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Jennifer Aniston's production company plans to reboot '9 to 5'
The 1980 classic starred Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as three women seeking revenge against their sexist boss. It made more than $100 million at the box office.
Political scientists are in the middle of a hot button issue: striking hotel workers
by Danielle Kaye
The largest convention of political scientists, scheduled for this weekend in Los Angeles, poses a real-world political dilemma for academics who are booked into hotels where workers are on strike.
A city in India has been a melting pot of different faiths. What's testing that?
by Sushmita Pathak
In the northern Indian city of Varanasi or Benaras, a religious dispute is threatening the city's interfaith harmony.
A catastrophic fire in South Africa has taken the lives of dozens of people
Officials in Johannesburg say many of the victims had lost their homes — and had taken shelter in the high-rise.
The latest Gallup poll finds two-thirds of Americans approve of unions
by Andrea Hsu
That's down a few percentage points from last year, but continues a trend that stands in contrast to the last 60 years. A third of respondents said they believe unions mostly hurt the U.S. economy.
Hurricane Idalia is already causing flooding along Florida's Gulf Coast
The National Hurricane Center says the eye of Hurricane Idalia came ashore near Keaton Beach, Fla. Forecasters have increased the storm surge potential to as high as 16 feet in some areas.
A Turkish-Dutch airline aims to limit the disruption of children's noises
Corendon Airlines will soon have an "only adult" section of the plane for the 10-hour flight from Amsterdam to Curacao. You have to be 16 or older to sit there, and its about $50 more.
The Biden administration unveils the first 10 medications up for price negotiation
NPR's A Martinez asks Johns Hopkins University's Mariana Socal about a pharmaceutical industry argument that Medicare price negotiations will cut profits and shortchange new drug research.
Australian woman is recovering after having a worm pulled out of her brain
A brain scan last year revealed an atypical lesion, but in the biopsy the surgeon spotted a worm. It's believed to be the first case of a worm invading and developing in a human brain.
Hikers take an ice cream break on the Appalachian Trail
by Rachel McDevitt
At the halfway point of the more than 2,000 mile-long Appalachian Trail, hikers stop to refresh with a half gallon of ice cream. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Aug. 5, 2023.)
In Spain, there's a reckoning over sexism and women's sports
Spain's World Cup victory was supposed to be a moment of triumph, but it was overshadowed when the head of the country's soccer federation planted an unwanted kiss on one of the team's star players.
U.S. employers are using AI to essentially reduce workers to numbers in the workplace
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Ifeoma Ajunwa, author of The Quantified Worker, about how work lives have become quantified for the benefit of employers.