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Vehicles sit in high floodwater during a storm surge associated with Superstorm Sandy in 2012, near the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel in New York. (John Minchillo/AP)
NPR
Insurance
National
Transportation

New York City admits defrauding FEMA out of millions after Superstorm Sandy

The city has now agreed to reimburse the federal government $5.3 million for its false claims, according to the settlement proposed Wednesday.

7 years ago

Tech giant Google, whose headquarters is in Mountain View, Calif., plans to build a campus in nearby San Jose. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo)
NPR
Business
Technology

This city told Amazon and Google: No incentives for you

A California mayor refused to offer similar incentives that New York offered to Amazon for a potential headquarters, but landed Google anyway.

7 years ago

In this Nov. 16, 2018, file photo graffiti has been painted on a sidewalk by someone opposed to the location of an Amazon headquarters in the Long Island City neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York. Local opposition to the proposed Amazon campus grew quickly with grievances that the deal was done secretively; Amazon didn’t need nearly $3 billion in tax incentives; and rising rents could push people out of the neighborhood. (Mark Lennihan/AP Photo, File)
Business

Gone in a New York minute: How the Amazon deal fell apart

Protests, hostile public hearings and disparaging tweets over the next three months, eventually led to Amazon's dramatic Valentine's Day breakup with New York.

7 years ago

Dr. Christopher Addis speaks to Republican lawmakers at a House Majority Policy Committee hearing Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. (Screengrab)
Health Care
Insurance
Medicine

Doctors: Malpractice rule change would drive up patient costs

Some doctors want to stop the Pa. Supreme Court from changing a rule tied to medical malpractice lawsuits.

7 years ago

In this Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015 file photograph, jockey Victor Espinoza, (right), on Triple Crown winner American Pharoah(4), looks back at jockey Kent Desormeaux on Keen Ice (6) after American Pharoah won the Haskell Invitational horse race at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J. (Mel Evans/AP Photo, File)
New Jersey
Politics
Sports

N.J. will spend up to $100 million to keep state’s horse racing industry on track

In each of the next four years, state officials will be able to award as much as $20 million to race track operators — but they could give less.

7 years ago

Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7), shown here in 2016, has reached an agreement with the NFL over his allegations of collusion by teams. (Lynne Sladky/AP)
NPR
Social Justice
Sports

Colin Kaepernick reaches deal with the NFL to settle collusion allegations

The league has also reached a deal with Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid over similar collusion allegations.

7 years ago

 The Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Lower Alloways Creek, N.J., is one of two nuclear sites in the state. (Brian Branch-Price/AP Photo, file)
Energy
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

PSEG: We’re not bluffing about shutting down nuke plants

PSEG Nuclear rebuked opponents of its bid for subsidies, vowing to close the units unless each is awarded financial incentives, beginning as soon as this fall.

7 years ago

With increased channels of communication, millennials find that cards symbolize effort and send them for
NPR
Business

Greeting cards are still a thing in the digital age. Thanks, millennials

Greeting card companies have weathered some tough times as more people send good wishes online. But millennials are purchasing more cards, which has helped the industry.

7 years ago

Taxpayers faced with smaller refunds or higher taxes have been airing their grievances online (Susan Walsh/AP)
NPR
National
Taxes

Anger, confusion over dwindling refunds. Is Trump’s tax plan to blame?

President Trump promised that his tax changes, passed in 2017, would give most Americans a tax cut. However, some taxpayers are discovering an unpleasant surprise.

7 years ago

Some businesses will only allow credit card transactions. (Rido81/BigStock)
PlanPhilly
Business
Income Inequality
Politics
PlanPhilly

Philly City Council votes to ban cashless stores

Philadelphia City Council voted Thursday for a bill that would ban most city stores from going cashless.

7 years ago

(Hanna Barczyk for NPR)
NPR
Government Accountability
Higher Education
National

Scathing report on Dept. of Education's handling of student loans

Instead of safeguarding borrowers' interests, the report says, FSA's inconsistent oversight allowed these companies, known as loan servicers, to potentially hurt borrowers.

7 years ago

A man runs along the waterfront in Queens on Nov. 14, 2018. 
NPR
Business
National

Amazon drops plans for New York headquarters

Amazon will no longer build new headquarters in New York City, the company announced on Thursday, after weeks of opposition and protests there.

7 years ago

Black Americans were most affected by the 2009 recession. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)
Race & Ethnicity
The Conversation

African-Americans’ economic setbacks from the Great Recession are ongoing – and could be repeated

Even today, a decade since the Great Recession hit, blacks still haven’t fully recovered and remain in a precarious financial condition.

7 years ago

Bishop Ronald Gainer, of the Harrisburg Diocese, arrives to celebrate mass at the Cathedral Church of Saint Patrick in Harrisburg, Pa., Friday, Aug. 17, 2018.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Pennsylvania
Religion

Harrisburg joins other Pa. dioceses in opening fund to compensate sex abuse victims

Survivors of sexual assault who have identified themselves to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg will be able to file claims through May 13.

7 years ago

A sculpture of an oil pump held by a human hand stands outside the headquarters of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company. (Fernando Llano/AP Photo)
Energy
International
Politics
The Conversation

Why Venezuela’s oil money could keep undermining its economy and democracy

As political and economic crises threaten to topple Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro, political scientists like us are not surprised that he has run into trouble.

7 years ago

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