News

How California Plans To Fight Gender Pay Gaps

4:58pm January 05, 2018

by Noel King

California has a new law intended to fight gender pay disparity by restricting companies from asking certain questions about salary history, and requiring them to reveal more about what they pay.

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Why College Football Means Big Business In Certain States

4:58pm January 05, 2018

Alabama and Georgia football is big business in those states. NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Eben Novy-Williams, a sports business reporter for Bloomberg, to get a better sense of the numbers.

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Doughnuts for sale at a Dunkin' Donuts in Edmond, Okla. Last year, the parent company said it would remove artificial colors from its products in the U.S. by the end of 2018. Now they say they've already achieved that goal for their flagship product.

Health & Safety

Time To Make The Doughnuts Free Of Artificial Dyes, Dunkin' Decides

4:54pm January 05, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Dunkin' Donuts had previously pledged to eliminate the dyes by the end of 2018, and is still working on its other menu items.

Taylor Michael Wilson is charged with terrorism, after stopping an Amtrak train in October in Nebraska.

National

Alleged White Supremacist Is Charged With Terrorism After Stopping Amtrak Train

3:47pm January 05, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The FBI uncovered ties to "an 'alt-right' Neo-Nazi group" and accounts that the suspect talked about killing black people, according to court papers.

A sign announcing the store will be closing hangs above a Sears store on Aug. 24 in Chicago. Sears Holdings, which owns Sears and Kmart, said Thursday it was planning to close another 103 stores.

Economy

Sears, Kmart And Macy's Will Close More Stores in 2018

3:45pm January 05, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

2017 was bleak for retailers and 2018 is not starting off any better. Several major department stores, still hurting from declining sales, plan closures in locations nationwide.

Maurice Andrews finishes in first place in the Kuskokwim 300 Season Opener in blizzard conditions in Alaska on Dec. 30, 2017. The race was delayed two weeks due to warm weather.

While The Eastern U.S. Freezes, It's Too Warm In Alaska

3:43pm January 05, 2018

by Anna Rose MacArthur

"We're way behind on winter," one resident says. Higher than average temperatures in rural Alaska are being blamed for two deaths and are preventing people from hunting for food.

In South Sudan, the staff of Doctors Without Borders has newly devised "runaway bags," filled with medical supplies so the health workers can provide care if people have to flee because of conflict.

A 'Runaway Bag' For Health Care When People Are Fleeing

3:33pm January 05, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

How do you take care of people who are on the run? Doctors Without Borders is testing a new strategy.

Demonstrators take part in a protest against U.S. aid cuts, in Lahore, Pakistan, on Friday.

Pakistan Defends Anti-Terrorism Record After U.S. Cuts Aid

3:04pm January 05, 2018

by Diaa Hadid

However, officials also sought to tone down tensions. "Efforts are still underway to find common ground," says a foreign ministry spokesman.

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A man shovels snow from a footpath in New York City.

National

Blizzard Has Passed, But Frigid Temperatures Remain Along East Coast

2:11pm January 05, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The National Weather Service says there's a good chance that some locations will set temperature records today, as arctic air settles in after a massive winter storm.

Full disclosure, folks: This is not the actual road in Australia. It is, well, just a random road for illustration.

World News

Meanwhile In Australia, Part Of A Highway Is Literally Melting

2:07pm January 05, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

As the Eastern U.S. and Canada brave frigid temperatures, residents across the globe are grappling with bad weather of their own: a heat wave that has rendered a stretch of busy freeway a sticky mess.