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The best songs of 2022 … so far

Inflation. Drought. Long COVID. Six months in, 2022 appears eager to match the chaos of the last few years of the decade. Yet as always great songs have helped get us through — some old (Kate Bush’s resurrected “Running Up That Hill”), some brand-new (Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul,” which dropped just this week).

Juul e-cigarettes tied to teen vaping surge banned

The action is part of a sweeping effort by the Food and Drug Administration to bring scientific scrutiny to the multibillion-dollar vaping industry.

NFL’s Tony ‘Goose’ Siragusa dies at 55

Tony Siragusa, the charismatic defensive tackle who helped lead a stout Baltimore defense to a Super Bowl title, has died. He was 55.

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1 killed in San Francisco subway train shooting

The station where the suspect ran out is at the heart of San Francisco’s famous Castro neighborhood, which is internationally known for its LGBTQ activism.

Biden to call for suspension of gas taxes

President Joe Biden on Wednesday will call on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three months — an election year move meant to ease financial pressures at the pump as the public is increasingly concerned about high gas prices and inflation.

 
At least 1K killed in Afghanistan, deadliest quake in decades

KABUL, Afghanistan — A powerful earthquake struck a rugged, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing at least 1,000 people and injuring 1,500 more in the country’s deadliest quake in two decades, the state-run news agency reported. Officials warned that the already grim toll may still rise.

Tech start-up hopes to sync TV watching with sports betting

Epoxy.ai, a start-up in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, aims to personalize the betting experience for 75 million sports fans who experts say could place more than $20 billion a year in wagers as more states legalize online sports betting.

 
How Joe Biden is impacting Social Security

President Joe Biden inherited an underfunded, overextended Social Security program that was already crowded with aging baby boomers as dwindling funds dried up before the pandemic stressed the system even further.

 
Jan. 6 panel focuses on Trump’s relentless pressure to overturn election

The House 1/6 committee outlined on Tuesday Donald Trump’s relentless pressure to overturn the 2020 presidential election, aiming to show it led to widespread personal threats on the stewards of American democracy.

 
Uvalde police response an ‘abject failure,’ official testifies

Police officers with rifles stood and waited in a hallway for nearly an hour while the gunman carried out the attack that left 19 children and two teachers dead.

Pain is felt at the pump around the world

Energy prices are a key driver of inflation that is rising worldwide and making the cost of living more expensive.

War could last ‘years’ warns NATO chief

“Combat units from both sides are committed to intense combat in the Donbas and are likely experiencing variable morale,” Britain’s defense ministry said in its daily assessment of the war.

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