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Retail Spending Slips As Inflation Climbs In January, Adding To Economic Concerns Retail Spending Slips As Inflation Climbs In January, Adding To Economic Concerns
Retail Spending Slips As Inflation Climbs In January, Adding To Economic Concerns After a solid holiday season, US retail sales took a surprising step back to start 2025, snapping a streak of growth and fueling worries about the economy. Retail and food services sales fell 0.9 percent in January, according to Census Bureau data released on Friday, Feb. 14. The decline reversed the trend from December 2024's revised increase of 0.7 percent, signaling that consumers may be feeling the squeeze from rising prices. Economists had predicted only a slight decline, with Dow Jones estimating a 0.2 percent drop, NBC News reported. The sales totals were seasonally adjusted but…

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by Chris Spiker
Business
Inflation Climbs To Start 2025, Fueled By Dramatic Egg Price Jump, Fears Over Trump Policies Inflation Climbs To Start 2025, Fueled By Dramatic Egg Price Jump, Fears Over Trump Policies
Inflation Climbs To Start 2025, Fueled By Dramatic Egg Price Jump, Fears Over Trump Policies Inflation unexpectedly accelerated in the first month of 2025, adding political and economic pressure to President Donald Trump's campaign promise of immediate relief to high consumer prices. In January, overall inflation climbed 3.3 percent year-over-year for core items and 0.5 percent monthly, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Wednesday, Feb. 12. That ran slightly ahead of economists' prediction of 3.2 percent inflation, NBC News reported. Core items exclude notably volatile prices for food and energy. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) still inc…

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by Chris Spiker
News
Two Charged After McDonald's Worker Accidentally Puts Drugs In Child's Happy Meal, Police Say Two Charged After McDonald's Worker Accidentally Puts Drugs In Child's Happy Meal, Police Say
Two Charged After McDonald's Worker Accidentally Puts Drugs In Child's Happy Meal, Police Say Two employees at a New England McDonald’s are facing charges after a furious mother found prescription medication inside her child’s Happy Meal box. The mother of an 11-year-old boy found Suboxone in her son’s Happy Meal box after picking it up from the drive-through at McDonald’s on Center Street in Auburn, Maine, on Wednesday, June 30, according to police. While investigating the unexpected package, police said that the “incident was an accident on the part of an employee.” According to investigators, an employee preparing meals for the drive-through had Suboxone in a shirt pocket with …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Suspect At Large After Robbery At Long Island Pharmacy Suspect At Large After Robbery At Long Island Pharmacy
Suspect At Large After Robbery At Long Island Pharmacy A suspect is at large after a robbery at a Long Island pharmacy. It happened Saturday, Jan. 2, at approximately 1:15 p.m. in Middle Island. A man entered Rite Aid Pharmacy, located at 864 Middle Country Road, and demanded prescription drugs from the pharmacist, Suffolk County Police said.  The pharmacist complied with the demand and gave the man prescription narcotics, according to police.  The man fled westbound on foot through the parking lot. The man is described as being possibly white or Hispanic. He is approximately 5-foot-8 with a stocky build and was wearing a gray…

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by Joe Lombardi