Inflation rose by 3.3% in March compared to one year ago, the Labor Department reported Friday, the highest such increase since May 2024. That rise was driven by a 21% spike in gas prices in March from the previous month. Jo Ling Kent has details. Source link
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Americans expect to work about four years longer than they’d like as rising living costs and health care expenses reshape their retirement plans, according to new research from Economist Enterprise. Only 1 in 5 workers say they want to stay in the labor force longer because they enjoy their jobs, according to the report, which was published … Read more
WASHINGTON — Anti-Muslim rhetoric from some Republicans in Congress intensified this week against the backdrop of the Iran war, with multiple lawmakers — including one who said “Muslims don’t belong in American society” — drawing condemnation from Democrats for their remarks but little pushback from GOP leaders. The derogatory language has been percolating among Republican … Read more
A giant, underground pipe rose more than 32 feet out of a construction site in a busy area of the Japanese city of Osaka, nearly reaching an elevated road overnight, unseen by any witnesses. The steel pipe’s unexpected growth spurt was reported to police early Wednesday by a pedestrian who saw broken pieces of asphalt … Read more
The elementary school called with an urgent message about her son. “The war has started,” she was told. Come pick him up. The mother, who asked not to be identified, said she had only just dropped the boy off and couldn’t leave immediately since she had patients to see in her job as a midwife. … Read more