More women are renting dresses, coats and ugly sweaters as clothing prices tick up More women are planning to deck the halls in rented fashion this year, just as inflation and tariffs are poised to push clothing prices higher. Kristian Monroe
How women over 30 are rewriting the single mom narrative in America Forty percent of babies in the U.S. are born to unmarried mothers. Increasingly, those moms are over 30, at a time when teen pregnancy has fallen off a cliff and births are declining for younger women. Janet W. Lee
Americans could see a big sticker shock for Thanksgiving turkeys this year Wholesale prices for a turkey have jumped 40% from a year ago. Lydia Calitri
Fake Christmas trees will cost more this year, thanks in part to tariffs NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Mac Harman, the CEO of Balsam Hill, about how tariffs are pushing up the prices of artificial Christmas trees this holiday season. Ayesha Rascoe
Right-wing media shrugs off latest Epstein document release "To me, these are nothingburgers. If they're even real," said one pro-Trump podcaster, of the thousands of documents that were released this week, including several that named the president. Shannon Bond
Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices President Trump's executive order comes after voters in off-year elections this month cited economic concerns as their top issue, resulting in big wins for Democrats in races in Virginia and New Jersey. The Associated Press
Better late than never: The delayed September jobs report will be out next week The Bureau of Labor Statistics says it will report on September's job gains and unemployment rate next week. That's the first of many overdue economic reports held up by the government shutdown. Scott Horsley
Judge says he'll approve opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue and Sackler family A federal bankruptcy court judge said he will approve OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma's latest deal to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids that includes some money for thousands of victims of the epidemic. The Associated Press
'I'm not buying Starbucks and you shouldn't either.' Seattle Mayor-elect Katie Wilson joins striking baristas Just hours after Bruce Harrell conceded the narrow Seattle mayoral race to her, Mayor-elect Katie Wilson joined striking Starbucks employees on the picket line and urged people to boycott the company. Casey Martin
She criticized President Trump during the shutdown. Now she's been put on leave Jenna Norton has spoken critically about the Trump administration's funding cuts and mass firings at the National Institutes of Health. At the end of the shutdown, she says she was put on leave. Andrea Hsu
