- Cold Case Cracked After 50 Years: ‘Dixie Mafia’ Behind Hit on North Carolina Family Found Stuffed in Bathtub, Police Say
- December prices rise 7 percent, compared to a year ago, as 2021 inflation reaches highest in 40 years (washingtonpost.com)
- ‘They are fed up’: US labor on the march in 2021 after years of decline (theguardian.com)
- Belarus opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovsky jailed for 18 years over protests (bbc.com)
- ‘Every street has its own problem’: after years of sewage crisis, majority Black city sees hope in $10m from grant funding and Biden’s infrastructure package (theguardian.com)
- US cities scale back New Year’s Eve events and urge people to scrap parties (theguardian.com)
- Hidden Pentagon Records Reveal Horrific Patterns of Failure in Deadly Airstrikes (nytimes.com)
- The CIA lied to justify torturing one prisoner after 9/11 — 20 years later, his story is still shrouded in secrecy (theguardian.com)
- The pandemic has caused nearly two years of collective trauma. Many people are near a breaking point. (washingtonpost.com)
- Toughest sentence yet for any Capitol rioter: over 5 years (apnews.com)
