Advance Morning News

It's Saturday, December 28, 2024. Today's features include an analysis of HUD's new homelessness study, a look at the man behind the music in Hitchcock films, and top news of the week.

ANALYSIS: HUD Report on Homelessness Should Turn Heads

By Martin Davis

Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash

National homeless numbers released on Friday are significantly higher than in recent years. The solutions are local.

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Bernard Herrmann – A Great Film Composer with a Great Name

By Alan Herrmann

Photo by Maxime Roedel on Unsplash

Can you imagine an Alfred Hitchcock film without the music?

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Best of the Week

Best of Awards

• The Best of 2024 - Government Leader of the Year

• The Best of 2024 - Article of the Year

Education

• Author Dav Pilkey and Scholastic Donate Books to City Elementary Schoolers

Public Spaces

• City Parks Wrestle with Vandalism, Graffiti

Commentary

• For-profit Medical Insurance Industry Supports Bottom Lines, Not Patients

• FROM THE EDITOR: 'I Just Pray for a Place to Stay'

Books and Culture

• Fool’s Gold

• Sunday Books & Culture

• Alastair Sim and George C. Scott: Ebenezer Scrooges for the Ages

Local Obituaries

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