Gun violence spiked over Fourth of July weekend, with shootings reported in nearly every U.S. state that killed a total of at least 220 people and wounded close to 570 others, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The database, which collects information about fatalities and injuries linked to incidents involving …
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July, 2022
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4 July
A common retirement strategy can erode your IRA savings, Pew report finds
Individual retirement accounts, or IRAs, are the dominant retirement account in America today. Nearly 4 in 10 Americans have one, and, as of last year, these accounts held $13.5 trillion in total assets, according to Alicia Munnell, director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. But those would-be retirees …
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June, 2022
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30 June
What to know about Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as the 116th Supreme Court justice upon the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer at the end of the 2021 term, on June 30, 2022. Here’s what you need to know about the 51-year-old federal appeals court judge who has become the first Black woman …
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29 June
A “coin flip”: Nearly half of U.S. murders go unsolved as cases rise
Police called Denita Williams in April and gave her the address of a gas station in their town of Jackson, Mississippi and asked how long it would take for her to get there. “When I pulled up, all I see is this crime tape,” Williams told CBS News. Her …
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26 June
Transcript: Rep. Pete Aguilar on “Face the Nation,” June 26, 2022
The following is a transcript of an interview with Democratic Rep. Pete Aguilar of California that aired Sunday, June 26, 2022, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: California congressman Pete Aguilar is a member of the January 6 Select Committee and he joins us from New York. Good morning to …
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23 June
Layoffs rise to pre
Weekly layoffs have risen modestly since hitting a 50-year low in March, indicating the white-hot job market is cooling off slightly. Workers last week filed 229,000 initial unemployment claims, the Labor Department said Thursday, a slight drop from the 231,000 filed the prior week. The four-week average for claims, which smooths …
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22 June
Nicholas Roske, accused of trying to kill Brett Kavanaugh, pleads not guilty
Nicholas John Roske, accused of attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, pleaded not guilty Wednesday, at a hearing at the Southern Division Courthouse, in Greenbelt, Maryland. Roske, 26, of Simi Valley, Calif., was arrested outside Kavanaugh’s Maryland home earlier this month armed with a gun, knife and burglary …
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16 June
Diana Flores, widow of Justin Flores, killer of two El Monte, California police officers, says she tried a warn them he had a gun
The widow of the man police say shot and killed two police officers in the Los Angeles County city of El Monte Tuesday evening says she tried to warn them that he had a gun, CBS Los Angeles reports. Police say they were called to a motel for a report of …
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16 June
Biden says a recession is “not inevitable”
President Joe Biden told The Associated Press on Thursday that the American people are “really, really down” after a tumultuous two years with the coronavirus pandemic, volatility in the economy and now surging gasoline prices that are hitting family budgets. He said a recession is not inevitable and bristled at …
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14 June
Coinbase layoffs: Crypto exchange to cut workforce by 18% amid sell
Coinbase plans to lay off 1,100 employees or 18% of its workforce, CEO Brian Armstrong said Tuesday, marking yet another cryptocurrency exchange that has slashed jobs in recent weeks. “We appear to be entering a recession after a 10-plus year economic boom,” Armstrong said in a company blog post. “A recession …
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