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| Are President Joe Biden and the Inflation Reduction Act that passed last month responsible for a dip in inflation? Hold on, the experts say. Also in the news: Queen Elizabeth II's coffin moves to the Houses of Parliament to lie in state and Ukraine continues to liberate towns that were under Russian control. |
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Is Biden responsible for inflation dip? Victory lap is premature, experts say. |
| President Joe Biden touted progress on inflation Tuesday, even though the government's latest data reinforced concerns. The yearly pace of inflation declined slightly in August, but the drop wasn't as large as economists predicted. And two other key gauges – the month-over-month change in prices and an inflation measure that excludes volatile food and energy costs – did the opposite: They rose. Read more |
| Top takeaways: Critics charge the White House with taking credit for deficit reduction that disappeared soon after the Inflation Reduction Act became law. Many economists said the legislation probably would have at best a modest effect on inflation, especially in the short term. What voters will be paying attention to in November is how far their paychecks can stretch. |
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 | | President Joe Biden speaks about the Inflation Reduction Act during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, on Tuesday, September. 13, 2022. | | Andrew Harnik, AP | |
Queen Elizabeth II heads to Parliament to lie in state |
| Queen Elizabeth II's coffin will leave Buckingham Palace for the last time Wednesday. Amid somber pageantry, the coffin will be borne as it is taken amid somber pageantry on a horse-drawn gun carriage to the Houses of Parliament, where the late monarch will lie in state for four days. The late queen's coffin left Scotland and landed Tuesday evening in London, where crowds gathered along the route to Buckingham Palace. Queen Elizabeth II's daughter, Princess Anne, has been by her mother's side since the queen died last week at 96. Anne issued a statement after the plane landed, thanking those who paid respects on the late monarch's final journey. Read more |
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 | | Seen from the top of the Wellington Arch, the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is taken in a royal hearse to Buckingham Palace in London to lie at rest overnight in the Bow Room on September 13, 2022. | | Pool photo by Marco Bertorello | |
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| • | ⚖ Pieper Lewis, the Iowa teenager who fatally stabbed her alleged rapist, avoids prison time and she could escape having a felony record. | | • | 🔵 Lindsey Graham's attempt at a national abortion ban could help the Republican party in the midterms. This is what we know about the bill. | | • | 💰 Social Security recipients could see 8.7% cost-of-living adjustment bump as inflation soars. That would be the largest increase since 1982. | | • | 🏀Robert Sarver, majority owner of the NBA's Phoenix Suns and WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, received a year suspension and a $10 million fine for ''workplace misconduct and organizational deficiencies." | | • | ⚖ The House committee investigating the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, aims to hold another hearing Sept. 28, its chairman said. | | • | 🎧 On today's 5 Things podcast, health reporter Karen Weintraub looks at the difficulty of treating long COVID. You can listen to the podcast every day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your smart speaker. | |
| 🌤 What's the weather up to in your neck of the woods? Check your local forecast here. |
Ukraine liberates more towns, pushes for Russian troops to surrender |
| The Ukraine military claimed Tuesday it had downed one of Russia's Iran-built drones as Kyiv's counteroffensive continued to drive back the invaders from northeastern towns occupied since the early weeks of the war. The Ukrainian military published images of wreckage from the drone, encountered near Kupiansk, where Ukraine troops have made a recent push into the strategically important city of Izyum. Early Wednesday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she wants to cap the revenue of electricity producers making extraordinary profits due to the war and climate change and announced she would travel to Ukraine's capital of Kyiv. Read more |
| • | Counteroffensives: Ukraine retakes more territory in a week than Russia captured in months | | • | Video: Liberated Ukraine city of Izium carries scars of battle | |
 | | This undated photograph released by the Ukrainian military's Strategic Communications Directorate shows the wreckage of what Kyiv has described as an Iranian Shahed drone downed near Kupiansk, Ukraine. | | AP | |
Northeastern University will be open after package explodes on campus |
| A package exploded on the campus of Boston's Northeastern University late Tuesday, injuring a staff member, the school confirmed as authorities said another suspicious package was found near a prominent art museum. The package was delivered to Holmes Hall shortly before 7 p.m. and detonated when a staff member opened it, a university spokesperson told USA TODAY in an email. "The staff member sustained minor injuries and is being treated," the email stated. Local police are working with the FBI and ATF. In an alert published Tuesday night, the university stated campus will be "open and fully operational" on Wednesday. Read more |
| • | Video: One injured as package explodes on the campus of Boston's Northeastern University | |
 | | A police bomb squad sealed off part of the Northeastern University campus late Tuesday to examine a pair of suspicious packages. | | AP Images | |
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California is negotiating Colorado River water reductions amid drought |
| California water agencies that depend on Colorado River supply are quietly negotiating combined reductions of between 320,000 and 400,000 acre-feet from the fast-dwindling Lake Mead reservoir next year. Four agencies that use the river water talk regularly, and will meet again Wednesday. It's unclear if the move would be enough to assuage harsh criticism from neighboring states such as Arizona and Nevada, who are already being forced to make cuts under previous legal agreements, or to satisfy federal officials who say 2 million to 4 million acre-feet in reduced use is needed from seven states in 2022 to keep the system and its drought-ravaged reservoirs afloat. Read more |
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 | | A bleached 'bathtub ring' is visible on the banks of Lake Mead near the Hoover Dam on August 19, 2022 in Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Arizona. Water levels at Lake Mead stand at 27 percent of capacity, its lowest level since being filled in the 1930s following the construction of the Hoover Dam. | | Justin Sullivan, Getty Images | |
📷 Photo of the day: Aces move closer to WNBA title📷 |
| Chelsea Gray continued her scorched-earth tear through the playoffs Tuesday night, bringing the Las Vegas Aces within one game of their first-ever WNBA championship. For the sixth time in eight playoff games, Gray finished with 20-plus points. She also dished out eight assists in the 85-71 win over the Connecticut Sun Tuesday night in Las Vegas. The Aces now hold a commanding 2-0 series lead and can clinch their first WNBA title with a victory Thursday evening in Connecticut. Read more |
| Head here to see more of the best photos from the 2022 WNBA playoffs. |
 | | Las Vegas Aces guard Jackie Young puts up a shot as Connecticut Sun forward/guard DeWanna Bonner (24) defends during Game 2 of the WNBA Finals at Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas on Tuesday night. | | Lucas Peltier, USA TODAY Sports | |
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 | | Amy Grant and Vince Gill perform at the Ryman Auditorium on December 13, 2021 in Nashville. | | Jason Kempin, Getty Images | |
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