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Who's the new owner of the Las Vegas Review-Journal? Many journalists — especially the paper's own employees — have been trying to figure out the answer.

Inflation is so low that it's nearly nonexistent now. But it most certainly wasn't always that way. The Planet Money team tells the story of former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker's wild fight against inflation, his radical idea, and how the U.S. tamed inflation — maybe for good.

The Republican presidential candidates are in Las Vegas for their latest debate, the first since terrorist attacks in Paris and California refocused the campaign on national security.

The bomb threat that disrupted the lives of millions of people in Los Angeles Tuesday had a decidedly different effect in New York City, which received a similar email threat to its schools late Monday night. Authorities in New York, however, concluded the email was a hoax and schools remained open Thursday. NPR explains why the two cities had such decidedly different reactions.

Many analyzing the deal hammered out in Paris say it's way better than no plan at all. But proof, they warn, will be in the execution of efforts to cap global temperature rise at 2 degrees C or less.