Business

The Walt Disney Company and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have called off their lawsuit stemming from a yearlong legal dispute. It involves the district that's home to Disney's central Florida resort.

National

In Florida, there's détente in the battle between Disney and Gov. Ron DeSantis

10:31am March 28, 2024

by Greg Allen

Disney and a board appointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have settled lawsuits over who controls development in the 40-square-mile district that's home to its Orlando theme parks.

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National

Bridge collapse in Baltimore draws attention to dangerous jobs Hispanic workers face

8:45am March 28, 2024

NPR's Debbie Elliott talks to Gustavo Torres, executive director of CASA, a Latino and immigrant organization, about the construction workers who were on the bridge when it collapsed Tuesday.

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National

Baltimore bridge collapse closes the U.S.'s No. 1 port for vehicles

7:20am March 28, 2024

The Port of Baltimore is the busiest in America for shipments of cars. How will its closure after Tuesday's bridge collapse affect the automotive supply chain?

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Economy

Why Treasury Secretary Yellen traveled to the political battleground state of Georgia

7:20am March 28, 2024

by Scott Horsley

She visited a solar cell factory to highlight the domestic manufacturing incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act. Solar energy accounts for more than half the new power added to the grid last year.

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The coal power plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming, owned by Rocky Mountain Power, is scheduled to be decommissioned next year.

Why a town on the front line of America's energy transition isn't letting go of coal

6:07am March 28, 2024

by Kirk Siegler

Kemmerer, Wyo., is on the front line of America's energy transition, with its coal plant slated to close and a nuclear plant in the works. But some think the rush to quit fossil fuels is impractical.

Import tariff loophole helps online shopping site Temu offer low prices

5:08am March 28, 2024

by Nick Fountain

There's a bipartisan effort to close a loophole that allows cross-border e-commerce companies like Temu to avoid paying import taxes.

Ex-crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried will be sentenced for defrauding FTX investors

5:08am March 28, 2024

Crypto-wunderkind Sam Bankman Fried, 32, is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday. He was found guilty of fraud after his company FTX swiftly collapsed in 2022 losing billions of dollars.

Sports

D.C.'s Capitol Hill Classic can attest club volleyball tournaments are big business

5:08am March 28, 2024

by Chad Campbell

Every weekend in cities across the country, youth volleyball tournaments provide life lessons for players and pump millions of dollars into local economies.

National

Morning news brief

5:08am March 28, 2024

Federal probe into Baltimore bridge collapse is in early stages. Ex-crypto king will be sentenced for defrauding FTX investors. Deal reached in lawsuit between Disney and Fla Gov. DeSantis' allies.

Former RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, shown at last November's Republican presidential primary debate on NBC. The network hired her and then fired her in the course of a week after a newsroom revolt.

Politics & Government

NBC fired Ronna McDaniel. But TV news has a bigger pundit problem

10:11pm March 27, 2024

by David Folkenflik

NBC's hiring and firing of former GOP chief Ronna McDaniel may inspire more distrust from conservatives. Yet journalists said her role in trying to overturn the 2020 election made her unacceptable.