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The 58-story Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan is headquarters for the Trump Organization, as well as containing Donald Trump's penthouse condominium residence.

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  • National

The Trump Organization has been ordered to pay $1.61 million for tax fraud

Friday's sentencing comes after a Manhattan jury found Donald Trump's family enterprise guilty in December of tax-fraud. Trump was not charged as an individual.

January 13, 2023
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By:
  • Ilya Marritz,
  • Andrea Bernstein,
  • and 1 more
Lottery jackpots are soaring past the billion-dollar mark more frequently, thanks to higher interest rates and several rules changes. Here, a ticket machine displays the projected jackpot for a Mega Millions drawing in Chicago, in early January.

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  • Your Money

Huge jackpots are less rare — and 4 other things to know about the lottery

What would you do with a $1 billion payday? If you're hearing that question more these days, it's because huge jackpots like the Mega Millions aren't as rare as they once were.

January 13, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Robin Catalano, a freelance writer based on the border of the Berkshires and the Hudson Valley, urges other freelancers to carefully review employment contracts and negotiate any noncompete clauses they may contain.

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  • Business

Many workers barely recall signing noncompetes, until they try to change jobs

Employers say that noncompete agreements are needed to protect trade secrets and investments. The FTC says they deprive workers of their economic liberties and has proposed a rule to ban them.

January 13, 2023
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
A Mega Millions customer purchases her tickets for the estimated jackpot of $1.1 Billion at the Fuel On Convenience Store in Pittsburgh, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. Twenty-four consecutive drawings later with no grand prize winner named, the Mega Millions jackpot is now over $1 billion, making it one of the largest jackpots in lottery history. The next drawing is Friday.

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  • Your Money

Here's where your money goes when you buy a ticket from a state-run lottery

The Mega Millions' estimated jackpot has increased to a total of $1.35 billion — the second-largest jackpot in the game's history, officials say.

January 12, 2023
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls speaks at a New York rally on Sept. 5. The company had fired Smalls from its Staten Island warehouse after he helped lead a pandemic-era walkout.

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  • Business

Amazon loses bid to overturn historic union win at Staten Island warehouse

Amazon should recognize its first unionized warehouse in the U.S., a federal labor official ruled.

January 12, 2023
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh and
  • Giulia Heyward
GPB News NPR

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  • Business

Elon Musk has lost more money than anyone in history, Guinness World Records says

Musk has lost hundreds of billions of dollars in recent years, largely due to Tesla stock plummeting.

January 12, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
GPB News NPR

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  • National

DOJ announces a $31 million redlining settlement with LA-based City National Bank

The Justice Department accused the bank of discrimination by refusing to underwrite mortgages in predominately Black and Latino communities.

January 12, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
GPB News NPR

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  • Climate

UAE names its oil company chief to lead U.N. climate talks

The United Arab Emirates nominated Sultan al-Jaber, who both leads Abu Dhabi's state-run oil company and oversees its renewable energy efforts, to be the president of climate negotiations in Dubai.

January 12, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A Target customer looks at a display of board games while shopping at Target store in San Francisco, Calif. Inflation continues to ease, even if many people many not feel that way in their daily lives.

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  • Economy

Inflation is easing, even if it may not feel that way

Annual inflation continued to ease, cooling to 6.5% in December, but prices are still climbing at a rapid rate, meaning people have to work longer and harder to keep the same standard of living.

January 12, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
Nurses from Mount Sinai Hospital strike outside the hospital on Monday in the Upper East Side neighborhood of New York City.

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  • National

New York City nurses end strike after reaching a tentative agreement

After three days on the picket line, more than 7,000 nurses are returning to work at the city's biggest hospitals with the promise of "concrete, enforceable safe staffing ratios," their union said.

January 12, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Olson
GPB News NPR

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  • Business

Flights were grounded across the U.S. as the FAA scrambled to fix a system outage

President Biden ordered an investigation into what happened. NPR's Dwane Brown talks to Leslie Josephs, an airline reporter with CNBC, about theissue with a pre-flight safety notification system.

January 12, 2023
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Technology

Here's the latest on the NOTAM outage that caused flight delays and cancellations

The Federal Aviation Administration said late Wednesday that early work traced the blackout to a "damaged database file."

January 12, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz and
  • David Schaper
GPB News NPR

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  • National

NTSB head warns of risks posed by heavy electric vehicles colliding with lighter cars

Jennifer Homendy, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board, expressed concern about the safety risks that heavy electric vehicles pose if they collide with lighter vehicles.

January 11, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
GPB News NPR

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  • World

"It's like gold": Onions now cost more than meat in the Philippines

It's a problem in a country where onions are a staple for nearly every dish.

January 11, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Yang
Concerns about social media's impact on children and teens have increased in recent years.

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  • Technology

3 reasons why Seattle schools are suing Big Tech over a youth mental health crisis

Seattle Public Schools is suing Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat for exacerbating the mental health crisis among its students.

January 11, 2023
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  • Mary Yang
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