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After Hurricane Katrina, a grocer rebuilds his community a shop at a time

5:16am September 22, 2023

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of StoryCorps, we revisit a mother's conversation with her son, who decided to open the only grocery store in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina.

Autoworkers at Mercedes plant in Vance, Ala., assemble an all-electric SUV.

Economy

Here's one potential winner from the UAW strike: Non-union auto workers in the South

5:00am September 22, 2023

by Stephan Bisaha

If the UAW strike leads to a win for the union, southern auto workers believe that will lead to a pay up at plants like Nissan and Mercedes.

How the Game Stop short squeeze movie got made

4:57pm September 21, 2023

by Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi

The film Dumb Money tells the story of how Game Stop went from the brink of bankruptcy to its emergence as a "meme stock." But the story of how the movie got made is a drama of its own.

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National

Rupert Murdoch, media magnate and Fox News founder, steps down

4:57pm September 21, 2023

by David Folkenflik

Fox founder Rupert Murdoch steps down from the global media empire he built over seven decades.

Fast approaching UAW strike deadline could expand walkouts to more auto plants

4:57pm September 21, 2023

by Danielle Kaye

Driving the UAW's tough stance in negotiations with the Big Three automakers is the sense that the union is owed a long-overdue redressal for all the concessions workers made in 2007.

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Builders are finding ways to keep home prices in reach despite high interest rates

4:57pm September 21, 2023

by Scott Horsley

Mortgage rates above 7% are weighing on the housing market. But some builders and buyers are finding workarounds. In some cases, that means choosing a little less space.

The practice known as tail docking artificially shortens a horse's tail. Budweiser says it has stopped the practice on its signature Clydesdales, seen here in 2012.

National

Anheuser-Busch says it will no longer amputate the tails of Budweiser's Clydesdales

1:46pm September 21, 2023

by Laurel Wamsley

The beermaker says it will end the practice known as tail docking after it came under pressure by animal rights group PETA.

Rupert Murdoch, 92, is stepping down as chair of his global media empire, which includes Fox News and The Wall Street Journal.

Fox founder Rupert Murdoch steps down from global media empire

12:54pm September 21, 2023

by David Folkenflik

Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as chair of his media empire, which includes Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Post. He is handing the reins to his son Lachlan.

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Rupert Murdoch announces he will step down as Fox and News Corp chairman

10:58am September 21, 2023

The 92-year-old media magnate built an unmatched global media empire over seven decades from a single newspaper he inherited in his native Australia. Murdoch says he plans to retire in November.

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'Planet Money': How investigators cracked the Axie Infinity crypto hack

5:13am September 21, 2023

by Jeff Guo

A team of investigators has been trying to get to the bottom of the biggest cryptocurrency theft of all time.