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Which Came First, The Frozen Chicken Or The Tax On Foreign Trucks?
Just kidding, it was the frozen chicken — then came the American tax that helped shape the domestic market for trucks.
The Price Tag Hasn't Always Existed, It Had To Be Invented
A story about hagglers, Quakers and department store founders.
Google Has Received 650,000 'Right To Be Forgotten' Requests Since 2014
The search giant says in a new report that beginning in mid-2014, after a court ruling on the "right to be forgotten," it received 650,000 requests to delist 2.4 million URLs from search results.
Dick's Sporting Goods Decides To Stop Selling Assault-Style Firearms
Dick's Sporting Goods will stop selling assault-style firearms and won't sell guns to people under 21, the company's CEO said Wednesday. The company also issued a plea for "common sense gun reform."
House Passes Bill To Crack Down On Online Sex Trafficking
The bill would give prosecutors and victims more power to hold websites accountable for sex trafficking on their platforms. Parts of the bill have riled some tech companies and digital rights groups.
Georgia's Lieutenant Governor Threatens Delta After Airline Cuts Ties With NRA
After Atlanta-based Delta eliminated a discount program for NRA members, a Georgia official threatens to fight its tax break. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Georgia Public Broadcasting's Stephen Fowler.
Florida Students' Activism Inspires Father To Ask Amazon To Drop NRATV
Rachel Martin talks to Daniel Reed, father of a Marjory Stoneman Douglas student, who helped to start a petition asking Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos to drop NRA TV from its lineup of shows.
Though Prices Aren't As High As Before, West Texas Enjoys Oil Revival
The U.S. is on track to surpass Saudi Arabia and Russia next year to become the world's biggest oil producer — pumping out more crude than at its peak nearly half a century ago.
Florida Woman Pays $493 Water Bill In Pennies
The utility told Dana McCool that she may have a leak but a plumber didn't find one. To protest, she went to the Deltona Water Department and paid her balance in pennies.