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Fast Food Wars: The Unseen Battle In Franchise Businesses

6:55pm February 25, 2016

by Alexandra Starr

When you pay for a meal at a fast food chain, such as McDonald's or KFC, most of the time your money is divided between two different businesses. There's corporate headquarters, and the individual restaurant owner, known as a franchise. The Planet Money team takes a look at the unseen battle between those two groups.

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Scientists say they still have a lot to learn about Zika before they'll have a vaccine ready for people.

Why Scientists Hope To Inject Some People With Zika Virus

6:55pm February 25, 2016

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

There's no vaccine yet, but Zika researchers are racing to find a good candidate. After testing it in animals, checking for effectiveness in humans might include injecting Zika into healthy people.

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5 Remaining GOP Candidates Prepare To Debate In Houston

6:39pm February 25, 2016

by Domenico Montanaro

The five remaining Republican presidential candidates meet for a debate Thursday night in Houston, which is the biggest state to vote next week in the Super Tuesday primaries.

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How Tim Cook's Stand Over Digital Privacy Could Define Apple's Future

6:12pm February 25, 2016

by Laura Sydell

Tim Cook's absolute stand on privacy in the face of a court order could be the defining moment of his leadership at Apple. NPR explores if his move is motivated by principle, the bottom line or some combination of the two.

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Fixing A Broken Freshman Year: What An Overhaul Might Look Like

5:44pm February 25, 2016

by Byrd Pinkerton

Most people who drop out of college drop out the first year, and, so far, interventions haven't done much to change that. Now, campuses are coming together to try something new.

The official seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is seen on an iPhone's camera screen outside the J. Edgar Hoover headquarters in Washington, D.C. Apple is facing off with the FBI in court over investigators' request that the tech giant help them

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Apple Court Filing Calls iPhone Order Dangerous, Unconstitutional

5:29pm February 25, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Last week, at the FBI's request, a court ordered Apple to cooperate with federal agents and help unlock the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters. The company says the demand is illegal.

A Look At The Wealth And Income Gap, By ZIP Code

4:50pm February 25, 2016

by Jim Zarroli

A newly released report says some areas of the U.S. have recovered from the Great Recession much more than others.

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Apple Files Motion To Vacate Court Order Forcing It To Unlock iPhone

4:26pm February 25, 2016

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Benjamin Wittes, senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution and editor-in-chief of Lawfare, about Apple's motion to vacate the court order forcing the company to unlock an iPhone owned by one of the San Bernardino shooters.

Republican Establishment Slowly Adjusts To Donald Trump's Rise

4:26pm February 25, 2016

by Susan Davis

Following his win in Nevada, Donald Trump is looking more and more like he could be the GOP nominee in November. The Republican leadership in Congress is beginning to come to terms with what that might mean for the party.

"The people that I know who have lost spouses, children, some of them are so ashamed that they wouldn't even acknowledge it as a cause of death," says A. Thomas McLellan, co-founder of the Treatment Research Institute.

Treating Addiction As A Chronic Disease

4:26pm February 25, 2016

by NPR Staff

Reframing addiction as a chronic illness would help people get appropriate treatment and benefit the health care system, says A. Thomas McLellan, co-founder of the Treatment Research Institute.