Business

4moms is recalling more than 2 million MamaRoo and RockaRoo swings and rockers over entanglement and strangulation hazards posed by the straps that hang down.

National

More than 2 million baby swings and rockers are recalled after an infant's death

11:48am August 16, 2022

by Wynne Davis

4moms is recalling MamaRoos and RockaRoos due to entanglement hazards from straps that hang down from the rockers and swings when not in use. At least one baby has died as a result of asphyxiation.

National

A Black-owned barbershop is added to the National Register of Historic Places

10:55am August 16, 2022

by Katia Riddle

In Portland, Ore., a black-owned barbershop is celebrating its place on the National Register of Historic Places. The addition is part of a larger effort to recognize and protect Black history.

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Bassam al-Sheikh Hussein looks through the bank's window in Beirut, Lebanon during the hostage standoff on Thursday. He surrended after several hours of negotiations in exchange for a portion of his savings.

A man who held up a bank demanding his own money becomes an unlikely hero

10:34am August 16, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Many in Lebanon can't access their life savings because of the economic crisis. A hostage-taker in Beirut surrendered in exchange for some of his funds, which he needed for his father's medical bills.

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Starbucks says regional staff of the National Labor Relations Board repeatedly crossed the line of neutrality to help union organizers in Kansas. Here, activists protest against Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz in New York City last month.

Starbucks asks for a nationwide pause in mail-in union votes, alleging misconduct

2:39pm August 15, 2022

by Bill Chappell

In a letter shared with NPR, the company alleges that labor board personnel exploited "weaknesses in the mail-ballot election process" to help union organizers.

After years of carrying medical debt from the premature birth of her daughter, Terri Logan recently discovered a nonprofit called RIP Medical Debt had paid off her bills.

This group's wiped out $6.7 billion in medical debt, and it's just getting started

6:47am August 15, 2022

by Yuki Noguchi

Nonprofit RIP Medical Debt buys up unpaid hospital bills plaguing low-income patients and frees them from having to pay.

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A man takes a picture of a poster paying homage to veteran stock market investor and Indian billionaire Rakesh Jhunjhunwala in Mumbai, India, on Sunday. Jhunjhunwala, died at the age of 62.

World News

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, nicknamed India's Warren Buffett, dies at 62

10:48am August 14, 2022

by The Associated Press

Jhunjhunwala, a chartered accountant from the northern state of Rajasthan, began investing in the stock market while he was still in college, starting off with capital of just 5,000 rupees ($63).

The Internal Revenue Service building is seen in Washington, D.C., on April 5. The IRS got $80 billion in new funding as part of the climate and health care bill passed by Congress on Friday. Most of that money will be used to target wealthier tax evaders

The IRS just got $80 billion to beef up. A big goal? Going after rich tax dodgers

10:10am August 14, 2022

by Scott Horsley

The big climate and health care bill passed by the House Friday includes billions in new funding for the IRS over the next decade. Most of that money is aimed at catching wealthy tax cheats.

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Saudi Aramco engineers and journalists look at the Hawiyah Natural Gas Liquids Recovery Plant in Hawiyah, in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia in 2021.

Your price at the pump went up. So did Saudi Aramco's profits — to a new record

10:05am August 14, 2022

by The Associated Press

Saudi energy company Aramco said Sunday its profits jumped 90% in the second quarter compared to the same time last year, helping its half-year earnings reach nearly $88 billion.

What oil companies gain from the landmark climate bill

5:10pm August 13, 2022

Some say benefits for fossil fuel companies in Congress's climate change legislation weaken its impact. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with energy historian Gregory Brew about the bill.

Workers at Zaporizhstal iron and steel works on July 22 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.

World News

Russia's war in Ukraine pushes Ukrainian steel production to the brink

11:20am August 12, 2022

by Jason Beaubien

The Russian invasion has taken a toll on Ukrainian metalworks — the country's second-largest industry — and there's still no deal to ship iron and steel products to customers.