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How the porn bots took over Twitter

Twitter has long had a bot problem, but since moderation on the platform was gutted and paid users were given "prioritization" in replies, the landscape has changed.

March 07, 2024
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
Leaders of some of America's most well-known journalism schools, which include Graciela Mochkofsky (from left), David Ryfe and Jelani Cobb, weigh in on the state of the news industry and how they are making sure students are prepared to enter a turbulent business.

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  • Perspective

Is journalism disappearing? These top educators have a lot to say about that

The leaders of six journalism schools discuss the ongoing media bloodbath, the cost of a journalism degree, and how to prepare journalists for the future.

March 07, 2024
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By:
  • Fernando Alfonso III
A unfinished Boeing 737 Max sits outside Boeing's manufacturing facility in Renton, Wash., on Feb. 27, 2024. The top federal safety investigator says Boeing still has not provided key information that could shed light on what went wrong when a door plug blew off an in-flight 737 Max 9 in January.

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  • Business

Boeing is withholding key details about door plug on Alaska 737 Max 9 jet, NTSB says

At a Senate hearing, the top federal safety investigator said Boeing has still not provided crucial details about who opened the door plug from an Alaska Airlines 737 Max jet before a midair blowout.

March 07, 2024
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By:
  • Joel Rose
Wile E. Coyote and actor Will Forte are seen in a still image from the film <em>Coyote vs. Acme</em>. Eric Bauza, another actor in the film, posted the image online in December.

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  • Movies

Warner Bros. shelved 'Coyote vs. Acme.' Here's why some finished films are mothballed

Warner Bros.' decision to cancel Coyote vs. Acme disappointed some cast, crew and fans — and had many wondering why a studio would shelve a project it had spent millions of dollars to make.

March 07, 2024
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  • Joe Hernandez
Yellowstone National Park employee housing that opened in 2022 under construction

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  • National

Donor gives $40 million for Yellowstone National Park employee housing

Yellowstone employs more than 3,000 people at peak season, finding enough affordable housing for them has long been a problem.

March 07, 2024
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By:
  • Nick Mott
Taiwan is looking to further restrict which seeds and saplings can be brought out of the island after accusing China of taking a pineapple cultivar developed in Taiwan.

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  • World

The latest thorn in Taiwan-China tensions: pineapples

Taiwan says its newly developed type of pineapple is just the latest agricultural property taken by China.

March 07, 2024
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  • Emily Feng
Dartmouth Big Green gather for a team talk during their game against Columbia Lions in their NCAA men's basketball game on February 16, 2024 in New York City.

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  • Business

Dartmouth men's basketball team votes to unionize, shaking up college sports

The Dartmouth men's basketball team voted 13-2 to join SEIU Local 560, making it the first unionized college sports team in the country. Dartmouth believes the election should not have gone forward.

March 06, 2024
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  • Andrea Hsu
A former Google engineer was charged with stealing AI technology while secretly working with two China-based companies.

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  • National Security

Chinese national arrested and charged with stealing AI trade secrets from Google

Prosecutors say at the same time that Linwei Ding was working for Google and stealing the building blocks of its AI technology, he was also secretly employed by two China-based tech companies.

March 06, 2024
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  • Ryan Lucas
This photograph shared by the Indian Navy on the X platform shows a firefighting team from Indian Navy vessel INS Kolkata responding to a fire on Liberian-flagged Merchant ship MSC Sky II caused due to a suspected drone/missile attack in the Gulf of Aden on Tuesday.

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  • Middle East

Houthi missile attack kills 3 crew members in rebels' first fatal assault on shipping

An attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels on a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden killed three of its crew members and forced survivors to abandon the vessel. Four crew members were injured, officials said.

March 06, 2024
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  • Economy

What would it take to fix retirement?

The rising cost of living and longer life expectancy is making it harder for Americans to retire comfortably. Millions of Americans are behind on saving for retirement and face the possibility of working in their old age.

Economist Teresa Ghilarducci says she has a plan that could fix retirement in America. In her book, "Work, Retire, Repeat: The Uncertainty of Retirement in the New Economy," she proposes a few policies that she believes can help Americans currently struggling to retire. Today on the show, we talk to her about her ideas and why the current status quo is more serious than we think.

For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

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March 06, 2024
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President Biden convened his Competition Council at the White House on March 5 after his administration announced new actions to cap credit card late fees at $8, compared with $32.

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  • Elections

Taking on junk fees is popular. But can it win Biden more voters?

President Biden is expected to highlight his push to cap junk fees in his State of the Union address, for a second year in a row. It's a theme he plans to take on the campaign trail.

March 06, 2024
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  • Deepa Shivaram
A flare burns off methane and other hydrocarbons as oil pumpjacks operate in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas. Burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas is the main driver of global warming.

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  • Climate

Corporate America has new climate rules to follow, but will they cut global warming?

The Securities and Exchange Commission is requiring publicly-traded companies to disclose information about the risks they face from climate change. Industry is expected to sue to stop the rules.

March 06, 2024
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By:
  • Michael Copley
Part of the roof at Mary Mac’s Team Room collapsed during heavy rain in Atlanta.

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  • Business

Roof partially collapses at Mary Mac’s Tea Room

The roof of Mary Mac’s Tea Room partially collapsed overnight prompting a temporary closure of the famed Southern eatery.

March 06, 2024
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By:
  • Collin Kelley
<em>The New York Times</em> report on Dec. 31, 2023, about the deadly Hamas attacks caused a rift in the newsroom. For example, a relative of the late Gal Abdush, whose family is shown above in a large front-page photograph, later voiced doubts, helping to fuel skepticism around the report.

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  • Media

Newsroom at 'New York Times' fractures over story on Hamas attacks

The newsroom union at The New York Times accuses the paper of targeting staffers of Middle Eastern descent during an inquiry into leaks about internal debates over a story on the Hamas attacks.

March 06, 2024
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  • David Folkenflik
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Buckhead estate sells for almost $13 million, breaks three-year record

Dorsey Alston, Realtors agent Shanna Smith closed on the record-breaking sale of a 12-acre Buckhead estate listed for $12,900,000.

March 06, 2024
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  • Collin Kelley
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