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MGM Resorts International has agreed to pay up to $800 million to settle thousands of liability claims stemming from the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas. The shooter holed up in a room on the 32nd floor of the MGM-owned Mandalay Bay resort and casino. John Locher/AP hide caption

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Karen Bradley worked at St. Clare's Hospital in Schenectady, N.Y., for 24 years. Along with hundreds of others who worked at the Catholic hospital, she has learned that the pension she was counting on for retirement is gone. Craig Miller for NPR hide caption

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'Why Is There Nothing Left?' Pension Funds Failing At Catholic Hospitals

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Shirley Sherrod is co-founder of the New Communities Land Trust founded 50 years ago as a safe haven for African-American farmers thrown off their land during the civil rights movement. Debbie Elliott/NPR hide caption

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5 Decades Later, New Communities Land Trust Still Helps Black Farmers

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The Rise And Fall Of Iceland's WOW Air

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends the Future Investment Initiative conference, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 24, 2018. Many major executives backed out of the event after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. This year, some of the big corporate names are expected to return. Amr Nabil/AP hide caption

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The World Trade Organization says the United States can impose tariffs on up to $7.5 billion worth of goods from the European Union as retaliation for illegal subsidies to Airbus — a record award from the trade body. Francois Mori/AP hide caption

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Akron fire medic Paul Drouhard shows a box containing naloxone hydrochloride, a drug carried in all their department emergency response vehicles to treat opioid overdose patients. Keith Srakocic/AP hide caption

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A worker cuts black granite to make a countertop. Though granite, marble and "engineered stone" all can produce harmful silica dust when cut, ground or polished, the artificial stone typically contains much more silica, says a CDC researcher tracking cases of silicosis. danishkhan/Getty Images hide caption

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Workers Are Falling Ill, Even Dying, After Making Kitchen Countertops

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Bob Orozco, 89, has been in fitness his entire adult life. He began working for the Laguna Niguel YMCA in 1984 and leads the Silver Sneakers Club, a free fitness program for Medicare beneficiaries. "I probably will work until something stops me," Orozco says. Morgan Baker for NPR hide caption

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Is Cash Overrated? And Other Questions

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Charles Schwab is slashing its online trading commission from $4.95 to zero starting Monday. The company cited competition from new online rivals. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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What's Gonna Trip Us Up In Q4?

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Elliot Berman with his team at Solar Power Corporation outside their office and manufacturing facility in Braintree, Mass., in 1973. John Perlin, author of Let it Shine: The 6,000-Year Story of Solar Energy, credits Berman with planting the flag of solar photovoltaics throughout the world. Solar Power Corporation via John Perlin hide caption

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How Big Oil Of The Past Helped Launch The Solar Industry Of Today

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Sister Judy Byron, a Seattle-based nun, was determined to stem the tide of gun violence, so she turned to an unlikely place: the markets. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption

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Finance Fridays With Mary, Volume 6: Nuns & Guns

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