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How to protect your nest egg from inflation
Key inflation readings soared above 5% this spring, with prices rising on everything from food to metals to transportation. No one can say with certainty whether we're in for a prolonged period of high inflation or a short one due to pandemic-induced issues like supply chain problems.
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Aunt Jemima's replacement is hitting store shelves nationwide
The nationwide rollout of the Pearl Milling Company brand name — formerly known as Aunt Jemima — is underway. The new brand said breakfast products in its Pearl Milling Company packaging began to ship on May 31. The new packaging has the same red and yellow color scheme as Jemima's packaging did, but it replaces Jemima's image with a 19th century watermill, a callback to the company's 1889 founding.
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Released American journalist says Myanmar military using torture to hunt down opposition leaders
Myanmar's military junta is using torture to extract information from detainees on the whereabouts of senior opposition members and activist leaders, according to an American citizen and journalist who was recently released from a Yangon prison.
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The death toll from the Florida condo collapse reaches 10 as rescuers race to find 151 people still missing
Another victim was found in the rubble of the Florida condo collapse, raising the death toll to 10, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Monday.
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Officer injured in Capitol riot asks McCarthy to denounce GOP January 6 conspiracies
DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone told House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy on Friday that he should denounce conspiracies spread by Republican lawmakers about the January 6 insurrection and publicly condemn the 21 House Republicans who voted against awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to officers who defended the Capitol.
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Trump Organization could face criminal charges in New York as soon as next week
The Manhattan district attorney's office has informed lawyers for the Trump Organization that it could face criminal charges in connection with benefits it has provided to company employees, a Trump attorney confirmed Friday.
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The two-track twostep: How the bipartisan infrastructure deal came together and nearly fell apart in 24 hours
At first glance, the bipartisan infrastructure deal that emerged this week seemed like a ripe opportunity for President Joe Biden to take a dig at his predecessor, whose attempts at focusing on roads and bridges often went awry.
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Published on June 28, 2021
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Trump's revenge tour begins with eyes on one Ohio Republican
Former President Donald Trump kicked off his revenge tour against Republicans who defied him in the aftermath of the 2020 election on Saturday, using a sizable event here in Lorain County to lambast Ohio Rep. Anthony Gonzalez for voting to impeach him earlier this year.
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Bipartisan senators go head to head with military brass over sexual assault prosecutions
Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who has been fighting for years to change the way the military prosecutes sexual assault cases, is poised to finally remove those cases from the military's chain of command after the Pentagon's civilian leader endorsed the change last week.
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Trump's big lie about 2020 results suffers legal and political blows in key swing states
It was a bad week for the Big Lie -- former President Donald Trump and his allies' false claims that widespread fraud is to blame for his 2020 election loss.
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Romney on Trump's return to rallies: 'It's entertaining but it's not real'
Republican Sen. Mitt Romney on Sunday called on members of his party to "move on" from Donald Trump's 2020 election lies, equating the former President's return to rally-style events to wrestling entertainment as Trump goes after those who defied him.
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White House turns to young people for help convincing their peers to get vaccinated
Braxton Simpson made a joyous announcement to her 264 YouTube subscribers this spring. "Fully vaccinated!" Simpson said, drawing out the final word as she bounced with glee.
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Published on June 28, 2021
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Former US Sen. Mike Gravel dies at 91
Former US Sen. Mike Gravel, an Alaska Democrat who garnered national attention by reading the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record and waged two unsuccessful bids for president, has died at age 91.
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Greater focus on defense of critical infrastructure against cyber attacks is needed, says cyber agency chief
In the wake of the Colonial Pipeline and JBS ransomware attacks in recent months, the head of the nation's leading cybersecurity agency says these events are a harbinger of what's to come on the cyber front and there needs to be a greater focus on shoring up the defenses of America's most important assets.
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Trump Organization lawyers to meet Monday with Manhattan DA prosecutors
Lawyers for the Trump Organization are expected to meet Monday with prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney's office in an effort to convince them not to pursue charges against the company, according to a source familiar with the matter.
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Barr details break with Trump on election fraud claims in new book
Former Attorney General William Barr, in a newly released book excerpt, said he suspected then-President Donald Trump's claims of widespread election fraud were "all bullsh*t," but that he launched unofficial inquiries into some of them to appease his boss.
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More people looking for -- but not taking -- jobs after their unemployment benefits end early
Jason Smith thought he'd have an easier time filling jobs at his three auto repair shops after Indiana's governor announced that pandemic unemployment benefits would end in mid-June.
