Billionaire Investor Kirk Kerkorian Dies At 98
Kirk Kerkorian, child of Armenian immigrants, casino magnate, World War II pilot and grade-school dropout, died Monday night in Los Angeles.
View ArticleKirk Kerkorian, Las Vegas Casino Mogul, Dies At 98
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Kirk Kerkorian changed the way Vegas did business. The founder of MGM Resorts International died yesterday at...
View ArticleCalifornia Labor Commission Rules Uber Driver Is An Employee, Not A Contractor
In a decision that could have major implications for the entire sharing economy, the California Labor Commission has ruled that a San Francisco Uber driver is a company employee, not a contractor. In...
View ArticleHere's Why The Grass Isn't Greener At This Year's U.S. Open
The U.S. Open kicked off today, at the Chambers Bay Golf Course in University Place, Washington. One aspect of this year's tournament is standing out already: the grass. It is quite brown in some...
View ArticleIn The Battle Between Taylor Swift And Apple, Swift Didn't Fight Alone
Taylor Swift is no stranger to positive, even fawning, press coverage. Just this month, there was the story about teenagers using light-up bracelets from a Swift concert to flag down help when they...
View ArticleConfederate Flag Merchandise Is Delicate Topic For Retailers
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: Ebay, Amazon, Sears - businesses across the country are removing items with images of the Confederate flag...
View ArticleAfter Ben Affleck Scandal, PBS Postpones 'Finding Your Roots'
PBS has released details about an internal investigation that found that actor Ben Affleck exerted improper influence by requesting that the show Finding Your Roots hide details of a slave-owning...
View ArticleInvestigators Probe Fires At 6 Black Churches In 5 Southern States
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View ArticleCharleston, S.C., Residents Call On Each Other To Improve Race Relations
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Today marks two weeks since the massacre at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. Nine parishioners were shot...
View ArticleCarnival Expects to Begin Cruising To Cuba Next Year
Carnival Corp. says it has received permission from the U.S.
View ArticleSyrian Journalist Released After Years In Prison
Several activists groups celebrated the release of Mazen Darwish, a Syrian journalist and human rights activist, from prison on Monday.
View ArticleNetflix Still Facing Questions Over Its New Parental Leave Policy
Last Tuesday, Netflix announced it would begin offering employees who are new parents unlimited paid leave for a year, allowing them to take off as much time as they want during the first 12 months...
View ArticleGoogle Creates New Parent Company Called Alphabet
On Monday, Google CEO Larry Page announced the formation of a new parent company for Google called Alphabet. Page describes Alphabet as a collection of companies including Google, Life Sciences (which...
View Article'Little House On The Prairie' Actress Runs For Congress. Can She Win?
The list of celebrities-turned-politicians grows longer.Former child actor Melissa Gilbert is running as a Democrat in Michigan's 8th congressional district against first-term Republican Mike...
View ArticleThe Perseid Meteor Shower Is About To Peak. Here's How To Watch
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View ArticleFormer President Jimmy Carter Reveals Cancer Diagnosis
Jimmy Carter revealed Wednesday that he has cancer. Carter, 90 released a short statement with the news:"Recent liver surgery revealed that I have cancer that now is in other parts of my body. I will...
View ArticleOath Keepers Say They're Defending Ferguson; Others Say They're Not Helping
Ferguson, Mo., officials said Wednesday that the state of emergency in the town will continue at least one more day. Demonstrations that marked the first anniversary of the death of Michael Brown along...
View ArticleNLRB Denies Northwestern University Football Players' Bid To Unionize
In a unanimous decision, the National Labor Relations Board has rejected Northwestern University football players' petition to form a union by declining to assert jurisdiction in the case.The decision...
View ArticleInstagram: The New Political War Room?
For some time now, Donald Trump has been attacking Jeb Bush, mostly in media appearances or on Twitter. But, over the last few weeks, Trump has been using Instagram in his fight.Trump has been posting...
View ArticlePresidential Candidates Divided Over Actions Of Kentucky Clerk
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