The back-to-back monthly increases follow three straight monthly declines as American households were hammered by rising prices, particularly at the gas pump.
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Oprah Winfrey and Apple TV+ end multi-year deal
Winfrey and the streaming service will continue to work together on a project to project basis.
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Global Citizen Festival generates $2.4 billion in pledges
The event raises money to fight global poverty.
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Cannabis to remain banned in international sporting events
The World Anti-Doping Agency declines to remove marijuana from its list of prohibited substances, calling it ‘against the spirit of sport.’
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No way to let Oklahoma voters decide cannabis question, court rules
Supporters submitted enough signatures for a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana, but counting them was delayed to the point ballots can’t be printed in time.
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Recreational cannabis measure will be on ballot in Arkansas
The state’s supreme court rules against a committee that blocked the question of whether to legalize marijuana. The panel claimed voters wouldn’t fully understand the impact.
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White House: New rule will show ‘true cost’ of plane tickets
The initiative applies to airlines directly and third-party search sites.
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Clock is ticking for future of Maine’s largest public company
Covetrus could be sold and taken private if shareholders approve a $4 billion deal on Oct. 11.
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Murray named temporary administrator of St. Michael Parish in Augusta
AUGUSTA — Fr. Frank Murray has been named the temporary administrator of St. Michael Parish (St. Mary of the Assumption Church, Augusta; St. Augustine Church, Augusta; St. Michael School, Augusta; St. Joseph Church, Gardiner; Sacred Heart Church, Hallowell; St. Denis Church, Whitefield; St. Francis Xavier Church, Winthrop), effective immediately. Fr. John Skehan, the former pastor […]
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Maine companies turn to automation as labor shortage persists
Automating functions isn’t always aimed at reducing staff, but it helps when human workers are harder to find.