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
A year from now, hemp shops could disappear under a new federal ban WFAE's Steve Harrison reports on how the new spending bill imposes new restrictions on hemp and CBD producers nationwide now that the government has re-opened. STEVE HARRISON
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
Amid ICE crackdowns, migrants are sending more money to some Central American countries Planet Money talks to immigrants in the U.S. and people in Honduras to try to figure out why remittances are surging to some countries right as it is harder for immigrants here to find work. Erika Beras
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
AI stocks fall They've been the darling of the stock market, delivering gigantic gains over the last 18 months, but some of the superstars like Palantir, Nvidia, Meta, Tesla and Microsoft have all been falling.
Economic promises helped Trump get elected. Now he has an affordability problem Americans are feeling the strain of high prices, even as President Trump tries to tout "record highs" in the stock market. Tamara Keith
Tallying up the cost of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history Economists are starting to put a price tag on the six-week government shutdown. But some of their calculations will be difficult to make because the shutdown temporarily limited government data. Scott Horsley
The government can now get back to measuring the economy with shutdown over Now that the government shutdown is over, federal number crunchers are back at work. It could take time, though, to make up for the jobs reports and inflation scorecards we missed in the last 6 weeks. Scott Horsley