Fireworks like these may not be happening as often as they used to. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images hide caption
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Airline passengers arrive at Chicago's Midway International Airport on the first day of the July Fourth holiday weekend on Friday. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP hide caption
In a newly public letter, TikTok's top executive, Shou Zi Chew, tried to allay the concerns of several U.S. senators about the Chinese-owned company's data security practices. Kiichiro Sato/AP hide caption
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People wait in a TSA line at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Tuesday. Julia Nikhinson/AP hide caption
Shoppers drink juice in plastic cups at a market in New Delhi, on Wednesday. India banned some single-use or disposable plastic products Friday as part of a longer plan to phase out the ubiquitous material in the nation of nearly 1.4 billion. Altaf Qadri/AP hide caption
Simone Biles poses wearing her bronze medal from balance beam competition during artistic gymnastics at the Summer Olympics on Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo. President Biden will present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Biles and 16 others at the White House next week. Natacha Pisarenko/AP hide caption
The number of new pilots entering the industry is below the demand. Nelson Almeida/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A pilot shortage that's been brewing for years adds to the summer travel chaos
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Plastic bottles of shampoo at Compton's Market in Sacramento, Calif. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
The Simpsons is the longest running show on television. Production workers who make the show say they deserve the same protections as the writers and animators. Courtesy of Disney Media & Entertainment hide caption
'The Simpsons' production workers go union, saying they deserve a place at the table
How to get rid of medical debt — or avoid it in the first place
The new rules will help people get upfront cost estimates for about 500 so-called "shoppable" services, meaning medical care they can schedule ahead of time. DNY59/Getty Images hide caption
A placard featuring an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin and reading "We are with him for the sovereignty of Russia! And you?" is seen left in front of the Russian State Duma building in central Moscow on Feb. 24. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Are sanctions actually hurting Russia's economy? Here's what you need to know
Scott Lucey, owner of Likewise Coffee whose staff unionized in 2020, sits for a portrait on June 9, 2022 in Milwaukee. Darren Hauck for NPR hide caption
One unionized. The other did not. How 2 Milwaukee cafés were changed by union drives
Fireworks explode during a show in Las Vegas on July 4, 2020. Ethan Miller/Getty Images hide caption
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Delta pilots engaged in demonstrations at seven airports around the U.S. on Thursday calling for higher pay, among other things. This photo was taken at Salt Lake City International Airport. Reed Donoghue hide caption
A nurse fills a syringe with a COVID-19 vaccine in the Staten Island borough of New York on April 8, 2021. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday recommended that COVID booster shots be modified to better match more recent variants of the coronavirus. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
It's been a vicious 6 months for stocks. Here's what the grim markets are signaling
Barista Steph Achter, who led the union campaign at the Milwaukee café now known as Likewise, has worked in different coffee shops for 17 years and wants others to be able to make a career of it as well. Darren Hauck for NPR hide caption
The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant shut down in 2019. Exelon Generation blamed the closure on a lack of state subsidies. Such subsidies are growing amid concerns that such closures abet climate change. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption