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In this 1948 photo, an American family watches a tabletop radio television. (AP)

Most Americans Are No Longer Middle Class

There are now more people in lower- and upper-income households than in middle-income households, according to a new study.

An investor looks at a screen showing stock market movements at a securities firm in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province on January 11, 2016. China's benchmark Shanghai stock index closed down 5.33 percent on January 11, as investors continued to worry over the state of the world's second largest economy, dealers said. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

How Healthy Is The U.S. Economy?

We look at the health of various sectors of the economy, including commodities, services and tourism, construction and food.

A woman holds a sign while attending a public hearing before the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) regarding a proposed stipulated abatement order to stop a nearby massive natural gas leak, on January 16, 2016 in Granada Hills, near Porter Ranch, California. More than 80,000 metric tons of methane gas have spewed from the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility since October 23, causing thousands of Porter Ranch residents to leave their homes, and the closures of two schools where students are being bussed to campuses farther away from the gas. State officials are now concerned that a seventh attempt to plug the well may have increased the chance of a blowout, which would greatly increase the release of gas as well as the risk of a massive well fire if ignited by a spark. The Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) hopes to repair the leak by sometime in March. (David McNew/Getty Images)

Methane Leak Spurs Call For Pipeline Oversight

It’s estimated the leak in Los Angeles has pumped 4.6 billion cubic feet of potent greenhouse gas into the atmosphere.

U.S. Troops Battle Iraqi Fighters Near Baghdad

Elements of the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division attack Iraqi Republican Guard positions near Baghdad, while further south, Army units surround the Shiite holy city of Najaf. In Baghdad, U.S.-led warplanes strike facilities including the information ministry and a presidential palace. Hear NPR's Nick Spicer and NPR's Anne Garrels.

Harsh Weather Hampers U.S. Advance to Baghdad

Fierce sandstorms near Baghdad reduce visibility and cause delays for U.S. forces advancing toward the capital. The Army's 3rd Infantry Division makes its way within 70 miles of Baghdad; outside the holy city of Najaf, small-scale skirmishes continue between U.S. and Iraqi forces. Hear NPR's John Burnett and NPR's Eric Westervelt.

U.S. Marines Begin Withdrawal from Fallujah

U.S. Marines begin pulling back from their positions in Fallujah, a day after negotiating an end to the U.S. siege of the Iraqi city. The Marines will turn over security to an Iraqi unit led by one of Saddam Hussein's former generals. The Marines will remain positioned outside Fallujah. Hear NPR's Philip Reeves.

Menard Correctional Center in Chester, Illinois. The prison was first built in 1878. It has 143 double cells in its segregation unit. (Joe Shapiro/NPR)

In Federal Prisons, Solitary Confinement Actually Means Sharing

Over 80 percent of federal inmates in "solitary" confinement are actually forced to share a cell with another, often violent, inmate.

Ice floats on the surface of the sea in the western Antarctic peninsula, on March 05, 2016. Waddling over the rocks, legions of penguins hurl themselves into the icy waters of Antarctica, foraging to feed their young. Like seals and whales, they eat krill, an inch-long shrimp-like crustacean that forms the basis of the Southern Ocean food chain. But penguin-watchers say the krill are getting scarcer in the western Antarctic peninsula, under threat from climate change and fishing. AFP PHOTO/EITAN ABRAMOVICH / AFP / EITAN ABRAMOVICH (Photo credit should read EITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP/Getty Images)

Study Raises New Concern About Global Warming

Global warming could disintegrate the vast ice Antarctic ice sheet sooner than originally thought, according to the study in Nature.

What's The Anthropocene?

Have we entered a new age defined by humans? Paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara says there's "no doubt" that humans' impact on Earth will show up in the geological record.

The Claudettes return to the Miami Valley on June 29 with a show at Sorg Opera House in Middletown.

The Claudettes To Perform At Sorg Opera House

Johnny Iguana of the Chicago-Based band The Claudettes returns to WYSO to speak with Excursions host Niki Dakota. They discuss the progression of Johnny...

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