Whether it’s the fitness tracker on your wrist, the “smart” home appliances in your house or the latest kids’ fad going viral in online videos, they all produce a trove of personal data for big tech companies. How that data is being used and protected has led to growing public …
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August, 2022
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10 August
Inflation slowed in July, showing Fed’s rate hikes are working
Inflation slowed in July as gasoline prices dropped, a sign the Federal Reserve’s efforts to control spiraling prices are taking effect. Consumer prices last month rose 8.5% from the same month a year ago, the Labor Department reported on Wednesday — lower than economists had expected and down from 9.1% …
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7 August
Video shows brazen heist of $2 million in jewelry from New York shop
An investigation is underway into a robbery by four masked men who brazenly broke into a Bronx jewelry store last week and made off with an estimated $2 million worth of merchandise, according to the NYPD. The incident, which involved four men wearing face masks and was recorded by the …
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5 August
This week on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” August 7, 2022: Scott, Meeks, Gottlieb, Meijer, Daly
“Face the Nation” Guest Lineup: Senator Rick Scott – (R) Florida Representative Gregory Meeks – (D) New York, Chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee Dr. Scott Gottlieb – Former FDA Commissioner Representative Peter Meijer – (R) Michigan Mary Daly – President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of …
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1 August
College professor suspended over vulgar video quits, settles for $95,000
A Michigan college professor who was suspended in January for making a profanity-filled video to welcome students settled his legal dispute with his university by accepting $95,000 and agreeing to a three-year gag order. As part of the deal, Barry Mehler retired from Ferris State University rather than face possible …
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July, 2022
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31 July
Toomey says Manchin “got taken to the cleaners” in deal with Schumer
Washington — Sen. Pat Toomey, a Republican from Pennsylvania, criticized a new climate, health care and tax package unveiled by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia last week, saying Sunday that Manchin was “taken to the cleaners” in the agreement. In an interview with …
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27 July
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A 15-year-old boy shot and killed three siblings at a home near Fairbanks, Alaska, and was found dead with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities announced Wednesday. Alaska State Troopers in a statement said they received a report of shots being fired at a Fairbanks home on Tuesday afternoon. The …
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25 July
Republican campaign ads hammer Democrats on inflation
Each month brings new 40-year highs in inflation and this year has seen spiking prices at the pump, in the grocery store and in housing — a fact that has not escaped the notice of Republicans hoping to parlay those numbers into election victories in the fall. One avenue Republicans …
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22 July
Used car bubble? Consumers paying $10,000 more than in a “normal” economy.
Consumers are paying $10,000 more for to buy a used car than if the economy were “normal” and older vehicles were following the typical pattern of depreciation, according to a recent study from CoPilot, a car buying app. The price premium for used cars rose to $10,046 above projected normal …
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19 July
Suspect in L.A. shooting of Lady Gaga’s dog
The U.S. Marshals Service has joined the search for James Howard Jackson, the alleged gunman wanted in connection with the February 2021 dog-napping of musician Lady Gaga’s pet French bulldogs in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Five people were originally arrested for their involvement in the theft, all of …
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