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Pandemic-era inflation left millions of workers with a lasting pay cut. Now it’s happening again.

American workers’ wages are once again failing to keep up with inflation — a painful financial déjà vu of the pandemic years.  The repeat situation may feel even more acute given that many workers are still catching up from the 2021-2022 inflationary bout, when companies gave workers only moderate pay raises that fell short of four-decade-high price…

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ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver electric shocks

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals. ICE plans to spend between $10 million and $20 million to purchase “conductive distraction and de-escalation devices” for officers and agents by March, according to a notice published Monday by…

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Gloria Gaynor says her hit “I Will Survive” became a personal anthem of strength during one of her darkest times

Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” has been a motivational anthem for nearly five decades – but it didn’t just serve as inspiration for millions of fans. Gaynor told “CBS Mornings” the song gave her hope during one of the most difficult periods of her life. After a fall on stage in 1978 at New York’s Beacon…

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Human remains exhumed at site of controversial World War II massacres in Ukraine: “Each of them had their dreams”

Beneath two now-deserted villages in western Ukraine — the site of World War II-era massacres — archaeologists are uncovering the bones at the heart of a dispute that has strained relations between Warsaw and Kyiv for years. Disagreements over what happened and who is responsible for the Volyn massacres have long cast a shadow over…

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In the unbridled online marketplace for peptides, one vendor is sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – A federal judge on Thursday sentenced the owner of a peptide company to nearly six years in prison after finding he built a massive business by deceiving customers and selling products that were adulterated with steroids. Matthew Kawa, who ran Paradigm Peptides, pleaded guilty last year to selling unapproved drugs and illegally…

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