Federal Employees Return To Work, But Fears Of Another Shutdown Loom While the reopening of the government is welcome news for many federal workers, some express trepidation that they'll face the same predicament after Feb. 15. Brakkton Booker
Be Mine? Nope. SweetHeart Candies Hard To Find This Valentine's Day The popular SweetHearts will be tougher to find this Valentine's Day. The company that used to make the candy went out of business. Its new owners aren't ready to start making new batches yet. Janhvi Bhojwani
Gates Foundation, heralded for long parental leave, cuts program by half The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it will cut its paid parental leave program by half to help the nonprofit run more smoothly. David Hyde
Journalists Raise Money, Post Jobs And Buy Beers For Peers After A Week Of Layoffs After Buzzfeed, Gannett and Verizon's media group announced job losses this week, journalists across the country banded together to offer support. Amanda Morris
Federal Agencies Prepare To Reopen After Government Shutdown Deal Is Reached Various parts of the federal government are swinging back into action in the coming days, now that the partial government shutdown is over. Shannon Van Sant
Barbershop: The Government Shutdown And Income Inequality NPR's Michel Martin talks with guests Eric Liu, author of You're More Powerful Than You Think; Dani Tucker, a fitness instructor affected by the shutdown; and venture capitalist Nick Hanauer.
A Safety Feature By Any Other Name Can Really Be Confusing, AAA Finds Auto manufacturers use a wide range of names to describe similar features — like adaptive cruise control, which has been branded by at least 20 different terms. The result? Driver confusion, AAA says. Camila Domonoske
In A Hot Labor Market, Some Employees Are 'Ghosting' Bad Bosses More employers say they're being "ghosted," the Federal Reserve noted recently. That's when a worker just stops coming to work and is impossible to contact. The strong economy may help explain it. Emily Sullivan
Chinese Delegation To Arrive In U.S. For Next Round Of Trade Talks The U.S. and China are said to be far a part on a trade deal. At the annual World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and China's vice president traded tough words. Gregory Warner
What Happened When Panera Launched A 'Pay What You Can' Experiment In 2010, Panera launched an experiment at a few of their cafes. They told customers: Pay what you can afford. NPR's Planet Money looks at how that experiment turned out. Sarah Gonzalez