Emma Bowman
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As many opted to surf the web instead of face the crowds the day after Thanksgiving, shoppers spent a record $10.8 billion in online purchases. Cyber Monday is set to smash another spending record. -
An Israeli airstrike hit a car in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing five people, including at least three employees with the food aid charity. World Central Kitchen said that it was "urgently seeking more details." -
Omar Nok embarked on a nine-month journey from Egypt to Japan with one rule: no planes.
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Omar Nok is at the finish line of a 28,000-mile zig-zag route that began in February. Here's how he approached the adventure, without setting foot on a plane. -
The incident follows a string of other recent deadly shootings surrounding homecoming events at schools in Southern states. -
FEMA's administrator said the employee told a team responding to hurricane survivors to skip homes with yard signs showing support for Donald Trump. -
The findings, which used DNA from the plaster casts of people who died in the Mt. Vesuvius eruption two millennia ago, challenge the traditional gender and familial assumptions about the Pompeiians. -
What would a McDonald’s be without its temperamental McFlurry machines? We may be closer to finding out. -
The casual dining chain, which saw dozens of its U.S. restaurants close this year, said its financial woes stem from the coronavirus pandemic. -
A hack on the world’s largest archive of the internet has compromised millions of users’ information and forced a temporary shutdown of its services. Andrew Mambo speaks with NPR's Emma Bowman.
