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3 Unexpected Items That Will Cost More Money This Year

slobo / iStock.com In spite of inflation slowing to a rate of 3.4% year-over-year in April, warehouse club Costco has increased prices on a few items that may surprise shoppers. Additional price hikes may also be in the works. Check Out: Dollar Tree Raising Prices — What To Know About the $7 Items Read Next: […]

You might get a bigger Social Security check next year. Here’s why

Social Security recipients are on track to receive a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) next year that is bigger than previously expected as inflations remains uncomfortably high. Mary Johnson, a retired Social Security and Medicare analyst, estimated the adjustment could be about 3.2%, based on April inflation data, which showed the consumer price index climbed 0.3% from […]

Walmart Tops Q1 Estimates and Grows More Bullish on the Year

Walmart Inc. started out 2024 with some momentum — and is feeling more bullish about the year. The mass market giant’s first-quarter net income jumped by more than 200 percent to $5.1 billion, or 63 cents a share. Adjusted earnings per share rose a milder 22.4 percent to 60 cents, which was still well ahead […]

FBI investigating 23 year old cold case in northern Missouri

SKIDMORE, Mo. — The FBI is assisting in a 23 year old cold case in Skidmore, Mssouri, the Nodaway County Sheriff’s Office told FOX4 on Wednesday. Their office received a tip concerning the case of Branson Perry, who disappeared in 2001. “We feel like it’s a good tip. So, we want we want to invest […]

Ysleta ISD projecting almost $14M budget deficit for next school year

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – The Ysleta Independent School District is projecting an almost $14 million deficit for the next school year, according to a Board of Trustees meeting held Wednesday, May 15. During the meeting, the district discussed its budget along with several future challenges the district could possibly face. One of the challenges […]

Child Migration Through Darien Gap Up 40% This Year, Report Says

(Bloomberg) — Child migration through the Darien gap has increased by 40% so far this year and is set to hit a record for the fifth straight year, a United Nations agency reported Wednesday. Most Read from Bloomberg As many as 160,000 children could make the dangerous jungle crossing between Colombia and Panama this year, […]

Doctor Richard Scolyer cancer-free one year after using own revolutionary treatment on terminal brain tumor

Australian doctor Richard Scolyer, renowned for his work on melanoma, has revealed that he remains cancer-free. This comes a year after he underwent an experimental treatment for glioblastoma, one of the deadliest forms of brain cancer. Collaborating with colleague Georgina Long, their immunotherapy research has significantly improved outcomes for melanoma patients. Scolyer and Long have […]