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What's your public radio station's top song of the year? Read on to find out.

After a decade of unbridled innovation, 2019 felt like a tightening of the reins in hip-hop, delivering stellar albums where artists rapped with back-to-basics clarity and precision.

Also: With tension high, Vice President Pence prepares to visit South Korea; Syria is moving thousands of people out of villages; and Topeka firefighters rescue a cat (and its owner) out of a tree.

Also: China launches the first aircraft carrier it has built; prosecutors review the death of a Milwaukee inmate who died in jail of dehydration; and baby humpback whales "whisper" to their mothers.

Also: A winter storm hits the West, leaving one girl dead; a House panel recommends defunding Planned Parenthood; and a Chinese city hosts a stunning ice sculpture festival.

Also: Scientists worry the Zika virus could spread at the Brazil Olympic games; the FBI releases video of the shooting of an Oregon militant; and guitarist Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane dies.

Also: The World Health Organization says Zika virus is spreading in the Americas; former Ivory Coast leader Gbagbo pleads not guilty to war crimes; and Michigan is to approve more money for Flint.

Also: Protesters clash with Hong Kong police; a report alleges Russia and Syria are using cluster bombs against civilians; and a report says there was a record number of shark attacks last year.

Also: Federal Reserve Chair Yellen testifies on Capitol Hill; Southern California is baking in near-record heat; and terms of a new Amazon game don't all apply in case of a zombie apocalypse.

Also: The suspect in the EgyptAir hijacking remains in custody; the death toll from the Brussels attacks is lowered; and your car's headlights probably don't illuminate the road very well.

Also: Utah orders anesthesia for abortions at 20 weeks; the FBI investigates a potential computer hacking of a hospital system; and an Alaskan volcano slows its eruption.

Also: President Obama writes an editorial urging Britons to stay in the E.U.; the Paris climate change accord will be signed today; and a gyrocopter pilot who landed at the U.S. Capitol is sentenced.

Also: Bernie Sanders will meet President Obama at the White House; bailout legislation for Detroit schools goes to Michigan's governor; and Thailand's king has ruled for 70 years.

Also: Jordan says terrorists have killed 5 people near the capital, Amman; the U.S. and China are holding their annual diplomatic meeting in Beijing; and today's the start of Ramadan.

Also: President Trump will sign new executive orders on trade; Tillerson attends a NATO summit in Brussels; and what pro baseball players do when a swarm of bees flies onto the field.

Also: The Senate is expected to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court today; South Africans march to protest President Zuma; and Hyundai and Kia are recalling more than a million vehicles.

Also: Egypt declares an emergency after yesterday's suicide bombings; Alabama lawmakers open impeachment hearings against Gov. Robert Bentley; and the Great Barrier Reef is dangerously bleaching.

Also: Sunday saw a fifth day of protests following Donald Trump's election; India's currency change is causing hardship; and some wildfires in southern states may have been started by arson.

Also: Cincinnati jurors continue to deliberate the fate of a white officer in the fatal shooting of a black motorist; fires spread in the South; and Yahoo knew early of its data breach.

Also: Syria's leader suggests President-elect Trump may be an ally against terrorism; suspected arsonists are arrested in southern U.S. fires; and one Indian wedding costs $74 million.