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  • Chile has joined Israel, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates as one of the top countries in the world when it comes to vaccination rates.
  • Drake recently released Scary Hours 2, a mini-album with three songs on it, and those songs all debuted in the top-three spots of the Billboard Hot 100. No other artist has ever pulled this off.
  • Brian Murphy, a former top official in the Department Of Homeland Security, alleges he was instructed to downplay the threat of Russia and white nationalism.
  • The Puerto Rican rapper only performs in Spanish โ€” a sign of the growing power of Hispanic music. It's the first time an artist who never sings in English tops the year-end list.
  • The cat made its way to the top level of Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. As it clung by one paw to the upper deck, fans below grabbed an American flag โ€” which they used to catch the falling feline.
  • Top U.S. intelligence officials confirm that North Korea has an untested ballistic missile believed capable of reaching the western United States. At a Senate subcommittee hearing, CIA Director George Tenet and Vice Adm. Lowell Jacoby, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, also say it's likely North Korea has at least one nuclear weapon. NPR's David Welna reports.
  • While eating M&Ms recently, Will Cutbill tried stacking them on top of each other. He became determined to break the Guinness record. Hours later he did it by stacking five M&Ms.
  • Top American banks like Wells Fargo and J.P. Morgan Chase are planning to send out credit cards to those without scores.
  • The fate of financially troubled Amtrak could depend on the success of Acela Express, its new high-speed train. NPR's Jack Speer reports that the long-delayed train took a group of VIPs on an inaugural run today from Washington to Boston. The train reaches a top speed of 150 miles per hour, but it's still slower than bullet trains in Europe and Japan. Acela tickets aren't cheap, and Amtrak faces a major challenge in persuading people who travel between major citieis by car or air shuttle, to opt for the train.
  • Dolly just hit the top of the Dance and Electronic Digital Song chart with the song "Faith." She teamed up with Swedish DJ Galantis and Mr. Probz.
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