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A customer walks by a "Now Hiring" sign posted in front of a store in Novato, Calif., on April 7, 2023. The labor market remains red hot. That's great for workers, but it's bound to reinforce concerns about high inflation. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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The U.S. added 339,000 jobs in May. It's a stunningly strong number

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In this handout photo provided by NASA, an Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launches from Cape Canaveral, Fla. on on May 19, 2022. This was the Starliner's second uncrewed flight test which later docked with the International Space Station. NASA via Getty Images hide caption

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In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo, the Central Arizona Project canal runs through rural desert near Phoenix. The canal diverts Colorado River water down a 336-mile long system of aqueducts, tunnels, pumping plants and pipelines to the state of Arizona. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption

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Climate activists hold placards as they demonstrate outside ExCeL, in London, during the multinational oil and gas company Shell Annual General Meeting (AGM), on May 23, 2023. Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The OG of ESGs

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By an 8-to-1 vote, the high court ruled against unionized truck drivers who walked off the job, but it preserved the rights of workers to time their strikes for maximum effect. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Unions are relieved as the Supreme Court leaves the right to strike intact

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Tupperware is now selling some products at Target, but it still makes most of its money through individual sellers. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

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Tupperware once changed women's lives. Now it struggles to survive

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The Federal Trade Commission has accused Amazon of harboring children's data even when parents request it to be deleted, as well giving its Ring employees access to users' videos. Michael Sohn/AP hide caption

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Annie McGrath and her son Griffin when he was young. Annie McGrath hide caption

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One mom takes on YouTube over deadly social media blackout challenge

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While it's not unusual for candidates to go through several rounds of job interviews, more companies appear to be stretching that process out. Getty Images hide caption

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It's not just you: Many jobs are requiring more interviews. Here's how to stand out

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Deputy Director of the National Economic Council Bharat Ramamurti, pictured at a White House briefing last August, spoke to Morning Edition after the House passed its debt ceiling bill. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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'This is a compromise': How the White House is defending the debt ceiling bill

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Former President Eisenhower, addresses the nation on the American intervention in Formosa (now Taiwan) in an undated archival picture. Eisenhower was involved in the country's first debt ceiling fight when he asked Congress to raise the limit by $15 billion. The Senate refused, ushering the first tussle over the country's debt. Keystone/Getty Images hide caption

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The first debt ceiling fight was in 1953. It looked almost exactly like the one today

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Grimes used AI to clone her own voice. We cloned the voice of a host of Planet Money.

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The standoff in California is the latest scuffle between the tech giants and the news industry. Facebook and Google also resisted efforts in Australia and Canada that aimed to force the companies to cut deals with news publishers. LEON NEAL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The Mountain Valley Pipeline would stretch 303 miles, from West Virginia to North Carolina. This 2018 file photo shows a section of downed trees on a ridge near homes along the pipeline's route in Lindside, W.Va. Steve Helber/AP hide caption

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