It's the biggest day of voting in the 2016 primary season. Donald Trump is looking to solidify his path to the GOP nomination, while Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are looking to knock him off course.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear what is being called the most significant abortion case in decades. In an effort to sway the justices, namely Justice Anthony Kennedy, women are sharing their personal experiences with abortion in briefs to the court. Among them is Ohio State legislator Teresa Fedor. She speaks with NPR's Audie Cornish about why she's telling her story now.
Voters in about a dozen states are going to the polls Today. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton is looking to gain a sizable lead in delegates over Bernie Sanders. But Sanders has been focusing on peeling off victories in some key states.
There are contests in 13 states on Super Tuesday. The NPR politics podcast team looks at how that affects the campaigns' strategies, and whether a day packed with primaries favors particular candidates.
Dzień dobry!
While my ears would say we're hopelessly lost by the amount of Polish that swirls around the atmosphere, my legs would tell you that we're getting our bearings in Krakow. Walking tours, bike rides, and aimless ambling have been leaving their impression on me, and my calves. In a country whose geography is quite flat, I somehow have managed to navigate an absurd amount of stairs, hills, and depths in a week. Thankfully all resulting in cool experiences- like the wow-worthy, limestone-lined... Читать дальше...
This entrepreneur wanted to work just four hours a week. She was able to do a lot better than that and is earning millions.
Freelancing and being self-employed are the new frontier in the American economy. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of self-employed workers in the U.S. increased from 14.5 to 15.5 million from 2014 to 2015, and is expected to increase substantially over the next few years. As Fast Co. recently reported, corporate downsizing and technology that makes it easy to work from home are fueling this trend.
When you add in professionals that have traditionally been compensated... Читать дальше...
Our photo service subscriptions don't have any images of Dugin, so I've embedded this very weird July 2015 video of him speaking English to show you what he looks like.
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Google is acknowledging fault in an accident that involved one of its prototype self-driving cars last month. The self-driving car struck a bus. NPR explores what it would mean for auto liability insurance if the streets of the future are full of self-driving cars.
New research looks at how gender shapes competitions. Multiple strands of social science research suggest highly competitive settings are likely to dissuade qualified women from tossing their hats in the ring. NPR explores the consequences, the implications and also the causes for this disparity in the willingness to compete.
Apple and the FBI faced off Tuesday before members of the House Judiciary Committee as part of the showdown over whether Apple must develop a way to unlock the iPhone owned by of one of the San Bernardino shooters. Apple's general counsel, the FBI director and Manhattan's district attorney were among the powerful lineup giving testimony.
Last year, more than a million refugees entered Germany after fleeing hardship and war. This year, Germany is expected to spend at least 14 billion euros — or more than $15 billion — helping those refugees. It's expensive for taxpayers, but there may be upsides for the German economy. The surge in young workers could help German companies replace their retiring workers.
There is more at stake Tuesday than at any other point of the presidential primary season. About a dozen states are voting, with Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton favored in many.
President Obama plans to nominate someone to replace Supreme Court Justice Scalia. But Republican leaders say the Senate won't consider his pick. A White House meeting between the two sides failed to bridge the divide.
The CIA declassified a new tranche of documents seized during the 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden's compound. At a Tuesday briefing at CIA headquarters, counterterrorism officials released 113 new documents, including letters to family members and other leaders of al-Qaida.
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With competitive pay, highly-rated benefits, and a reputation as a "fun place to work and a place where you can grow quickly," lots of people are clamoring to work at Whole Foods Market.
The healthy grocery store chain has more than 88,000 "team members" and has earned a spot on Fortune magazine's annual "100 Best Companies to Work For" list every year since its inception in 1998.
Based on Glassdoor reviews of the interview process there, earning a coveted spot at Whole Foods is by no means a breeze. Читать дальше...
Communities across the country from Ferguson, Missouri, to Baltimore, Maryland, have been experiencing major uprisings from citizens who perceive their local leaders to be apathetic to racial injustices affecting their communities. College campuses, communities in their own right, have not been immune--often finding themselves embroiled in controversy surrounding blatantly racist acts perpetrated by members of their own campus communities. The tendency for campus leaders, as well as the perpetrators... Читать дальше...
I have a solution to the problem of too much money in politics, including the unleashing of huge amounts of right wing spending resulting from the Citizens United decision. This column today is serious - admittedly cheeky but not tongue in cheek.
If you read DARK MONEY by Jane Mayer, you will learn of the prodigious sums spent by some of the mega rich to enhance their fortunes by denouncing government as evil and attempting to shrink it as much as possible. Government is the enemy of these fellows... Читать дальше...
Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry’s game-winning 3-pointer in overtime against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night was long, very long, so long in fact it took the NBA nearly three days to figure exactly how far he was from the basket. Originally credited as a paltry 32-footer, the big wigs with the league saw the error of their ways Tuesday and issued a correction, changing the distance of the shot to 37 feet. On shots between 28 and 43 feet from the rim, an unthinkable distance for most players... Читать дальше...
"After careful and continued consideration, I am suspending Kevin Dorsey, Nate Mason and Dupree McBrayer for the duration of the season," Gophers men's basketball coach Richard Pitino said in a statement.
"How's Brooklyn College doing these days?" Justice Antonin Scalia asked.
It was 1994. I was at the Supreme Court to receive the Supreme Court Historical Society's award for scholarly writing about the Court. I was also in my 15th year on the American Civil Liberties Union's board of directors. Cases like Citizens United and the gun regulations decisions were still in the future, and so was the vitriolic language Justice Scalia used later in life, but his votes and his opinions had already... Читать дальше...
"How's Brooklyn College doing these days?" Justice Antonin Scalia asked.
It was 1994. I was at the Supreme Court to receive the Supreme Court Historical Society's award for scholarly writing about the Court. I was also in my 15th year on the American Civil Liberties Union's board of directors. Cases like Citizens United and the gun regulations decisions were still in the future, and so was the vitriolic language Justice Scalia used later in life, but his votes and his opinions had already... Читать дальше...
It's Super Tuesday, and according to these experts here's what the market expects from the presidential primaries.
– The minister of education and members of the House of Representatives Committee on Tertiary Education clashed over the sacking of 5 of the 12 university vice-chancellors – The VCs being contested are the federal universities of Eyo-Ekiti, Binin Kebbi, Gusau, Gashua and the National Open University of Nigeria – Adamu said the former VCs were sacked because […]
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Macquarie Group hired a former UBS Group asset-management team to focus on emerging-markets equities.