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Social Security Benefits Get the Biggest Cost-of-Living Adjustment in 39 Years
(WASHINGTON) — Millions of retirees on Social Security will get a 5.9% boost in benefits for 2022. The biggest cost-of-living adjustment in 39 years follows a burst in inflation as the economy struggles to shake off the drag of the coronavirus pandemic. The COLA, as it’s commonly called, amounts to an added $92 a month…
Tesla Must Answer For Failure to Recall Autopilot Software After Crashes
(DETROIT) — U.S. safety investigators want to know why Tesla didn’t file recall documents when it updated Autopilot software to better identify parked emergency vehicles, escalating a simmering clash between the automaker and regulators. In a letter to Tesla, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration told the electric car maker Tuesday that it must recall…
Heating Bills Could Jump By 54 Percent This Winter as Inflation Impacts Energy Prices
Get ready to pay sharply higher bills for heating this winter, along with seemingly everything else. With prices surging worldwide for heating oil, natural gas and other fuels, the U.S. government said Wednesday it expects households to see their heating bills jump as much as 54% compared to last winter. The sharpest increases are likely…
U.S. to Reopen Land Borders in November for the Fully Vaccinated
The U.S. will reopen its land borders to nonessential travel next month, ending a 19-month freeze due to the pandemic
With a Humanitarian Crisis Looming, the G20 Demands Aid Access to Afghanistan as the E.U. Pledges Cash
There are concerns that an already precarious humanitarian situation will grow catastrophic over the winter
British American Tobacco’s E-Cigarette Vuse Gets FDA Authorization
Vuse is the first vape-type product from a major company to win FDA backing to continue U.S. sales,
Prince Harry, Meghan Join New York Investing Fund as ‘Impact Partners’
The couple is joining $1.3 billion investing fund Ethic as “impact partners” in the hope of raising awareness around issues such as racial injustice, climate change and income equality
U.S. Task Force Reconsiders Daily Low-Dose Aspirin Use for Preventing Heart Attacks in Adults Over 60
Older adults without heart disease shouldn't take daily low-dose aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke, says the new guidance
Amazon Announces Indefinite Remote Work Policy—But Not For a Vast Majority of Its Workers
Most of the online retail giant's more than 1 million global employees cannot work remotely to perform their job duties
IMF Board Keeps Georgieva as Chief After Data Scandal Review
Kristalina Georgieva will remain as head of the International Monetary Fund after the lender’s board reviewed accusations that she improperly influenced a World Bank ranking of China’s business climate. The fate of Georgieva—a Bulgarian economist and the first person from an emerging-market nation to run the IMF—had been in limbo since Sept. 16. That’s when…
Afghanistan Faces a ‘Make-or-Break Moment,’ U.N. Chief Says
"With assets frozen and development aid paused, the economy is breaking down,” Antonio Guterres told reporters
Latest Tests Bring Israel a Step Closer to Commercial Drones
"One day, we will have drone-powered taxis in the sky," one local drone maker said