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Stranded passengers who had been set to travel with Icelandic airline Wow Air are being forced to book new tickets and absorb unexpected costs after the airline shut down. Here, travelers wait in line at Iceland's international airport on Thursday.

Wow Air's Collapse Leaves Passengers Stuck — At Airports, And Without Travel Plans

6:02pm March 28, 2019

by Bill Chappell

Staff at Boston's Logan International informed customers of prolonged delays Wednesday night — only to eventually board the waiting Wow aircraft themselves and shut the door.

World map showing current and projected habitats of the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

CHART: Where Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes Will Go In The Future

5:49pm March 28, 2019

by Rebecca Ellis

A new study predicts how far north these insects could live if climate change goes unchecked.

Power lines and power-generating windmills rise above the rural landscape on June 13, 2018, near Dwight, Ill. Driven by falling costs, global spending on renewable energy sources like wind and solar is now outpacing investment in electricity from fossil f

From Walmart To Google, Companies Teaming Up To Buy More Solar And Wind Power

5:41pm March 28, 2019

by Camila Domonoske

Walmart, GM, Google, Johnson & Johnson and other corporations are forming a trade organization to promote the interests of renewable energy buyers.

House intelligence committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and other House Democratic chairs are pushing forward with investigations of related to President Trump following the report from special counsel Robert Mueller on the 2016 election.

Democrats Demand Full Mueller Report, Lay Out Argument For Continued Investigations

5:35pm March 28, 2019

by Tim Mak

House Democratic committee chairs set an April 2 deadline for Attorney General Barr to give Congress the full Mueller report. Committee aides won't say if they will subpoena it if DOJ doesn't comply.

Wells Fargo CEO Timothy Sloan is questioned by the House Financial Services Committee earlier this month. He will step down immediately, the company announced Thursday.

Economy

Wells Fargo CEO Quits In Wake Of Consumer Financial Scandals

5:11pm March 28, 2019

by Jennifer Liberto

Wells Fargo announced Thursday that CEO and President Tim Sloan will step down immediately. The company's general counsel Allen Parker was elected to run the company until a new CEO is selected.

Female mosquitoes searching for a meal of blood detect people partly by using a special olfactory receptor to home in on our sweat.

How Mosquitoes Sniff Out Human Sweat To Find Us

5:05pm March 28, 2019

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Female mosquitoes searching for a meal of blood detect people partly by using a special olfactory receptor to home in on our sweat. The finding could lead to new approaches for better repellents.

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Lori Gottlieb writes about her experiences as a psychotherapist in therapy in her new book, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone.

A Psychotherapist Goes To Therapy — And Gets A Taste Of Her Own Medicine

4:51pm March 28, 2019

by Terry Gross

Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist who started seeing a therapist herself after the man she thought she would marry unexpectedly broke up with her. Her new book is Maybe You Should Talk to Someone.

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People lined up Wednesday to be vaccinated amid a mumps outbreak on the Temple University campus in Philadelphia.

Health & Safety

Vaccination Push Underway To Contain Mumps Outbreak In Philadelphia

4:19pm March 28, 2019

by Rebecca Ellis

Temple University officials say the vast majority of students who are part of a mumps outbreak had been immunized previously with a vaccine that protects against measles, mumps and rubella.

Boeing continues making the planes at its 737 Max assembly plant in suburban Renton, Wash.

National

Boeing Scrambles To Restore Faith In Its 737 Max Airplane After Crashes

3:58pm March 28, 2019

by David Schaper

The company is still producing about 50 737 Max planes per month. This week, it unveiled software fixes and other improvements for the fleet as it tried to reassure the public that they are safe.

A bump stock, left, is a device that can be added to a gun to increase its firing speed. The devices were banned by the federal government his week.

Bump Stock Ban Proceeds After Supreme Court Denies Gun Advocates' Request To Halt It

3:25pm March 28, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

Gun rights groups had a sought a hold on the ban, which went into effect on Tuesday. The court denied the second such appeal, allowing the ban to proceed while challenges move through the courts.