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Automatic enrollment and default savings rates have proved to be effective, but some employers think they are too paternalistic. Here’s an alternative.

In one impoverished neighborhood of Medellin, Colombia, residents are tackling the effects of climate change in part by filtering their own drinking water.

NPR’s Scott Simon speaks to Jeffrey Feltman about the American response in the widening Middle East conflict. He’s a former U.S. ambassador to Lebanon who went on to work in mediation at the U.N.

Russian police on Saturday detained a group of around 20 journalists, including an AFP reporter, covering a protest in Moscow by the wives of men mobilized to fight in Ukraine. The women have staged rare protests outside the Kremlin walls

US carries out retaliatory strikes on Iranian-linked militia targets in Iraq and Syria  CNN US launches strikes in Iraq and Syria as Israel-Hamas war rages: Live updates  CNN Former Defense secretary: ‘What matters now’ are results of US airstrikes in Iraq, Syria  The

White House formally assigns blame for drone strike in Jordan that killed 3 American service members  CNN

E Jean Carroll lawyer says Trump used coded version of C-word against her  The Guardian US Roberta Kaplan says Trump threw papers across table at Mar-a-Lago deposition because his legal team agreed to feed her lunch  CNN Inside Trump’s Costly Outburst: ‘Like

Judge delays Trump’s federal trial as court considers his presidential immunity claim  NBC News Federal judge in DC postpones Trump’s March trial on charges of plotting to overturn 2020 election  The Associated Press New York hush-money case likely to be Trump’s first

California atmospheric river: Life-threatening floods expected  NPR ‘Prepare now’: California’s next storm may bring ‘life-threatening’ flooding  Yahoo News Atmospheric river forecast for California: NWS warns LA of flooding  USA TODAY Northern California Sunday weather alert for wind, rain and snow  KCRA Sacramento Southern California

The National Weather Service warns the storm could drop unprecedented rain over a wide area from Saturday night through early next week, with the period of most concern from Sunday into early Monday. (Image credit: David Swanson/AFP via Getty Images)