Food
Chef Mary Sue Milliken rubs pork ribs with lots of herbs and fennel seeds before slow-cooking them on the grill and brushing them with a balsamic vinegar glaze.
USC Sports
Saint Mary’s used runs at the end of the first half and beginning of the second half to overpower USC men’s basketball en route to a 71-36 win Thursday.
Herbs? Tools? Stems? You can use them all in various ways!
World & Nation
Councilor Sanija Ameti fired a pistol at a poster of a 14th century Madonna and child painting and posted the bullet-ridden images on social media.
Politics
Nick Begich, from one of the state’s best-known Democratic political families, has ousted Rep. Mary Peltola, who became the first Alaska Native in Congress in 2022.
Recipes
Named for their topping of pine nuts, pignoli are the nutty, soft, textured cookies found in any Italian cookie spread worth its salt.
Music
Mary J. Blige will embark on a 2025 tour dedicated to fans, who took to the comments section of her post announcing the event to weigh in on her connection to Diddy and issues with Ne-Yo in the lineup.
Mary J. Blige will launch her For My Fans Tour in North Carolina in January, and the 27-city tour includes three stops in California in March.
Spotlight on Film and Media Programs
When you choose a Film, Media and Communication degree program at Mount Saint Mary’s University, you’re stepping into a world no other institution can match.
Television
HBO’s ‘Somebody Somewhere,’ which came to an end with Sunday’s finale, may have seemed like a small-town dramedy. In truth, it was a heroic quest — and deserves to be seen that way.