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Louisiana lawmakers, struggling with budget shortfalls, are again looking to restructure the TOPS college tuition program to lessen costs.Proposals…

The year in music included so many outstanding songs and albums by women that it's easy to come up with an all-female top 10.

In its 12th week on the Billboard 200 albums chart, the soundtrack to KPop Demon Hunters finally hits No. 1. Elsewhere on the charts, Justin Bieber zooms back into the top 10 thanks to a deluxe edition and sombr's debut makes a move

Also: Greece is getting its last offer from creditors; financially strapped Puerto Rico will try to overhaul its national utility; and the Large Hadron Collider is ready to smash more atoms.

Also: Commemorations of the WW1 Gallipoli offensive are held; prosecutors rest in the penalty phase of the Boston Marathon bombing trial; and China cracks down on funeral strippers.

Also: The 2016 National Book Award finalists are announced; Hanoi Hanna, who broadcast to American GIs in Vietnam has died; and the Paris climate accord is set to take effect next month.

Correspondent Susan Stamberg gathers recommendations for the season's best books from booksellers Rona Brinlee, Daniel Goldin and Lucia Silva. Their selections include comics about philosophy, novels about building families, and a box set that dives into the process of writing.

The best reads of 2018. We’ll hear picks from book critics and an independent bookseller.

The Obama Library Foundation says it has major concerns about the proposals from two Chicago universities. The city's mayor, Rahm Emanuel, says he's confident that Chicago will beat out New York and Hawaii.

Steve Inskeep speaks with Richard V. Reeves, author of the book Dream Hoarders, which argues that the wealthiest 20 percent of Americans unfairly grab opportunities for themselves and their children.