Recipients received a 3.2% increase in their benefits in 2024, after a historically large 8.7% benefit increase in 2023, brought on by record 40-year-high inflation.
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US inflation reaches lowest point in 3 years, though some price pressures remain
Inflation in the United States dropped last month to its lowest point since it first began surging more than three years ago, adding to a spate of encouraging economic news in the closing weeks of the presidential race.
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Prince, Princess of Wales meet with bereaved parents of 3 children killed in stabbing attack
The royal couple met privately with the families of the children who were killed at the Taylor Swift-themed dance class in July. They also met with their teacher and emergency workers.
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Ethel Kennedy, social activist and wife of Robert F. Kennedy, dead at 96
Kennedy had been hospitalized after suffering a stroke in her sleep on Oct. 3, her family said.
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Han Kang is first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize for literature
Kang, a poet and novelist, was awarded for books, including ‘The Vegetarian’ and ‘Human Acts,’ that explore the pain of being human and the scars of Korea’s turbulent history.
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Milton clobbers coastal communities in Florida, leaves millions without power and kills at least 6
The deadly storm surge feared for Tampa never materialized, though the storm dumped up to 18 inches of rain in some parts of the area.
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At least 22 killed in airstrikes in central Beirut, with Israel also firing on UN peacekeepers
Thursday’s strikes followed a year of tit-for-tat exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel that boiled over into all-out war in recent weeks.
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U.S. inflation reaches lowest point in 3 years, though some price pressures remain
Consumer prices rose just 2.4% in September from a year earlier, down from 2.5% in August, and the smallest annual rise since February 2021.
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Biden condemns ‘un-American’ ‘lies’ about federal storm response
Biden said that Donald Trump and his allies have misrepresented the response and resources of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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Disney World and Universal closures halt Orlando tourism as Milton approaches
The closures tempered expectations for some tourists while the impending storm raised some anxiety in others.