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Migrants make their way to the checkpoint "Kuznitsa" at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus

EU places new sanctions on entities facilitating migration to Belarus

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The EU is placing new sanctions on travel companies helping to transport migrants to Belarus. Also, American journalist Danny Fenster, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison, has been released by the military junta in Myanmar. And, Austria imposes a lockdown on people who are not vaccinated against COVID-19.

A sketch of the Crack Monster by Jennifer Bourne.

The Crack Monster: The mystery behind the creepiest cartoon on ‘Sesame Street’

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Robin Williams Knew How To Get To Sesame Street

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Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

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Five Thrones You Had To See Online This Week

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Just the scent of new Game of Thrones episodes was enough to throw the internet (plus Seth Meyers, Sesame Street, Key, and Peele) into a tailspin this week. 

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

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Sesame Street regulates, sea otters make music, and Ben Affleck is sad to win the internet this week.

Robin Williams during two of his numerous appearances on the children's show Sesame Street.

Sesame Street mourns the death of Robin Williams

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Robin Williams had many unforgettable moments in his movies, but he also took time to create a few of them on Sesame Street as well. He started appearing on the show in 1990 and returned many times to play the role of the gentle educator for millions of kids.

‘Sesame Street’ 40 years old and still counting

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Cookie Monster now eats vegetables, but the core values of “Sesame Street” aren’t much different from the show’s first broadcast.

P is for Prison: Sesame Street and Overpopulation in America’s Jails

One in twenty-eight children in America has a parent behind bars. And now, for the first time, a muppet does too. Last week, the beloved children’s program Sesame Street announced a new initiative entitled “Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration”. It’s an online tool-kit complete with original Sesame Street clips, starring a new muppet named Alex, […]