Reading archive 2024-02-02

Teen accused of making hundreds of swatting calls around the country: A 17-year-old from California is accused of targeting high schools, historically Black colleges and universities and mosques

Man charged after allegedly beheading father and posting video online

Inflation has fallen. Why are groceries still so expensive?: Ongoing supply chain disruptions, droughts, avian flu, labor shortage and more continue to keep grocery prices high - "The White House Council of Economic Advisers also found in a new report that grocery store profit margins remain higher than their pre-pandemic levels.

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"'At the moment, Trump is looking like the better guy,' she said. 'Last time, I thought he had too many scandals. But now with inflation going on, with prices the way they are, it seems like he wants to make the economy better for people like us.' 

"And yet Donald Trump’s policies are poised to make grocery prices higher, not lower. The former president is campaigning on placing new tariffs on trillions of dollars of imports and mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, which would likely make costs significantly higher for domestic beef, chicken and dairy products. But for now at least, the politics of high grocery prices appears much more likely to be a problem for Biden."

A Palestinian posted a message on Oct. 7. Then came the death threats.

Labor market grew 353,000 in January, soaring past expectations: The unemployment rate held at 3.7 percent.

Man charged in bias-related assault on D.C. rabbi, prosecutors say: The leader of Chabad Georgetown told police he believed he was punched in the face repeatedly because he is Jewish

The death of the girlboss: Girlbosses convinced us they would change capitalism. We weren’t wrong in hoping they would.