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This week, the rapper Future hit #1 on Billboard's albums chart for a third time in the last six months. Meanwhile, on the songs, chart, stasis is becoming the coin of the realm.

Far more families are choosing to have fewer — or no — children. Many countries, including the U.S., now face a rapidly aging population that could begin to shrink.

Pianist Lara Downes and Pulitzer-winning author Salamishah Tillet discuss Nina Simone and one of her best-known songs at her lovingly restored birthplace in Tryon, N.C.

Not everyone who was part of rap's ascent gets included in its story. MC Sha-Rock, of the original Funky 4 and the Funky 4 + 1, reaffirms her role in hip-hop's formative years as the first woman MC.

Think of the best songs of 2021 as a playlist catering to the most basic human urges. Within it, booties were called, muffins were buttered and bloody revenge was contemplated. It was quite a year.

Also: The U.S. alleges Syria is executing prisoners and burning their bodies; Trump meets Turkey's president today; and trash is washing up on this Pacific island.

Public beaches along the Lake Ontario shoreline are under water, which may put a damper on some summer plans.

Also: Closing arguments are today in the penalty phase of the Charleston church shooting trial; a new storm tracks toward the West Coast; and more protests break out over gas price hikes in Mexico.

On big news days, it's fun to look at the witty headlines in the tabloids. The headline in the New York Daily News: Don Of A New Day. The headline in the New York Post: Don Of A New Day.

State lawmaker Elmer Floyd wants to make the Fayetteville Fried Chicken Festival North Carolina's official chicken festival. But Fayetteville doesn't have a chicken festival.