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Restaurants Cook Up A New Way To Pay Kitchen Staff More: A Cut Of Sales

A receipt from Centre Street Cafe in Jamaica Plain, Mass., includes a 3 percent "hospitality administration fee," which comes out to 39 cents on $13 of food sales. The entire fee goes to nontipped employees in the kitchen. Simón Rios/WBUR hide caption

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Restaurants Cook Up A New Way To Pay Kitchen Staff More: A Cut Of Sales

WBUR

Revenue sharing is taking off in restaurants in cities like Boston and San Francisco. The model varies from place to place, but the idea is simple: funnel a percentage of sales to kitchen workers.

Restaurants Cook Up A New Way To Pay Kitchen Staff More: A Cut Of Sales

How A Divided Upstate New York Views Trump Amid His Sliding Approval Ratings

Brian Rusk voted for President Trump after his two other picks dropped out of the race. Here, the longtime Republican activist holds a picture of himself with former President George H.W. Bush. Don Gonyea/NPR hide caption

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Politics

How A Divided Upstate New York Views Trump Amid His Sliding Approval Ratings

"Not my president." "Give him time." "Focus on the governance." These are the reactions from voters in the western edge of New York state, a region that reflects polarization found across the country.

How A Divided Upstate New York Views Trump Amid His Sliding Approval Ratings

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Effects Of Atlanta's Overpass Collapse Will Rock Southeast For Months

Georgia Public Broadcasting

Traffic is always bad in Atlanta, but now it's just plain awful after a fire destroyed part of Interstate 85. It won't be fixed for months. The Georgia governor has even declared a state of emergency.

Effects Of Atlanta's Overpass Collapse Will Rock Southeast For Months

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Iraq Agrees To Accept Its Citizens The U.S. Wants To Deport

Michigan Public

Hundreds of Iraqis have remained in the U.S. after committing crimes because Iraq wouldn't take them back. Many are being deported after Iraq agreed to repatriate them.

Iraq Agrees To Accept Its Citizens The U.S. Wants To Deport

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Fast Pace Of Executions In Arkansas Has Some Worried

KUAR News

Next month, Arkansas officials plan to execute eight people over a 10-day period. It's the most of any state since the death penalty was reinstated. The reason for the rush? Expiring execution drugs.

Fast Pace Of Executions In Arkansas Has Some Worried

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Sports

UConn Women Make 10th Straight Final Four Appearance

KERA News

The women's Final Four basketball tournament tips off tonight and the question most are asking is whether the University of Connecticut will ever a lose game. UConn women have won 111 games in a row.

UConn Women Make 10th Straight Final Four Appearance

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Politics

Trump Spends Week In Listening Sessions, Bill Signings And Executive Orders

A week after the failure of the GOP health care bill, the White House has retreated to action it can do without Congress. And many of its actions have been overshadowed by investigations into Russia.

Trump Spends Week In Listening Sessions, Bill Signings And Executive Orders

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Serial Killer Dubbed 'Angel Of Death' Dies After Prison Beating

Donald Harvey is led back to jail in 1987 after pleading guilty to eight murder charges and one voluntary manslaughter charge in London, Ky. He was serving consecutive life sentences when he died Thursday at age 64. Ed Reinke/AP hide caption

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Serial Killer Dubbed 'Angel Of Death' Dies After Prison Beating

A former nurse's aide who was convicted of killing 37 people in Ohio and Kentucky in the 1970s and '80s died Thursday, two days after he was attacked and beaten in his prison cell.

Author Interviews

During World War II, Even Filmmakers Reported For Duty

Fresh Air

Mark Harris says the military worked with Hollywood directors to create movies about the war. His book, Five Came Back, is the basis for a new Netflix docu-series. Originally broadcast March 3, 2014.

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Judge Approves $25 Million Settlement Of Trump University Lawsuit

Copies of How To Build Wealth, a series of nine audio business courses created by Trump University, were on display at a Barnes & Noble store in New York City in 2005. Scott Gries/Getty Images hide caption

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Judge Approves $25 Million Settlement Of Trump University Lawsuit

The deal was reached in November but needed the approval of U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel. One student had objected to the settlement, which prevented her from suing Trump on her own.

Arkansas Readies For 8 Executions, Despite Outcry Over Pace, Method

This combination of undated photos provided by the Arkansas Department of Correction shows death row inmates slated to die in April. Top row (from left): Jack Harold Jones Jr., Marcel Williams, Stacey E. Johnson, Ledell Lee. Bottom row (from left): Jason F. McGehee, Kenneth Williams, Don Davis and Bruce Earl Ward. Arkansas Department of Correction via AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

Arkansas Readies For 8 Executions, Despite Outcry Over Pace, Method

The state hasn't carried out an execution in more than a decade, but its supply of the sedative midazolam expires at the end of April. So it plans to execute eight men over 11 days.

Forcing People At Vending Machines To Wait Nudges Them To Buy Healthier Snacks

Would having to wait 25 seconds for your snack prompt you to make healthier choices at the vending machine? New research suggests the answer is yes. M. Spencer Green/AP hide caption

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Forcing People At Vending Machines To Wait Nudges Them To Buy Healthier Snacks

Buy an unhealthy snack and these vending machines take away 25 seconds of your life you'll never get back. Healthy fare drops instantly. Research suggests this "time tax" helps us make better choices.