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Gambling on college sports is now legal, but critics say it comes at the expense of the players and bettors alike.
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Emmet Livingstone/AFP via Getty ImagesNPR listeners wrote to ask whether the environmental harm from building EVs "cancels out" the cars' climate benefits. Experts say the answer is clear. -
Ely Portillo/WFAEThe city of Charlotte’s proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year includes a sizable increase in funding for the Charlotte Area Transit System, reflecting continuous investment even as ridership remains significantly lower than peak levels a decade ago.
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The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday, as inflation remained stubbornly above the Fed's 2% target. Investors now think it could be September or later before rates start to fall. -
Campus protesters want administrators to sell off investments in companies with ties to Israel. Here's a look at what divestment means — and why universities are saying no. -
The New York Daily News, the Chicago Tribune and others contend that the tech companies illegally copied their work without seeking permission or ever paying the publishers. -
The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady this week — and possibly for months to come — as policymakers try to sort through mixed signals about the U.S. economy. -
Toussaint Romain, who rose to prominence during Charlotte's 2016 Keith Scott protests, has been fired from the Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy after two years as CEO. -
Agreeing to an out-of-network doctor's financial policy, which protects their ability to get paid and may be littered with confusing jargon, can create a binding contract that leaves a patient owing. -
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration unveiled the final version of the new regulation on Monday and called it the most significant safety rule in the past two decades. -
Under a related deal, users who return devices by Aug. 9 can get an extra $100. As part of the recall, the company is offering repairs, replacements or refunds of the machines' cost. -
CBD, hemp and other products that contain the active ingredient from marijuana are sold in North Carolina with few regulations. An effort in the state legislature aims to change that. -
An organic seed company was distressed to learn it had marketed a GMO purple tomato by mistake. The incident raised alarm about the impact of new GMO plants.
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