Business

MALM dressers are seen at an Ikea store in Hangzhou, China, this July. The company recalled millions of dressers after three toddlers died in three years from tip-over incidents with Malm dressers.

National

Ikea To Pay $50 Million Over 3 Toddler Deaths From Dresser Tip-Overs

2:31pm December 22, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Unsecured Malm dressers, prone to tipping over, killed three children in three years. A wrongful death suit has been settled, lawyers for the families say; Ikea confirmed a "tentative" agreement.

About a quarter of California's electricity comes from renewable sources, like this wind farm outside San Diego.

Renewable Energy Sector Remains Optimistic Amid Trump Policy Outlook

7:56am December 22, 2016

Despite the fossil fuel-friendly cabinet shaping up under President-elect Donald Trump, renewable energy companies aren't as pessimistic as you might think. They say market forces are on their side.

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President-elect Donald Trump attends a meeting at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla., on Wednesday.

Trump's Businesses Could Be Tripped Up By A 2012 Insider Trading Law

7:56am December 22, 2016

by Jim Zarroli

The STOCK Act bars presidents and members of Congress from trading securities based on the kind of insider information they routinely have access to.

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Health & Safety

Drug Firms Make Millions By Sending Opioid Pills To W.Va., Report Says

6:21am December 22, 2016

Rachel Martin talks to Eric Eyre of the Charleston Gazette-Mail about revelations that drug wholesalers shipped hundreds of millions of opioid pills to West Virginia pharmacies over a six-year period.

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Devin Greene sits in the front seat of an Uber driverless car during a test drive in San Francisco on Dec. 13.

National

Uber Stops Self-Driving Test In California After DMV Pulls Registrations

9:44pm December 21, 2016

by Avie Schneider

Uber will have to park its self-driving cars in California for now. The state's Department of Motor Vehicles said it revoked the registrations of 16 vehicles owned by the ride-hailing company.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health sent a mobile testing unit to a fire station in Wharton, W.Va., in 2012 to screen coal miners for black lung disease.

Lawmakers Seek Better Count Of Advanced Black Lung Disease Cases

8:44pm December 21, 2016

by Howard Berkes

In response to an NPR investigation that shows 10 times the number of cases as currently reported, members of Congress are asking three federal agencies to work together to obtain an accurate count.

Repeal Of North Carolina's HB2 Law Fails As Legislature Adjourns Special Session

8:17pm December 21, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

A deal between Charlotte leaders and state lawmakers called for the repeal of both a local ordinance and the controversial state law. The repeal failed a Senate vote, and the Legislature adjourned.

Uber says Snapchat will get information about the ETA, vehicle type and destination, but no private data, to create special filters for riders.

National

Uber And Snapchat Team Up To Zero In On Your Friends

6:43pm December 21, 2016

by Laura Roman

Now, if you give Uber access to your phone contacts, you could set a person, rather than a location, as a destination of your ride — and get a prompt to Snapchat the waiting friend in the meantime.

In the Old City of New Delhi, Asim Husain stands in his shop, where he sells hand-stitched purses. He says sales normally conducted in cash are down nearly 90 percent and his attempts to go "cashless" with credit cards or other e-wallet schemes have not m

Economy

India Wants To Go Cashless. But It's Easier Said Than Done

6:43pm December 21, 2016

by Julie McCarthy

Paper money is scarce as a result of a government edict. But a couple of major obstacles stand in the way of the cashless society.

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What works (or doesn't work) to get more women into tech jobs?

Why Aren't There More Women In Tech? A Tour Of Silicon Valley's Leaky Pipeline

6:25pm December 21, 2016

We start at an after-school program for middle-schoolers and end at tech companies that try to be front-runners on diversity. Where do girls and women drop out from the tech talent pipeline?

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