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Cybersecurity Researchers Find Major Flaws In Widely Used Computer Chips

9:01am January 05, 2018

by Laura Sydell

Major security vulnerabilities exist in the chips of most of the world's computers. The flaws were recently discovered and could make data in servers and individual devices vulnerable to hackers.

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Each year, hundreds of hospitals lose 1 percent of their Medicare payments through the Hospital-Acquired Conditions Reduction Program. The penalties — now in their fourth year — were created by the Affordable Care Act to drive hospitals to improve the

Hospitals Nationally Hit Hard By Medicare's Safety Penalties

8:18am January 05, 2018

by Jordan Rau

Seven states saw a third or more of their hospitals punished under the federal health law's campaign against hospital-acquired conditions. Critics accuse some unscathed hospitals of gaming the system.

A South Korean government official checks the hotline to talk with the North Korean side at the border village of Panmunjom on January 3. South Korea says North Korea has agreed to meet at the village next week.

World News

North And South Korea Plan First Talks In Two Years

11:01pm January 04, 2018

South Korea says they will discuss North Korea's participation in February's Olympics. It's a sign of easing tensions after the North Korean leader announced he has a nuclear button on his desk.

Pedestrians cross the street in Harlem during a snow storm. As a major winter storm moves up the Northeast corridor, New York City is under a winter storm warning.

National

Blizzard Conditions Hit New England As Massive Winter Storm Travels North

9:23pm January 04, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

As the "bomb cyclone" intensifies, visibility has dropped to nearly zero in some sections of the snow band. Serious flooding and hurricane-force winds have been observed in coastal Massachusetts.

The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 25,000 Thursday for the first time.

Stocks Continue A Winning Streak; Dow Industrials Now Over 25,000

8:51pm January 04, 2018

by Jim Zarroli

Stocks have been rising for years, and they are starting 2018 with another shot upward. The Dow Jones industrial average closed at about 25,000 — the fastest run to a new 1,000-point milestone ever.

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Leslie Klein, director of the athlete career and education program the U.S. Olympic Committee.

Training For The Olympics Is Hard Enough. Try Doing That While Earning A Degree

7:15pm January 04, 2018

Olympic athletes struggle to balance the demands of their sports with college.

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Fort Collins, Colo., Will Create Broadband Utility, 'Committed' To Net Neutrality

7:02pm January 04, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The city will provide broadband as a utility, building out its own infrastructure. An expensive ad campaign failed to sway either voters or the City Council on the issue.

President Trump speaks during a lunch meeting with Republican members of the Senate as Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., looks on.

Politics & Government

Jeff Flake Not Ruling Out 2020 Challenge To Trump

6:44pm January 04, 2018

by Jessica Taylor

The retiring Arizona senator and frequent Trump critic tells NPR a presidential bid isn't in his plans, but it's not off the table either. Flake also isn't convinced Trump will run for re-election.

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Since 1970, visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City could pay what they wished — or what they were able.

The Met Is Set To Snap Nearly 5 Decades Of Pay-As-You-Wish Tradition

6:41pm January 04, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Since 1970, New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art has not mandated an admission fee. Come March, that will change for out-of-state visitors — but critics haven't accepted the decision quietly.

Politics & Government

Trump Still Dismissive Of Bannon, Though Bannon Says He Supports Trump

6:31pm January 04, 2018

by Mara Liasson

A day after explosive book excerpts show President Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon trashing Trump and his family, the president continues to be dismissive of Bannon.

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