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Timber mill workers in Montana have a tough time finding affordable housing
by Austin Amestoy
One of the last remaining sawmills in Montana is closing, but not for lack of logs. Housing is too expensive for the labor force, and the mill can't hire enough workers.
Southwest flight gives passengers ukulele lessons
Rather than an in flight movie, passengers on a trip to Hawaii were given ukuleles and an in-flight lesson.
You could get paid $50,000 to move to Iceland and enjoy life
The Icelandic yogurt company Siggi wants someone to run the business' social media channels and enjoy the simple life.
A Migrant Resource Center is in the spotlight after the Martha's Vineyard incident
The Florida governor's decision to fly migrants to Martha's Vineyard put San Antonio's Migrant Resource Center in the spotlight. Migrants near the shelter were allegedly lured onto the flights.
The Fed says it'll keep raising interest rates until inflation goes down
For the third time since June, the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates. Steve Inskeep talks to David Wessel of the Brookings Institution's Hutchins Center about the Fed's fight against inflation.
The DOJ can keep examining classified records seized at Mar-a-Lago
A federal appeals court is restoring the Justice Department's access to top-secret and classified government records that were seized from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate.
Puerto Rico's southern coastal communities may be some of the last to get power back
by Greg Allen
Hurricane Fiona walloped all of Puerto Rico, but areas in the south were particularly hard hit. Unrelenting rain flooded out communities and swamped many neighborhoods.
Some industries still use floppy disks. This is one of the only places to buy them
An online merchant who runs one of the few remaining websites where you can buy floppy disks says they're still used in the medical and airline industries.
China's COVID rules complicate things for parents whose surrogates live in the U.S.
by Emily Feng
Despite escalating political tensions between the U.S. and China, Chinese parents are still navigating steep legal hurdles and COVID restrictions to have their babes in the U.S.
Jonathan Rockefeller brings Sesame Street to life Off-Broadway
by Elizabeth Blair
Sesame Street The Musical is a new, Off-Broadway show staring Cookie Monster, Grover, Elmo and the rest of the muppets. The producers tailored the experience to their target audience: toddlers.