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Fed's key inflation measure shows highest jump since October 2023
Despite high inflation rates, consumer spending was higher than expected. Personal income also beat forecast.
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Apple announces price increases on MacBook and iPad, citing higher memory and storage costs
Tim Cook, Apple CEO, said that the company could no longer avoid passing on to customers the increased costs from the spike in memory prices, which is tied to the boom in artificial intelligence.
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U.S. Park Police seek help in identifying person in video for Reflecting Pool investigation
President Donald Trump and other officials have said that multiple people have been arrested for allegedly damaging the pool.
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'Turbaned Torpedo' Fauja Singh, world's oldest marathon runner, dies at 114 after being hit by car
“He was an exceptional athlete with incredible determination,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said
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Organizers for 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles announce schedule of events
The games will begins with track and field, followed by swimming, a switch from previous Summer Olympics.
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Teamsters' trash workers strike spreads across US, trash piles up from Boston to California
A total of about 450 Republic Services workers represented by the Teamsters union in the Boston area have been on strike since July 1, but the work stoppage has spread to Southern California and now includes several thousand workers
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John MacArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church in Los Angeles, dies at 86 after hospitalization
"Last week, Pastor John unexpectedly contracted pneumonia, and the Lord took him home on Monday, July 14," the church's website said
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CA Senate passes bill to let LA buy fire-destroyed lots for low-income housing
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the allocation of $101 million in taxpayer funds for “multifamily low-income housing development” in communities in Los Angeles devastated by the Palisades, Eaton and Hughes wildfires.
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Trump admin to end federal funding for a national LGBTQ+ suicide prevention hotline
For family advocacy groups and law enforcement, this is a victory. Concerns over the Trevor Project have been raised by people performing undercover operations on the project's online website.
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Professor punished for arguing classical music isn't racist gets massive settlement
University of North Texas professor wanted "everything exposed publicly" at trial but settled for $725,000. Other courts side with prof punished for sharing COVID views with media, student forced to subsidize liberal speech.
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Trump facing challenges on trade amid legal fight, even with extended deadlines
President Donald Trump gave himself more time to reach trade deals with foreign nations, but his efforts to quickly overhaul global trade through tariffs still face challenges at home and abroad.
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State senator urges Gov Pritzker to opt Illinois into school choice scholarship tax credit
An Illinois state legislator says Gov. J.B. Pritzker can send students in failing schools a lifeline by joining a federal tax credit program.
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X unveils AI 'companions', including anime girl
Many of the reactions pointed to the appeal of the Ani character and quipped that her release would run counter to Musk's stated goal of revitalizing birth rates in western nations.