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- A woman convicted of killing her abuser is fighting on behalf of a bill that would let judges lighten sentences for women in similar circumstances (currently women who kill their abusers get more time on average than men who kill their female partners).
- A look back at the year in Ted Cruz humiliations.
- The NY Times has a neat interactive piece mapping the shadows of the city.
- Paul McCartney, The Roots and some celebrity friends performed an a capella version of "Wonderful Christmas Time" on Fallon.
- College dorms are turning into luxury playpens.
- Lena Dunham sort of apologized for the "distasteful" abortion joke, blames it on the "'delusional girl' persona I often inhabit."
- Shockingly, Bill O'Reilly defended white privilege on his show last night.
- Wes Anderson is making an animated movie about dogs that looks like it was made just for me.
- Trump's wacky doctor is back with some reassuring words: “If something happens to him, then it happens to him,” Bornstein said. "It’s like all the rest of us, no? That’s why we have a vice president and a speaker of the House and a whole line of people. They can just keep dying."
- The MTA is offering free bus rides to LaGuardia for two days before Christmas.
- Here's your depressing afternoon longread on the family whose daughters were killed by radiator steam in the Bronx.
- And finally, a very patient boxer does his best to get a treat:
Published Dec 21, 2016
Modified Dec 21, 2016
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