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Every Friday, throughout the year, WGCU and Sheldon Zoldan have presented a little bit of history, a little bit of music, with a lot of music. As we close out the year, Fridays in December will go to honoring 5 musicians, singers, and songwriters who left us in 2022. This week we're honoring Jerry Lee Lewis who died October 28, 2022 at 87.

Officials said a cargo ship carrying corn that went aground early Monday in the Suez Canal was refloated and traffic was restored, avoiding a scene from 2021 that blocked traffic for six days.

Russia responded to new U.S. sanctions with political theater, careening from threats of countermeasures to a reprieve from Vladimir Putin, who pledged to work with Donald Trump to repair ties.

Maxwell Frost came to national attention as one of the first members of Generation Z to launch a bid for Congress. At 25, he just meets the minimum age to serve in the House of Representatives.

America First Legal, an organization launched by former Donald Trump aide Stephen Miller, is the group behind many of the political ads.

The 66-year-old tennis legend has been diagnosed with early stages of throat and breast cancer. "The prognosis is good," her agent told NPR.

Ken Block, an action sports legend who also co-founded Hoonigan Racing, died on Monday at age 55 after his snowmobile fell backwards on a steep slope.

Global prices for food commodities like grain and vegetable oils were the highest on record last year even after falling for nine months in a row, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he hopes to speak with President Biden "early" to avoid a potential default on the nation's debt this summer. He raised a bipartisan 2019 deal as a potential model.

The incident early Saturday in an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood was the latest of several mass shootings in California.