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Bob Boilen's favorite music of 2021 includes a 100-song playlist and his top 10 albums. It's music filled with great stories and sonic adventures.

He and his team were stunned by the number of mutations. They felt they'd made a contribution by alerting the world to a dangerous variant. Then came the travel bans for residents of southern Africa.

Flint, Mich., brought the risk of lead pipes to many people's attention, but the problems go further. Find out if lead pipes could be affecting your drinking water.

The panel said Stone participated in "Stop the Steal" efforts related to the 2020 election. The political operative said he knows "nothing whatsoever about the illegal events that day."

The White House released an action plan to replace lead pipes and lead paint in the U.S. within the next decade. Lead contamination is known to have detrimental effects on the brain and kidneys.

Police officials said Shinji Aoba, a 41-year-old from Saitama City near Tokyo, spent three and a half years in prison for robbing a convenience store in 2012.

COVID-19 cases are up more than 6% over the past two weeks in the U.S.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports that coastal Virginia is experiencing the highest rates of sea level rise along the Eastern seaboard.

A new investigation by WBUR and ProPublica looks into the Boston Police Department's purchase of a powerful surveillance device with money seized from alleged suspects.

She has pleaded not guilty to six federal charges she faces, including the sex trafficking of minors with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.