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On March 3, 2020 We held our last in-person Lonesome Lounge Session before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down stages across the world. Luckily for us, we had a camera crew to document that evening. The stage at the Lonesome Rose was graced with local San Antonio legend Augie Meyers, Garrett. T. Capps and Charley Crockett.

It's President Trump' last full day in office. Senate panels consider five of President-elect Biden's cabinet nominees. Thousands of Honduran immigrants cross into Guatemala trying to reach the U.S.

When schools closed last spring, children with severe mental illnesses were cut off from the services they'd come to rely on. Many have since spiraled into emergency rooms and even police custody.

More than a dozen states have called up the National Guard to help at vaccination sites, and Joe Biden may mobilize Guard units nationally.

President-elect Biden is heading to Washington from Delaware as President Trump works through his last full day in office. Washington, D.C. is locked down ahead of Wednesday's inaugural ceremonies.

Jackie Northam of member station WBEZ visits a section of Chicago known as Bridgeport, where 13-year-old Lenard Clark was beaten into a coma eighteen months ago. Bridgeport had been known for its racial intolerance, and the beating of the young African-American man only served to highlight the tensions in the area. She examines the nature of race relations in Chicago in general and Bridgeport in particular...and how racial attitudes have changed since programs were launched in the wake of the attack on Lenard Clark. The programs are designed to mend racial differences and contribute to a dialogue between the races.

Jackie Northam of member station WBEZ in Chicago reports that two white men charged with the brutal racially motivated beating of a Chicago teenager today pleaded guilty and avoided jail time.

Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman in America to earn her medical degree. Her sister Emily followed in her footsteps. Janice Nimura tells the story of the "complicated, prickly" trailblazers.

Abbott on Tuesday will meet in Houston with state health leaders and a local hospital system executive to discuss his priorities for Texas lawmakers, who returned to the Capitol last week for the 2021 legislative session.

A new five-CD set features Stampfel's recording of a favorite song for each year of the last century. The resulting collection is a wonderful survey of popular music — as well as lots of great fun.