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WUNC Music handpicks thrilling new songs from Mykki Blanco, HC McEntire, The Muslims, Al Riggs, Shirlette Ammons and ZenSoFly.

The city experienced the darkest month in its recorded history in December. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with reporter Charles Maynes, who lived through those nearly sunless weeks.

Flowers spent 23 years behind bars for a 1996 quadruple killing at a Mississippi furniture store. Prosecutors said Friday that there were no credible witnesses available for a seventh trial.

Bringing powerful winds and storm surge, Hurricane Delta is moving toward Louisiana. The storm is forecast to affect some of the same areas Hurricane Laura devastated six weeks ago.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky has cleared the way for the roll out of vaccines for children five years and under as early as this coming week.

An uproar followed comments by Sanofi's CEO that if the company develops a vaccine, doses would likely go to Americans first. The board president later insisted, "Any vaccine will be a public good."

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has been looking at the causes of the riot. It's now voting on contempt resolution for Steve Bannon who defied its subpoena.

Fallow sugarcane plantation fields may have fueled the devastating fires in Maui, a California law that sets confinement standards for pigs and poultry gets push back amid calls for changes from animal advocates, the 2023 Farm Bill is languishing in Congress, and sales of plant-based meat alternatives are slipping.

This edition of Farm News & Views covers the USDA's plan to lower food prices, and some lawmakers calling for members of Congress to come back to Washington to provide funding for farmers who have been affected by Hurricane Helene.

Brazil is seeing a record number of coronavirus deaths as a new variant overwhelms the health care system. Over 1,900 deaths on Wednesday marked the second day in a row of record deaths.