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Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey testify during a Senate intelligence committee hearing on Sept. 5.

Politics & Government

DOJ Probe Into Bias At Tech Companies Should Include Democrats, California AG Says

2:47pm September 11, 2018

by Alina Selyukh

Attorney General Xavier Becerra is calling on the Justice Department to invite Democrats to the Sept. 25 meeting focused on social media and tech companies or risk proving the event's political bent.

Trump Or Obama: Who Gets The Credit For A Booming Economy?

10:21am September 11, 2018

by Scott Horsley

Is the economy reaping the rewards of trends from the Obama era? On Monday, the White House took credit for a strong American economy.

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You Might Like Sitting Behind A Desk, If Your Chair Is More Comfortable

6:58am September 11, 2018

IKEA is teaming with a 3D printing medical company — you go into your local IKEA, sit on a machine that takes a scan of your behind and turns that scan into a chair seat that fits your bottom.

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Solar panels are mounted on the roof of the Los Angeles Convention Center on September 5. The state's governor has signed a landmark bill setting a goal of 100 percent clean energy for the state's electrical needs, by the year 2045.

California Sets Goal Of 100 Percent Clean Electric Power By 2045

9:14pm September 10, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill mandating that ambitious goal on Monday. He also issued an executive order calling for statewide carbon neutrality by the same year.

How Facebook Has Shaped Democracy

5:59pm September 10, 2018

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to The New Yorker's Evan Osnos about his new profile of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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What CEO Les Moonves' Departure Amid Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct Means For CBS

5:39pm September 10, 2018

CEO Les Moonves has left CBS. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks to Wall Street Journal media reporter Keach Hagey about how this is affecting the broadcasting giant.

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Whitney Jones with her daughter Raya. Before giving birth, Whitney struggled to find a midwife due to Alabama's restrictive laws.

Economy

Call The Midwife Back

5:15pm September 10, 2018

For more than three decades, it was illegal in Alabama to have your baby delivered by a midwife. But last year the state finally legalized midwifery and now it could lead to serious cost savings.

The total bill for Drew Calver's four-day hospital stay at St. David's Medical Center in April 2017 was $164,941. His insurer paid $55,840, leaving Calver responsible for the unpaid balance of $108,951.31.

Health & Safety

The Remedy For Surprise Medical Bills May Lie In Stitching Up Federal Law

5:11pm September 10, 2018

Gaps in a wide-ranging law covering employee benefits can blindside consumers whose health coverage is provided by company and union health plans that pay claims out of their own funds.

The Ford Focus Active, a small crossover car currently sold in Europe, was slated to begin production in China for the U.S. market. Ford canceled those plans, citing tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.

Ford Says Despite Trump's Tweet, Focus Active Won't Be Produced In U.S.

2:35pm September 10, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The automaker canceled plans to produce a small car in China and sell it in the U.S., citing the cost of tariffs on imports from China. Trump had suggested the cars could be made in the U.S. instead.

An offshore installation barge welds segments of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, to be laid on the seabed near Lubmin on Germany's Baltic coast.

World News

In Germany, Construction Has Begun On Controversial New Russian Gas Pipeline

11:29am September 10, 2018

by Esme Nicholson

Construction began in May on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which will enable Russia to boost its natural gas exports to Europe. President Trump has warned that it will make Germany "captive to Russia."

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