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<em>Mad Magazine</em> cartoonist Al Jaffee attends an event to honor veteran contributors to the magazine at the Savannah College of Art and Design and the National Cartoonists Society on Oct. 11, 2011, in Savannah, Ga. Jaffee died Monday at the age of 102.

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  • Obituaries

Al Jaffee, longtime 'Mad Magazine' cartoonist, dies at 102

Mad Magazine's ageless wise guy delighted millions of readers with the sneaky fun of the Fold-In and the snark of "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions." Al Jaffee had retired at age 99.

April 10, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Liz Southers runs a commercial insulation company in South Florida. She says the company could grow faster if it had access to more credit.

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  • Economy

Banks are spooked and getting stingy about loans – and small businesses are suffering

Weeks after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, lenders are getting stingier about making loans. That makes it harder for businesses trying to grow and – and it raises the risk of recession.

April 10, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier, pictured above, proposed hosting an hour-long special debunking myths of voting fraud in the November 2020 elections. Network executives never gave an answer to his pitch.

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  • Media

The loneliness of Fox News' Bret Baier

Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier repeatedly proposed an hour-long special to debunk voting fraud myths after the 2020 elections. Network executives never gave him an answer.

April 10, 2023
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
Bang Si-hyuk, chairman of HYBE, speaks during a debate hosted by the Kwanhun Club in Seoul, South Korea, on March 15.

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  • World

Why K-pop's future is in crisis, according to its chief guardian

The chief producer behind BTS says K-pop is in crisis as global sales slow or decline — and BTS' taking a break is a big factor. But the industry is trying to pick itself back up.

April 10, 2023
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By:
  • Se Eun Gong
To avoid some of the worst impacts of climate change, greenhouse gas emissions need to be eliminated or offset by midcentury, according to the United Nations. To get there, activist investors say banks and insurance companies need to account for the emissions they contribute to by underwriting and investing in fossil fuel infrastructure like this natural gas plant in California.

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  • Climate

Businesses face more and more pressure from investors to act on climate change

At annual meetings this spring, shareholders will be pushing publicly-traded companies for information about how they're contributing to climate change, and what they're doing about the problem.

April 09, 2023
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  • Michael Copley
GPB News NPR

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  • Business

Bed Bath & Beyond's stock now costs 31 cents. How low can it go?

A share of Bed Bath & Beyond now costs 31 cents, down from $5 earlier this year and $80 a decade ago as the company circles around bankruptcy. How low can this stock — or any stock — actually go?

April 08, 2023
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  • Alina Selyukh
A call for employment sign is displayed at a Taco Bell in Austin, Texas, on March 10, 2023. The labor market is slowing as higher interest rates start to filter through the economy.

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  • Economy

The job market is cooling as higher interest rates and a slowing economy take a toll

U.S. employers added 236,000 jobs in March as hiring slowed from the previous month. Unemployment dipped to 3.5%, from 3.6% in February.

April 07, 2023
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  • Scott Horsley
Twitter CEO Elon Musk, pictured here in August 2022, placed a "state-affiliated media" label on NPR's Twitter account, leading to widespread criticism.

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  • Technology

Elon Musk says NPR's 'state-affiliated media' label might not have been accurate

In a series of emails with an NPR reporter, the CEO of Twitter suggested that the designation is being re-examined, but it has not yet been removed.

April 07, 2023
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  • Bobby Allyn

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  • National

No, the IRS isn't calling you. It isn't texting or emailing you, either

Since 2018, over 75,000 victims have lost $28 million to IRS imposters over the phone, email, texts and more. Here's how the IRS actually contacts taxpayers and how you can spot imposters.

April 07, 2023
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  • Kaitlyn Radde
New United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain addresses delegates at the union's 2023 Special Bargaining Convention on March 27 in Detroit.

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  • Business

Newly elected United Auto Workers leader strikes militant tone ahead of contract talks

The UAW has a new president, Shawn Fain, who is promising a return to aggressive political activity by the union, along with a tougher approach with auto companies.

April 07, 2023
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  • Don Gonyea
GPB News NPR

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  • Media

The fate of local news: America's largest newspaper company is creating news deserts

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Joshua Benton, senior writer at the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University, about Gannett newspaper sales and how news deserts weaken democracy.

April 06, 2023
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  • Jason Fuller,
  • Mallory Yu,
  • and 1 more
People walk past a Chipotle store in New York City. The fast casual restaurant known for its burritos and bowls is suing Sweetgreen over alleged trademark infringement.

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  • Business

Chipotle and Sweetgreen's short-lived beef over a chicken burrito bowl gets resolved

Chipotle had argued in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that Sweetgreen was attempting to profit off of the burrito chain's popular chipotle chicken burrito bowl by allegedly making a near-identical menu item.

April 06, 2023
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
An airplane flies at sunrise over Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 9.

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  • Climate

Airline passengers could be in for a rougher ride, thanks to climate change

Research in recent years has pointed to more incidents of clear-air turbulence in the jet stream brought on by rising temperatures. Airline crews and passengers are feeling the effects firsthand.

April 06, 2023
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  • Scott Neuman
An ironworker scales a column during construction of a municipal building in Norristown, Pa. on Feb. 15, 2023.

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  • Economy

Where did the workers go? Construction jobs are plentiful, but workers are scarce

Biden administration stimulus money pledged billions in funding for public works projects across the U.S. But contractors say they can't find enough workers to fix all the roads and bridges.

April 06, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Yang
A view of the TikTok app logo, in Tokyo, Sept. 28, 2020. Britain's privacy watchdog has hit TikTok with a multimillion-dollar penalty for a slew of data protection breaches including misusing children's data. The Information Commissioner's Office said Tuesday, April 4, 2023, that it issued a $15.9 million fine to the the short-video sharing app, which is wildly popular with young people.

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  • World

A U.K. agency has fined TikTok nearly $16 million for handling of children's data

The U.K.'s Information Commissioner's Office said there were up to 1.4 million children under the age of 13 on the app in 2020, despite TikTok's terms of service saying users must be 13 to sign up.

April 06, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
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