Segments From This Episode

• Trump’s paid-maternity plan doesn’t quite add up

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  The Republican proposes to fund six weeks of partially-paid maternity leave by "recapturing fraud and improper payments" in the nation's unemployment insurance system.

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• Basic research, over decades, is Zuckerberg’s goal

  by Gigi Douban

  

  Facebook founder and his physician wife have a charitable venture built for the long haul.

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• Blue Bell ice cream has a second listeria recall

  by Andy Uhler

  

  Blue Bell's first recall was total. This one affects only two flavors of the popular ice cream.

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• How to get to space without NASA

  by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar

  

  Julian Guthrie's new book, "How to Make a Spaceship" details the founding of the XPRIZE.

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• Yahoo confirms hack of 500 million user accounts

  by Marketplace Staff

  

  The company says the stolen information relates to a “state-sponsored actor.”

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• Those who support Colombia’s peace accord with FARC see economic benefits

  by Lorne Matalon

  

  For the U.S., peace could expand trade and further economic relations.

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• Charlotte’s economy is strong but inequality remains

  by Reema Khrais

  

  The unemployment rate for black people is double that for white people.

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• North Korea has 28 websites

  by Kai Ryssdal

  

  Leaked data gave a glimpse at all of the isolated, totalitarian country's registered websites.

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