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October 11, 2021

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

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Headlines from October 11, 2021

By Jesse Green

Squabbling siblings, familiar stereotypes and a chorus of amens: A new play aims for the pleasures of Broadway’s traditional family sitcoms.

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By Jan Ransom, Jonah E. Bromwich and Rebecca Davis O'Brien

With a staffing emergency disrupting the basic functions of the jail system, detainees have had free rein inside.

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By Erin Woo and Erin Griffith

Behind the closed doors are whispers, gestures and a daily rhythm, plus two court artists, numbered tickets and some true-crime fans.

Business1142 words

By Vanessa Friedman and Guy Trebay

Has fashion bid the binary goodbye?

Styles1553 words

By Julia Jacobs

Alex Trebek projected impartiality. Bialik has questioned vaccines, endorsed a disputed brain supplement and weighed in on hot-button issues.

Culture1408 words

Music on My Birthday

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 6, 2021, covering October 11, 2021.

In 2021, the world population was approximately 7,954,448,391 people^[†]