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World's oldest bond is gearing up for its 400th birthday. It's still paying interest
Hidden deep in an archive in New Jersey is the world's oldest living bond. It was originally issued to fund a dike in the Netherlands after a big flood.
Defaulted student loan borrowers get a fresh start
Nearly 7 million federal student loan borrowers are in default, and now the U.S. Department of Education is rolling out a new program, called Fresh Start, to make getting out of default easier.
Some authors are suing OpenAI. Will it backfire?
Fiction writers like George R.R. Martin and Jonathan Franzen are suing OpenAI for using their books to train ChatGPT. That lawsuit could paradoxically benefit the company being sued.
Thousands of Starbucks workers go on a one-day strike on one of chain's busiest days
Workers at more than 200 U.S. Starbucks locations walked off the job Thursday in what organizers said was the largest strike yet in the two-year-old effort to unionize the company's stores.
The Chili's baby back ribs jingle got a makeover with the help of Boyz II Men
The 90s R&B group said that the collaboration was a perfect fit because when the earworm first came out 25 years ago, people often thought they sang jingle anyway.
Worker injuries at SpaceX soar in Elon Musk's rush to Mars, Reuters reports
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Reuters reporter Marisa Taylor about her investigation into worker safety at spacecraft manufacturer SpaceX.
President Biden held a news conference after his meeting with China's Xi Jinping
The two met Wednesday in California to discuss economic concerns for their respective nations.
President Biden held a news conference after his meeting with Xi Jinping
The two met on Wednesday to discuss economic concerns about their respective nations.
Senators to VA: Stop needless foreclosures on thousands of veterans
The move follows an NPR investigation that finds thousands of veterans are facing foreclosure through no fault of their own and that the VA can stop them from losing their homes.