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The best albums released this year explored heartbreak, obsession, salvation, family, rage and isolation; sometimes they explored exploration itself. As live music started to cautiously return to stages, some artists reflected their year of withdrawal through minimalism, like Miranda Lambert.

U.S. intelligence finds Russia planning Ukraine offensive  Politico Russia planning massive military offensive against Ukraine involving 175000 troops, U.S. intelligence warns  The Washington Post Russian troops reported at the Ukraine border heighten tensions between the two nations  CBS News US intelligence says Russia

The parents of a teen accused of killing four students in a shooting at a Michigan high school were caught early Saturday, several hours after a prosecutor filed involuntary manslaughter charges against them, officials said. James and Jennifer Crumbley were

There’s a lot we don’t know about the new COVID variant, yet many people are wondering if they can fly, go to holiday parties and restaurants — or should just hide out. We asked doctors for answers. (Image credit: Katherine

Rising Delta cases already force some governments to reintroduce restrictions; lab tests underway on Omicorn

Scientists in a cutting-edge laboratory do part of the work. Local health workers on foot do the rest.

Trump had McDonald’s while in hospital with COVID-19, reports say  Business Insider

Ghislaine Maxwell’s defense keeps ‘spotlight’ on Epstein, other powerful men  NBC News Ghislaine Maxwell was the “lady of the house,” ex-Jeffrey Epstein staffer testifies  CBS News Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial feels disturbingly familiar  The Independent Jurors shown Epstein’s massage table, ‘Twin Torpedo’ sex toy

Ethan Michaeli’s ‘Twelve Tribes: Promise and Peril in the New Israel’ goes beyond the headlines to reveal the everyday lives of the Jews and Arabs who call the Holy Land home

James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley, found Saturday after brief evasion