Between Bells: Alabama Senate election heads to the finish line, Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA) on gun control, and the gay man denied a marriage license by Kim Davis is running for her seat. Lisa Loeb tells us about her new Christmas Album, and Peter Thomas Roth has tips to fix your winter skin. With more from ELLE, The Knot, The Young Turks, and The Daily Caller.
Hundreds of Milwaukee bar patrons who hoped to score free drinks through its offer to pay their tabs whenever the New York Jets, and former Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, lose had to pay up after the Jets got an overtime win despite an injury that took Rodgers out of the game.
The HBCU Transformation Project, a coalition of 40 historically Black colleges and universities, on Wednesday announced a $124 million gift from philanthropic funders Blue Meridian Partners to increase enrollment, graduation rates and employment rates for the schools' graduates.