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The word of the year so far is “Ebonics.” Although it’s been around since the 1970s, few people had heard of it before last Dec. 18, when the Oakland, Cal., School Board unanimously passed a resolution declaring Ebonics to be the “genetically-based” language of its African American students, not a dialect of English.

If you take a look at the ingredients, there are only three: milk, ice, and matcha blend. After the matcha tea blend ingredient, the list reads, “Sugar, ground Japanese Green tea.” Think about it this way: When referencing the matcha powder, Starbucks acknowledges that it’s made of nothing but powder and sugar.

The peanut butter and banana sandwich has been referred to as a favorite of Elvis Presley, who was renowned for his food cravings such as the Fool’s Gold Loaf, a loaf of French white bread filled with a pound each of bacon, peanut butter, and grape jelly.

You can buy shares of gold royalty companies through a regular brokerage account. Morningstar, an advisory firm, listed 19 gold royalty stocks as of this article’s publication date and offers investment advice on each. Prudent investors read the prospectus before buying stock in any company.

Burger King is running a new multichannel campaign to celebrate “Christmas in July” that aims to bring goodwill and cheer to consumers during a difficult year, per a report in Muse by Clio. … The Christmas theme extends to creative on social media and on the Burger King app.