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What makes Judge Judy so irresistible for millions of TV viewers

Jun. 25, 2019 Entertainment

Judge Judy Sheindlin with fans. Photo credit: Iaguna172/CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Judge Judy has been on TV for two decades, resolving real-life small claim disputes. She’s the queen of daytime television, beating Ellen DeGeneres, Dr. Phil, and even Oprah when she was on air.

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10 min

Democratic Congressman Gil Cisneros on why he supports a bill that would help address the crisis at the border

Congress is set to vote on a bill today that would deliver more than $4 billion in emergency aid to help address the crisis at the border.

9 min

A couple’s 4000-mile journey across the Arctic by foot and canoe

Ornithologist Caroline Van Hemert and her husband, Pat, had no real training when they set off to travel 4000 miles by rowboat, foot, skis, and rafts across some of the most...

18 min

How Judge Judy built a multi-million dollar fortune

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12 min