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Sofia Terenzio

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Why investment in public pools took a dive

by Kai Ryssdal and Sofia Terenzio
Aug 30, 2024
As summer temperatures rise, some see the public pool as climate adaptation infrastructure, says journalist Eve Adams.
"[Public pools] offer this really important and reprieve from extreme heat that, as anyone who's lived through the past summer can tell you, is getting to be a real problem in cities," said journalist Eve Andrews.
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How this harpist got "Cats" in the bag

by Sofia Terenzio
Aug 19, 2024
Margot Krimmel had a lot of requests for "Memory" in the 1980s, but she didn't know the song and couldn't find the sheet music.
In the 1980s, Margot Krimmel played the harp at a ski resort in Vail four hours a day, taking a lot of requests.
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Strong summer sales help these family-owned bookstores get through the slow season

by Sofia Terenzio
Aug 16, 2024
Joanna Reese funds her Maine shops on a shoestring. "[We do] as much as we can ourselves," she says, "to save on costs."
Joanna Reese co-owns two bookstores with her father, Harry Reese, including The Main Bookhouse, pictured here.
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Atlanta Fed’s Bostic calls on patience amid the clamor for interest rate cuts

by Kai Ryssdal and Sofia Terenzio
Aug 15, 2024
Despite high prices, “wages are growing faster than inflation," and families’ purchasing power is growing, he says.
"The first thing I think is inflation is getting back to target in an orderly way," says Raphael Bostic, president and CEO of the Atlanta Fed, about the CPI falling to 2.9%.
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In a rural Texas town, the constant hum of a bitcoin mine haunts residents

by Kristin Schwab and Sofia Terenzio
Aug 7, 2024
People have attributed symptoms from ringing ears to heart issues to the noise, Andrew Chow of Time explains.
Cryptocurrency mines are basically facilities that hold thousands of computers, which are cooled by fans.
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From pagers and clunky cellphones to touch screens, this field sales manager has had 'em all

by Sofia Terenzio
Aug 2, 2024
"My first mobile phone was a huge suitcase I would put in the seat next to me," recalls Kristina Azab. Later, she cherished her BlackBerry.
A mobile phone model that launched in 2001.
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The Mount Laurel Doctrine and the quest for affordable housing

by Amy Scott and Sofia Terenzio
Jul 31, 2024
Journalist Roshan Abraham tells the story of a New Jersey resident who fought City Hall to get 70,000 units eventually built.
Since 1980, 70,000 units of affordable housing have been built in New Jersey, thanks in part to Ethel Lawrence.
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What it was like working as a 411 operator before the internet

by Sofia Terenzio
Jul 30, 2024
Lilith from Ventura, California, recalls what it was like working as an information operator in a time before the internet.
Lilith said she remembers sitting in a cubicle with headphones on and phone books in front of her as she waited for the calls to roll in.
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Sanctions are a flawed foreign policy tool. Is there one that's not?

by Amy Scott and Sofia Terenzio
Jul 29, 2024
The U.S. increasingly uses economic curbs against bad actors, reports The Washington Post's Jeff Stein. But some consequences are unintended.
President Biden met with leaders of industrialized economies at the G7 Summit in June. Among the topics was responding to Russia's assault on Ukraine.
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Tech and media companies are ditching user totals from their growth reports. Why now?

by Kai Ryssdal and Sofia Terenzio
Jul 23, 2024
Instead, companies are opting to report other metrics of growth.
Some experts believe media companies are no longer reporting user totals to avoid potential doubt for future company growth.
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