U.S. proposes ban on Chinese auto parts so cars 'can't be used against us' The Biden administration has proposed a prohibition on Chinese and Russian automotive hardware and software to protect US drivers from 'disruption and sabotage' Luke Garrett
EVs are cleaner than gas cars, but a growing share of Americans don't believe it Electric vehicles are caught up in the culture wars. Data from Ipsos shows the percentage of Americans who believe EVs are better for the environment than gas cars has dropped 5 points since 2022. Camila Domonoske
Off the Charts: More people are returning to the office. Is Seattle traffic about to get worse? Seattle's population has increased by over 15,000 residents since the start of the pandemic, while average commute times have gone down slightly from 28.4 minutes to 25.5 minutes—due in no small part to work-from-home policies. Teo Popescu
Workers and businesses brace for further economic hardship from Boeing strike More than 30,000 Boeing employees have been on strike for more than a week. Boeing's home state of Washington — and beyond — are feeling the strike's economic effects. Casey Martin
A Tupperware top seller reflects on how the company changed his life NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Oscar Quintero, aka Kay Sedia, who sold Tupperware in drag and was once one of its top sellers, about how the company changed his life. Scott Detrow
FTC sues insulin middlemen, saying they pocket billions while patients face high costs The Federal Trade Commission said pharmacy benefit managers created a "perverse drug rebate system" that artificially inflated the cost of insulin. Sydney Lupkin
Philip Morris sells asthma inhaler company, citing ‘unwarranted opposition’ to its goals Three years ago, the cigarette giant acquired Vectura, a British pharmaceutical firm that makes asthma inhalers, raising health groups’ ire. Now, it’s selling the business for almost $200 million. Bill Chappell
Boeing union president on company's response to strike Boeing announced this week it is reducing executive pay and furloughing non-union employees during a strike by 33,000 union members.
Possibility of major port strikes looms The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) is debating striking from the beginning of October at ports that handle about half of the nation’s cargo from ships.
Three Mile Island nuclear plant will reopen to power Microsoft data centers Three Mile Island, the Pennsylvania power plant that was the scene of the worst commercial nuclear accident in American history, will reopen and sell power to Microsoft. C Mandler