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While weather is always a factor, Buttigieg says air travel is in better shape

7:25am June 30, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about why so many domestic flights have been canceled in recent days, and the Biden administration's efforts to fix air travel.

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Protesters for and against affirmative action demonstrate on Capitol Hill on Thursday. The Supreme Court ruled that race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina are unconstitutional.

With affirmative action gutted for college, race-conscious work programs may be next

5:34am June 30, 2023

by Elena Moore

With the Supreme Court having ruled against affirmative action policies in higher education, some legal experts worry about the future of workplace diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

What happens when insurers can't get insurance?

5:08am June 30, 2023

by Adrian Ma

Homeowner insurance companies are leaving states facing increasing natural disasters made worse by climate change. The cost for those companies to get their own insurance has skyrocketed.

Hollywood actors, negotiating a new contract with studios, are prepared to strike

5:08am June 30, 2023

With the writers strike underway, the contract between actors and major studios is set to expire at midnight. Negotiations have been going on for weeks — if there's no deal, actors could go on strike.

More than 50 million Americans are expected to travel at least 50 miles from home over the upcoming July Fourth weekend. Traffic in Austin, Texas, is seen here in April.

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Traveling over the Fourth of July weekend? So is everyone else

5:01am June 30, 2023

by Laurel Wamsley

AAA is forecasting record-high travel this weekend, when more than 50 million Americans are expected to get out of town. That could mean clogged roads and snarls at airports.

The setting sun illuminates the Supreme Court building in Washington on Jan. 10.

The Supreme Court rules against USPS in Sunday work case

6:50pm June 29, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

The court ruled in favor of an evangelical Christian Postal Service carrier who refused to work on Sundays for religious reasons.

Activists protested what would be the country's largest lithium mine outside federal court in Pasadena, Calif. Tuesday.

Western tribes' last ditch effort to stall a large lithium mine in Nevada

6:13pm June 28, 2023

by Kirk Siegler

Western tribes are making a last ditch effort to thwart a large lithium mine in a federal appeals court.

The driving forces behind 'tip-flation'

4:28pm June 28, 2023

by Stacey Vanek Smith

The tip jar has been replaced with a touch screen, seemingly everywhere. Every little purchase, from coffee to a burrito, seems to lead to a screen asking for a minimum tip. How did we get here?

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Turner Classic Movies offers a well-curated, wide variety of offerings, spanning more than a century of film history. Above, Gene Kelly pictured in 1952 during the filming of Singin' in the Rain — a movie that aired on TCM earlier this month.

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If you love film, you should be worried about what's going on at Turner Classic Movies

2:13pm June 28, 2023

by David Bianculli

Warner Bros. Discovery recently announced a shake-up at the network, which for years has offered a well curated film selection. Critic David Bianculli says TCM wasn't broken — and didn't need fixing.

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President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy, Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at the Old Post Office in Chicago.

Remember Reaganomics? Freakonomics? Now there's Bidenomics

1:52pm June 28, 2023

by Julie Depenbrock

Jared Bernstein, President Biden's new top economic adviser, says that Bidenomics is "about getting things that are pretty granular done." And that it's working.

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