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Why some EV buyers are getting their tax returns rejected this year

5:00am February 28, 2025

by Camila Domonoske

The federal EV tax credit, worth up to $7,500, saw big changes in 2024. For buyers, the credit typically became easier to get. But if their dealers skipped a step, it was a different story.

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World News

Search And Rescue In The Bahamas

BahamasEvac Services founder and owner Neko Gibson talks with NPR's Rachel Martin about what he's seen during his company's search and rescue efforts.

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National

Migrant Children Traumatized After Separations, Report Says

NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Health and Human Services Assistant Inspector General for Evaluation and Inspections Ann Maxwell about a report on the mental health needs of children in HHS custody.

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World News

Middle East Peace Envoy Resigns

NPR's Noel King speaks with Aaron David Miller, a former Middle East negotiator for the State Department, about the resignation of the Trump administration's special envoy for Middle East peace talks.

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World News

Residents Desperate To Leave After Bahamas Island Devastated

by Jason Beaubien

In the hurricane-ravaged Bahamas, people are desperately trying to get off Great Abaco Island, one of the islands hardest hit by Dorian.

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Economy

Binyamin Appelbaum On 'The Economists' Hour'

NPR's Noel King talks to economics journalist Binyamin Appelbaum, whose new book traces what he describes as a revolution in the way we think about the U.S. economy.

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Charleston's Storm Preparations

by Rebecca Hersher

The communities that might be most prepared for a storm like Dorian are also ones that are the most vulnerable to sea level rise. Because of climate change, Charleston floods on a regular basis.

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News Brief: Bahamas Recovery, Vitamin E And Vaping, City Heat And Poverty

Recovery and rescue efforts are underway in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian. Also, health officials are looking at the role of vitamin E and vaping in respiratory illnesses.

National

Dorian Hits North Carolina's Outer Banks

NPR's Noel King speaks with Vickie Woolard, one of the owners of a family-run construction company working in the Outer Banks, about Hurricane Dorian's arrival in North Carolina.

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National

Mixed Decisions In 'Ghost Ship' Trial

by Jeremy Siegel

The jury in the Ghost Ship fire trial reached mixed decisions. The 2016 fire, at an Oakland, Calif., warehouse that served as an artists' collective, killed 36 people.

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World News

Robert Mugabe Dies At 95

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Robert Mugabe has died at 95. He led Zimbabwe from its independence from Britain in 1980 until 2017.

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World News

The Week In Brexit

It was a disastrous week for new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. NPR's Noel King talks to Brexit researcher Georgina Wright of the Institute for Government in London.

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World News

Top American General On Future Of Afghanistan

by Tom Bowman

As a deal between the U.S. and the Taliban takes shape, the top American general for the region insists there will continue to be a need to combat terrorism in Afghanistan.

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