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Asian stocks follow Wall St lower as inflation worries mount

Asian stocks have fallen for a second day, following Wall Street lower as worries about inflation mount.

May 12, 2021, 11:30 PM

Consumer prices shot up 0.8% in April as worries escalate

A worrisome bout of inflation struck the economy in April, with U.S. consumer prices surging 0.8%, the largest monthly jump in more than a decade and the year-over-year increase reaching its fastest rate since 2008.

May 12, 2021, 5:36 PM

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Pipeline hack sends people scrambling for fuel in the South

The cybersecurity attack on the Colonial Pipeline has stricken fear and stress into the lives of people in the Southeastern U.S. who have been waiting in long lines amid distribution problems and panic-buying.

May 13, 2021, 12:03 AM

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Wealthy nations once lauded as successes lag in vaccinations

Some of the countries that were most praised last year for controlling the coronavirus are lagging far behind in getting their populations vaccinated.

May 12, 2021, 11:56 PM

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Biden team moves swiftly to tackle pipeline political peril

The Biden administration swung aggressively into action after a primary gasoline pipeline fell prey to a cyberattack.

May 12, 2021, 11:35 PM

National & International

Justices consider hearing a case on ‘most offensive word’

The Supreme Court is considering whether to hear the case of a Black man who says he suffered discrimination because the N-word was carved into the wall of the hospital elevator where he worked.

May 12, 2021, 11:27 PM

National & International

Border Patrol tent facility in Texas evacuated by storm

A compound of tents to detain migrant children and families was evacuated for hours when struck by fierce winds in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley.

May 12, 2021, 10:21 PM

National & International

Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A facing national shortages at meal time

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Ohio’s million-dollar idea: Lottery prizes for vaccinations

Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has unrolled incentives including a weekly $1 million lottery prize and drawings for college scholarships to encourage people to get vaccinated.

May 12, 2021, 9:29 PM

National & International

Bitcoin falls after Musk halts Tesla purchases with currency

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Colonial Pipeline restarts operations days after major hack

The nation’s largest fuel pipeline restarted operations, days after it was forced to shut down by a gang of hackers.

May 12, 2021, 8:46 PM

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Biden team moves swiftly to tackle pipeline political peril

The Biden administration swung aggressively into action after a primary gasoline pipeline fell prey to a cyberattack.

May 12, 2021, 8:44 PM

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Amazon cloud technology aids NFL in schedule making

The process of building the NFL schedule used to be a painstaking one with executives spending months slotting the games one by one on a board until there was a final product for the commissioner to approve.

May 12, 2021, 7:54 PM

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Suit challenges restaurant aid priority to women, minorities

A conservative legal outfit has filed suit against President Joe Biden’s administration for its prioritization of restaurants and bars owned by women and certain minorities in its COVID-19 relief package.

May 12, 2021, 7:49 PM

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California governor proposes public school ‘transformation’

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a “total transformation” of public schools in America’s largest state that would offer pre-kindergarten to all 4-year-olds, open up college savings accounts for low-income students and provide universal aftercare at schools in disadvantaged communities.

May 12, 2021, 7:13 PM

Official: Repairs to interstate bridge could take months

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