4. For the tea drinker:
Davids Tea With the days getting colder, nestling down with a hot cup of tea sounds
like a dream. That’s why the Davids Tea Advent calendar is always popular this time
of the year. Each day features a different flavor of festive tea with options like
Jingle Bell Chai, Dark Chocolate Orange, Candy Cane Crush, and more—yes they taste
as good as they sound. This calendar has a 4.6-star rating from nearly 60 Davids
Tea shoppers who loved the beautiful packaging, array of delicious teas and how
affordable it was.  Get the Davids Tea Advent Calendar for $50 5. For the gift-
giver: Harry and David Duo Calendar Some Advent calendars are made for gifting and
this Harry and David Duo calendar is one of them. For just $35 you’ll get a set of
two chocolate Advent calendars filled with 24 pieces of creamy milk chocolate. Each
door also features a cute wintery quote to add to the festive fun. Keep one
calendar for yourself and gift the other to a friend or loved one and spend each
day exploring your Advent calendars together.  Get the Harry and David Duo Calendar
for $35 6. For the Marvel fanatic: Lego Marvel Calendar  2021 has been a big year
for Marvel with new releases like_ Loki, WandaVision, Shang-Chi_ and the upcoming
movie Eternals. That’s why this Lego Marvel calendar is perfect. You’ll get 298
pieces of Legos, which includes seven Marvel Avengers heroes like Iron Man, Nick
Fury, and even Spider-Man—you’ll even be able to build Tony Stark’s tower from the
first Avengers movie. Just make sure to grab this calendar quickly, Lego Advent
calendars are known to sell out lightning fast. Get the Lego Marvel Calendar from
Amazon for $39.95 7. For the young one in your life: Melissa and Doug Advent
Calendar Most Advent calendars are designed for ages 7 and up, but this Melissa and
Doug calendar is for the younger kids in your life. Packed with 24 magnetic
ornaments and a shining star for the top of the wooden tree, this fun and
educational Advent calendar is sure to get your kids in the Christmas spirit. Each
tree also includes a beautiful holiday poem on the back that you and your kids can
read together. Not to mention, it’s got a 4.8-star rating from nearly 4,500 Amazon
shoppers who adored how it doubled both as an experience for their little ones and
as holiday décor. Plus, you don’t have to be a kid to enjoy it! Get the  Melissa
and Doug Advent Calendar from Amazon for $19.88 8. For the one obsessed with soft
skin: Kiehl’s Advent Calendar  Kiehl’s is loved by shoppers for its high-quality
skincare products and I’m a big fan of their moisturizers and conditioners myself.
This Kiehl’s Advent calendar is available for just $99 and packs 24 top-rated
products worth $245 in value! You’ll find everything from a Vitamin C eye serum to
an oil-free facial cream. Plus, the bright band bold packaging will be sure to look
good by your Christmas tree. It’s limited edition though, meaning you’ll only be
able to grab it this holiday season. Note: This calendar is out of stock for
delivery but you can buy it online and pick it up at a store near you. Get the
Kiehl’s Advent Calendar for $99 9. For the baker: Cookie Making Advent Calendar For
the baker in your life, this cookie-making Advent calendar will make for a great
gift. It includes cookie decorations, flavorings, baking tools and recipe cards so
they can make their home smell like the inside of a bakery come Christmas. It’s
also got a perfect 5-star rating from Uncommon Goods shoppers who praised the easy-
to-follow recipes and the gorgeous calendar art. Get the Cookie Making Advent
Calendar from Uncommon Goods for $70 10. For the one who loves breakfast: Bonne
Maman Advent Calendar  Another holiday favorite that quickly sells out is this
Bonne Maman 2021 calendar. Packed with 24 delicious fruit spreads and honey
including flavors like Sweet Orange and Passion Fruit, Peach with Jasmine, Wild
Blueberry with Lemon Balm, and more, these spreads will be sure to jazz up your
morning meals. It’s even got a 4.8-star rating from nearly 1,000 Amazon shoppers
with many admiring the different flavors available. The jars are rather small—only
enough for about one person—but if they love their morning jams and preserves this
will make for a great gift.  Get the Bonne Maman Advent Calendar from Amazon for
$34.99 11. For the one who likes the finer things in life:  Missoma Advent
Calendar  If you’re looking for a more luxury option, consider the Missoma Advent
calendar. It’s got 12 beautiful pieces of jewelry including a choker, anklet, hoop
earrings and even a dainty hair clip. Its selling price is pretty high at around
$500 but it packs enough gorgeous jewelry worth well over $1,000. Not to mention,
the minimalistic black/gold packaging will look great on your dresser.   Get the
Missoma Advent Calendar for $511 The product experts at Reviewed have all your
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Civil rights records, walking in spiderwebs, making saints: News from around our 50
states

© The Associated Press FILE - In this Feb. 22, 1956, file photo, Rosa Parks is
fingerprinted by police Lt. D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Ala., two months after
refusing to give up her seat on a bus for a white passenger on Dec. 1, 1955. She
was arrested with several others who violated segregation laws. (AP Photo/Gene
Herrick, File) Alabama © Anonymous, Montgomery County Sheriff's office via AP Rosa
Parks © File photo Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Montgomery: The quest by civil rights
pioneer Claudette Colvin to have her arrest record wiped clean nearly 70 years
after she protested segregation has raised the possibility of similar bids to clear
the names of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., whose convictions remain on the
books in the former capital of the Confederacy. Parks, a Black seamstress and
activist who refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in 1955, was convicted
of violating racial segregation laws. King, who helped lead the resulting
Montgomery Bus Boycott, paid a $500 fine after being convicted in 1956 of violating
a law banning boycotts. Parks refused to pay her $10 fine, and she and King went on
to become icons of racial justice and the modern civil rights movement. Yet their
cases remain on the books, said civil rights attorney Fred Gray, who represented
both. Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey said he would generally
support a move to expunge the arrest records of King and Parks, but he’d need to
see details of any such request before responding in court. Colvin asked a court
last week to remove records stemming her from arrest and conviction after she
refused to move to the back of a bus in 1955 in Montgomery, before Parks did the
same. Now 82, Colvin – who was a 15-year-old high school student when she was
convicted of assaulting an officer during her arrest and declared delinquent –
isn’t sure such an effort would be possible since there was so much injustice for
so long. “That would take a hundred years, maybe 200 years to go through the court
system,” she said. “You could never finish it.” Alaska Start the day smarter. Get
all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Sitka: Twelve bears have been
killed in the city this year, including four last week, that were deemed dangers to
life and property, the Daily Sitka Sentinel reports. The southeast Alaska city “has
a garbage problem,” Stephen Bethune, a wildlife biologist with the state Department
of Fish and Game, told the local Assembly recently. “Neither I or any of my agency
colleagues like killing bears or the labor that ensues but will continue to do so
as necessary,” he said. “However, removing bears from the population only serves to
treat the symptom and fails to cure the root problem. ... That problem can be
linked directly to Sitka’s current garbage disposal system and the unwillingness or
inability of some members of the public to properly store trash.” He urged the use
of bear-resistant trash cans and told the newspaper he would encourage the use of
electric fences to help deter bears. Teal West owns a car damaged by bears last
month. “My back trim and my back bumper were basically ripped off my car,” West
said. “I taped the bumper back on, but I’m looking at around $6,000 worth of
damage.” Bethune said he hopes the tension with bears in town eases soon.
“Hopefully in the next couple weeks they’ll disappear, go up into the hills for the
winter,” he said. Arizona Flagstaff: Conservationists and state officials say the
popularity of Oak Creek Canyon, near Sedona, has created some real ecological
problems for the corridor. A group of Arizona Conservation Corps members recently
completed the second phase of a project that officials hope will rehabilitate many
areas hit hard by visitors, improve water quality in the creek, and protect habitat
for the threatened narrow-headed garter snake, the Arizona Daily Sun reports. A
collaboration among the AZCC, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, the
National Forest Foundation and the Coconino National Forest’s Red Rock District,
among other groups, the project seeks to close hundreds of unofficial social trails
that crisscross the area between the highway and the creek. Large rocks have been
stacked under a fence. Guardrails installed along 89A have limited roadside parking
spots that led visitors to cut more and more new trails. Teams have installed low
fencing and placed thick blankets of cut juniper limbs along the edge of pull-offs.
And they’ve improved about 40 trails in an effort to leave direct pathways to the
creek, reducing erosion and making them safer. Over the last year, AZCC crews have
addressed nearly 200 social trails along the creek corridor, said Ron Tiller, a
Department of Environmental Quality scientist. In one area, he said, they cataloged
47 individual trails visitors had cut within just a quarter-mile stretch. The foot
traffic increases erosion of sediment into the creek and often contributes to
outbreaks of E. coli as human waste left by visitors is swept into the water.
Arkansas Springdale: Jim Bob Duggar, whose large family was featured in the TLC
reality show “19 Kids and Counting,” has announced he’s running for a seat in the
state Senate. Duggar, who previously served in the state House, announced Friday on
the family’s Facebook page that he’s running for the northwest Arkansas district
that includes Springdale. Last week, Republican state Sen. Lance Eads resigned the
seat to take a job in the private sector. A special election will be called to fill
the term. TLC pulled “19 Kids and Counting” in 2015 over revelations that Duggar’s
son Josh had molested four of his sisters and a babysitter. His parents said he
confessed to the fondling and apologized. Josh Duggar has also apologized for his
pornography addiction and for cheating on his wife. Josh Duggar is set to go to
trial in federal court in November on two counts of downloading and possessing
child pornography. He faces up to 20 years in prison and fines of up to $250,000 on
each count if convicted. A longtime family spokesman, Chad Gallagher, told the
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that no family “is immune from tragedy, heartbreak or
impact from the decisions of the ones they love.” He added that it’s “important to
note that Josh is a grown adult.” Jim Bob Duggar, who was born and raised in
Springdale, and his wife, Michelle, have 20 children and 22 grandchildren.
California Los Angeles: A $650 million plan would give the Los Angeles Zoo a theme
park-style transformation over the next 20 years. The city-owned zoo in the city’s
Griffith Park area would get exhibit upgrades and new attractions such as a 60-
foot-deep canyon for rock climbing and a hilltop building called the California
Center in the style of a Yosemite National Park lodge with a sweeping view of a
25,000-square-foot vineyard, the Los Angeles Times reports. Supporters of the zoo’s
“20-year Vision Plan” said building the features would increase zoo attenance by
72%, to up to 3 million visitors annually. But the construction would consume 23
acres of native woodlands, drawing opposition led by the historical preservation
group Friends of Griffith Park and the California Native Plant Society. Zoo
officials were thinking about the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games as they crafted
the plan, said Denise Verrett, the zoo’s director and chief executive. The
renovation would happen in seven phases starting next year and would be funded by
grants and donations raised by the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association, a nonprofit
support group, and possibly a bond issue, according to the Times. The next step for
the proposal is consideration by the Los Angeles City Council’s Arts, Parks,
Health, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee. Colorado Brighton: Three police
officers and two paramedics indicted on manslaughter and other charges in the 2019
death of Elijah McClain appeared in court for the first time Monday since being
charged. Officers Randy Roedema, Nathan Woodyard and Jason Rosenblatt and fire
department paramedic Jeremy Cooper and fire Lt. Peter Cichuniec each took turns
standing before Judge Priscilla Loew with their lawyers in a courtroom in Brighton.
As McClain’s mother, Sheneen McClain, watched from the gallery with her lawyers,
each waived a reading of the charges and penalties they face. None was asked to
speak. McClain, a 23-year-old Black man, died after being put into a chokehold and
injected with a powerful sedative in a fatal encounter in the Denver suburb of
Aurora that provoked a national outcry during racial injustice protests last year.
He never regained consciousness and was later declared brain-dead at a hospital.
While the former district attorney said he could not file charges because an
autopsy could not determine how McClain died, the officers and paramedics were
indicted by a grand jury this summer over a year after Gov. Jared Polis ordered
state Attorney General Phil Weiser to open a criminal investigation into the case.
Connecticut New Haven: With the legalization of recreational cannabis for adults
and the impending start of retail sales in the state next year, several coastal
towns are saying no, for now. Guilford, Madison and North Branford recently put in
place measures that stop cannabis establishments from opening for nine months to a
year from now, and Clinton has made it unlawful for any building, structure or land
to be used as a cannabis establishment, producer, retailer or dispensary, the New
Haven Register reports. The law signed in June by Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont law
allows individuals ages 21 and older to possess or consume up to 1.5 ounces of
“cannabis plant material” and up to 5 ounces in a locked container in a home or in
the trunk or locked glove box in the person’s vehicle. Retail sales of recreational
cannabis in Connecticut are not expected to begin until summer 2022 at the
earliest.
Clinton town manager Karl Kilduff told the Register that at a public hearing in
September on the issue, 15 of 17 people spoke against allowing cannabis
establishments in the town. The town’s police chief also expressed concern about a
“black market” developing alongside the legal market. Delaware Dover: The
University of Delaware has introduced new safety measures following student
protests that criticized the school’s delayed action after a student was charged
with attacking his ex-girlfriend, also a UD student, on Oct. 8. The security
initiatives, which went into effect last week, include an expanded safety escort
program, a new nighttime shuttle service and a reevaluation of the blue light phone
system that connects students to police. “The safety of our community is our top
concern and we’ll be actively driving improvement of all available resources for
our students to address that priority head on,” John Long, the university’s
executive vice president and chief operating officer, said in a statement. Long,
who oversees the units in charge of campus safety, said he worked with President
Dennis Assanis and other campus leaders to develop the new pilot programs. He said
they are specifically focused on students going to and from their residences.
University police officers will now have a golf cart to drive students to and from
on-campus residences, according to the announcement. Those in nearby off-campus
housing can take a shuttle from four on-campus locations. Both programs will run
from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m., seven days a week. Students can request rides using the
LiveSafe app or by calling 831-RIDE. District of Columbia Washington: A George
Washington University fraternity house was broken into and vandalized, with a
Jewish text desecrated, WUSA-TV reports. George Washington University Police are
investigating the incident in which a Torah scroll at Tau Kappa Epsilon was
destroyed. The crime happened Saturday and was discovered Sunday morning, according
to a police report. “Our entire chapter is outraged and saddened by the blatant act
of antisemitism against our brothers,” the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity said in a
statement on Instagram. The fraternity said it is cooperating with police and the
Anti-Defamation League. In a tweet, the ADL’s D.C. regional office said it was
disturbed by the incident and said officials were in touch with students and the
campus police. “We expect a full and rapid investigation,” the ADL said. University
President Thomas LeBlanc issued a statement late Sunday saying George Washington
University Police is working with D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department to find who
is responsible. “I want to be clear: I condemn all such acts of antisemitism and
all forms of hatred, discrimination, and bias in our community. Any act of
antisemitism is an attack on the entire GW community and cannot, and will not, be
tolerated,” LeBlanc said in the statement. Florida Orlando: The University of
Florida is prohibiting three professors from providing expert testimony in a
lawsuit challenging a new law that critics claim restricts voting rights, saying it
goes against the school’s interest by conflicting with the administration of Gov.
Ron DeSantis. Though the decision is being criticized as threat to academic freedom
and free speech, the university said in a statement Saturday that allowing
professors Dan Smith, Michael McDonald and Sharon Austin to serve as paid experts
for plaintiffs challenging the law would be “adverse to the university’s interests
as a state of Florida institution.” Lawyers for a coalition of civic groups
challenging the law said in court papers Friday that the professors were told by
the university that their expert testimony would dissent from the DeSantis
administration, creating a conflict for the school. Attorneys for the professors
said Saturday that they would take legal action claiming violations of the First
Amendment and academic freedom if the school doesn’t reverse the decision. “The
university cannot silence the professors on matters of great public importance.
These professors are citizens entitled to participate in the marketplace of ideas,”
attorneys Paul Donnelly and Conor Flynn said in a letter to a university lawyer.
“These unlawful restrictions are shameful, and could very well deter top scholars
from joining UF’s ranks.” Georgia Atlanta: A large spider native to East Asia has
spun its thick, golden web on power lines, porches and vegetable patches all over
north Georgia this year – a proliferation that has driven some unnerved homeowners
indoors and prompted a flood of anxious social media posts. In metro Atlanta, self-
described arachnophobe Jennifer Turpin stopped blowing leaves in her yard after
inadvertently walking into a web created by the Joro spider. Stephen Carter has
avoided a walking trail along the Chattahoochee River where he encountered Joro
webs every dozen steps. Farther east in Winterville, Will Hudson’s front porch
became unusable amid an abundance of Joro webs 10 feet deep. Hudson estimates he’s
killed more than 300 of the spiders on his property. “The webs are a real mess,”
said Hudson, an entomologist at the University of Georgia. “Nobody wants to come
out of the door in the morning, walk down the steps and get a face full of spider
web.” The Joro – Trichonephila clavata – is part of a group of spiders known as orb
weavers for their highly organized, wheel-shaped webs. Common in Japan, China,
Korea and Taiwan, Joro females have colorful yellow, blue and red markings on their
bodies. They can measure 3 inches across when their legs are fully extended. Hudson
is convinced they will spread across the South. Hawaii Honolulu: Lava continues to
pour out of Kilauea’s summit crater, more than a month after the latest eruption
began at the Hawaii volcano. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said Friday that lava
was emerging from a single vent inside Halemaumau Crater. The eruption is contained
within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and isn’t threatening any homes. Nightime
aerial video shot from a helicopter shows lava gushing from a vent and spreading
across the crater floor. Kilauea is one of the world’s most active volcanoes. It
has erupted dozens of times since 1952. The latest eruption began inside the crater
Sept. 29. In 2018, the volcano erupted from vents within a residential
neighborhood. That episode sent streams of lava across the Puna district of the Big
Island, destroying farms and more than 700 homes. Idaho Boise: Instances of
hoarding, illegal reselling and bad behavior by customers have caused the state
agency that sells alcohol to change how it rolls out rare spirits at stores,
officials said. The Idaho State Liquor Division late last month announced new rules
involving rare but highly sought-after bourbons, whiskeys and other small-batch
liquor offerings. That combination has resulted in what the agency calls unsavory
behavior by some customers that includes harassment of store workers. The new rules
mean the agency will now sporadically allocate rare products across its 67 retail
outlets to create what it calls a “treasure hunt” approach. The agency also has
stopped listing rare-product inventory on its website and will only sell alcohol
visible on store shelves. The changes follow reports of shoppers getting “very
aggressive with these products,” Tony Faraca, the Idaho State Liquor Division’s
chief financial officer, told The Idaho Statesman. “We know that there is a lot of
hoarding going on,” he said. “We know that there are illegal secondary sales going
on. Our store employees are being harassed by these whiskey groups. It’s causing a
lot of stress and turmoil with our staff.” He said some groups try to buy up rare
bottles that have limits of one per customer. Some customers, armed with inventory
details, have tried to persuade employees to go into storage and dig through
unopened boxes. Now that the agency has stopped sharing inventory details, “our
hope is that more people will get to partake in the rare product,” Faraca said.
Illinois Chicago: A judge on Monday suspended a Dec. 31 deadline for the city’s
police officers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 but didn’t interfere with a
requirement that they be regularly tested for the coronavirus. Disputes over
vaccinations should be handled as a labor grievance with an arbitrator, Cook County
Judge Raymond Mitchell said. “The effect of this order is to send these parties
back to the bargaining table and to promote labor peace by allowing them to pursue”
remedies under Illinois law, Mitchell said. The grievance process could last
months, the city said last week. Officers who haven’t been vaccinated still must be
tested twice a week under city policy. Officers also can lose work and pay if they
don’t disclose their vaccine status. “The principal risk to those who are
unvaccinated is to themselves and to others who choose to be unvaccinated,” the
judge said. Police Superintendent David Brown last week said 70% had disclosed
their vaccination status, and 80% of those officers reported being vaccinated.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration announced the vaccine policy weeks ago,
drawing sharp objections from police union leaders. The judge noted that COVID-19
has killed many officers nationwide. “In light of that terrible sacrifice, the
police unions’ request just to have their grievances heard seems a pretty modest
task,” Mitchell said. Indiana Connersville: A fire that badly damaged a Black City
Council member’s home is being investigated by the FBI after a racial slur was
found spray-painted at the house. The fire broke out about 3:30 a.m. Friday at the
home of Connersville City Councilman Tommy Williams, who is Black, while his wife
said the couple and their two sons were away on vacation. The racial slur was
painted on the back patio, and FBI agents spent Saturday at the house,
Emma Williams said. FBI Special Agent Steve Secor confirmed Monday that the agency
was working with state and local authorities investigating the fire in the 13,000-
person city about 50 miles east of Indianapolis. Secor said no suspects had been
immediately identified. Williams said she had no idea who would attack her family
in this way, and she was forgiving whoever is responsible. “I’m grateful for our
community,” Williams told WXIN-TV. “We have really good people here, and I don’t
want this to be a message that represents our village here because it’s a lie. It’s
not what we’re about here.” Tommy Williams, a retired U.S. Postal Service worker
and Army veteran, was elected by a Republican caucus last year to fill a City
Council vacancy. An online fundraiser had collected more than $30,000 on Monday to
assist the family’s recovery. Iowa Cedar Rapids: Beef, chicken, bread, fruit and
vegetables, and paper products are among items school districts are struggling to
get so they can provide varied and quality meals to students. Schools are making
changes to their breakfast and lunch menus “nearly weekly” to account for items
that are delayed or unavailable, said Alison Demory, Iowa City schools’ nutrition
services director. “If we saw the light at the end of the tunnel, we might feel a
little better,” Demory told the Cedar Rapids Gazette. “I’ve heard this isn’t going
to go away any time soon.” Staffing shortages at food manufacturers and
distributors are making it challenging to make and transport enough products to
meet the demand, Demory said. Some items can be ordered only in a limited quantity,
which may not meet the needs of the Iowa City district. “If we can only order two
cases of a product at a time, that’s a problem,” Demory said. Instead of providing
individual bags of chips, the district is purchasing bulk orders and portioning
them out to students, which requires more preparation, Demory said, giving an
example of how the supply chain shortages can cause more work down the line. Cedar
Rapids schools have had to substitute products but are able to offer similar items
to “maintain the quality and integrity of our meals,” said Jennifer Hook, Cedar
Rapids schools’ food and nutrition department manager. Kansas Overland Park: A
first-year state lawmaker, who was reprimanded by his colleagues for abusive
conduct before taking office, has been arrested on suspicion of domestic violence.
Democratic state Rep. Aaron Coleman of Kansas City remained in custody Sunday
afternoon, according to Johnson County Jail records. The 21-year-old was arrested
Saturday evening by Overland Park police on a domestic battery charge. Police
didn’t immediately respond to messages Sunday, and calls to Coleman’s cellphone
rang unanswered Sunday. Coleman is not married, and details of his domestic
situation were not immediately available. It wasn’t immediately clear what
consequences Coleman might face in the House after his arrest. He was being held
without bond ahead of a court appearance scheduled for Monday. “Given what little
we know about the situation, I am concerned for everyone involved,” Speaker of the
House Ron Ryckman told the Kansas City Star. “I know that law enforcement will
thoroughly investigate and assess the situation so that we can take appropriate
action.” House Democratic Leader Tom Sawyer said Coleman should resign. “This is
extremely disturbing news. We are watching closely to make sure we gather all the
facts,” Sawyer said. Kentucky Louisville: The state’s workers are taking a cue from
country crooner Johnny Paycheck, telling their employers to “take this job and
shove it.” And they’re doing so at a rate higher than any other state in the
country. In August, 84,000 Kentuckians quit their jobs – a 26,000-person increase
from the number who quit in July, according to the State Job Openings and Labor
Turnover report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. With the mass exodus of
workers in Kentucky, the commonwealth has the nation’s highest quit rate, the total
number of workers who quit during an entire month as a percent of total employment.
In Kentucky, the quit rate was 4.5% as of August – a 1.4% increase from the month
prior, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The states with the next-
highest quit rates were Georgia and Idaho, with rates of 4.2% and 4.1%,
respectively. But there is a glimmer of hope for the commonwealth: 103,000
Kentuckians were hired in August 2021, with a hire rate of 5.5%, the fifth-highest
of any state and 1.2% higher than the national average. Gov. Andy Beshear said
during a recent press conference that “our challenges in the labor market are
complex” but that “there’s some really good things going on right now,” and “people
ought to feel more hope than concern.” Louisiana Baton Rouge: The state is
continuing its “Shot for $100” COVID-19 vaccine incentive program through November,
hoping to persuade more people to get the shots by offering them money. More than
19,000 people have received a Visa cash card through the effort so far. The program
aimed at college students started in August. Gov. John Bel Edwards expanded it in
October to cover anyone getting newly vaccinated. The state Department of Health
said 5- to 11-year-olds will be eligible if federal officials sign off on a vaccine
for the children and if their parents give consent for them to get immunized.
“Thanks to many Louisianans working together, the fourth surge is behind us, but in
order to help avoid another surge we need many more of our people to get
vaccinated,” Edwards, a Democrat, said in a statement. “This is how we’re going to
put this pandemic behind us and protect our loved ones and our communities.” To be
eligible, people must use one of the community-based vaccination sites listed on
ShotFor100.com. A person may only participate once in the program. After getting
the shot, those participating receive the gift card and must register it online so
it will be loaded with $100. More information is available on the website or by
calling Louisiana’s vaccine hotline at 1-855-453-0774. Maine Portland: The battle
over a 145-mile electricity transmission line is the most expensive ballot-question
campaign in the state’s history. More than $90 million from utilities has flowed
into the fight over the $1 billion project funded by ratepayers in Massachusetts
that supporters say would remove carbon from the environment and provide needed
electricity. The high-stakes campaign put environmental and conservation groups at
odds and pitted utilities backing the project against operators of fossil fuel-
powered plants that stand to lose money. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, who supports
the project, made a last-minute pitch over the weekend for bold action against
climate change. “We just can’t afford just to do nothing,” she said. A ballot
question Tuesday will let Maine voters have their say. The project has received all
the necessary permits, and construction began 10 months ago. But a court ruling
called into question a state lease for a 1-mile section. More litigation is
expected regardless of the outcome of the vote. Lewiston Mayor Mark Cayer said he
doesn’t understand the opposition, noting that the new sections are being built in
working forests that have been logged repeatedly over the years. Maryland
Baltimore: The process of recognizing saints in Catholicism can take generations,
but the church can accelerate matters when it wants, as it did in the cases of
Mother Teresa of Calcutta and Pope John Paul II, waiving a five-year waiting period
after their deaths to get the process started. Now a group of Baltimore Catholics
says it’s time to expedite the cases of six other heroes of the faith. Parishioners
of St. Ann’s Catholic Church, a predominantly African American congregation, and
the two other churches in its pastorate, Historic St. Francis Xavier and St.
Wenceslaus, seek to make the case that the church should immediately canonize six
Black American Catholics. Those include Mother Mary Lange, a Baltimore nun who
started and ran a school for Black children during the era of slavery. They
supporters planned to use a special Mass at St. Ann’s on Monday night to advocate
for the cause, and organizers have said they’ll also use the All Saints’ Day
service to launch a national letter-writing campaign to Pope Francis. Also among
the proposed candidates are a Haitian American former slave, Pierre Toussaint, who
went on to became a successful business owner and philanthropist, and Mississippi-
born scholar-evangelist Thea Bowman. They had to overcome so much racism inside and
outside the church during their lives that their cases should be viewed as
exceptional, said Ralph E. Moore Jr., a St. Ann’s member helping to lead the
effort. The church has never made a Black American Catholic a saint. Massachusetts
Orleans: The Coast Guard and other authorities were searching off the coast of Cape
Cod on Monday for a small plane that failed to arrive as scheduled Sunday night,
officials said. The Piper PA-28 that departed from Reading, Pennsylvania, was
reported missing about 10 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said in a
statement. It was headed to Chatham Municipal Airport in Massachusetts. One person
was on board the plane, the Coast Guard said in a tweet. The original call was made
to the Air Force Regional Command Center by a concerned friend who was waiting for
the aircraft in Chatham. The Air Force then contacted the Coast Guard. The
aircraft’s last transmitted transponder signal was at 6:49 p.m. descending at 4,000
feet per minute. The search taking place off Nauset Beach in Orleans involved a
Coast Guard fixed-wing aircraft and a helicopter and three Coast Guard vessels, as
well as area harbormasters and other assets, the Coast Guard said. No information
about the plane’s occupant was released. Michigan © Junfu Han,
Detroit Free Press Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island on July 21, 2021. Mackinaw City:
Business owners on Mackinac Island are celebrating a big rebound in tourism this
year after fewer visitors made the journey to the island in 2020 because of the
coronavirus pandemic. Many visitors discovered the iconic carless-island getaway
for the first time this year, said business owners on the island, which sits in the
Straits of Mackinac separating Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas. Chris
Shepler, a third-generation operator of Shepler’s Ferry, which shuttles visitors to
Mackinac Island, said the summer “was out of control” for the ferry service.
“Absolutely crazy. We set records for our all-time busiest summer in the history of
our company,” he said. Through Sept. 1, the island’s overall hotel room revenue for
the 2021 season was on pace to smash the record year it saw in 2019, when revenue
topped $74.56 million, said Tim Hygh, executive director of the Mackinac Island
Tourism Bureau. Final data is still be crunched for 2021, he said. “It came after
vaccinations, and people were so eager to travel. The market found us,” Hygh said.
As everything closes up for the season on the island known for its hiking, biking
and horse-drawn carriage rides, Mackinac Island Mayor Margaret Doud said she’s
cautious but hopeful about what 2022 may hold. “I look forward to moving out of the
pandemic, but we are still in a pandemic,” said Doud, who is often found at the
front desk of the iconic Windermere Hotel. Minnesota St. Paul: Those who monitor
voting access for people with disabilities say the state generally does a good job
on the issue, but it’s not without challenges. Minnesota Council on Disability ADA
Director David Fenley said while barriers still persist, the state provides good
general access for voters with different disabilities. Polling stations are
equipped with an accessible voting machine for people with vision impairments, with
many counties using an electronic ballot marker machine called AutoMARK. “Just say,
‘Hey, where’s your AutoMARK? I need an accessible voting machine,’ ” he advised.
Grace Gouker Littlefield, executive director at a new Minnesota-based organization
called Able to Vote, is working to connect people with voting resources.
Littlefield said she wants to see more disabled voters like herself with equal
access across the country, starting in her own backyard this fall, Minnesota Public
Radio News reports. A chat feature on AbleToVote.org connects staff to people who
need assistance finding transportation to the polls, coming up with a voting plan
or reporting an accessibility barrier. “Just understand that the lives of people
with disabilities can be very complex,” Littlefield said. “And this process should
not be political, even though people are voting for political offices sometimes.”
Mississippi Jackson: The city will soon start installing larger water pipes to
replace some of the lines that failed during a deep freeze that struck the Deep
South in February. WLBT-TV reports 48-inch cast iron water transmission lines have
been arriving in south Jackson. City engineer Charles Williams said officials gave
the order last week to proceed with the final phase of the project, which involves
laying 2 miles of pipes in the area. The work will connect water transmission lines
from the O.B. Curtis Treatment Plant to south Jackson. They will replace 24-inch
pipes that failed to provide adequate water pressure from the plant during the
winter storm. Thousands of Jackson residents lost water service for weeks after the
storm, and those with running water had to boil it because of the danger of
contamination when pressure is low. “We’re actually placing a new water main
service, and then we’ll be taking off some of the existing service lines that are
in the area that are smaller and tie it into that 48,” Williams said. “So the
improved capacity will help improve water pressure and also limit disruptions of
service due to failed water mains.” The $8 million project is funded through
federal money. Installation of the new pipes is expected to be complete by March
2023, depending on weather. Missouri Jefferson City: One of the leaders of a St.
Louis charter school has been appointed to the State Board of Education by Gov.
Mike Parson. Kerry Casey will begin serving on the state board immediately, the
governor’s office said Monday. Her term will run until July 1, 2027, if she is
confirmed by the state Senate. The State Board of Education oversees Missouri’s 518
public school districts, 37 charter schools, and state schools for the blind, deaf
and severely disabled. Casey, of Chesterfield, was a founding board member of the
KIPP Charter School and continues to serve on its board. She also is vice president
for global sales at Exegy, a financial markets data company. She replaces Victor
Lenz of St. Louis, whose term on the State Board of Education expired in July 2019.
Missouri law allows board members to continue serving until the governor appoints a
replacement. Lenz had been serving as the board’s vice president. Two other board
members also are serving on expired terms: President Charlie Shields of St. Joseph,
whose term expired in July 2020, and Donald Claycomb of Linn, whose term expired
this past July. Montana Helena: The state’s redistricting commission delayed a
decision on a map dividing the state into congressional districts after an all-day
meeting Saturday. The commission failed to reach a consensus on the map proposals
it was considering, instead kicking the decision until after receiving more public
comments this week as it speeds toward a Nov. 14 deadline. The two Democrats on the
commission pushed to approve a map they had proposed that would divide the state
into an eastern and western district and place Kalispell, a Republican stronghold
in the northwest corner of the state, in the eastern district. That map would give
Democrats a fighting shot at winning in the western district despite the state’s
increasingly red political hue. But the map faced opposition from Republican
members of the commission, who are against placing the mountain community of
Kalispell in an eastern district dominated by prairieland and agricultural
communities. Commission Chair Maylinn Smith, who was appointed by the state’s
Supreme Court, said she could not break the tie in favor of a proposal by Democrats
or Republicans before receiving additional public comment on a new proposal
submitted by the Republican members of the commission just two days before the
meeting. Nebraska Bridgeport: One small western Nebraska county is using roughly
half the federal coronavirus aid money it is set to receive for bonuses of up to
$10,000 each for county employees. Morrill County officials approved the bonuses in
August as hazard pay for the county’s roughly 50 employees, according to the Omaha
World-Herald. The county is set to receive about $900,000 from the federal program.
Most of the state’s 92 other counties are still deciding how to spend the roughly
$376 million they will share from the American Rescue Plan Act, but the Morrill
County attorney and officials with the Nebraska Association of County Officials say
using the money for premium pay is allowed. Jon Cannon, the executive director of
the counties group, said he’s telling officials not to rush to spend the money
because they have until the end of 2024 to decide what to use it for. Morrill
County officials said the bonuses were warranted because of the work employees did
throughout the pandemic, which included keeping the courthouse in Bridgeport open
the entire time. “There were a lot of things you couldn’t use it for,” said Jeff
Metz, of Angora, chairman of the three-member Morrill County Board. “We ran across
that one of the allowable expenses was hazard pay. We felt that fit with what we
were trying to do.” Nevada Las Vegas: The return this week of a big automotive
products trade show is expected to draw as many as 100,000 people to the Las Vegas
Convention Center, tourism and event officials said. The Specialty Equipment Market
Association show, commonly known as SEMA, opens Tuesday, after being canceled last
year due to the coronavirus pandemic. It runs through Thursday, followed by a
public event Friday dubbed “SEMA Ignited” in the convention center parking area. A
companion event, the Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo, will be held at the
Sands Expo and Convention Center – part of what the Las Vegas Convention and
Visitors Authority dubs Automotive Aftermarket Industry Week. SEMA represents a
multibillion-dollar automotive aftermarket industry and has been held in Las Vegas
since 1977, when it moved from the Anaheim Convention Center in California.
Electric vehicles will be featured this year, and convention attendees will be able
to ride Tesla vehicles in the nearly 1-mile underground people-mover built between
convention center stops by Elon Musk’s The Boring Co. SEMA executive Tom Gattuso
told the Las Vegas Review-Journal the show this year has 51,000 registered buyers
and could host 100,000 industry professionals. New Hampshire Lincoln: A company
that offers old-fashioned train rides along Lake Winnipesaukee and the Pemigewasset
River says it won’t operate its annual Santa Express Trains this season because of
rising COVID-19 cases in the state. The Hobo & Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad
said in news release Monday that it hopes to offer the holiday trips, during which
participants meet Santa and Mrs. Claus, next year. The Santa Express trains run
from Lincoln. The railroad still plans to reopen for its regular season next year
in mid-May. “The railroad had planned to make Santa Express Train tickets available
in early November, but due to COVID-19 positivity rates trending upward, we felt it
best to hold off on ticket sales due to the surrounding uncertainty,”
railroad manager Benjamin Clark said. Last week, Dr. Benjamin Chan, the state
epidemiologist, said New Hampshire continues to have a high or substantial level of
community transmission, averaging 500 to 550 new infections per day with a
coronavirus test positivity rate around 6%. New Jersey Trenton: Calls for help to a
statewide children’s mental health hotline have increased compared to last year as
parents seek help, especially during the morning hours, according to the
commissioner of the Department for Children and Families. The overall call volume
to the Children’s System of Care increased, with the most calls coming from parents
as their children experience stress before school hours, Commissioner Christine
Norbut Beyer said during a state COVID-19 briefing. “Getting adjusted to something
as simple as taking the bus can be stressful,” she said, referring to behavioral
and emotional challenges faced by K-12 students returning to in-person school after
a year of hybrid or remote learning as “a pandemic of mental health.” It is typical
to see a rise in mental health reporting from K-12 students during the month of
October, when educators become familiar with their students and are able to assist
parents in reporting complaints and concerns. But this year, the uptick in calls
occurred in September, with more than 10,000 calls, peaking in the morning, and
particularly on Monday mornings, said Jason Butkowski, a DCF representative. Such
calls in the morning usually have to do with school-avoidant behavior. New Mexico
Bernalillo: Town officials deny wrongdoing in the installation of a hidden
surveillance camera in a police office used by a now-former police sergeant who
says her expectation of privacy was violated. An attorney for Monica Torres has
formally notified the town that Torres intends to file a lawsuit alleging violation
of a state law requiring consent from at least one person in a recording, KRQE-TV
reports. Video obtained by KRQE shows a town worker installing the video camera in
an air conditioning vent under the direction of Bernalillo Police Department Chief
Broderick Sharp and a police lieutenant when Torres was on vacation in November
2020. “I freaked out,” Torres recalled to KRQE about when an office visitor spotted
the camera a week or two later. “I had changed (clothes) numerous times in there.”
KRQE reports it obtained records of a New Mexico State Police investigation
prompted by a complaint by Torres. Video from the hidden camera showed a male
sergeant shutting the door to change clothes inside the office, KRQE reports. The
State Police investigation ended by concluding that no crime had been found. The
matter was submitted to the District Attorney’s Office of the 13th Judicial
District for review. That office said a special prosecutor would decide whether to
file charges. New York New York: A giant red heart sculpture installed last week in
Central Park as a tribute to health care workers and COVID-19 victims has been
taken down – an apparent casualty of confusion and red tape. Italian sculptor
Sergio Furnari said he was walking by the park Thursday afternoon with friends when
he noticed that his “Heroes Heart Monument” was gone. When he went to file a police
report, he said, he was bounced from police station to police station until a
police officer on Friday showed him video of people removing the 10-foot-tall,
3,000-pound monument and placing it on a truck. “They literally broke my heart,” he
said. Furnari conceded he did not have a permit to place the heart in the park but
considered a $4,000 grant he received from New York City’s government to be his
permit for the temporary installation. He said he considered the removal of his
memorial “an abuse of power.” A message seeking comment was left with the Central
Park Conservancy, the nonprofit that manages the park on behalf of the city.
Furnari said he planned to go to the organization Monday to find out what happened
to his heart. Furnari said he wanted the sculpture to be a place for emotional and
spiritual solace in the bustling city and not just a popular spot for selfies,
though he said he was cool with that, too. North Carolina Greensboro: Pulitzer
Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has urged supporters of public
education to organize to fight “anti-history laws” being promoted by Republican
lawmakers. Hannah-Jones said the left hasn’t gotten “mad enough” in opposing the
“culture war that has been contrived by the right wing” that has led to laws
banning schools from teaching things such as her 1619 Project. She said at an
online forum of North Carolina educators last week that people are living in “dark
and scary times” in which teachers are “afraid to even teach and talk about the
experiences that their children are having.” “We’re being outgunned right now, and
I think that’s because this is not an issue that’s getting enough of the people on
the left angry,” Hannah-Jones said. “People on the right are very angry, and anger
is often what inspires you to organize and to push for laws and to push for these
changes.” Hannah-Jones was the keynote speaker Tuesday at the Color of Education
Summit, a two-day virtual event drawing 1,600 people “to engage in critical
conversations centered on addressing issues of racial equity and education.” North
Dakota Bismarck: Paleontologists have given the name “Beautiful Nightmare” to a
rare dinosaur fossil thought to be the only partial skull of its species found in
North Dakota. “She is a beautiful example of her species, and she was a nightmare
in her day to a lot of other critters,” said Fossil Excavators President Mike
Kjelland, an assistant professor of biology at Mayville State University. The
specimen, which includes an upper jawbone and lower teeth, is thought to be a
Nanotyrannus, closely related to Tyrannosaurus rex. Only five Nano partial skulls
have been found in the world, though there is debate about whether the fossils are
instead of juvenile T. rex, Kjelland said. Researchers uncovered the Nano and
myriad other fossils – some rare and potentially new species – on private land at a
remote Badlands canyon Kjelland found two years ago near Bowman while looking for
the fossil-rich Hell Creek Formation. The site comprises an ancient river channel
and sandbar. The fossils, which date to 66 million to 69 million years ago,
represent a diverse array of creatures from the Late Cretaceous, including two
notable Triceratops skulls that drew national attention, The Bismarck Tribune
reports. Ohio Columbus: A concealed weapons permit would become optional, and the
requirement that individuals “promptly” notify police officers they are carrying a
concealed weapon would be eliminated, under proposed legislation in the state
House. The bill is similar to a measure pending in the state Senate and one of
several GOP-backed proposals in recent years seeking to expand gun rights in Ohio.
The concealed weapons bill, dubbed “Constitutional Carry” by its backers, is
sponsored by Republican Reps. Tom Brinker of Cincinnati and Kris Jordan of
Ostrander. Gun owners could still apply for a concealed weapons permit under the
measure, allowing those who obtain it to carry a concealed weapon in states with
reciprocity agreements recognizing such permits. The GOP-controlled House
Government Oversight Committee approved the bill along party lines last week. The
concept has the backing of the Buckeye Firearms Association, which says 21 other
states allow people to carry a concealed weapon without a license. Gun control
groups such as Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America oppose it, along with
law enforcement groups. Rep. Paula Hicks-Hudson, D-Toledo, said the bill has been
rushed with little time for discussion and would make Ohio less safe. Oklahoma
Oklahoma City: The state’s Pardon and Parole Board on Monday recommended Gov. Kevin
Stitt spare the life of death row inmate Julius Jones, whose murder conviction for
the 1999 killing of an Edmond businessman has drawn national attention. The board
recommended in a 3-1 vote that Stitt grant Jones clemency and commute his sentence
to life in prison with the possibility of parole after hearing from Jones, 41, who
testified via video link from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Several
members of the panel agreed they had doubts about the evidence that led to Jones’
conviction. One board member, Scott Williams, recused himself from the vote because
of an existing friendship with an attorney who has advocated for Jones. “I continue
to believe there is still doubt in this case,” said board member Kelly Doyle. The
lone vote against clemency came from Richard Smothermon, a former prosecutor, who
said he believed Jones was not being truthful in his testimony. “To believe in Mr.
Jones’ theory of the case, you have to disbelieve every other piece of evidence in
the case,” including testimony from law enforcement officers, independent witnesses
and physical evidence, Smothermon said. Stitt must now decide whether to grant
clemency or commute Jones’ sentence. Oregon Salem: An agreement has been reached
between timber and environmental groups to overhaul management of 10 million acres
of private forestlands in the state. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the deal,
announced Saturday by Gov. Kate Brown’s office, concludes more than a year of
negotiations to develop a plan to boost protections for vulnerable fish and
wildlife while shielding the timber industry’s ability to log. Friday was the
deadline for both sides to either reach consensus, abandon the process or move the
deadline. “Today’s historic agreement is a perfect example of the Oregon Way –
coming together at the table to find common ground, to the mutual benefit of us
all,” Brown said in a statement. Jim James with the Oregon Small Woodlands
Association similarly praised the compromise. “We
were able to put down the contentious situations that we’ve had in the past, and
we had a continuous agreement to move forward,” James said. Speaking on behalf of
the timber coalition, Adrian Miller with the Florida-based forest products company
Rayonier said Saturday’s agreement gives timber operators a sense of security going
forward. “I think we’re all really proud to be part of a new era of forestry in
Oregon,” Miller said. Pennsylvania Harrisburg: Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration told
more than 70,000 state employees Monday that it is offering five days of paid leave
for getting fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of the year, quickly
drawing opposition from the state treasurer over the potential cost. The
administration told employees that five days of “verification leave” can be used
between Dec. 20 and March 31. Employees who don’t use the days by then will be paid
for them, and an employee who has verified fully vaccinated status to the
administration will automatically receive the days, it said. “This leave will help
incentivize the vaccinations that protect commonwealth employees and the
Pennsylvanians we serve,” the administration told employees. “It’s one more way we
can show our gratitude to employees who step up to help us protect our communities
and bring this pandemic to an end.” The administration already offers employees a
paid day off to get vaccinated. Treasurer Stacy Garrity, a Republican, called on
Wolf, a Democrat, to abandon the plan. Her office said the cost to taxpayers for
paying employees who do not use the days could amount to more than $100 million.
Rhode Island Providence: A federal appeals court has upheld a settlement between
Brown University and student-athletes who had challenged the Ivy League school’s
decision to drop several women’s varsity sports. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals sided with the university and the athletes who originally sued in letting
the settlement stand. Twelve athletes on the women’s gymnastics and ice hockey
teams had asked the court to reject the settlement in the interests of current and
future female athletes at Brown. The settlement, approved by a federal judge in
Providence last year, restores the women’s equestrian and women’s fencing teams to
varsity status and calls for an end in 2024 to a 1998 legal agreement ensuring
gender equity in varsity sports at Brown. The legal challenge centered on the
Providence school’s decision to reduce several women’s varsity sports teams to club
status. Several men’s sports were also reduced to club status, although some were
later restored. The student-athletes alleged that the cuts violated the 1998 pact.
The 1998 agreement had stemmed from a legal challenge to Brown’s decision to cut
women’s gymnastics and volleyball in the early 1990s. Brown has said the agreement
established unique reporting requirements not faced by any other U.S. college or
university. South Carolina Columbia: The Historic Columbia Foundation has unveiled
a new look at the capital city’s LGBTQ past. Historic Columbia launched its
comprehensive online oral history of the capital city’s gay, lesbian, bisexual,
transgender and queer communities last month at the city’s Famously Hot South
Carolina Pride festival. The foundation worked with the oral history department at
the University of South Carolina to collect the stories of a diverse range of
LGBTQ+ people in Columbia so that the often untold story of those communities in
the Midlands can be honored and remembered. “We have to do this now before some of
this stuff is lost forever,” said Kat Allen, director of research at Historic
Columbia, who worked to put the comprehensive project together. “Every day more
stuff gets thrown away. People pass away, and then someone says, ‘Nobody’s going to
want this,’ but USC will absolutely take all of this stuff. … There are things we
would have never known about without some of this material.” The project maps a
timeline of Columbia’s LGBTQ+ history, from early 1900s drag shows and a procession
of gay-friendly establishments to the first Pride March to the S.C. State House in
1990 that birthed today’s Pride festival. South Dakota Sioux Falls: Labor shortages
in the service industry are high enough that there is now a $1,000 offer for new
workers to move to the Mount Rushmore State. A new employee coming from out of
state to work a job in retail, restaurants, hospitality, grocery, trades and other
needed sectors can receive $1,000 payment through the South Dakota Retailers
Association and its “$1,000 Workforce Incentive” push. SDRA, a partner organization
for dozens of companies, is launching the $1,000 payment to supplement any hiring
bonuses or other incentives straight to new employees, according to a press release
Monday. The cash payout would supplement any hiring bonuses or other incentives
offered by an individual business. The incentive will be paid directly to an
employee hired from out of state to work in a Retailers Association member
business. To be eligible, an employee must work at least 30 hours per week for 90
days at a physical location in South Dakota. Additional eligibility details are
available at www.sdra.org. Tennessee © Alan Poizner/Special to The Tennessean
Connie Smith, The Gatlin Brothers, Bill Anderson, Darius Rucker, Terri Clark and
Chris Janson perform during the Grand Ole Opry’s 5,000th Saturday night show
Saturday, October 30, 2021. Nashville: The Grand Ole Opry’s broadcast of its
5,000th Saturday show attracted a host of big country music stars to its historic
venue. Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Darius Rucker, Vince Gill, Chris Young and a
half-dozen others lined up to celebrate the nearly century-old country music
program. The radio broadcast was carried by WSM radio, the same station on which it
debuted as the “Barn Dance” program in 1925. Bill Anderson, a 60-year Opry veteran,
kicked off the show with the Roy Acuff tune “Wabash Cannonball.” Singer Vince Gill
played an acoustic guitar he said was once owned by Opry star Sam McGee. Gill said
McGee first played the famed radio program in 1926, months before the barn dance
program became known as the Grand Ole Opry. Brooks and Yearwood closed the show
with a set of several songs before Brooks ended with his country classic “Friends
in Low Places.” “Happy 5,000 to the Grand Ole Opry,” Brooks said. “Can’t tell you
how lucky we feel to be a part of it.” Texas Austin: The city’s school district is
defying a request from a Republican state lawmaker for select school districts to
investigate and catalog library and classroom books related to race, gender
identity or sexuality. District spokesman Jason Stanford said in an email Friday
that district officials “decided that a response is not necessary, especially since
anyone can search our library catalogues on this website.” Rep. Matt Krause, R-Fort
Worth, chairman of the Texas House General Investigating Committee, made the
request to select superintendents and Texas Education Agency deputy commissioner
Lily Laux in a letter with a list of more than 800 books for districts to check
against library and classroom collections. The letter appears to have been sent to
large urban and suburban school districts across the state, said Joy Baskin,
director of legal services for the Texas Association of School Boards. The list
includes award-winning books on race and social justice, as well as health books
and guides, including “The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine” and titles on sexually
transmitted diseases. The letter also called on districts to identify other books
or content addressing “human sexuality” and “material that might make students feel
discomfort ... or convey that a student, by virtue of their race or sex, is
inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously,”
mirroring language in a new Texas law targeting classroom discussions of such
topics. Utah © City of St. George DOCUTAH artists plan to paint a public mural on
the Electric Theatre this week. St. George: The city, the 2021 DOCUTAH
International Film Festival, and Art Around the Corner are collaborating to bring a
mural to life for the public. Artists featured in the films “Alice Street and
Prophets” and “Teachers & Kings” will create a mural on the side of the
Electric Theatre in real time during the festival, which began Monday. This year’s
mural will be a mix of artistry and an ode to filmmakers in the form of Charlie
Chaplin filming a Shivwits powwow dancer and a jazz band with an artist using a
paintbrush to depict the scene. Artists Desi Mundo and Pancho Peskador will be the
featured artists. Initially, the films were set for 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic
put them on hold. The artists and films are now back for the 100-film festival and
in what DOCUTAH considers an expanded edition of the festival. “This public space
mural is intended to remind us that with understanding our past and looking toward
our future, St. George continues to be a vibrant and welcoming place for all to
enjoy,” said Rhondalon Crawford, Board Chair of the Art Around the Corner
Foundation. “The partnership with DOCUTAH and the City of St. George demonstrates
the commitment our community has to all of the arts and to providing our citizens
and visitors with a wide variety of artistic experiences.” Vermont Winooski: State
educational officials will ban spectators from a high school boys soccer state
semifinal this week, following alleged racist behavior and overly rough gameplay
between two schools’ players earlier this year. The Vermont Principals’ Association
said in a statement Monday that “this decision has been made to ensure the physical
and emotional safety of all student-athletes involved.” Winooski High School has
said that during the first home game of the season, its players were targeted with
racial slurs by Enosburg High School’s
players and fans. There’s also a separate investigation into Winooski players
getting violent with Enosburg players during that Sept. 18 game, which ended in a
3-2 Winooski win. In response to the alleged racial abuse during the game, Enosburg
conducted an internal investigation but found no evidence of wrongdoing. However,
the school said its report was incomplete without interviewing Winooski players,
who declined to participate in the investigation. Winooski’s school officials said
they believe what their student-athletes reported about the racial abuse from
Enosburg. Winooski Athletics Director Sam Jackson has characterized the school as
Vermont’s most diverse high school. Virginia Williamsburg: A schoolhouse where
enslaved and free Black children were taught before the Revolutionary War will be
moved from the William & Mary campus to Colonial Williamsburg and restored to
its original state, officials announced Friday. The Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation is buying the building that housed the Bray School, the university and
foundation said in a news release. Once modern additions to the building are
removed, it will be moved a few blocks to the living history museum’s campus, where
it will be restored and incorporated into the foundation’s public history
programming. “This nondescript building that was hidden in plain sight for decades
is taking the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and William & Mary in a new and
exciting direction,” Colonial Williamsburg President and CEO Cliff Fleet said.
“This important work will expand our understanding of 18th-century America and add
to our body of knowledge about this important time in our nation’s history.” The
university says the building is likely the oldest surviving schoolhouse for African
Americans. It will be the first addition to Williamsburg’s collection of historic
buildings since the 1960s. The foundation expects to restore the building by 2024,
the 250th anniversary of the school’s closure just before the Revolutionary War.
Washington Spokane: The former Spokane County health officer who believes he was
fired last year due to unpopular decisions he made to try to contain COVID-19 has
filed a claim with the health district, which could lead to a lawsuit. The
Spokesman-Review reports Dr. Bob Lutz filed the administrative claim Oct. 8. Robert
Carlson, Lutz’s attorney, said the hope is that the district determines Lutz’s
claim has merit and works to resolve the issue out of court. Lutz is claiming at
least $1.4 million in damages for wrongful termination in addition to “defamation,
emotional distress, mental anguish and injury to professional reputation” as a
result of his firing in October 2020. The health district has 60 days to respond to
Lutz’s claim, at which point Lutz could proceed with a lawsuit. The claim details
several examples of alleged political pressure and tension between Lutz and certain
Board of Health members throughout 2020, especially when the county was stuck in
limited phases due to COVID-19 case rates. “I took a stand for Public Health. It
cost me my job,” Lutz said in a statement released through his attorney. “As a
public health physician, it has been my responsibility to protect the public’s
health and safety.” West Virginia Huntington: Marshall University has launched its
newly formed Institute for Cyber Security. Marshall President Jerome Gilbert said
the institute is an academic and research cluster that will support cybersecurity-
related programs across the campus. “We can do research and teaching to expand our
presence in the cyber arena,” Gilbert said. The new center will work to address
emerging needs in cybersecurity, the Charleston Gazette-Mail reports. David
Dampier, dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Sciences, said it is
designed to tap into a new mix of students and early-career professionals and
connect those learners with top cybersecurity talent in the region. The institute
is housed in the university’s Applied Engineering Complex. Wisconsin Madison: Gun
dealers in the state are struggling to keep shelves stocked with ammunition. Supply
chain disruptions from the coronavirus pandemic and increased demand for guns and
ammunition have left shelves empty in some cases. And when a shipment does arrive
at local gun stores, ammunition is quickly snapped up. Tony Blattler, of Phillips,
watched as employees unloaded a shipment of .270 Winchester hunting cartridges
recently at the Fleet Farm in Marshfield. Not long after, about two dozen people
had filed into the store, grabbing ammunition as fast as workers could unload it,
Wisconsin Public Radio reports. “Probably by within an hour or two, they were sold
out of that ammunition just by word of mouth,” Blattler said. Pat Kukull, owner of
Superior Shooters Supply, said the store had a shortage of shotgun ammunition for
trap shooting over the summer, with vendors sending maybe 2% of the usual 500 cases
it might receive. She said there’s been “absolutely nothing” for those hunting
pheasant, grouse or waterfowl. “Now, we’re moving into rifle season, and we haven’t
had any .30-30 shells in a year to speak of, really,” Kukull said. Across
Wisconsin, background checks for handguns surged 174% last year from 2019,
according to the Wisconsin Department of Justice. Wyoming Casper: Employee
transition efforts are ramping up with just a few weeks left before the state’s
last underground coal mine shutters. The long-anticipated closure of the Bridger
Underground Coal Mine was originally expected to affect 94 mine workers, according
to the layoff notice sent to the Rock Springs City Council a month ago. The number
of affected staff has since fallen to 89 and is continuing to shrink as staff leave
to start new jobs, the Casper-Star Tribune reports. Rocky Mountain Power, whose
subsidiary Bridger Coal Company owns the mine, hosted a job fair last month at
which the workers it’s not retaining were able to interview with other mining
companies. Two of the five companies were from out of state, meaning new hires
would have to leave Rock Springs for work. But Rocky Mountain Power is also
collaborating with Western Wyoming Community College in an effort to help
underground mine workers access vocational training programs. Many will qualify for
federal retraining funds targeting displaced coal workers. Employees’ existing
skills also translate well to other mining jobs, including in the trona industry,
which produces a source of soda ash, said Rick Lee, CEO of the Rock Springs Chamber
of Commerce. The Green River Basin trona patch is about 40 miles from Rock Springs.
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What to watch on Peacock in November 2021: New movies and TV shows

Peacock might not be the biggest streaming service on the market, but its new
releases are always impressive. That’s why it’s normal to wonder what to watch on
Peacock tonight. This month is no different, as NBC Peacock is adding a ton of new
movies and shows. We’ll update this page every time NBCUniversal shares a new list
of monthly releases with us. For the month of November, we are getting new episodes
of a bunch of weekly originals, including The Lost Symbol, Frogger, and The Amber
Ruffin Show. Peacock is also adding the Downton Abbey movie, The Notebook, The
Proposal, and You’ve Got Mail, if you’re feeling romantic. So without further
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commission What to watch on Peacock November 2021 new movies and TV shows:
Streaming November 1st 17 Again, 2009*  2012, 2009*  The Addams Family, 1991  Along
Came Polly, 2004*  Billy Madison, 1995*  Blade, 1998  Blade 2, 2002  Blue Bagoo
Kids Playlist, 2020  Blue Bagoo Lullaby Hour, 2020  Blue Bagoo Nursery Rhyme Paty,
2020  Boo! A Madea Halloween, 2016*  Casper’s Scare School, 2006*  Christmas in
Compton, 2012*  Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love, 2016*  The Chronicles of
Riddick, 2004*  Coat of Many Colors, 2016*  The Cold Light of Day, 2012*  Country
Line, 2017  Cry Baby, 1990*  Dallas Buyers Club, 2013*  Dazed and Confused, 1993* 
Death at a Funeral, 2010*  Deck the Halls, 2006*  The Deer Hunter, 1978*  Downton
Abbey, 2019*  Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch Musical, 2020*  E.T., The Extra-Terrestrial,
1982*  End of Days, 1999*  Erin Brockovich, 2000*  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless
Mind, 2004*  Evan Almighty, 2007*  Far and Away, 1992*  Goodfellas, 1990  Fatal
Secrets, 2009  Hairspray Live!, 2016*  Happiness Is a Four Letter Word, 2016  Happy
Gilmore, 1996*  High Holiday, 2021*  The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,
2014  The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, 2013  How the Grinch Stole Christmas,
1996*  How Murray Saved Christmas, 2014*  Into the Mirror, 2018  Jesus Christ
Superstar, 2018*  A Knight’s Tale, 2001  Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of
Life, 2003  The Last Song, 2010  Legal Action, 2018  The Legend of the 5 Mile Cave,
2019  Lethal Weapon, 1987*  Lethal Weapon 2, 1989*  Lethal Weapon 3, 1992*  Lethal
Weapon 4, 1998*  Lone Survivor, 2013  Lord, All Men Can’t Be Dogs, 2011  A Lot Like
Christmas, 2019  Lucy, 2014*  Menace II Society, 1993  Midnight Run, 1988  A
Million Ways to Die in the West, 2014*  Mo’ Money, 1992*  Mr. Bean’s Holiday,
2007*  Munich, 2005*  Murder Manual, 2019  Mystery Men, 1999  Neighbors, 2014*  New
Year New Us, 2021  Non-Stop, 2014*  The Notebook, 2004  An Officer and a Gentleman,
1982*  The Only Thrill, 1997  Open Water, 2004*  Open Water 2: Adrift, 2006* 
Patriot Games, 1992  Peter Pan Live, 2014*  Pitch Black, 2000*  The Proposal, 2009 
Reindeer Games, 2020  Salt, 2010*  Santa Claus: The Movie, 1985*  Santa’s Slay,
2005*  Savannah Sunrise, 2016  Scent of a Woman, 1992*  Seven, 1995*  Shadows in
the Sun, 2005  The Sound of Music (Live Stage Play), 2013*  Sunburn, 1999  Ted 2,
2015*  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 1990*  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, 1991* 
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3, 1993*  Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, 2003* 
Terminator Salvation, 2009*  Thanksgiving with the Carter’s, 2019  This Christmas,
2007*  TMNT, 2007*  Trainwreck, 2015*  Unstoppable, 2010*  W., 2008*  Walk the
Line, 2005  The Warrant, 2020  Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, 2008*  The Wiz: Live,
2015*  XXX: Return of Xander Cage, 2017*  You’ve Got Mail, 1998  Antiques to the
Rescue, Season 1  The Cowboy Way, Season 1-7  Wild West Chronicles, Season 1
Streaming November 2nd Election Night Special Editions of The Mehdi Hasan
Show and Zerlina. (Peacock Originals)* Streaming November 4th American Ninja
Warrior Junior, Season 3, Episode 10 (Peacock Original)*  Beast Mode, 2020  Dan
Brown’s The Lost Symbol, Season 1, Episode 8 (Peacock Original)*  Frogger, Season
1, Episode 11 (Peacock Original)*  The Kids Tonight Show, Season 1, Two New
Episodes (Peacock Original)* The Siwa Pop Revolution, Season 1, Episodes 1-3
(Peacock Original) Top Chef Family Style, Season 1, Episode 10 (Peacock Original)* 
Streaming November 5th The Amber Ruffin Show, Season 2, New Episode (Peacock
Original)*  Ayman, Season 1, New Episode (Peacock Original)*  Last Phases: Night of
the Lone Wolf, 2014  Love Joy (Peacock Original Comedy Special)*  Premier League –
Southampton v. Aston Villa*  Streaming November 6th Breeders Cup Classic   The
Great Christmas Switch, 2021*  Notre Dame College Football – Navy v. Notre Dame  
Premier League – Brentford v. Norwich City*  Premier League – Chelsea v. Burnley* 
Premier League – Brighton v. Newcastle  Streaming November 7th Men in Blazers,
Season 8, Episode 1 NASCAR Cup Series Championship   Premier League – Leeds United
v. Leicester City*  Sunday Night Football – Tennessee Titans v. Los Angeles Rams 
Streaming November 8th The Adventures of Pepper & Paula, 2015  Arthur &
Merlin, 2015  AWOL-72, 2016  Behaving Badly, 2014  Body of Sin, 2018  The Challenge
Disaster, 2019  The Changeover, 2019  The Crash, 2017  Daylight’s End, 2016  Don’t
Hang Up, 2017  Dwegons and Leprechauns, 2014  Eloise, 2017  The Good Neighbor,
2016  The Great Bear, 2014  Heavenly Deposit, 2019  A Horse for Summer, 2015  The
Hot Flashes, 2013  Pixies, 2015  Pod, 2015  Pressure, 2015  Rapid Eye Movement,
2019  Rich Boy Rich Girl, 2019  Robot Overlords, 2015  Rushlights, 2013  Scenic
Route, 2013  The Strange Ones, 2018  The Trials of Cate McCall, 2014  Streaming
November 10th Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story, 2012  The Restless Conscience,
1992  Streaming November 11th American Ninja Warrior Junior, Season 3, Episode 11
(Peacock Original)*   Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol, Season 1, Episode 9 (Peacock
Original)*   Frogger, Season 1, Episode 12 (Peacock Original)*   The Kids Tonight
Show, Season 1, Two New Episodes (Peacock Original)*    Madagascar: A Little Wild,
Season 5  Paris in Love, Season 1, Episode 1 (Peacock Original)*  The Siwa Pop
Revolution, Season 1, Episode 4 (Peacock Original) Top Chef Family Style, Season 1,
Episode 11 (Peacock Original)*  Streaming November 12th The Amber Ruffin Show,
Season 2, New Episode (Peacock Original)*  Shut Up Little Man! An Audio
Misadventure, 2011  Streaming November 13th Christmas Time is Here, 2021*  Nitro
Rallycross at Wild Horse Pass*  Streaming November 14th Dead Heist, 2007  Edmond,
2005  Ernest in the Army, 1998  Ernest Rides Again, 1993  Fifty Pills, 2006 
Finding Rin Tin Tin, 2007  Grand Theft Parsons, 2004  The Great New Wonderful,
2005  Labor Pains, 2009  Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You, 2017 
Mayor of the Sunset Strip, 2003  Nitro Rallycross at Wild Horse Pass*  The
Proposition, 2005  Straight A’s, 2013  Strays, 1997  Sunday Night Football – Kansas
City Chiefs v. Las Vegas Raiders  Streaming November 15th Escape to the Chateau
DIY, Season 6*   Liar, Liar, 1997*  Streaming November 16th Cowboys & Aliens,
2011*  One Day, 2011*  Safe House, 2012*  Streaming November 17th 1,000 Times Good
Night, 2013  All You Ever Wished For, 2018  Arcadia, 2012  The Barefoot Artists,
2014  Broken, 2012  Burn Burn Burn, 2015  Dogs on the Inside, 2014  Famous Nathan,
2014  Glassland, 2014  The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story, 2010 
Hector, 2015  Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives, 2018  Jasper Jones, 2017 
Longmire, Seasons 1-6  My Art, 2016  Not Another Happy Ending, 2013  A Reggae
Sesson, 1988  Second Coming, 2014  Sign Painters, 2014  Small, Beautiful Moving
Parts, 2011  Strike a Pose, 2016  Streaming November 18th 30 Miles From Nowhere,
2019  All I Want For Christmas, 2013  American Ninja Warrior Junior, Season 3,
Episode 12 (Peacock Original)*   Avenging Angelo, 2003  Blonde and Blonder, 2008 
Bob the Builder, 2005  Boy Meets Girl, Season 1  Christmas Together, 2020  A
Christmas Wedding Date, 2012  Christmas Wedding Runway, 2019  Dan Brown’s The Lost
Symbol, Season 1, Episode 10 (Peacock Original)*   The Dog Who Saved Christmas,
2009   Frogger, Season 1, Episode 13 (Peacock Original)*   Hidden Away, 2013  High
School Exorcism, 2014  Holiday Switch, 2007  The Kids Tonight Show, Season 1, Two
New Episodes (Peacock Original)*  The Mad Whale, 2019  Paris in Love, Season 1,
Episode 2 (Peacock Original)*   Psych 3: This is Gus (Peacock Original)*  A Royal
Christmas Engagement, 2020  The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip, Season 1,
Episodes 1-3 (Peacock Original)*  Save the Wedding, 2021  Shoelaces for Christmas,
2018  The Siwa Pop Revolution, Season 1, Episode 5 (Peacock Original) Top Chef
Family Style, Season 1, Episode 12 (Peacock Original)*  What Doesn’t Kill You,
2008  Where the Red Fern Grows, 2003  The World Made Straight, 2015  Streaming
November 19th The Amber Ruffin Show, Season 2, New Episode (Peacock Original)* 
Pressure Cooker, 2008  Teach, 2013  Streaming November 20th A Kindhearted
Christmas, 2021*  Nitro Rallycross*   Notre Dame Football – Georgia Tech v. Notre
Dame   Premier League – Burnley v. Crystal Palace*  Premier League – Liverpool v.
Arsenal   Premier League – Newcastle v. Brentford*  Premier League – Norwich City
v. Southampton*   Premier League – Watford v. Manchester United*  Streaming
November 21st LPGA CME Group Tour Championship  Nitro Rallycross*   Sunday Night
Football – Pittsburgh Steelers v. Los Angeles Chargers   WWE Survivor Series*  
Streaming November 22nd Peacock Presents: Holiday Steals & Deals with Jill
Martin Streaming November 24th Dragons Rescue Riders: Heroes of the Sky, Season 1,
Episodes 1-6 (Peacock Original)*  Saved by the Bell, Season 2,
Episodes 1-10 (Peacock Original)*  Streaming November 25th American Ninja Warrior
Junior, Season 3, Episode 13 (Peacock Original)*  Paris in Love, Season 1, Episode
3 (Peacock Original)*   The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip, Season 1, Episode
4 (Peacock Original)*  The Siwa Pop Revolution, Season 1, Episode 6 (Peacock
Original) Today All Day – Al’s Thanksgiving Takeover: Cooking Up A Storm Marathon 
Thanksgiving Football – Buffalo Bills v. New Orleans Saints  Top Chef Family Style,
Season 1, Episode 13 (Peacock Original)*  Streaming November 26th Madagascar: A
Little Wild Holiday Goose Chase, 2021  Streaming November 27th Premier League –
Brighton v. Leeds United   Premier League – Crystal Palace v. Aston Villa*  Royally
Wrapped for Christmas, 2021*  Streaming November 28th Christmas Is You, 2021* 
Premier League – Brentford v. Everton*  Premier League – Burnley v. Tottenham* 
Premier League – Chelsea v. Manchester United*   Premier League – Leicester City v.
Watford*  Premier League – Manchester City v. West Ham United*  The Real Housewives
of New Jersey, Season 11   Sunday Night Football – Cleveland Browns v. Baltimore
Ravens  NBC Peacock October 2021 new movies and TV shows: Streaming October 1st 21
Jump Street, 2012* 30 Days of Night, 2007 Alien vs. Predator, 2004* American
Gangster, 2007* Apollo 13, 1995 Back to the Future, 1985* Back to the Future II,
1989* Back to the Future III, 1990* Bad Moon, 1996 Beloved, 1998 The Blob, 1988*
The Blues Brothers, 1980* The Bourne Ultimatum, 2007* The Breakfast Club, 1985*
Bride of Chucky, 1998* The Broken, 2008* The Burbs, 1989* Carlito’s Way, 1993
Carlito’s Way: Rise to Power, 2005 Casino, 1995* Cast Away, 2000 Cat People, 1982*
Child’s Play 2, 1990* Child’s Play 3, 1991* Coyote Ugly, 2000 Cult of Chucky, 2017*
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 2008 Curse of Chucky, 2013* Curse of the Fly,
1965 Day of the Dead, 1985 Definitely, Maybe, 2008* Devil, 2010 Die Hard, 1988 Die
Hard with a Vengeance, 1995 Dive Olly Dive and the Octopus Rescue, 2014 Dive Olly
Dive and the Pirate Treasure, 2015 Dracula, 1931 Dracula, 1979* Fast & Furious,
2009* The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, 2006* Fast Five, 2011* The Fly, 1958
Freddy Vs. Jason, 2003 Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare, 1991 Friday the 13th,
1980* Friday the 13th – Part II, 1981* Friday the 13th – Part V: A New Beginning,
1985* Friday the 13th – Part VI: Jason Lives, 1986* Friday the 13th – Part VII: The
New Blood, 1988* Friday the 13th – Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, 1989* The
Funhouse, 1981* Gremlins, 1984* Gremlins 2: The New Batch, 1990* Half Baked, 1998
Harlem Nights, 1989 The Hills Have Eyes 2, 2007* Honey, 2003* How High, 2001* How
Stella Got Her Groove Back, 1998 I Know What You Did Last Summer, 1997 It Follows,
2015* Jason X, 2001* Kicks, 2016* Knowing, 2009* Kung Fu Panda, 2008 Kung Fu Panda
2, 2011 Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, 2004 Live Free or Die
Hard, 2007 The Mask, 1994* Me You Madness, 2021* Mercury Rising, 1998 Monster High:
Boo York, Boo York, 2015 Monster High: Haunted* Monster High: New Ghoul at School,
2010* Monster High: Scaremester Collection #03* My Cousin Vinny, 1992 Nanny McPhee
Returns, 2010* National Lampoon’s Animal House, 1978 The Natural, 1984 A Nightmare
on Elm Street, 1984 A Nightmare on Elm Street, 2010 A Nightmare on Elm Street 2:
Freddy’s Revenge, 1985 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors, 1987 A
Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, 1988 A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The
Dream Child, 1989 Never Back Down, 2008* The Omen, 2006 The People Under the
Stairs, 1991* Predator, 1987* Predator 2, 1990* Predators, 2010 Prince of Darkness,
1987* Problem Child, 1990 Prometheus, 2012* Psycho IV: The Beginning, 1990* Reality
Bites, 1994* Return of the Fly, 1959 Rings, 2017* Runaway Bride, 1999 Saw, 2004*
Saw 2, 2005* Saw 3, 2006* Saw 3D, 2010* Saw 4, 2007* Saw 5, 2008* Saw 6, 2009*
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, 2019* Seed of Chucky, 2004* Separation, 2021*
Shocker, 1989* The Sixth Sense, 1999 The Skeleton Key, 2005* Slap Shot 2: Breaking
the Ice, 2002 Slap Shot 3: The Junior League, 2008 Slither, 2006* The Spy Who
Dumped Me, 2018* Taken, 2008* Tales from the Hood 3, 2020* The Texas Chainsaw
Massacre, 2003* The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, 1986 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre:
The Beginning, 2006* The Triumph, 2006 U-571, 2000 Videodrome, 1983* Village of the
Damned, 1995* The Wedding Singer, 1998 X-Men Origins: Wolverine, 2009 Chloe’s
Closet, Seasons 1-2 Dive Olly Dive, Season 2 Married… with Children, Seasons 1-11
Pinkfong! Songs and Stories, Season 1 Halloween Horror Nights Channel* Universal
Monsters Channel* The Witching Hour Channel* Streaming October 2nd Nitro Rallycross
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football v. Cincinnati Bearcats Premier League – Burnley
v. Norwich City Premier League – Wolves v. Newcastle Premier League – Brighton v.
Arsenal Saturday Night Live, Season 47, Episode 1 (NBC) Tales from the Hood 2, 2018
Streaming October 3rd Nitro Rallycross Sunday Night Football – Tampa Bay Buccaneers
v. New England Patriots Peacock Sunday NFL Final (Peacock Original)* Streaming
October 6th It’s Showtime at the Apollo, Season 12 Streaming October 7th American
Ninja Warrior Junior, Season 3, Episode 6 (Peacock Original)* Create the Escape,
Season 1 (Peacock Original)* Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol, Season 1, Episode 4
(Peacock Original)* Frogger, Season 1, Episode 7 (Peacock Original)* One of Us Is
Lying, Season 1, Episodes 1-3 (Peacock Original)* Premier League – Tottenham v.
Aston Villa Premier League – West Ham United v. Brentford Top Chef Family Style,
Season 1, Episode 6 (Peacock Original)* Sunday Night Football – Tampa Bay
Buccaneers v. New England Patriots Streaming October 8th The Amber Ruffin Show,
Season 2, New Episode (Peacock Original)* Streaming October 9th Saturday Night
Live, Season 47, Episode 2 (NBC) Streaming October 10th Sunday Night Football –
Buffalo Bills v. Kansas City Chiefs Peacock Sunday NFL Final (Peacock Original)*
Streaming October 13th Dead Silence, 2007* In Good Company, 2004* Streaming October
14th American Ninja Warrior Junior, Season 3, Episode 7 (Peacock Original)*
Archibald’s Next Big Thing Is Here!, Season 4 (Peacock Original)* Dan Brown’s The
Lost Symbol, Season 1, Episode 5 (Peacock Original)* Frogger, Season 1, Episode 8
(Peacock Original)* The Kids Tonight Show, Season 1, Two New Episodes (Peacock
Original)* One of Us Is Lying, Season 1, Episodes 4-6 (Peacock Original)* Real
Housewives of Orange County, Season 15 Snoop and Martha’s Very Tasty Halloween
(Peacock Original)* Top Chef Family Style, Season 1, Episode 7 (Peacock Original)*
Streaming October 15th Assault on Precinct 13, 2005* Dark Crimes, 2018* Good Timing
with Jo Firestone, 2021 (Peacock Original Comedy Special)* Halloween Kills, 2021*
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, 2001 Harry Potter and the Chamber of
Secrets, 2002 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 2004 Harry Potter and the
Goblet of Fire, 2005 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2007 Harry Potter
and the Half-Blood Prince, 2009 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, 2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, 2011 Project Runway, Season 19,
Episode 1 (Bravo) The Amber Ruffin Show, Season 2, New Episode (Peacock Original)*
Streaming October 16th Home Sweet Home, Season 1, Episode 1 (NBC) Premier League –
Manchester City v. Burnley Premier League – Norwich City v. Brighton Premier League
– Southampton v. Leeds United Premier League – Brentford v. Chelsea Saturday Night
Live, Season 47, Episode 3 (NBC) Streaming October 17th Sunday Night Football –
Seattle Seahawks vs Pittsburgh Steelers Peacock Sunday NFL Final (Peacock
Original)* Streaming October 18th Premier League – Arsenal v. Crystal Palace
Streaming October 21st American Ninja Warrior Junior, Season 3, Episode 8 (Peacock
Original)* Curious George, Season 14 (Peacock Original)* Dan Brown’s The Lost
Symbol, Season 1, Episode 6 (Peacock Original)* Frogger, Season 1, Episode 9
(Peacock Original)* The Girl in the Woods, Season 1 (Peacock Original)* The Kids
Tonight Show, Season 1, Two New Episodes (Peacock Original)* One of Us Is Lying,
Season 1, Episodes 7-8 (Peacock Original)* Top Chef Family Style, Season 1, Episode
8 (Peacock Original)* WWE Pay-Per-View Crown Jewel Streaming October 23rd Notre
Dame Fighting Irish Football v. USC Trojans Premier League – Chelsea v. Norwich
City Premier League – Crystal Palace v. Newcastle Premier League – Southampton v.
Burnley Premier League – Brighton v. Manchester City Saturday Night Live, Season
47, Episode 4 (NBC) Streaming October 24th Premier League – Brentford v. Leicester
City Sunday Night Football – Indianapolis Colts v. San Francisco 49ers Peacock
Sunday NFL Final (Peacock Original)* Streaming October 26th Below Deck, Season 9,
Episode 1 (Bravo) Streaming October 27th Parientas a la Fuerza, Season 1, Episode 1
(Telemundo) Streaming October 28th All Summers End, 2017 American Ninja Warrior
Junior, Season 3, Episode 9 (Peacock Original)* Band of Robbers, 2015 Beers of Joy,
2019 Daphne, 2017 Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol, Season 1, Episode 7 (Peacock
Original)* Frogger, Season 1, Episode 10 (Peacock Original)* Hitmen, Season 2
(Peacock Original)* The Kids Tonight Show, Season 1, Two New Episodes (Peacock
Original)* Top Chef Family Style, Season 1, Episode 9 (Peacock Original)* Streaming
October 29th The Blacklist, Season 9, Episode 1 (NBC) Southern Charm, Season 7 The
Amber Ruffin Show, Season 2, New Episode (Peacock Original)* Streaming October 30th
Much Ado About Christmas, 2021* Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football v. UNC Tarheels
Premier League – Burnley v. Brentford Premier League – Liverpool v. Brighton
Premier League – Watford v. Southampton Premier League – Tottenham v. Manchester
United Streaming October 31st Spirit Untamed, 2021 Sunday Night Football – Dallas
Cowboys v. Minnesota Vikings Peacock Sunday NFL Final (Peacock Original)* What to
watch on Peacock September 2021 new movies and TV shows: Streaming September 1st on
NBC Peacock About a Boy, 2002*  Along Came Polly, 2004  American Assassin, 2013 
American Heist, 2015*  American Pie, 1999*  American Pie 2, 2001*  American
Wedding, 2003*  An American Werewolf in London, 1981*  Angels & Demons, 2009* 
Any Given Sunday, 1999*  Baby Mama, 2008*  Beetlejuice, 1988*  The Best Man, 1999 
The Big Lebowski, 1998  Blade, 1998*  Breakin’ All the Rules, 2004  Child’s Play,
1988*  Conan the Barbarian, 2011*  Coneheads, 1993  The Croods, 2013*  Criminal,
2016*  The Da Vinci Code, 2006*  The Deer Hunter, 1978*  Don Verdean, 2015*  Draft
Day, 2014  Dragonheart, 1996*  E.T., The Extra-Terrestrial, 1982*  Enemy of the
State, 1998  The Express, 2008*  The Forbidden Kingdom, 2008*  The Fourth
Kind, 2009*  Friday Night Lights, 2004*  Get Him to the Greek, 2010*  The Girl with
the Dragon Tattoo, 2011  Gods of Egypt, 2016*  The Help, 2011  Hotel Rwanda, 2004 
The Interview, 2014  Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, 2014*  Kick-Ass 2, 2013  Knocked
Up, 2007*  The Last Witch Hunter, 2015*  Law Abiding Citizen, 2009*  The Legend of
Zorro, 2005  Let Me In, 2010*  MacGruber, 2010*  Mallrats, 1995  Marauders, 2016 
The Mask of Zoro, 1998  The Mustang, 2019*  Notting Hill, 1999  One True Thing,
1998*  Ouija, 2014  Out of Africa, 1985*  Out of Sight, 1998  Parenthood, 1989* 
Phantasm II, 1988  The Social Network, 2006  Soul Food, 1997  Soul Plane, 2004 
Tombstone, 1993  Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection, 2012  United 93, 2006 
Wedding Crashers, 2005*  World Trade Center, 2006  The World’s End, 2013  The A-
Team, Seasons 1-4  Streaming September 2nd A.P. Bio, Season 4 (Peacock Original)* 
TrollsTopia, Season 4  Streaming September 3rd Buried in the Backyard, Season 3 
Streaming September 6th Days of our Lives: Beyond Salem, Season 1, Episode 1
(Peacock Original)*  Juegos Paralimpicos Tokyo 2020, Epiosde 2 (Telemundo) 
Streaming September 7th Days of our Lives: Beyond Salem, Season 1, Episode 2
(Peacock Original)*  American Ninja Warrior, Season 12   Snapped, Season 28 
Streaming September 8th Days of our Lives: Beyond Salem, Season 1, Episode 3
(Peacock Original)*  Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11  Streaming September 9th Days
of our Lives: Beyond Salem, Season 1, Episode 4 (Peacock Original)*  Frogger,
Season 1, Episodes 1-3 (Peacock Original)*  American Ninja Warrior Junior, Season
3, Episodes 1-2 (Peacock Original)*  Top Chef Family Style, Season 1, Episodes 1-2
(Peacock Original)*  Streaming September 10th Focus, 2015*  Days of our Lives:
Beyond Salem, Season 1, Episode 5 (Peacock Original)*  Streaming September 12th
Streaming September 13th Asi Se Baila (Telemundo)  Streaming September 15th
American Dreamers, 2016  Boys of Summer, 2010  Bride of Frankenstein, 1935  Curse
of the Werewolf, 1961  Dr. Cyclops, 1940  Dracula’s Daughter, 1931  The Evil of
Frankenstein, 1964  Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman, 1943  The Healer, 2018  The
Invisible Man Returns, 1940  The Invisible Man, 1933  The Invisible Man’s Revenge,
1940  The Invisible Woman, 1940  It Came From Outerspace, 1953  Joseph: King of
Dreams, 2000  Men in Black, 1997*  Men in Black II, 2002*  My Son, 2021*  The
Mummy, 1932  The Mummy’s Curse, 1944  The Mummy’s Ghost, 1944  The Mummy’s Hand,
1940  The Mummy’s Tomb, 1942  Night Monster, 1942  Phantom of the Opera, 1943 
Phantom of the Opera, 1962  Son of Dracula, 1943  Son of Frankenstein, 1939 
Werewolf in London, 1935  Streaming September 16th Frogger, Season 1, Episode 4
(Peacock Original)*  American Ninja Warrior Junior, Season 3, Episode 3 (Peacock
Original)*  Top Chef Family Style, Season 1, Episode 3 (Peacock Original)* 
Backyard Blowout, Season 1 (Peacock Original)*  Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol, Season
1, Episode 1 (Peacock Original)*  Streaming September 20th Superstars, Episodes 1-
8  Streaming September 21st Ordinary Joe, Season 1 (NBC)  The Voice, Season 21
(NBC)  Best of WWE: The Best of Extreme Rules 2  Streaming September 22nd New
Amsterdam, Season 4 (NBC)  Streaming September 23rd Frogger, Season 1, Episode 5
(Peacock Original)*  American Ninja Warrior Junor, Season 3, Episode 4
(Peacock Original)*  Top Chef Family Style, Season 1, Episode 4 (Peacock
Original)*  Code 404, Season 2 (Peacock Original) * Peacock Original  Dan
Brown’s The Lost Symbol, Season 1, Episode 2 (Peacock Original)*  The Toolbox
Killer (Peacock Original)*   Chicago Fire, Season 10 (NBC)  Chicago Med, Season 7
(NBC)  Chicago PD, Season 9 (NBC)  Streaming September 24th Law and Order: SVU,
Season 24 (NBC)  Law and Order: Organized Crime, Season 2 (NBC)  Streaming
September 25th Despicable Me, 2010*  1st Look, Season 13 (NBC)  Dateline, Season 30
(NBC)  Streaming September 26th Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Sessions: John Cena 
Streaming September 29th La Brea, Season 1 (NBC)  Streaming September 30th Frogger,
Season 1, Episode 6 (Peacock Original)*  American Ninja Warrior Junior, Season 3,
Episode 5 (Peacock Original)*  Top Chef Family Style, Season 1, Episode 5 (Peacock
Original)*  Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol, Season 1, Episode 3 (Peacock Original)* 
Curious George: Cape Ahoy (Peacock Original)*  That’s everything new that
NBCUniversal has added to Peacock in recent months.