Business

Science

Local Newspaper Closures Come With Hefty Price Tag For Residents

9:29am December 11, 2018

by Shankar Vedantam

Hundreds of newspapers have closed across the country. The loss of local reporting means fewer investigations into fraud and waste. That has had an impact on the budgets of cities and towns.

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National

With #MeToo In Mind, Employers Balance Workers' Privacy With Transparent Probes

9:29am December 11, 2018

by Yuki Noguchi

Google pledged to make its sexual harassment investigations more transparent, after its employees protested its handling of past cases. Workers want more accountability but there are privacy concerns.

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Economy

Unto The Brexit

5:39pm December 10, 2018

UK Prime Minister Theresa May's plan to exit the European Union has hit a wall. What happens now?

Carbon Engineering CEO Steve Oldham stands in front of the company's Squamish, British Columbia, pilot plant. It uses a chemical process to extract carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into a fuel similar to crude oil.

How One Company Pulls Carbon From The Air, Aiming To Avert A Climate Catastrophe

1:44pm December 10, 2018

by Jeff Brady

A U.N. climate report says the only way to avoid the worst climate impacts will be to suck carbon emissions out of the air. Researchers are trying to find a feasible way to do that.

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Pedestrians walk in front of a monitor showing an image of former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn on Monday in Tokyo, Japan. Ghosn, a veteran of the auto industry, was charged on Monday for financial misconduct after he was arrested in Tokyo last m

World News

Ex-Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn Indicted On Charges Of Underreporting Income

10:59am December 10, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Ghosn was arrested last month — and ousted as chairman of Nissan — after he was accused of concealing income from the Japanese government.

Students and grads cross a rickety bridge.

Exclusive: Ed Department To Erase Debts Of Teachers, Fix Troubled Grant Program

7:55pm December 09, 2018

The move follows an NPR investigation that found thousands of teachers had grants unfairly converted to loans.

A motorists on Highway 101 watches flames from the Thomas fire leap above the roadway north of Ventura, Calif., in December 2017. Hundreds of homes were destroyed in what was then California's most destructive wildfire.

Fire-Resistant Is Not Fire-Proof, California Homeowners Discover

7:57am December 09, 2018

by Emily Guerin

California has some of the strictest building codes in the country for homes built in areas with wildfire risk. But recent fires show that even the most fire-resistant homes will burn.

In front of Japan's parliament on Friday, people stage a rally against the bill to allow more foreign workers into the country.

Facing Critical Labor Shortage, Japan Opens Door Wider To Foreign Workers

7:32pm December 07, 2018

by Denise Couture

An aging population and low birth rate have led lawmakers to accept semi-skilled non-Japanese temporary laborers.

World News

Russia Joins OPEC In Agreement To Cut Oil Production By 1.2 Million Barrels A Day

5:34pm December 07, 2018

by Yuki Noguchi

Oil prices jumped higher Friday on news of a deal between OPEC and Russia to cut production. Global oil prices have fallen 30 percent in recent months.

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Economy

More Jobs, Less Pay

5:32pm December 07, 2018

In honor of jobs day, we look at the jobs that used to be high-paying, that are now low-paying. What happened to these jobs? And what can it tell us about the U.S. economy?