Marketplace Morning Report Stories

Sports betting has had a surge of popularity in the U.S., even as star athletes have been implicated in gambling scandals.

Tennessee, home to the capital of country music, became the first state to target the unauthorized use of AI to replicate musicians’ voices.

Regions that depend on it are having to look to other sources of energy — which can cost more.

Almost a third of all working adults in the United States are carrying some kind of medical debt — that’s about 15% of all U.S. households.

The people purchasing stock of the Trump Media and Technology Group are likely buying shares out of loyalty to the former president rather than faith in it as a good long-term investment, argues the University of Florida’s Jay Ritter.

They say programs designed to help low-income families are only reaching a fraction of those eligible.

“Haiti is now facing the prospect of living without any traces of a recognizable state for the first time in a long time,” says MIT’s Malick Ghachem.

Nine years of unpublished data show that American Indian and Alaska Native households report greater financial stress and less security.

Darden Restaurants, which owns chains like Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse, had its first same-store sales decline since the pandemic.

While most older folks would prefer to age in place, home sharing — like that featured in “Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó” — could offer more older Americans the ability to stay in their homes while reducing the risks of social isolation.