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Vice President Harris appears on screen during a taping with Oprah Winfrey on Sept. 19. Harris is on a media blitz this week that includes stops on <em>The View </em>on ABC<em>,</em> <em>The Howard Stern Show</em> and <em>The Late Show With Stephen Colbert</em> on CBS.

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  • Politics

Harris is trying to reach new voters with a media blitz both traditional — and not

Harris has already appeared on 60 Minutes and the popular podcast Call Her Daddy. Next up, appearances on The View, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and The Howard Stern Show.

October 08, 2024
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By:
  • Elena Moore
A new study finds that Americans have adopted generative AI faster than personal computers and the internet. Does this mean we're about to see a long-awaited increase in productivity growth?

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  • Technology

Americans are using AI at fairly high rates. What does this mean for the economy?

A new study finds that Americans have adopted generative AI faster than personal computers and the internet. Does this mean we're about to see a long-awaited increase in productivity growth?

October 08, 2024
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By:
  • Greg Rosalsky
GPB  NPR

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  • National

A coal power plant demolition serves as a poignant historical moment for the Navajo

For six decades, coal has provided for — and polluted — the Navajo Nation. Demolition of a power plant brings mixed emotions.

October 07, 2024
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By:
  • Adam Burke
The Georgai Hemp Company van advertises products the business sells outside of a location in Sandy Springs.

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  • Politics

Uncertainty is name of the game for Georgia hemp business owners adjusting to new state regulations

Business owners are adjusting to a state law regulating access to hemp that went into effect this month. Even more changes could be on the horizon.

October 07, 2024
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
Chelsea Andrews (white hat), president and executive director of Montgomery County's<strong> </strong>Housing Opportunities Commission, adjusts Maryland State Delegate Lorig Charkoudian's hardhat during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Hillandale Gateway housing development in Silver Spring, Md. The HOC says it owns more than 9,400 apartment, townhome and single-family home rental properties and provides subsidized housing for more than 9,300 households.

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  • National

One possible housing crisis solution? A new kind of public housing for all income levels

Maryland's Montgomery County is building mixed-income apartments in which people who can afford to pay market rate allow other renters to pay less. Cities and states nationwide are taking up the idea.

October 07, 2024
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By:
  • Jennifer Ludden
An aerial view shows flood damage left by Hurricane Helene along the Nolichucky River in norteastern Tennessee on Sept. 28. ecovery has been slow in the mountainous area of eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina.

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  • National

'I’m so grateful to these people.' Latino workers in storm-hit Tennessee feel isolated but hopeful

There are barriers preventing many Latino farm workers in northeastern Tennessee from trying to get help, but the extended Latino community is bringing the help to them.

October 06, 2024
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By:
  • Marisa Peñaloza and
  • Jennifer Ludden
U.S. employers added 254,000 jobs in September — more than forecasters had expected. Gains for July and August were also revised upward.

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  • Economy

The U.S. saw stunningly strong growth in jobs last month. Here's what to know

U.S. employers added more than a quarter million jobs in September, while the unemployment rate fell to 4.1%. Here's what to know about the data.

October 05, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
The office of Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, pictured here, sued a crypto scam company known as SpireBit and seized its assets. The proceeds have now been handed back to victims of the scheme.

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  • Business

A victim of a crypto ‘pig butchering’ scam just got his $140,000 back

NPR investigated a crypto scam company known as SpireBit, which stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from Russian-speaking seniors. Now, some of the victims are getting their money back after a lawsuit by Massachusetts authorities.

October 05, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
An aerial view of the Dundalk Marine Terminal on Oct. 3, 2024 in Baltimore, Md.

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  • Business

Port strikes end with deal on wages, averting economic disaster

The two sides have agreed to a 62% wage increase over 6 years in a deal between the International Longshoremen's Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance. The union had been seeking a 77% increase.

October 04, 2024
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  • Andrea Hsu
GPB  NPR

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  • News

Dockworkers suspend strike. And, Tyre Nichols' family applauds trial verdict

Dockworkers suspended their strike yesterday, avoiding an "economic crisis," but a sticking point remains in negotiations. And, Tyre Nichols trial verdict brings hope for police brutality cases.

October 04, 2024
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  • Brittney Melton
Chenedy Wiles, 27, poses for a portrait at her home on Wednesday in Chicago. Wiles took a 23andMe test over the summer and got her results in September. While she finds the data breach concerning, “so much of our data is already out there,” she said.

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  • Business

23andMe is on the brink. What happens to all its DNA data?

The once-hot Silicon Valley startup has seen its stock’s value decline 99% and is struggling to survive. That has put the spotlight on the genetic data it has on 15 million people.

October 04, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
The sun shines behind a refinery in the South Pars Gas-Condensate field in Asalouyeh Seaport in Iran. Iran's oil and natural gas infrastructure is a possible target for Israeli attacks as tensions in the Mideast mount.  Oil prices have risen as a result — but remain relatively low, compared to most of 2024.

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  • Middle East

Tensions are rising in the Middle East, but the rise in oil prices is muted – so far

Crude oil prices have risen as Iran and Israel trade attacks, but not as much as you might expect. One reason? OPEC+ could pump a lot more oil if it wanted to.

October 03, 2024
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
Most bananas imported to the U.S. come through ports affected by the dockworkers' strike. And the fruit's limited shelf life made it hard to stockpile in advance.

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  • Business

Why bananas may become one of the first casualties of the dockworkers strike

One of the first places shoppers may feel the effects of the dockworkers' strike is in the produce aisle. Hundreds of tons of bananas are stuck in transit — and they won't keep for long.

October 03, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
John and Georgia McGinty tried to sue Uber for financial compensation after suffering numerous serious injuries when their Uber crashed into another car in early 2022.

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  • National

A court blocks a couple from suing Uber over a crash, citing terms and conditions

An appeals court sided with Uber, ruling a couple can't sue over a near-fatal car crash because they had agreed to Uber's arbitration clause. Their lawyer is worried about a "slippery slope."

October 02, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
FILE -- California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed SB1046, a hotly contested measure that would have been the nation's strictest AI safety law. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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  • Technology

California Gov. Newsom vetoes AI safety bill that divided Silicon Valley

The measure, known as SB 1047, was one of the nation’s most far-reaching regulations on the booming AI industry. It would have held AI companies legally liable for harms caused by AI and enabled a "kill switch" if systems went rogue.

October 02, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
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