The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is getting lots of attention, but many hospitals are still struggling to deal with the effects of Delta. The Washington Post has the story.

Alabama’s prisons are extremely dangerous and troubled. Politico reports on how the facilities are so unsafe that the federal government may take control.

This week’s In Conversation is with the Bloomberg Businessweek reporter who looked into how child care became the most broken business in America.

NPR has the story of how a Business Insider report that MLB used two different kinds of balls is throwing a wrench into baseball’s bitter labor dispute.