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 When is an interest rate for a consumer loan ‘conscionable’? State high court decision prompts question | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 704

California Supreme Court has ruled Monday that there should be a limit to interest rates on consumer loans.

 Sacramento PD creates new foot pursuit policy, post-Stephon Clark. How should an officer decide when to chase? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 915

Sacramento police department has instituted a new foot pursuit policy.

 Believe it or not, female lawyers are still facing gender hurdles | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1310

It seems like the last place you'd expect workplace sexism to exist — the courtroom.

 What CA wildfires mean for your home insurance | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 806

If you’re a homeowner in California, you might be affected by the recent fires, even if your home wasn’t damaged.

 French schools say ‘au revoir’ to smartphones — what if the U.S. dialed up a similar ban? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1044

When school-age children in France return to classes next month, they’ll have to leave their smartphones at home.

 India Aims For The World's Biggest Health Care Overhaul | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 262

Posh private hospitals give world-class care — and serve lattes. At government facilities, cancer patients sleep on the sidewalk. But the prime minister has a plan to help the poor.

 California Supreme Court says loan interest rates can be deemed 'unconscionable' | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 52

Can interest rates be so high that they're illegal? The California Supreme Court said yes, in connection with a case involving Orange County lender CashCall.

 More deportations likely for Cambodians in near future | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 61

Although a federal judge gave a group of Cambodian immigrants a temporary reprieve from deportation, some still will be removed.

 An Iraq Veteran, Heroin Addict, Bank Robber And Debut Novelist | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 309

Nico Walker is currently in federal prison for bank robbery. That's given him plenty of time to write his semi-autobiographical novel Cherry, which has received glowing advance reviews.

 Week in politics: FBI agent who insulted Trump in texts fire, the political fallout and security concerns after Omarosa releases tape of her firing and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1789

AirTalk’s weekly political roundtable recaps the headlines you might’ve missed this weekend and looks ahead to the week to come.

 Every move you make, every step you take, Google’s tracking you | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1053

Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to.

 The white nationalist rally that really… wasn’t | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1065

Thousands of people wanting to send a message that racism isn't welcome in the United States gathered in a park outside the White House to protest a white nationalist rally on the anniversary of the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

 After jury rules against Monsanto in Roundup lawsuit, a review of the evidence for and against a link between the pesticide and cancer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 687

A jury's $289 million award to a former school groundskeeper who said Monsanto's Roundup left him dying of cancer will bolster thousands of pending cases and open the door for countless people who blame their suffering on the weed killer, the man's lawyers said.

 Hunting — an American story of the beloved and berated sport | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1099

It’s estimated that only 4 to 6 percent of Americans are active hunters, and yet hunting dominates a whirlwind of debates — from gun control to wildlife preservation to divisions in class and more.

 2 Koreas' Leaders Will Hold New Summit In Pyongyang Next Month | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 144

"For peace and prosperity of the world as well as those of the Korean peninsula," read a short statement issued by South Korea's Blue House on Monday

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