Mattel's Gender-Neutral Doll NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Molly Woodstock, host of the podcast Gender Reveal, about Mattel's release of gender-neutral dolls.
Work And Motherhood In 'Maternal Optimism' Danna Greenberg and Jamie Ladge wrote Maternal Optimism: Forging Positive Paths Through Work and Motherhood. They told NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro that balancing parenting and work changes as kids grow.
'Don't sink don't sink don't sink.' Boeing didn't fully test how pilots would respond to warning system The National Transportation safety Board is criticizing Boeing for failing to fully test the MCAS flight control system believed responsible for two fatal crashes. The agency says one thing that Boeing failed to examine was the effect on pilots of the warning alerts that MCAS would trigger. Carolyn Adolph
U.S. Income Inequality Worsens, Widening To A New Gap The gap between the richest and the poorest U.S. households is now the largest it's been in the past 50 years, the U.S. Census Bureau says. Bill Chappell
Boeing Assumed 737 Max Pilots Could Quickly Respond To Cockpit Warnings, NTSB Says Safety board Investigators concluded that Boeing underestimated pilot response time to multiple and cascading error messages resulting from the airplane's automated stall-prevention system. Bobby Allyn
Maine Woman Receives More Than 500 Letters From Health Care Firm Stephanie Lay says UnitedHealthcare sent all the letters in five days. Most of them said the company denied a payment of $54. She noted the advice at the bottom of every letter: "Go Paperless."
Changes To Boeing's Safety Protocols Are Getting Mixed Reviews Boeing's board of directors is recommending changes to safety protocols after two 737 Max crashes that killed 346 people. The changes come as Boeing settles some lawsuits filed by victims' families. David Schaper
Mattel Launches New Gender-Neutral Dolls The toy manufacturing giant behind Barbie aims to allow nonbinary youth to play with gender expression in its new line of dolls. Paolo Zialcita
Juul's CEO Steps Down Amid Controversy Over Vaping The chief executive of Juul has quit. The e-cigarette startup is under siege as criticism over its role in youth vaping mounts. It is the target of federal investigations. Jim Zarroli
Juul Accepts Proposed Ban On Flavored Vaping Products As CEO Steps Down Flavored e-cigarettes are the majority of Juul's sales, but agreeing to stop fighting the Trump administration's regulations may fend off a move to pull Juul products from the market altogether. Bobby Allyn