A major toy manufacturer is already nervous about Trump tariffs for holiday season
Jay Foreman, CEO of Basic Fun!, says the Trump administration's shifting tariff policy has created chaos for businesses — and could still disrupt the holiday season.
As Drought Parches Italy, Rome Turns Off Historic Drinking Fountains
Rome is home to more public drinking fountains — nearly 3,000 — than any other city in the world. But the city is turning off the taps as Italy faces a severe drought.
Former NSA Inspector General On Talks Of U.S.-Russian Cybersecurity Unit
Joel Brenner, now an MIT senior researcher, says President Trump's statement that he might partner with Putin on cyber issues is a reversal of decades of well-founded American suspicion of Russia.
The Uneasy Partnership Between North Korea And China
China "continues to walk on eggshells" when it comes to North Korea, says historian Jonathan Pollack. NPR's Rachel Martin asks Pollack about about North Korea's fraught relationship with its neighbor.
Federal Court Considers Changing Texas Political Boundaries
A three-judge panel begins a weeklong trial Monday over whether Texas's political maps discriminate against minorities. If so, the state could be forced to redistrict before the 2018 election.
Trump Son Admits To Meeting With Russian; Senate Returns To Unfinished Health Care Battle
Donald Trump Jr. said he met last year with a Kremlin-backed lawyer with the promise of damaging information against Hillary Clinton.
Pain Before Pleasure Makes The Pleasure Even Better, Study Finds
A study from the University of Kentucky shows that doing something virtuous can make indulging later even more pleasurable.
Dads Respond Differently To Daughters Than To Sons, Study Finds
Researchers from Emory University, using functional MRIs to measure fathers' brains, found that they had different biological reactions to their daughters' faces than to their sons'.
British Employers Begin To See A Pre-Brexit Exit Of Foreign Workers
The United Kingdom won't actually leave the European Union until 2019, but there are already signs British employers could lose crucial foreign workers, from university professors to apple pickers.
After 13 Years Of Daily Alarms, Owners Remove Clock From Air Vent
The small digital clock got stuck in a wall during repair work more than a decade ago. It rang at 7:50 every evening ever since — untill the owners had it removed.
'True Blood' Actor Nelsan Ellis Dies At 39
Ellis played Lafayette Reynolds on HBO's vampire soap opera from 2008 to 2014.
