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FIFA President Gianni Infantino attends an event in Los Angeles on May 17, 2023, to mark the upcoming World Cup, which will held next year across the United States, Mexico and Canada. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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World Cup ticket sales are about to begin. Scoring them may not be easy — or cheap

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Susan Stamberg at a microphone, age 25. Later, as the host of All Things Considered, she was the first woman to be a full-time anchor of a U.S. national nightly news broadcast. NPR hide caption

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The U.S. government is taking a stake in Intel. It's rare — but not unprecedented

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What happens to central banks under pressure?

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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson testifies on Capitol Hill on May 15, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images North America hide caption

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An agent said a monthslong investigation into the Hyundai plant resulted in "the largest single site enforcement operation in the history of Homeland Security Investigations." Mike Stewart/AP hide caption

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U.S. employers added just 22,000 jobs in August. A small gain in health care jobs was partially offset by continued cutbacks in the federal government. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Cracks in the U.S. economy: Average Job growth slows by 75% in the last 4 months

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From her basement workshop in a suburb of Ottawa, Canada, Doris Kochanek sells walnut candle holders and other household items to buyers across the U.S. Adjusting to the new paperwork and fees to ship to the U.S. has been a "nightmare," Kochanek says. Doris Kochanek hide caption

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Etsy sellers are being hit hard by tariffs and the end of the de minimis rule

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President Trump has nominated the chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers, Stephen Miran, to fill a short-term seat on the Federal Reserve's governing board. Win McNamee/Getty Images North America hide caption

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Senators grill Trump's nominee for Fed amid alarms over central bank independence

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Giorgio Armani walks the runway during Paris Fashion Week in January 2019. Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images hide caption

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"Vanny," as this 2005 Chrysler Town & Country is affectionately known, has put in 20 years and 183,000 miles of service and won the deep affection of two small children. It was a good run. Camila Domonoske/NPR hide caption

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Sell it, donate it — recycle it? A beloved old minivan faces a fork in the road

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