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  "id": 1458782,
  "title": "Car problems? No childcare? How an app is helping people get to work",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/car-problems-no-childcare-how-an-app-is-helping-people-get-to-work",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-17T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NPR",
    "slug": "npr",
    "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/08/17/nx-s1-5893721/workers-mcdonalds-work-app-jobs-ai"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Unexpected absences can cost employers tens of thousands of dollars a month. An app that helps workers with last-minute transportation, food and childcare is making a difference.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}