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Atlanta City Councilmember Jason Dozier met with the Portis family to celebrate 50 years of their family business operating in Atlanta's West End Neighborhood.

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Atlanta creates grant program for the city’s longtime businesses

Atlanta’s longtime business owners will now have access to financial assistance through the city’s new Legacy Business Program.

August 20, 2024
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There are more than 4,600 hospitals in the U.S., and 49% of them are nonprofit and therefore tax-exempt. The CEOs of these nonprofit health systems now earn, on average, $1.3 million a year.

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CEOs earn big bucks at nonprofit hospitals. But does that benefit patients?

Nonprofit hospitals pay their CEOs generously, and their compensation keeps getting larger. Some researchers wonder if the ballooning paychecks align with what’s best for patients and taxpayers.

August 20, 2024
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The White House plan to stop companies from wasting our time

The Biden-Harris administration has a new initiative called "Time Is Money."

August 20, 2024
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<a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/08/19/nx-s1-4534298/phil-donahue-dead"target="_blank"   ><strong>Read Phil Donahue's obituary</strong></a>

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Pioneer talk show host Phil Donahue dies at 88

The broadcaster was hailed as the father of the modern audience-participation daytime talk show. Donahue's taste for controversial and polarizing subjects birthed a new genre of television.

August 19, 2024
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  • Eric Deggans
Shivanshu Vyas attended a friendly played by Manchester United at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami in 2018. It was the moment he knew he had to be in the U.S. for the World Cup.

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Need a U.S. visa? You better have at least 677 days, some World Cup fans are learning

Many fans are dreaming of coming to the U.S. for the World Cup in 2026. One major problem looms: Wait times to get visas can be about two years for some.

August 19, 2024
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  • Rafael Nam
An AT&T logo adorns a worker's van on April 1 in Miami, Fla.

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17,000 AT&T workers across the Southeast strike over contract negotiations

The Communications Workers of America, the union representing the striking employees, has accused AT&T of not bargaining "in good faith" during recent contract negotiations.

August 17, 2024
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  • Rebecca Rosman
While inflation has been easing, Americans are still feeling its lingering effects at the grocery store.

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Everything you always wanted to know about inflation (but were afraid to ask)

NPR asked readers and listeners to send in their questions about inflation. We took the most common ones — and got answers from economists.

August 17, 2024
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This March 13, 2017, photo shows visitors getting ready to tour Graceland in Memphis, Tenn.

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A woman is arrested for allegedly trying to steal Elvis' Graceland property

Lisa Jeanine Findley of Missouri is is charged with trying to defraud Elvis Presley’s estate of millions of dollars and steal ownership of the iconic Graceland property in Memphis.

August 16, 2024
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 Former NPR CEO John Lansing

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John Lansing, the steady CEO who led NPR through the pandemic's crises, dies at 67

Lansing tangled with titans, kept the network’s shows on the air even as its offices closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and steered NPR through what he defined as an “existential” financial crisis.

August 16, 2024
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A TikTok sign is displayed on the company's building in Culver City, Calif., in March 2024.

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  • Business

TikTok fights for survival in latest filing as ban approaches

In the latest salvo in the fight over the hit app’s future in the U.S., lawyers for TikTok say the government’s push to ban TikTok is unconstitutional and lacks proof that TikTok is a real security risk.

August 16, 2024
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Harris’ plan for groceries and housing. And, the race to win 'song of the summer'

Vice President Harris is set to focus on grocery store prices and housing costs in her economic plan. And, these songs are vying for the unofficial title of "song of the summer."

August 16, 2024
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  • Brittney Melton
<em>Washington Post</em> columnist Taylor Lorenz, who chronicles digital culture, is under review by the paper for a private chat on Instagram in which President Biden was labeled a "war criminal." She's shown here attending the <em>This Is Not Financial Advice</em> premiere during the 2023 Tribeca Festival in New York City.

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  • Business

‘Washington Post’ reviews star columnist Taylor Lorenz's 'war criminal' jab at Biden

The Washington Post is reviewing star tech columnist Taylor Lorenz's private chat in which she posted a photo of herself near President Biden — and the caption "war criminal."

August 15, 2024
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Financial educator <a href="https://www.missbehelpful.com/">Yanely Espinal </a>shares some of the most common mistakes people make when it comes to borrowing, investing and budgeting their money. <br>

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To save more money, avoid these 5 common financial mistakes

Financial missteps can cost you money. Make better-informed decisions about budgeting, investing and borrowing money.

August 15, 2024
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  • Marielle Segarra
The majority of employees who work at the EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were put on administrative leave Thursday.

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  • Business

Trump gutted federal employee unions. They believe he'd do it again

Federal employee unions are fervently supporting Kamala Harris for president, in part because they like her pro-labor policies, but just as much because they fear a second Trump term.

August 15, 2024
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  • Andrea Hsu
Wally Amos pictured in 2007 in his home office in the Lanikai section of Kailua, Hawaii.

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  • Obituaries

Wally Amos, creator of Famous Amos cookies, has died

The creator of the grocery store snack aisle staple died at 88. His family said in a statement that he had dementia.

August 15, 2024
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