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This list of lists is made up of favorites picked by members of NPR Music's staff. It's a sprawling and deeply personal selection of albums to celebrate and send off 2019.

Updated: 6:05 p.m., Friday, Oct. 2, 2020 Everyone in the hall at Tuesday’s presidential debate tested negative for the coronavirus before entering the event, according to a statement from the Cleveland Clinic, which co-sponsored the debate with Case Western Reserve University and helped develop and enforce COVID-19 safety protocols.

The Summit County Board of Elections is being placed under state oversight and faces other repercussions following a series of errors; John Carroll University is eliminating tenure protections for faculty starting next fall; a spokesman says Gov. Mike DeWine has no immediate plans to lift the statewide mask mandate; and more stories.

While serving as a State Department adviser in Iraq and Afghanistan, J. Kael Weston instigated a military mission that resulted the death of 31 service members. His memoir revisits the tragedy of war.

NPR has identified three Trump administration officials with close ties to antisemitic extremists, including a prominent Holocaust denier.

A strongly bipartisan group of House members is sponsoring a bill to make the director of the Secret Service subject to Senate confirmation, following widespread concern over the agency's performance in recent months. The bill also increases funding for protection of second residences, which for the Trump administration has become a major expense.

Before it became a byword for disaster, the hydrogen-lifted airship heralded an era of fine dining in the skies — with an all-electric kitchen, a cocktail lounge, wine cellar and multi-course meals.

It's a tricky thing, casting. Directors have a vision for their lines — but what if that vision doesn't include a more inclusive palette?

The Senate has confirmed Betsy DeVos as U.S. education secretary. Here's what educators, lawmakers and education groups have to say about it.

The White House said Tuesday that President Obama would remove Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. Iran, Sudan and Syria are also on it. But some states have made it off, too.