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Heavy haul trucker Eric Jammer stands in front of his truck.

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  • Business

The astronomical price of diesel is making everything more expensive

America runs on diesel. It keeps freight moving, factories humming and farmers planting. But a surge in diesel prices is making everything more expensive.

May 28, 2022
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  • Brittany Cronin
Heavy haul trucker Eric Jammer stands in front of his truck.

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  • Business

The astronomical price of diesel is making everything more expensive

America runs on diesel. It keeps freight moving, factories humming and farmers planting. But a surge in diesel prices is making everything more expensive.

May 28, 2022
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By:
  • Brittany Cronin
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey is bringing back "The Greatest Show on Earth" — but without animals. The circus has been closed down since 2017.

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  • National

The Ringling Bros. circus is coming back, with human acts in the center ring

The circus will launch a U.S. tour of live shows in September 2023.

May 18, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Kevin Dole works from home next to his wife's bureau and near his drum set in the couple's small two-bedroom condo in Nashville, Tennessee.

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  • Your Money

Home prices could fall in some U.S. cities. Here's where and why

During the past two years, home prices nationally have soared more than 30%. Rising mortgage rates make affording a home even harder. That has many people wondering if we're in another housing bubble.

May 12, 2022
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By:
  • Chris Arnold
A gas pump is seen in a station on Feb. 1 in Houston. Gasoline prices hit a new national record, not adjusted for inflation, surpassing the previous peak set around two months ago.

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  • Business

Gasoline prices hit a record high, again

Gas prices surged to a national record, not adjusted for inflation, surpassing the previous milestone hit around two months ago. It comes just ahead of the key summer driving season.

May 10, 2022
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  • Brittany Cronin
A woman prepares to fuel up at a gas station in East Dundee, Ill., on March 19.

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  • Politics

Florida approves 10 tax-free holidays for essentials like gas and diapers

A variety of items will be tax-free in the state over coming months. The move comes as Americans are facing soaring inflation and high gas prices.

May 07, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz

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  • Education

Beware, new student loan borrowers: Interest rates are about to jump

Student loan interest rates reset every May. This year, they're on the rise.

May 06, 2022
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By:
  • Cory Turner

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  • Education

Beware, new student loan borrowers: Interest rates are about to jump

Student loan interest rates reset every May. This year, they're on the rise.

May 06, 2022
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By:
  • Cory Turner
Google has expanded its policies to make it easier for people to request personal contact information be removed from online search results.

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  • Technology

You can now ask Google to take your personal data out of its search results

Anyone who doesn't want their phone number, email or street address to be found online can ask Google to omit the data from its search results.

May 02, 2022
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  • Bill Chappell
An electric vehicle gets its battery recharged at a charge station in San Francisco on March 9. The Biden administration is spending $5 billion to build a network of chargers in a bid to get more people to buy electric cars.

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  • Business

How the U.S. wants to make charging electric cars (almost) as painless as pumping gas

The U.S. has an ambitious plan to build tons of chargers in order to make charging an electric car closer to the speed and ease of pumping gas.

April 30, 2022
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By:
  • Brittany Cronin
Blank forms for the Powerball lottery sit in a bin at a grocery store, in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 12, 2021.

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  • National

A winning $473M Powerball ticket was sold in Arizona. Here's what happens if you win

The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million. But it never hurts to be prepared.

April 29, 2022
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  • Rina Torchinsky
Claudia and Jesús Fierro of Yuma, Ariz., review their medical bills. They pay $1,000 a month for health insurance yet still owed more than $7,000 after two episodes of care at the local hospital.

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  • Health Care

Hit with $7,146 for two hospital bills, a family sought health care in Mexico

A dad's COVID-19 and a mom's fainting spell cost thousands, so when their son dislocated his shoulder, they drove him to Mexicali, where facilities rival those in the U.S., and had him treated for $5.

April 27, 2022
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By:
  • Paula Andalo
A Bitcoin logo is displayed on an ATM in Hong Kong in 2017. More workers may soon be able to stake some of their 401(k) retirement savings to bitcoin.

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  • Your Money

Fidelity will start offering bitcoin as an investment option in 401(k) accounts

Fidelity said it has signed up one employer that will add the offering to its plan later this year. The U.S. government has warned the industry to exercise extreme care when offering cryptocurrencies.

April 26, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A U.S. Postal Service truck drives in Philadelphia. The service is about to set longer delivery standards for first-class packages, in a move that its regulator says will not have a big effect on its finances.

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  • National

Why your USPS mail package delivery is about to get slower

Starting next month, more than 30% of first-class packages will be considered on time if they arrive within four or five days, as the Postal Service eases its standards for delivery times.

April 21, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell

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  • Education

Student loan borrowers will get help after an NPR report and years of complaints

The U.S. Department of Education unveils a plan to help millions of borrowers who have been hurt and held back by its troubled income-driven repayment plans.

April 20, 2022
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By:
  • Cory Turner
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