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737 Max crash victims' families aim to reopen Boeing's deferred prosecution agreement

6:12am May 03, 2022

by David Schaper

The families of those killed in two crashes of Boeing 737 Max planes will be in federal court in Texas, arguing that the company's deferred prosecution agreement with prosecutors should be rescinded.

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell collects his notebooks as he testifies before the Senate Banking Committee on March 3. The Fed is widely expected to raise interest rates by half a percentage point at its meeting this week.

Economy

4 things to know as the Fed embarks on its biggest fight against inflation in years

5:00am May 03, 2022

by Scott Horsley

The Federal Reserve is expected to approve its largest interest rate hike in more than two decades this week. Additional rate increases are likely, as the Fed tries to regain control over inflation.

Workers walk toward an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island, New York, on April 25, 2022. It's the second Amazon facility on Staten Island to vote on whether to join the Amazon Labor Union.

Amazon Labor Union fails to repeat victory in Staten Island Amazon warehouse election

4:28pm May 02, 2022

by Andrea Hsu

An Amazon sorting center on Staten Island in New York has voted against unionizing, a month after a larger Amazon warehouse across the street voted to join the Amazon Labor Union.

Google has expanded its policies to make it easier for people to request personal contact information be removed from online search results.

Economy

You can now ask Google to take your personal data out of its search results

1:19pm May 02, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Anyone who doesn't want their phone number, email or street address to be found online can ask Google to omit the data from its search results.

Sports

Encore: The Sports Bra is the spot to watch women's sports in Portland

7:41am May 02, 2022

by Deena Prichep

The many screens that adorn sports bars almost always show men's sports. A bar in Oregon seeks to change that. It's named The Sports Bra. (Story first aired on Weekend Edition Sunday on May 1, 2022.)

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Workers participate in a May Day rally in New York City. Amazon workers recently unionized a facility in Staten Island, emboldening other workers to push for their companies to unionize.

Workers around the world mark May Day with rallies for better working conditions

9:09pm May 01, 2022

by Emma Bowman

From New York City to Turkey, activists and workers seized this International Workers' Day as a moment to push for greater worker protections and changes to immigration policies.

Lebanese-American designer and owner of ModernEID Jomana Siddiqui organizes her Ramadan and EID decor and gifts. there has been a rise in companies like hers that make Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan, a more commercialized holiday.

Like Christmas, Eid is being commercialized – and that's a welcome thing

12:54pm May 01, 2022

by Rifat Malik

For many Muslims, western holiday celebrations like Christmas once felt like the kind of universal affirmation we could never attain. But, today, it's a markedly different story.

World News

Italy is launching a digital nomad visa

9:09am May 01, 2022

by Adam Raney

Italy will soon roll out a new visa that allows remote workers to live in Italy even though their jobs are based abroad. Supporters hope it will attract high-earning workers and spark innovation.

National

Movie theater owners are optimistic about an industry return at this year's CinemaCon

5:23pm April 30, 2022

by John Horn

Movie theater owners from around the country gathered in Las Vegas this week to strategize about how they can get audiences back in front of their big screens.

May Day demonstrators march through downtown Los Angeles last year. Thousands of people took to the streets across the nation that May 1 in rallies calling for immigration reform, workers' rights and police accountability.

What is May Day? For the most part, the opposite of capitalism

9:44am April 30, 2022

by Emma Bowman

What springs to mind when you hear May Day? In the U.S. and abroad, the day has grown to encompass a spectrum of meanings. But the themes have remained the same: worker unity, suppression and rebirth.