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Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop Agrees To Pay $145,000 To Settle False Advertising Lawsuit

5:14pm September 07, 2018

Gwyneth Paltrow's lifestyle brand, Goop, has settled a lawsuit with several California district attorneys over the promotion of products with questionable health benefits.

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Week In Politics: The Kavanaugh Hearings, An Anonymous 'NYT' Op-Ed And Obama's Speech

5:14pm September 07, 2018

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution, and David Brooks of The New York Times about confirmation hearings, an anonymous op-ed from inside the White House and former President Obama on the campaign trail.

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White House Releases New Measure For Wage Growth, Breaking With Labor Department

4:43pm September 07, 2018

On the heels of the latest job report released on Friday, NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Elise Gould, of the Economic Policy Institute, about wage growth.

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Asked whether Attorney General Jeff Sessions should investigate an anonymous opinion piece published by the New York Times, President Trump said he should.

Should Attorney General Investigate 'New York Times' Op-Ed? Yes, Trump Says

4:43pm September 07, 2018

The president told reporters he thinks the Justice Department should look into the identity of whoever wrote the column questioning his fitness for office, citing "national security."

Mark Berman, the CEO of Rockland Industries, says it would be fair for U.S. tariffs to be imposed on competing Chinese products, but not on Rockland's raw materials from China.

This Company Likes Some Of Trump's Tariffs On China, But Not Others

3:38pm September 07, 2018

by Amara Omeokwe

A textile firm's reliance on China for raw materials has put it in the middle of a growing trade war — and its view on President Trump's tariffs is rather unusual: It both opposes and supports them.

Taissa Farmiga stars as novice Sister Irene in new horror film The Nun.

Why Evil Nuns Have Tormented Audiences For Centuries

3:09pm September 07, 2018

by Kimberly Winston

Bless us, Sister, for audiences will have the living bejesus scared out of them when The Nun opens in cinemas nationwide on Friday.

The U.S. has added jobs in every month for nearly eight years. Here, a job seeker holds an employment flyer during a hiring event at an Aldi Supermarket in Darien, Ill., in July.

August Jobs Report: Economy Adds 201,000 Jobs; 3.9 Percent Unemployment

1:16pm September 07, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Wage growth — and more specifically, the lack of vigorous pay raises — continued to be an issue, with average hourly earnings nudging slightly upward to 2.9 percent.

Mark D'Amico and Kate McClure speak with host Megyn Kelly on Megyn Kelly Today, last month in New York.

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Police Raid Home Of New Jersey Couple Who Raised $400,000 For Homeless Man

12:20pm September 07, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The seemingly heartwarming story has taken an unpleasant turn, with the man suing his would-be benefactors, saying they stole most of the money raised in a GoFundMe campaign.

Debbie Van Horn was arrested Thursday at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport and booked into the Walker County Jail on Thursday.

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Ex-USA Gymnastics Trainer Arrested In Texas On Sex Assault Charge

11:48am September 07, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Debbie Van Horn is charged with the sexual assault of a child. She worked with disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar at the Karolyi Ranch gymnastics facility just outside of Huntsville, Texas.

Joe Dittmar holds remnants of the World Trade Center — a section from one of the core beams of the South Tower, right, and a bolt from a steel beam.

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'They Thought I Was Dead': A 9/11 Survivor Recalls His Escape

11:22am September 07, 2018

Joe Dittmar was in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. In a StoryCorps interview last year, he vividly recounts what he saw that morning — and how he got home to his family.

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