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Researchers look at live feeds of CA mountaintops. Cal Fire, California's main firefighting agency, started using an artificial intelligence system to detect smoke from more than 1,000 camera feeds. Gregory Bull/AP hide caption
Lael Brainard speaks as President Joe Biden listens during an announcement in Nov. 2021. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
How a top economic adviser to Biden is thinking about inflation and the job market
A person works at Ford's Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Mich. on Sept. 20, 2022. U.S. employers created 199,000 jobns last month, higher than in October, in part as UAW workers returned to work after a strike against the Big Three automakers. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Indian potter Darga Ashok throws a traditional earthenware pot in Hyderabad NOAH SEELAM/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Elon Musk, who owns X, formerly known as Twitter, is facing an advertiser backlash on the platform, which is reliant on advertising revenue. Michel Euler/AP hide caption
CosMc's offers a large variety of drinks — and no hamburgers. The first store testing the new McDonald's concept is opening in Bolingbrook, Ill., near Chicago. McDonald's/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Activists protest the prices of prescription drug outside the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., in October 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
More than 750 Washington Post workers have agreed to walk off the job on Thursday to protest stalled contract negotiations. The company has warned of layoffs if too few staffers take voluntary buyouts. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption
'Washington Post' journalists stage daylong strike under threat of job cuts
More than 2,400 fossil fuel representatives and lobbyists have been accredited for the U.N. climate talks in Dubai — a record. Meanwhile, negotiators are wrestling with calls to end all new oil, gas and coal projects to curb climate change. Giuseppe Cacace /AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A record number of fossil fuel representatives are at this year's COP28 climate talks
An Austin, TX home available for sale in October 2023. Home sales have slowed with record-high mortgage rates. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
Taylor Swift performs during her Eras Tour in Nashville, Tenn. Swift is 'Time' magazine's Person of the Year. George Walker IV/AP hide caption
Americans don't like higher prices but they LOVE buying new things
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in an important tax case. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Supreme Court seems inclined to leave major offshore tax in place on investors
Sultan al-Jaber is the president of this year's climate talks and the head of the UAE's state-run oil company. Oil companies have a big platform at the climate conference, and experts say their language is important because it can make it into policy. Ryan Lim/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Oil firms are out in force at the climate talks. Here's how to decode their language
President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after meeting in November. Brendan Smialowski /AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The U.S. supports China's growth if it 'plays by the rules,' commerce secretary says
Rupert Murdoch, shown in London in July 2011, sought for years to acquire full control of Sky. His British newspaper arm now faces allegations its tabloids hacked into Cabinet ministers' voice mails to pressure them to allow the deal to go through. Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images hide caption
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in an important tax case. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Supreme Court hears a case that experts say could wreak havoc on the tax code
The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a challenge to a deal to compensate victims of the opioid epidemic that shield the Sackler family from lawsuits. Samuel Corum/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Dave Davies began covering local politics and government for WHYY in Philadelphia in 1982. WHYY hide caption
Daniel Ek, CEO of Swedish music streaming service Spotify, in 2016. On Monday, Ek announced Spotify would layoff 17% of employees. Toru Yamanaka/AFP via Getty Images hide caption