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After being laid off from Meta, Huy Tu has just 90 days to find a new job. If they don't have something lined up by Feb. 6, Tu faces having to leave the country.

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  • Technology

This AI expert has 90 days to find a job — or leave the U.S.

Layoffs across the tech sector often leave immigrant workers with a narrow window to either find a new job or leave the country. This is the story of an AI specialist who was laid off from Instagram.

January 17, 2023
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  • Stacey Vanek Smith
GPB News NPR

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  • Business

The Corvette is going hybrid – and that's making it even faster

The Corvette E-Ray is a mid-engine sportscar with a powerful V8 ... and a small electric motor up front. Meet the latest version of the venerable sports car model.

January 17, 2023
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  • Camila Domonoske
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, pictured here at a German factory in March 2022, faces a trial this week over his series of 2018 tweets teasing a Tesla buyout that never materialized.

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  • Business

Here's what's at stake in Elon Musk's Tesla tweet trial

In 2018, Musk tweeted he had secured enough funding to take Tesla private, but a deal never materialized. A trial over the risk he brought to shareholders could further tarnish the CEO's reputation.

January 17, 2023
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  • Emily Olson
A crane lifts a shipping container at a container port in Tianjin, China, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. China's economic growth fell to 3% last year under pressure from antivirus controls and a real estate slump.

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  • Business

China's economic growth falls to 3% in 2022 but slowly reviving

The world's No.2 economy grew by 3% in 2022, less than half of the previous year's rate, official data showed Tuesday as China faced pressure from anti-virus controls and a real estate slump.

January 17, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
The project's design puts automated construction to the test with complicated features, like built-in shelving.

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  • Technology

3D-printed homes level up with a 2-story house in Houston

A team of designers and engineers are constructing a first-of-its-kind 3D-printed home. They think of it as a pilot project in pursuit of building cheaper, well-designed multifamily homes.

January 16, 2023
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  • Emma Bowman
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen listens to President Biden discuss the federal debt limit on Oct. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

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  • National

The U.S. could hit its debt ceiling within days. Here's what you need to know.

The U.S. is expected to hit its debt ceiling Thursday, forcing the Treasury to take "extraordinary measures" to pay off its bills. A political stalemate could lead to an unprecedented federal default.

January 15, 2023
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  • Juliana Kim and
  • Scott Horsley
GPB News NPR

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  • Author Interviews

Here's who really wins and loses in American lotteries

Jonathan Cohen, author of "For a Dollar and a Dream: State Lotteries in Modern America," talks with host Michel Martin about the Mega Millions Jackpot and the U.S. lottery system as a whole.

January 14, 2023
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Passengers check in at Southwest Airlines' self-serve kiosks at Chicago's Midway Airport as delays stemming from a computer outage at the Federal Aviation Administration brought flights to a standstill across the U.S. on Wednesday.

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  • National

Aviation leaders call for more funds for the FAA after this week's system failure

This week's NOTAM system failure, which caused thousands of flight delays and cancelations, has airline industry leaders calling for more stable funding to upgrade antiquated FAA systems.

January 14, 2023
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  • David Schaper
College students look for an apartment in Berkeley, Calif. Rental application fees are a barrier to many in a tight housing market. California is the latest in a string of states and cities passing laws to try and limit them.

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  • Your Money

Rental application fees add up fast in a tight market. But limiting them is tough

California is the latest in a string of states and cities to try and save renters money on repeated application fees. But legal aid attorneys say the laws are proving difficult to enforce.

January 13, 2023
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  • Jennifer Ludden
GPB News NPR

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  • Health

Screening at U.S. airports expands to try to detect new COVID variants

The CDC has expanded screening of incoming international air travelers to try to more quickly spot any new variants that might emerge from China's massive COVID outbreak.

January 13, 2023
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  • Rob Stein
GPB News NPR

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  • Business

New York orders Trump companies to pay $1.6M for tax fraud

Donald Trump's family business has been fined $1.6 million for criminal tax fraud in New York. It is the maximum penalty allowed under state rules.

January 13, 2023
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  • Mary Louise Kelly and
  • Ilya Marritz
Warren "Butch" Marion and Rory McCarty.

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  • National

A Maryland TikToker raised more than $140K for an 82-year-old Walmart worker

Rory McCarty used his TikTok community to raise almost $150,000 for 82-year-old Warren "Butch" Marion. Strangers just a month ago, the two have become close friends.

January 13, 2023
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Tesla's Model Y is on display at a Tesla showroom in a shopping mall in Beijing on April 29, 2022. The electric car maker cut prices for its models in a bid to boost sales.

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  • Business

Tesla slashes prices across all its models in a bid to boost sales

The price cuts will make Tesla more competitive and will also mean the base model of the Model Y, the best-selling electric vehicle in America, could qualify for a revamped federal tax credit.

January 13, 2023
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  • Camila Domonoske
The time-tracking software TimeCamp is able to monitor what files are accessed, and for how long, and whether other non-work activities, such as streaming services, are used on a laptop.

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  • Business

A woman is ordered to repay $2,000 after her employer used software to track her time

The remote employee had charged her company for 50 hours that were not associated with her job, a Canadian court found. The company used time-tracking software installed on her laptop.

January 13, 2023
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  • Juliana Kim
Climate activists protest on the first day of the ExxonMobil trial outside the New York State Supreme Court building on Oct. 22, 2019, in New York City. ExxonMobil was found not guilty of misleading investors about how climate change would affect its finances.

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  • Climate

Exxon climate predictions were accurate decades ago. Still it sowed doubt

Exxon's climate research decades back painted an accurate picture of global warming, according to a new scientific paper. Still, the oil company continued climate-denying policy efforts.

January 13, 2023
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  • Jeff Brady
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