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Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs - and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt.
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Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs - and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y. speak to media on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Virus aid talks on brink of collapse, sides ‘very far apart’

A marathon meeting in the Capitol has generated lots of recriminations but little progress on the top issues confronting negotiators on vital COVID-19 rescue money.

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A woman from Guatemala and her two daughters were apprehended upon crossing the U.S.-Mexico border between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and immediately expelled back to Mexico in the early hours of April 2, at the Paso del Norte International Bridge in Juárez.
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‘End of asylum’: Using the pandemic to turn away migrants, children seeking refuge

Tens of thousands of migrants have been turned away at the border since March. Now the administration wants to restrict asylum permanently.

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Since the day Trump took office, the ACLU has filed 237 lawsuits against the administration and about 160 other legal actions, including FOIA requests and ethics complaints.

6 years ago

Lines of cars wait at a drive-through coronavirus testing site
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Coronavirus testing in the US is dropping, even as deaths mount

An Associated Press analysis found that the number of tests per day slid 3.6% over the past two weeks to 750,000, with the count falling in 22 states.

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Money

U.S. economy on high alert over shaky future of extra jobless benefits

Unless lawmakers agree to replace at least some of extra $600 dollars a week, aggregate spending in the U.S. could drop by an additional 4.3%.

6 years ago

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before a House Select Subcommittee hearing on the Coronavirus, Friday, July 31, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington.  (Erin Scott/Pool via AP)
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Health

Fauci reveals he has received death threats and his daughters have been harassed

Dr. Anthony Fauci shared in a forum hosted by Harvard, that he and has been subjected to death threats.

6 years ago

U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon joins federal, state and local officials at Second and Spring Garden streets to call for emergency funding for the struggling U.S. Postal Service. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Philly congressional reps call for increased Postal Service funding

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President Donald Trump
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Chasm grows between Trump and government coronavirus experts

The result has been a daily delivery of a mixed message to the public at a moment when coherence is most needed.

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Science

Food is growing more plentiful, so why do people keep warning of shortages?

Some researchers say the main reason that millions of people are malnourished globally is that people lack the money to buy food, or because of war and political oppression.

6 years ago

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‘Too many are selfish’: US nears 5 million coronavirus cases

The U.S. is approaching 5 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus, far outpacing other countries as Americans resist taking steps to avoid getting infected.

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