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Five wildly different acts debut in the top 10 of the Billboard albums chart this week, including Mariah Carey, Olivia Dean, Doja Cat and more.

Some of the NBA's hottest teams missed the cut for this year's playoffs. And to what lengths will Cuban athletes go for a chance to play in the MLB? ESPN.com's Howard Bryant tells NPR's Wade Goodwyn.

Also: Opening statements due in trial of George Zimmerman for death of Trayvon Martin; NSA leader Edward Snowden thought to still be in Russia; another large wildfire continues to spread in Colorado.

Also making headlines: a new accuser steps forward in the Penn State scandal; former Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev says new elections should be held because of fraud; climate talks may stall.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with former Department of Defense special counsel and New York University law professor Ryan Goodman about the Jan. 6 committee's fifth public hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gave a wide-ranging press conference today in Berlin with the German and foreign press. On the Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki, she seemed to welcome that the two met.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to author Kristin Kobe Du Mez about how President-elect Donald Trump has emboldened the Christian nationalist movement.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with filmmaker Ava DuVernay about her lifetime achievement award speech at the Smithsonian American History Museum.

An incredibly strong pool of artists entered this year's Tiny Desk Contest. And though there's just one winner, there were so many more entries our judges loved.

Finland says happiness is a skill which can be taught in an in-person master class in June. An all-expenses-paid trip for 10 will teach wellbeing, lifestyle, health and balance.