Why the McFlurry machines at McDonald's are always broken
How McFlurry machines got caught up in a battle between copyright law and a growing repair-it-yourself movement.
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Economists challenge maxim: For inflation to go down, unemployment needs to go up
An economic rule of thumb has been that lowering the inflation rate leads to higher unemployment. But that has been weakening lately. (This story first aired on Morning Edition on September 6, 2023.)
A traffic jam in the drought-stricken Panama Canal may affect global supply chains
A drought is causing a slowdown in shipping traffic at the Panama Canal. It's introducing new problems for the global supply chain.
Minneapolis building, nearly lost to arson in George Floyd protests, is being revived
Three years since the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the civil unrest that followed, several Black entrepreneurs are revitalizing a historic retail building that was nearly lost to arson.
Economists challenge maxim: For inflation to go down, unemployment needs to go up
For the past several decades, an economic rule of thumb has been that lowering the inflation rate leads to higher unemployment. But that correlation has been weakening lately.
Sucking carbon dioxide out of the sky is moving from science fiction to reality
Occidental Petroleum is investing in billion-dollar projects to suck carbon dioxide out of the sky. The effort is raising hopes — and eyebrows.
Maker of the spicy 'One Chip Challenge' pulls product from store shelves
The maker of the extremely spicy chip said it is working to recall the product as Massachusetts authorities probe the death of a teen whose family said the challenge was a contributing factor.
The new business of wildfire preparedness could grow to be massive
Wildfires are a worsening danger — and a big business opportunity. From high-tech alarms to home retrofits, the industry around preparedness is nascent, fairly small, barely regulated, growing fast.
Philanthropies pledge $500 million to address 'crisis in local news'
The new coalition of donors, led by the MacArthur Foundation, says one out of every five Americans lives in a "news desert" with little to no reliable local news.
Charter Spectrum subscribers can't watch ESPN's NFL coverage due to Disney dispute
Football fans subscribed to Charter Spectrum's cable TV can't watch ESPN's NFL coverage due to a dispute with Disney that saw more than two dozen Disney-owned channels yanked from the service.