Astros Executive's Rant At Reporters Draws Firestorm On Eve Of Series As the Houston Astros prepare for Game 1 of the World Series, the front office grapples with fallout from assistant general manager Brandon Taubman's profane rant targeting female reporters. David Folkenflik
Amazon to expand data centers in northeastern Oregon, reaping more tax breaks Amazon’s ever-expanding footprint in Seattle — and the polarizing growing pains that accompany it — contrasts what’s currently happening in northeastern Oregon. Tom Banse
Want cash back? You now have to pay a fee at QFC, other Kroger stores If you're in the habit of getting cash back when you check out at a Kroger store, there's something you should know. Customers getting cash back when they use their debit cards now have to pay for that convenience if the amount exceeds 99 cents. Kate Walters
Quantas Airlines Completes World's Longest Flight The Australian airline logged the first non-stop commercial flight from New York to Sydney over the weekend. The flight took 19 hours and 16 minutes.
A Push To Have Cars Say 'No' To Drunk Drivers All new autos would be outfitted with alcohol detection technology, under legislation being proposed by U.S. lawmakers. That would make it impossible to drive if you're over the limit. Vanessa Romo
What Breaking Up Big Tech Might Look Like NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Tim Wu, a professor of law, science and technology at Columbia Law School, about how to break up big tech and increase competition.
Parenting in the age of Alexa? It’s complicated This week’s episode of Prime(d) talks about the relationship between children and Alexa, Amazon’s AI-powered virtual assistant. Kids love to ask Alexa questions. And Alexa is listening. Joshua McNichols
Save The .... McDonald's? One Franchise In France Has Become A Social Justice Cause McDonald's employees in Marseille are fighting to save their restaurant. For them, McD's isn't a capitalist giant; it's a vital community anchor in an under-resourced immigrant neighborhood. Eleanor Beardsley
Crash Victim's Family Pushes To Keep Boeing 737 Max From Flying Again Too Soon The death of Samya Stumo in an Ethiopian Airlines crash stirred her parents to take action against regulators and Boeing. Victims' families want regulators to order a complete review of the 737 Max. Jim Zarroli
Kara Swisher's Take On Mark Zuckerberg's 'Free Speech' Speech NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the editor-at-large of Recode, Kara Swisher, about Mark Zuckerberg's controversial speech at Georgetown University on Facebook's policy governing political ads.