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FILE - This April 13, 2014, file photo shows the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters building in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)
Money

Taxpayers get 1-day extension due to IRS glitch

The IRS is giving all taxpayers an extra day to file after its website went down on deadline day. The agency announced that indivi ...

7 years ago

People gather outside a Starbucks on 18th and Spruce streets in Philadelphia to protest Thursday's controversial arrests of two black men at the store. (Bastiaan Slabbers/for WHYY)
Community

Philadelphia police release 911 call, radio transmissions from Starbucks incident

Philadelphia police have released the tape of the 911 call made by the manager of the Center City Starbucks before two black men were arrested on suspicion of trespassing.

7 years ago

A family spokesperson announced Sunday that the former first lady Barbara Bush is in failing health. In this Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, photo, she is pictured with daughter-in-law and and former first lady, Laura Bush. (David J. Phillip/AP Photo)
Community

Spokesman: Former first lady Barbara Bush in failing health

Former first lady Barbara Bush is in "failing health" and won't seek additional medical treatment.

7 years ago

Julie Holzhauer stands among her family's possessions after being evicted from her home in Centennial, Colo., in 2011. (John Moore/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

First-ever evictions database shows: ‘We’re in the middle of a housing crisis’

'Eviction isn't just a condition of poverty; it's a cause of poverty,' sociologist Matthew Desmond says.

7 years ago

Park rangers meet in front of Yosemite Falls in 2016 in Yosemite National Park in California. Increased fees are expected to boost funding for park maintenance across the country. (David Calvert/Getty Images)
NPR
Money

National Park Service to ‘modestly’ raise entrance fees in plan to cut repair backlog

The Interior Department is abandoning a plan to more than double entrance fees to some of the country's most popular national parks.

7 years ago

Hilda Herrera of New York state is one of 40,000 people who rely on the SNAP program for help buying groceries. (Seth Wenig/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Republican farm bill calls on many SNAP recipients to work or go to school

Democrats are vowing to fight the draft bill.

7 years ago

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg drinks water while testifying before a House Energy and Commerce hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington,Wednesday about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election and data privacy. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Most Americans concerned about privacy, personal information being sold

NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup's Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.

7 years ago

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Different types of marijuana sit on display at Harborside marijuana dispensary, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, in Oakland, Calif. Starting New Year's Day, recreational marijuana can be sold legally in California. (Mathew Sumner/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump vows to back law to protect marijuana industry

Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado said Friday that Trump made the pledge to him in a Wednesday night conversation.

7 years ago

Lewis
NPR
Courts & Law

President Trump pardons ‘Scooter’ Libby, former Cheney chief of staff

The Libby pardon is only the latest twist in a story of spies, leaks, accusations of hidden motives and abuse of power.

7 years ago

This May 22, 2007 file photo shows FirstEnergy's Bruce Mansfield plant in Shippingport, Pa., northwest of Pittsburgh. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo, File)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Money

FirstEnergy: If feds don’t help us, more power plants will close. Trump’s thinking about it

FirstEnergy filed for bankruptcy last month and plans to close three nuclear plants in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

7 years ago

This March 2018 photo shows Kristina Olson in her laboratory in Seattle. She is the creator and leader of the TransYouth Project, which is considered the first large-scale long-term study of transgender children in the U.S. On Thursday, April 12, 2018, Olson was named winner of the NSF's annual Alan T. Waterman Award, the government's highest honor for scientists still in the early phases of their careers. (Dennis Wise/University of Washington via AP)
Health

$1 million federal grant will help study of transgender kids

The first large-scale, national study of transgender children, including some as young as 3, is poised to expand.

7 years ago

Emma Gonzalez,David Hogg,Cameron Kasky,Alex Wind
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

The kids tell the adults to take a seat; they’ve got this

These kids didn’t spring suddenly from nowhere. They’ve been watching us, learning from our countless, self-imposed mistakes. I can’t wait to follow them into the future.

7 years ago

Paul Ryan
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Farewell to Paul Ryan, a serial Pinocchio

As we bid a faux-fond farewell to Paul Ryan, who has parachuted from the flaming Republican plane, let’s give credit where credit i ...

7 years ago

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., speaks after House Republicans held a closed-door strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Republican-led House passed a bill to make it easier for gun owners to legally carry concealed weapons across state line
Politics & Policy

House Speaker Ryan won’t run for re-election

Claiming he's accomplished a "heckuva lot," House Speaker Paul Ryan announced Wednesday he will not run for re-election.

7 years ago

Journalists at the Chicago Tribune say they want to unionize to secure better pay and resources to fulfill their missio
NPR
Community

In historic move at labor-skeptic ‘Chicago Tribune’, newsroom pushes to form union

One of the nation's oldest and most prestigious regional newspapers, The Chicago Tribune, could soon have a unionized staff.

7 years ago

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