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Social Security benefits to jump by 8.7% next year

Social Security benefits to jump by 8.7% next year

WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Social Security recipients will get an 8.7% boost in their benefits in 2023, a historic increase but a gain that will be eaten up in part by the rising cost of everyday living.
CEO of election software firm held on ID info theft charges

CEO of election software firm held on ID info theft charges

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The founder and CEO of a software company targeted by election deniers was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of stealing data on hundreds of Los Angeles County poll workers.
How Moscow grabs Ukrainian kids and makes them Russians

How Moscow grabs Ukrainian kids and makes them Russians

Olga Lopatkina paced around her basement like a trapped animal. She hadn’t heard from her six adopted children stranded in Mariupol for over a week , and she didn’t know what to do.
EU report: Frontex covered up migrant pushbacks from Greece

EU report: Frontex covered up migrant pushbacks from Greece

ATHENS (AP) — A much-anticipated report by the European Union’s anti-fraud watchdog into the EU border agency Frontex has concluded that Frontex employees were involved in covering up the illegal pushbacks of migrants from Greece to Turkey in violati

Judge dismisses lawsuit over Missouri's new voter ID law

A judge has dismissed the lawsuit challenging a Missouri law that requires voters to show a government-issued ID at the polls.
Abortion, economy take center stage in Craig-Kistner debate

Abortion, economy take center stage in Craig-Kistner debate

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Angie Craig on Thursday portrayed her GOP challenger as a pawn of Big Oil and Big Pharma who conceals his opposition to abortion rights.
Lebanon's president approves historic Israel sea border deal

Lebanon's president approves historic Israel sea border deal

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's President Michel Aoun said Thursday that the cash-strapped country has approved a U.S.-mediated maritime border deal with Israel.
Budget officer projects considerably slower economy, declining federal deficit

Budget officer projects considerably slower economy, declining federal deficit

OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer is projecting the economy will slow considerably in the second half of 2022 and remain weak next year as the Bank of Canada continues to raise interest rates.
Alberta's Smith says she didn't mean to trivialize with comment on unvaccinated

Alberta's Smith says she didn't mean to trivialize with comment on unvaccinated

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she didn't mean to trivialize prejudice faced by minority communities when she suggested unvaccinated people have experienced the most discrimination she has ever seen in her lifetime.
Despite turmoil, UK Treasury chief says economic plan stays

Despite turmoil, UK Treasury chief says economic plan stays

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief on Thursday rejected suggestions that the Conservative government would reverse course on economic plans that have roiled financial markets even after Prime Minister Liz Truss faced widespread criticism from her
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