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Today's top headlines for NPR's The Two-Way.

The Dow plummeted more than 1,300 points after President Trump announced new emergency steps. The New York Stock Exchange said that to protect its employees, it will close its trading floor Monday.

Albums by Wallen and Adele were the top sellers of 2021, according to MRC Data and Billboard's annual tally. Other findings: audio on-demand streaming soared, and sales of vinyl outpaced CDs.

We asked the network's international journalists to pick one story from the year you should check out. Here are their selections.

For months, Colleen Hoover and Emily Henry have occupied multiple spots on the New York Times paperback trade fiction bestsellers list. The success of these romance writers has been aided by Gen Z.

The Washington Democrat walked back comments she made over the weekend in which she called Israel a "racist state."

Many New Yorkers say crime is their top concern this year. The candidates for governor, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Rep. Lee Zeldin, offer two sharply different approaches to public safety.

To those who closely follow the voter ID wars, Hans von Spakovsky is a household name, one of the nation's leading and controversial crusaders against voter fraud. So it was news that the Republican lawyer failed to get a second term on the electoral board of Virginia's largest county.

NPR staff share recommendations for non-fiction reading from our Books We Love list: "The War of Art," "Shattered Lands," "Toni at Random" and "Patchwork."