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Four female House Democrats sent a letter to the FDA commissioner on Thursday urging the agency to address concerns about the safety and regulation of tampons.

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  • Politics

After a study found toxic metals in tampons, lawmakers are pressing the FDA to act

Members of the Democratic Women's Caucus are urging the FDA to address concerns about the safety and regulation of tampons after a study found heavy metals, including lead, in many popular products.

September 05, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman

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  • Your Money

Could you live without shopping for a year? Try the 'no-buy challenge'

The goal is to save money, cut back on overconsumption and be more mindful of wasteful and unsustainable shopping habits. This guide can help you start a challenge of your own.

September 05, 2024
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  • Economy

Economic Lingo Bingo: Finally, a way to make a confusing election… fun!

The team at Planet Money turned the economics terms being tossed out during the 2024 presidential campaign into a game of Economic Lingo Bingo!

September 04, 2024
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  • Brent Jones
Sachin Shivaram, CEO of Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry in Manitowoc, Wis., realized during the pandemic how much his employees were struggling with child care. Figuring out how to help them has been challenging.

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  • Business

This boss vowed to help his workers with child care. It hasn't been easy

Child care continues to vex working parents. In Wisconsin, the CEO of the Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry has been trying — and struggling — to make a difference.

September 04, 2024
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  • Andrea Hsu

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  • Economy

What can we learn from millions of high school yearbook photos?

Economists used AI to analyze millions of yearbook photos. They discovered ties are no longer cool…and also a new frontier for economic analysis.

September 03, 2024
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  • Sofia Shchukina
Hotel workers on strike chant and beat drums while picketing outside the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel on Sunday in Boston.

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  • Business

Thousands of hotel workers launch strike after talks stall with top chains

Workers are demanding higher wages and more staffing to ease their workload. The union says that cuts to staffing and guest services that many hotels made during the COVID-19 pandemic were never restored.

September 01, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
Travelers await rides at Los Angeles International Airport ahead of the Labor Day holiday on Friday.

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  • National

Over 17 million airline passengers head out for the busiest Labor Day weekend ever

This weekend caps a record-breaking season for travel, and those hitting the road will find lower gas prices than they did last year.

August 31, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
An aerial view of the California State Capitol on Feb. 1, 2023, in Sacramento.

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  • Arts & Life

A bill to protect performers from unauthorized AI heads to California governor

California Assembly Bill 2602 would regulate the use of generative AI for performers – not only those on-screen in films, TV and streaming series but also audiobooks and video games.

August 31, 2024
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  • Mandalit del Barco
Brazilian Supreme Court Chief Justice Alexandre de Moraes arrives for a court hearing, in Brasilia, Brazil, June 22, 2023.

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  • Latin America

Brazil starts blocking social media platform X amid a dispute with Elon Musk

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ordered the suspension of Elon Musk's social media giant X in Brazil after the tech billionaire refused to name a legal representative in the country.

August 30, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Former chief editor Chung Pui-kuen, right, and former acting editor Patrick Lam, left, of the now-defunct independent media outlet Stand News leave the court on the last day of the publication's sedition trial closing statements in Hong Kong on June 28, 2023.

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  • Asia

A Hong Kong court convicts 2 journalists in a landmark sedition case

The editors had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to publish and reproduce seditious publications. They face up to two years in prison and a fine. They were given bail pending sentencing on Sept. 26.

August 30, 2024
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  • The Associated Press

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  • Your Money

Best of Life Kit: Tips on how to deal with cheaters, cut food costs and split baby care

A roundup of eight useful tips from Life Kit's August episodes. This month's edition includes a sweet goodbye ritual for children and advice on how to save more money at the grocery store.

August 29, 2024
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Former Backpage.com owner Michael Lacey attends a Senate committee on Jan. 10, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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  • Law

Backpage founder Michael Lacey sentenced to 5 years in prison for money laundering

Michael Lacey, a founder of the classified site Backpage.com, was sentenced to five years in prison and fined $3 million in a money laundering case in a case involving allegations of sex trafficking.

August 29, 2024
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Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov, in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2017.

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  • Technology

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov indicted in France

The Russian-born tech billionaire was arrested by French authorities on Saturday. Prosecutors in Paris had been questioning him in connection with an investigation focused on drug trafficking

August 28, 2024
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  • Bobby Allyn
Robert Telles, center, listens in court with his attorneys Robert Draskovich, right, and Michael Horvath, prior to jury selection on the second day of his murder trial at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. Telles, a former Clark County public administrator, is charged in the murder of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative journalist Jeff German.

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  • National

Former elected official found guilty of murdering Las Vegas veteran reporter

An elected official in Las Vegas blamed his 2022 primary defeat on negative stories in the local newspaper. Now a jury has found him guilty of murdering the journalist who wrote them.

August 28, 2024
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  • Martin Kaste
This photo provided by NASA shows Boeing's Starliner spacecraft docked to the International Space Station on July 3, 2024. The capsule launched astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the I.S.S. but now they'll return to Earth on a Space Crew Dragon capsule.

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  • Space

Boeing faces hard questions about Starliner and its future in space

Boeing’s Starliner will return to Earth as soon as next week — but the crew will stay in space into next year. It’s another blow for Boeing, and could have major implications for its space business.

August 28, 2024
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  • Joel Rose
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