Social Security COLA 2024: What to know about the annual cost of living adjustment

Via: Perrie Halpern  •  News & Politics  •  3 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  2 years ago

“Social Security recipients and others on fixed incomes will soon see a slight increase in their monthly benefit checks from the U.S. government.”

Iceland volcano erupts, lighting up the sky over Reykjanes peninsula

Via: Perrie Halpern  •  News & Politics  •  4 Comments  •  4 Likes  •  2 years ago

“A volcanic eruption lit up the sky over Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula Monday night, Iceland's meteorological office said.”

Most people think the U.S. crime rate is rising. They're wrong.

Via: Perrie Halpern  •  News & Politics  •  41 Comments  •  6 Likes  •  2 years ago

“Crime in the United States has declined significantly over the last year, according to new FBI data. Yet 77% of Americans think crime is rising.”

East Coast braces for powerful weekend storm that will bring high winds and heavy rain to millions

Via: Perrie Halpern  •  News & Politics  •  9 Comments  •  4 Likes  •  2 years ago

“A storm system organizing over the Gulf of Mexico is expected to rake up the East Coast this weekend, leading to nasty weather conditions and...”

Microsoft said a Vietnamese cybercrime group cracked their CAPTCHA process

Via: Perrie Halpern  •  News & Politics  •  1 Comments  •  1 Like  •  2 years ago

“In a civil forfeiture order, officials ordered service providers to stop working with bulk sellers of fake Microsoft accounts in Vietnam.”

Why there still aren't limits on lead in baby food

Via: Perrie Halpern  •  News & Politics  •  2 Comments  •  4 Likes  •  2 years ago

“Lead poisoning cases in kids linked to contaminated applesauce continue to rise. Despite efforts to limit exposure from sources like paint, the...”

Andre Braugher, 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' and 'Homicide: Life on the Street' actor, dead at 61

Via: Perrie Halpern  •  News & Politics  •  9 Comments  •  6 Likes  •  2 years ago

“Andre Braugher, star of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" and 'Homicide: Life on the Street', died Monday after a brief illness. The Emmy winner was 61.”

War-wracked Myanmar is now the world's top opium producer

Via: Perrie Halpern  •  News & Politics  •  11 Comments  •  2 years ago

“Myanmar, already wracked by a brutal civil war, has regained the unenviable title of the world's biggest opium producer, according to a U.N. agency...”

First came fentanyl. Now this state is counting the casualties from another deadly drug.

Via: Perrie Halpern  •  News & Politics  •  18 Comments  •  8 Likes  •  2 years ago

“Dr. Steven Corder didn't think his job treating people addicted to fentanyl in West Virginia could get harder. Then he began seeing patients...”

Father watched from live feed as Texas shooting suspect allegedly broke into home where family was killed

Via: Perrie Halpern  •  News & Politics  •  0 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  2 years ago

“New court documents detail how the suspect in a shooting rampage across Texas this week allegedly broke into a home where a woman and her daughter...”