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The Bush administration proposes two new types of savings accounts with higher contribution limits than current IRAs. The White House says the plan will help Americans save more, but critics say the plan is just a tax shelter for the rich. NPR's Elaine Korry reports.

Elon Musk's battle with Twitter escalates after the billionaire Tesla CEO said he was calling off his $44 billion purchase agreement.

Andrew Fastow, the former chief financial officer of Enron, begins testimony as the key prosecution witness against his former bosses, Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling. In testimony, Fastow directly connects Skilling to a conspiracy to minimize losses and make the company's earnings look better.

There is a man who is a thorn in the side of Facebook, a problem that just won't go away. For years he was cast aside as a lowly spammer. Now he's re-emerging as a champion of your rights online.

Also: There's a report that two people have been arrested in last week's Chicago mass shooting; Congress' budget stalemate continues; a deadly typhoon crashes into southern China; 'Breaking Bad' and other Emmy winners; and the last VW van is close to rolling off the line.

When Carol Allison was six, she opened a bank account in Scotland with her grandmother and then forgot about. Allison, who is now 74, was cleaning her house recently and found the bank book.

The California biotech firm said in a statement that it is hoping to find a buyer to address its ongoing financial struggles.

One of downtown Tulsa’s iconic art deco buildings is coming back as a 98-room hotel, likely with $1.7 million worth of help.The city council has taken up…

Florida has struggled for years with opioid overdoses — and the highest rate of HIV infection in the U.S. Lawmakers now hope needle exchanges and a "harm reduction" approach could help save lives.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Helene Gayle, one of the co-chairs of the National Academies' framework for vaccine distribution, about how the coronavirus vaccine can be distributed equitably.