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Speaking to a crowd in Huntington, W.Va., on Thursday, President Trump said the U.S. economy is on its way back.

Now That He's President, Trump Is Sounding More Positive About The Economy

12:40pm August 09, 2017

by Jim Zarroli

As a candidate, Donald Trump described the economy as something of an unmitigated disaster. Now, he says, "prosperity is coming back to our shores." Is that really true?

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Disney Will End Netflix Deal And Offer Its Own Streaming Services

8:42am August 09, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

There will be one streaming service for sports and another for films and television shows, the company announced on Tuesday. But new Disney movies will still be available on Netflix until 2019.

The Financial Crisis, 10 Years On

7:38am August 09, 2017

On Aug. 9, 2007, we witnessed the first tremor of a financial earthquake. Ailsa Chang talks with David Wessel of the Brookings Institution about the economy, 10 years later.

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Airbnb Unites With NAACP To Expand Room At The Inn

7:05am August 09, 2017

by Karen Grigsby Bates

The partnership seeks to strengthen Airbnb's anti-discrimination efforts and encourage more people in communities of color to consider becoming hosts.

A 1915 poster urged the British public to buy war bonds. The previous year, the Bank of England had concealed the failure of the first round of bond-selling.

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'Financial Times' Issues 103-Year-Old Correction

7:40pm August 08, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

In 1914, the newspaper reported that applications were "pouring in" for WWI war bonds. Researchers at the Bank of England, analyzing old records, have discovered that wasn't remotely true.

First responders in Washington, D.C., bring naloxone on every emergency call.

First Responders Spending More On Overdose Reversal Drug

5:30pm August 08, 2017

by Alison Kodjak

With price hikes and rising demand, the drug naloxone, which can reverse an opioid overdose, is taking up an ever-larger share of emergency department budgets.

United Airlines garnered headlines in April when a passenger was dragged off a plane after the airline attempted to bump him from the flight.

After Viral Scandals, Airline Bumping Rates Hit Historic Lows

5:22pm August 08, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

A marked decrease in the airline bumping rate started in April, according to new data from the Department of Transportation. That's the month a passenger was bloodied and dragged off a United flight.

'Washington Post' Reporters Record Comings And Goings At Trump's D.C. Hotel

4:31pm August 08, 2017

The Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., has become a focus of questions surrounding conflicts of interest between the White House and the Trump family business. The hotel's records aren't public, so Washington Post reporters spent every day for a month in the lobby to chronicle the comings and goings. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Jonathan O'Connell, the reporter who organized the project.

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Google Memo Raises Questions About Limits Of Free Speech In The Workplace

4:22pm August 08, 2017

by Yuki Noguchi

Google moved quickly to fire the software engineer who criticized the company's diversity programs. The engineer, James Damore, told The New York Times he has a right to express his concerns and that he will likely sue Google over the issue.

Eager to attract good help in a tight labor market, large employers say they are newly committed to maintaining health coverage for workers.

Big Employers Say They Will Continue To Offer Health Plans To Their Workers

3:05pm August 08, 2017

by Jay Hancock

Three years ago, only about a quarter of the nation's large employers were "very confident" they would offer health insurance to their workers in 10 years. That number has now risen to 65 percent.