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The White House and some Republicans pan Johnson’s 2-part plan to avoid a shutdown
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The Biden administration and fellow Democrats are panning a proposal by House GOP leaders for a two-part government spending bill that would fund certain agencies through one… Read More
![The headquarters of Lehman Brothers showing the date SEP 15, the day it closed.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ap585854212703_custom-d3efd510e0b441671ac52c6c119197f5719b25e0-scaled-e1694891671303-900x422.jpg)
How Lehman’s collapse 15 years ago changed the U.S. mortgage industry
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Fifteen years ago, the world witnessed the largest commercial collapse in history. The financial giant Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy on Sept. 15, 2008, with $613… Read More
![A person jogs through a Brooklyn park on a hazy morning resulting from Canadian wildfires. Over 100 wildfires are burning in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and Quebec causing air quality health alerts in several states.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/gettyimages-1496393300-7d08f4644a55ce3987df277a01733835643b5fcc-scaled-e1686088956511-900x422.jpg)
Here’s how Canadian wildfires are worsening air quality across the U.S.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Dozens of wildfires are burning in the Canadian province of Québec, and the smoke is so bad that it’s causing air quality problems across large swaths… Read More
![A man sits among the wreckage caused by a series of powerful storms and at least one tornado on March 25, 2023 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/disaster-900x422.jpg)
Mississippi and Alabama face a painful recovery after storms and a tornado killed 26
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ROLLING FORK, Mississippi (NPR) – Parts of western Mississippi remain littered with debris and rubble after a powerful tornado plowed through the state late Friday night, leaving a trail of… Read More