American Culture Quiz: Test yourself on groundbreaking gadgets, medical marvels and Southern staples

The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people, including current events and the sights and sounds of the United States. This week’s quiz features groundbreaking gadgets, Southern staples and much more. Can you get all eight questions right? For more Lifestyle articles, visit www.foxnews.com/lifestyle To try…

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Biden pardons late Black activist Marcus Garvey, 4 others

President Biden issued five more pardons on Sunday on his last full day in office, including for political activist and Black nationalist Marcus Garvey.  “America is a country built on the promise of second chances,” Biden said in a statement. “As President, I have used my clemency power to make that promise a reality by…

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The tech to build the holodeck

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Gaussian splatting, a new way of capturing 3D content, is taking the AR / VR industry by storm — and could one day allow anyone to create photorealistic 3D worlds. Read the full story at The Verge.

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New year, new Switch, new Severance

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 67, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, happy Switch week, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been watching Black Doves and The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, reading about Lorne…

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Nashville-area school district votes to remove children’s transgender book after fiery board meeting

A Nashville-area school district voted this week to remove a transgender book for children from its school libraries after questions were raised about the book’s content at last month’s board meeting. During the public comment section at the December 10 Murfreesboro City School Board meeting, pastor and activist John K. Amanchukwu called out the district…

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I updated my will. Here’s why you should, too

The saying goes that a cobbler’s kids have no shoes. But my own experience in creating an estate and legacy planning product after the passing of my father over a decade ago has ensured that I practice what I preach.   Given that I know how important formalizing my wishes and information is, I recently…

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