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Economy

Economist says fears about the global market sell off may be disproportionate

10:05pm August 05, 2024

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Gregory Daco, chief economist at Ernst and Young and about Monday's market sell off and what that could mean for the global economy.

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Politics & Government

Kamala Harris is getting closer to picking a running mate

10:05pm August 05, 2024

by Domenico Montanaro

Vice President Harris is close to picking her running mate, and the stakes are high as the election between her and former President Donald Trump gets even closer. We look at the state of the race.

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National

Google loses massive antitrust case over its search dominance

7:39pm August 05, 2024

by The Associated Press

The highly anticipated decision comes nearly a year after the start of a trial pitting the U.S. Justice Department against Google in the country's biggest antitrust showdown in a quarter century.

World News

Israel Waits for Retaliation From Iran; Some West Bank Men Want to Become Martyrs

7:20pm August 05, 2024

Iran has vowed to strike Israel following the assassination of a Hamas leader on Iran's soil. We hear from Israelis watching and waiting as they know an attack is coming but the don't know when.

And in the West Bank, the war between Israel and Hamas has sparked an increase in Palestinian men wanting to die fighting Israeli occupation.

For more coverage of all sides of this conflict, go to npr.org/mideastupdates

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Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Speaks At The Libertarian National Convention

RFK Jr. admits to dumping a dead bear in Central Park, solving a decade-old mystery

7:10pm August 05, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

The presidential candidate said he'd planned to take the roadkill home and skin it, but got waylaid by a long day of falconry and steak dinner. The mystery of the bear cub made national news in 2014.

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World News

Photos: Bangladesh PM flees the country after weeks of deadly protests

6:59pm August 05, 2024

by Omkar Khandekar

This follows the weeks of protests over job quotas that saw clashes between protestors and ruling party supporters, and several instances of police brutality. The death toll from the crackdown ran into hundreds, and precipitated calls for Hasina’s resignation.

Hurricane Debby is dangerously rainy because it formed over abnormally warm water

6:42pm August 05, 2024

by Rebecca Hersher

Hurricane Debby is trundling across the Southeast, dropping massive amounts of rain. The storm formed over abnormally warm ocean water.

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Sports

Sweden's Mondo raises his own bar to set new Olympic and world record in pole vault

6:40pm August 05, 2024

by Emma Bowman

The American-Swede made his eager fans wait until his final attempt at clinching a new world record at the Paris Olympics — knocking down his own by .01 meters.

President Biden Proposes Major Reforms For U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court rejects Missouri's bid to halt Trump’s sentencing in N.Y. hush money case

6:31pm August 05, 2024

Missouri had argued that the rights of Missouri voters to hear from presidential candidates were being violated by the New York criminal proceeding.

Farmers sue Tyson, saying it sacrificed their farms to raise the price of chicken

6:04pm August 05, 2024

by Frank Morris

Tyson Foods has been closing plants, sometimes driving chicken farmers out of business. Some farmers allege that the company put their life’s work in jeopardy in order to raise the price of chicken.

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