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After years of missed deadlines, Tesla enters the robotaxi race

by Meghan McCarty Carino and Rosie Hughes
Oct 16, 2024
CEO Elon Musk has been promising fully autonomous cars since 2016. The Cybercab might be too late, says The Verge’s Andrew Hawkins.
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The Uncertain Future 

by Kai Ryssdal
Oct 16, 2024
Climate change is a U.S. military priority – for now. What happens next?
Kai Ryssdal in Kodiak Island after visiting the Coast Guard's headquarters.
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What's up with drugstores?

by Kai Ryssdal
Oct 15, 2024
Walgreens said it plans to close over a thousand stores over three years. Plus, we hear from some retailers prepping for the holiday season.
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Mining and the clean energy paradox

by Kai Ryssdal and Kimberly Adams
Oct 15, 2024
Mining metals needed for clean energy comes at a cost.
Zimbabwe has the largest African lithium deposits, a mineral crucial to electric vehicle batteries. Above, workers inspect an open-pit lithium mine in Goromonzi, Zimbabwe.
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Could your boss kick a little something into your student loan payments?

by David Brancaccio
Oct 15, 2024
There's a way U.S. companies could help employees pay down student loan debt, but will they go for it?
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Notes from a Nobel winner

by David Brancaccio
Oct 15, 2024
Today: a conversation with MIT's Simon Johnson, a winner of this year's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
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Pakistan prepares for major international security summit

by Leanna Byrne
Oct 15, 2024
From the BBC World Service: Leaders from India, Pakistan, China and other countries in the region will meet for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit.
Workers in Islamabad decorate a street ahead of a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit.
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A deluge of online misinformation obscures FEMA disaster relief efforts

by Kimberly Adams and Daniel Shin
Oct 15, 2024
Ethan Porter of George Washington University explains why there's been so much misinformation about Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
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Million Bazillion

Let's talk about savings accounts

by Bridget Bodnar and Ryan Perez
Oct 15, 2024
And how money grows with compound interest.
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FEMA's job is getting even harder

by Kai Ryssdal and Kimberly Adams
Oct 14, 2024
Disaster recovery, misinformation and now threats against workers.
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