News Brief: Brett Kavanaugh, Trump At U.N., Attorney General Sessions The Supreme Court nominee talks publicly for the first time since misconduct allegations were made against him. Trump addresses the U.N. General Assembly. Sessions talks to state attorneys general. Steve Inskeep
Sessions To Meet With State Attorneys General About Social Media U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions meets Tuesday with a group of state attorneys general to talk about the power of the tech industry, and allegations of anti-conservative bias on social media. Alina Selyukh
After head tax, tech and Seattle lawmakers look for ways to mend This fall, the city and tech are starting to partner on solutions. Carolyn Adolph
Hackers are selling Alaska Air, other airline miles for cheap on the dark web Hackers are using various forms of digital skullduggery to steal frequent flyer miles from customers of Delta, Alaska and other airlines. The thieves then resell the miles on the dark web. Tom Banse
Driverless semi-trucks on I-5? Interstate 5 through Washington and Oregon is the best place in the U.S. for so-called driverless trucks to start running. That's according to a new report by the Kirkland-based traffic data company Inrix. Gil Aegerter
Tech Giant Apple Spared Financial Pain In Latest Round Of Tariffs On China With the trade tensions on the rise again, Apple has a lot at stake, with its money-making iPhone assembled completely in China. So far, the tech darling has managed to navigate the dispute unscathed. Alina Selyukh
Giant 'Pac-Man' Launched To Gobble Garbage Patch Last Saturday, the nonprofit Ocean Cleanup dispatched a device to help clean up litter in the Pacific Ocean. NPR's Michel Martin talks with Boyan Slat, the young CEO who came up with the idea.
Advertising On Facebook: Is It Worth It? A lawsuit says Facebook is misleading advertisers about just how effective it is. Facebook, which makes billions from ads, says it can't guarantee that all of them will reach their intended targets. NPR Staff
How Facebook Has Shaped Democracy NPR's Audie Cornish talks to The New Yorker's Evan Osnos about his new profile of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
