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What’s causing higher inflation and why it could last years

inflation reared its head in North America this spring, the common view was that it would be just a temporary bout of price increases. Now, though, many analysts aren’t so sure.“Inflation rates of three, four — or yes, even five per cent — could be with us for a year or two,” says Douglas Porter, chief economist with Bank of Montreal.Economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal this month had a similar outlook for U.S.

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IRS says another 1.5M will receive unemployment compensation refunds

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Interal Revenue Service says that another 1.5 million taxpayers will soon be receiving refunds as it continues to adjust 2020 unemployment compensation because of the American Rescue Plan.Refunds by direct deposit will begin July 28 and refunds by paper check will begin July 30. This is the fourth round of refunds related to the unemployment compensation exclusion provision.

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Pa. man faces dozens of charges in digital 'sextortion' case

BENSALEM, Pa. - A man who was charged in June for sexually extorting and harassing six victims now faces even more charges after nine more victims were identified. Ian Pisarchuk, 26, of the 3600 block of Skyline Drive, Bensalem Township, was charged Tuesday morning with multiple counts each of Child Pornography, Unlawful Contact, Corruption of Minors, Sexual Extortion, Stalking, Terroristic Threats, Harassment, and Cyber Harassment of a Child. Altogether, he faces 40 additional charges.

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USA Gymnastics' Simone Biles withdraws from all-around competition to focus on mental health

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 27: Simone Biles of Team United States looks on during the Women's Team Final on day four of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre on July 27, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.(Photo by Fred Lee/Getty Images) TOKYO (AP) — Simone Biles will not defend her Olympic title.The American gymnastics superstar withdrew from Thursday’s all-around competition to focus on her mental well-being.PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Simone Biles withdrew from Olympics gymnastics final to protect team, selfUSA Gymnastics said in a statement on Wednesday that the 24-year-old is opting to not compete.

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Cost of data breach hits record high during pandemic: IBM report

₹165 million in the 2021 study, an increase of 17.85% from 2020. The cost per lost or stolen record was ₹5,900 in the 2021 study, an increase of 6.85% from the previous year.

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Tom Dean caught Covid twice and 'couldn’t walk upstairs' - yet won two Olympic golds

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Tom Dean has gone from being unable to walk up the stairs after contracting Covid twice to winning two Olympic gold medals in the space of six months.The 21-year-old swimmer bagged his second victory at Tokyo 2020 in the 4x200m freestyle relay on Wednesday morning.Dean had already won his first Olympic gold in the 200m freestyle the day before, becoming the first British male swimmer to win multiple golds at the same Olympic Games since 1908.However, earlier this year Dean's place in Tokyo looked to be in serious jeopardy after he caught Covid for the second time.And having been forced to take an extended break, Dean was forced to work his way back in slowly, showing just how far he has

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Hometown hero: Alaska town celebrates 17-year-old’s Olympic gold win

SEWARD, Alaska - Lydia Jacoby took home gold in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and her victory was celebrated more than 3,000 miles away in her hometown of Seward, Alaska. The 17-year-old swimmer upset the reigning champion and 2016 Rio gold medalist U.S. swimmer Lily King to cement herself as the first Alaskan-born swimmer to compete in the Olympics and claim gold.RELATED: Simone Biles withdrew from Olympics gymnastics final to protect team, selfJacoby inched ahead of King and South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker in the final 50 meters to finish first in 1 minute and 4.95 seconds.

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Hate crimes rose ‘sharply’ in 2020 despite police-reported crime drop, data shows

Hate crimes were a different story.Data compiled in the latest Statistics Canada report found that police-reported crime decreased by eight per cent last year, falling to 73.4 incidents from 79.8 in 2019. In contrast, “the number of police-reported hate crimes in Canada increased by 37 per cent during the first year of the pandemic.”Researchers said police-reported hate crimes “sharply” rose to 2,669 in 2020 from 1,951 incidents in 2019, with those targeting race or ethnicity nearly doubling from one year to the next.

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Walmart to pay 100% of college tuition, books for associates with $1B investment

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Walmart, the largest U.S. private employer, will pay 100% of college tuition and books for associates through its Live Better U (LBU) education program.Starting on Aug.

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US Olympic champ Simone Biles out of team finals

TOKYO - Reigning Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles is out of the team finals after apparently sustaining an injury during the vault.The 24-year-old U.S. star, considered to be the greatest gymnast of all time, huddled with a trainer after landing her vault.

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Susanna Reid takes swipe at former co-star Piers Morgan over covid Twitter row

showbiz gossip straight to your inbox with the Daily Star's FREE newsletterPiers Morgan loves nothing more than a good Twitter spat, and his former Good Morning Britain co-host Susanna Reid has had her say.Outspoken presenter Piers, 56, has been bickering with anyone and everyone on social media lately.He squabbled with Gary Lineker and Gabby Logan, after he claimed that "nobody cares" about this year's Olympics.Piers also said he felt the event should have been cancelled. Maybe he just has too much time on his hands, after he revealed he's been battling covid, after he became ill with it after attending the Euro 2020 final, even though he'd had both jabs.

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Susanna Reid takes swipe at Piers Morgan after he revealed Covid battle as he becomes embroiled in furious Twitter row

SUSANNA Reid took a cheeky swipe at Piers Morgan as he became embroiled in a furious Twitter row after he revealed his Covid battle. Piers, 56, has been on a social media rampage in recent days - even locking horns with Gary Lineker and Gary Logan after claiming that "nobody cares" about this year's Olympics, and it should have been cancelled.

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‘Overt sexualization’: Why Olympic women athletes ran into uniform trouble before the Games

2020 Olympic Games are in full swing in Tokyo — but for some women athletes, there was controversy around what they can and cannot wear even before the opening ceremony.Days before the official start of the two-week-long sporting spectacle on July 23, British Paralympic athlete Olivia Breen said she was told by a female official at the English Championships that her sprint briefs were “too short and inappropriate.”, leaving her “speechless”. Pink offers to pay bikini bottom fines for Norway beach handball team Meanwhile, a swimming cap designed by U.K.

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Kate Garraway says it's 'strange' to leave Derek on first night out since Covid pandemic

Kate Garraway admits it was "very exciting" but "very strange" to go on her first night out since February 2020.

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German gymnastics team wears unitards to push back on 'sexualization' of sport

TOKYO - The team’s outfits looked similar to the others in the room as the arena lights gleamed off crystals crisscrossing their chests and down their crimson and white sleeves.But the German gymnastics team’s new Olympic suits didn’t stop at their hips.For decades, female gymnasts have worn bikini-cut leotards. In qualifying on Sunday, however, the German team instead wore unitards that stretched to their ankles, intending to push back against sexualization of women in gymnastics.The Tokyo Olympics are the first Summer Games since Larry Nassar, a former USA Gymnastics national team doctor, was sent to prison for 176 years for sexually abusing hundreds of gymnasts, including some of the sport's greatest stars.

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Tokyo’s Olympics were supposed to be in 2020. Tokyo’s covid protocols are still there.

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Officials: 3 arrested in human trafficking ring in Berks County

READING, Pa. - The Pennsylvania State Police announced Monday that charges have been filed against three people connected to a drug distribution and human trafficking ring operating in and around Reading in Berks County. In early 2020, a confidential source provided information that led PSP Organized Crime Unit investigators to develop several leads and to identify multiple victims involved in the human trafficking ring. Hector M. Rivera, 50, of Reading, PA; Dushawn O.

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Alberta family cheers as Olympian who recovered from childhood brain injury heads to rowing finals

Canada’s first Tokyo 2020 Olympic medal won by women’s relay swimmers Jessica was 12 years old when she suffered a brain injury during a luge training run in Calgary.“Some people say it must’ve been so negative,” recalled Jessica’s mom Karen Sevick. “We didn’t come away from it that way.

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Maggie MacNeil wins Canada’s first gold medal at Tokyo Olympics in 100m butterfly

Canada’s first Tokyo 2020 Olympic medal won by women’s relay swimmers The silver medal went to China’s Zhang Yufei and the bronze to Australia’s Emma McKeon.MacNeil hails from London, Ont.

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Philadelphia Eagles add CB Steven Nelson on 1-year deal

ORCHARD PARK, NY - DECEMBER 13: Steven Nelson #22 of the Pittsburgh Steelers before a game against the Buffalo Bills at Bills Stadium on December 13, 2020 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Timothy T Ludwig/Getty Images) PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Eagles bolstered their secondary on Sunday by signing veteran cornerback Steven Nelson to a 1-year contract.Nelson, 28, played his last two seasons with the cross-state rival Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Canada’s first Tokyo 2020 Olympic medal won by women’s relay swimmers

2020 Tokyo Olympics.This time, however, the medal was a more precious colour.With star swimmer Penny Oleksiak once again powering the anchor leg, the Canadians swam to a silver medal in Sunday’s race, finishing in a time of three minutes 32.78 seconds. While you were sleeping: How Canada performed at Tokyo Olympics on Friday, Saturday A few hours later, divers Jennifer Abel and Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu added another silver on a successful day in the pool.

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India Inc skids on high oil prices as second covid wave ebbs

Aviation: Aviation turbine fuel forms a huge chunk of the operating costs of airlines and, therefore, stronger crude hurts profitability. In July 2020, Brent crude prices had averaged at $43 per barrel.

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'Such a disgrace': Trump sounds off on Cleveland Indians’ name change

US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference following the Senate Republicans policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on May 19, 2020. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)WASHINGTON - Former President Donald Trump is reacting to the Cleveland Indians recently changing its name to the Guardians. The baseball club announced the name change Friday — effective at the end of the 2021 season — with a video on Twitter narrated by actor and team fan Tom Hanks.

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Home schooling surges as U.S. recovers from COVID-19

More Quebec families turn to homeschooling as children return to class The surge has been confirmed by the U.S. Census Bureau, which reported in March that the rate of households homeschooling their children rose to 11 per cent by September 2020, more than doubling from 5.4 per cent just six months earlier.Black households saw the largest jump; their homeschooling rate rose from 3.3 per cent in the spring of 2020 to 16.1 per cent in the fall.The parents in one of those households, Arlena and Robert Brown of Austin, Texas, had three children in elementary school when the pandemic took hold.

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CEO of one of India's biggest private banks forgoes salary in Covid year

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Piers Morgan caught Covid after attending Euro 2020 final despite having both jabs

Piers Morgan has said he caught coronavirus after attending the Euro 2020 final at Wembley Stadium. The 56-year-old says he believes that he contracted the virus after crowds of ticketless fans barged through security barriers and into the stadium.

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Tokyo Olympics: US women's soccer dominates New Zealand for 1st win

SAITAMA, Japan (AP) - The Americans rebounded from their opening loss with a 6-1 rout of New Zealand in front of the First Lady on Saturday in the women's soccer tournament at the Tokyo Olympics.With the United States leading 2-0 at the break, Jill Biden arrived in time to watch the team put the game away in the second half at Saitama Stadium.The United States was stunned by Sweden in the first match, losing 3-0. It was the team's first loss since January 2019, and snapped a 44-game unbeaten streak.

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'Girl's Day At The Range': Women learn self-defense, gun safety at local range

CHESTER, Pa. - A gun range in Chester is putting their own spin on a 'girl's night out' to meet the demand of women who want to protect themselves and learn more about firearm safety.Surplus Armé hosts 'Girl's Day at the Range' and teaches women who join everything there is to know about guns and practicing their skills.Nori Starr and Try Dixon say the rise in violence - especially gun violence and violence against women - over the past two years sparked interest for a lot of the group's members. "From 2020 to 2021, I think it's been insane, what's been going on," explained Nori Starr.

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Tokyo Olympics: Games officially kick off with fireworks at opening ceremony

About a year after they were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics officially kicked off on Friday with opening ceremonies, which saw a pared-down event with a vastly smaller number of athletes from participating countries taking to the field but stunning fireworks still lit up the sky to try and bring the world together. Crystal Goomansingh has more on what’s to come on Day 1.

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Moon aligns with Saturn and Jupiter in weekend celestial show

LOS ANGELES - Stargazers are in for a dazzling weekend as the moon appears close to Saturn and Jupiter this weekend in a celestial event called an appulse.An appulse occurs when two or more astronomical objects appear close to one another in the sky. The celestial phenomenon kicks off on Friday with the appearance of July’s full moon, the buck moon.Then, on July 24, the moon will move four degrees south of Saturn in the dawn sky.

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Philadelphia files lawsuit over national opioid settlement

PHILADELPHIA - In the first big challenge to the proposed $26 billion national opioid settlement, the Philadelphia district attorney on Thursday sued Pennsylvania’s attorney general over the deal, saying the city stands to get only a pittance to cope with an epidemic that is killing more than 1,000 people a year.With Philadelphia pursuing its own, potentially more lucrative litigation against the opioid industry, District Attorney Larry Krasner denounced the national agreement and asked a state court to declare that Attorney General Josh Shapiro has no authority to bind the city to it.Krasner blasted Shapiro, a fellow Democrat, for acquiescing to a settlement that he said fails to hold opioid distributors and manufacturers sufficiently

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Olympic archer loses consciousness in Tokyo heat

A general view of arrows in the target during practice at the Yumenoshima Park Archery Field ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 21, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images) TOKYO - Russian archer Svetlana Gomboeva lost consciousness during a competition at the Tokyo Olympics in intense heat Friday.Gomboeva collapsed shortly after completing the qualifying round and was attended by medical staff, coach Stanislav Popov said in comments published by the Russian Olympic Committee."It's the first time that I remember something like this happening," he said.

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Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony kick off pandemic-delayed Games

TOKYO - The 2020 Toyko Olympics begins on Friday after a year-long delay due to the pandemic and a very different feel than originally intended.The opening ceremony, which is being held in Tokyo's largely empty Olympic Stadium, began at 8 p.m. local time (7 a.m.

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Karim Benzema out of Rangers trip after positive Covid test ahead of Ibrox glamour game

Real Madrid striker tested positive for Covid ahead of their friendly. The French ace produced a stunning individual display on his last trip to Govan when he scored a double in Lyon’s 3-0 Champions League win over the Light Blues in 2007.

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O’Toole gave supporters and other party insiders taxpayer-funded contracts

Conservative support dips as Liberals appear on steady road to majority: poll As the spring sitting of Parliament was closing, the Conservatives spent much time criticizing the Trudeau Liberals for giving a $75,000 contract to a company owned by Tom Pitfield, a close friend of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.“Mr. Pitfield is not just the Prime Minister’s buddy; he is also married to the former Liberal Party president,” O’Toole said in the House of Commons on June 22.

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California, Florida, Colorado sent most US Olympians to Tokyo

WASHINGTON D.C. - More than 600 athletes hailing from 46 states will compete for Team USA in this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, according to the U.S. Census.Out of the 613 athletes competing, California sent 126 athletes, the most out of any U.S.

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Tokyo Olympic Games Will Not Allow Spectators Due to Rise in COVID-19 Cases

Olympics Minister Tamayo Marukawa has confirmed that the Tokyo Olympics will not allow spectators due to a rise in COVID-19 cases in Japan.

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News Scan for Jul 22, 2021

Children and teens spread COVID-19 to household adults after returning home from a sleep-away camp in June 2020, according to correspondence published in the New England Journal of Medicine yesterday.The camp outbreak led to 224 index patients ages 7 to 19 with

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Biden to sign bill boosting Crime Victims Fund

WASHINGTON - A long-sought-after boost to the Crime Victims Fund will be signed into law Thursday, shoring up funding for an institution that dates back nearly 40 years.When President Joe Biden signs H.R. 1652, revenues collected from deferred prosecution and non-prosecution agreements can be deposited into the Crime Victims Fund.

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Report: Disney may get $570M in tax breaks for new Orlando campus

ORLANDO, Fla. - The Walt Disney Co. stands to benefit from more than a half billion dollars in tax breaks for building a new regional campus in Florida that promises to employ at least 2,000 professional employees who will be relocating from Southern California to work in digital technology, finance and product development.The company could claim more than $570 million in tax breaks over 20 years for the project, which would be among the largest in Florida history for a single corporation, according to documents obtained Wednesday through a public records request by the Orlando Sentinel from the state’s Department of Economic Opportunity.Disney’s capital investment for the project could be as much as $864 million, the documents showed.

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Couple charged for gender reveal that sparked deadly California wildfire

wildfire sparked by their gender-reveal stunt.Refugio Manuel Jimenez Jr. and Angela Renee Jimenez pleaded not guilty on Monday to 30 charges related to the El Dorado Fire, which scorched over 89 square kilometres of land in southern California last fall.

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Stirling Marathon postponed until 2022 due to 'uncertainties' over Covid

Click here for more news and sport from the Stirling area.The 2020 edition of the race, initially scheduled for May last year, was delayed until October of that year.Due to the ongoing pandemic the race was then shifted once again until May this year. Covid uncertainties once again forced the organisers to move it until October this year.

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Pennsylvania decertifies Fulton County's voting system after audit

HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania's top election official has decertified the voting machines of a small southern county that disclosed that it had agreed to requests by local Republican lawmakers and allowed a software firm to inspect the machines as part of an "audit" after the 2020 election.The action by Acting Secretary of State Veronica Degraffenreid almost certainly means that Fulton County will have to buy or lease new voting machines.The lawmakers' request for the "audit" came amid former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims that the 2020 election was rigged against him in Pennsylvania and other battleground states.Degraffenreid notified Fulton County officials in a letter Tuesday that the inspection violated state law.

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Michael Avenatti faces embezzlement trial in California

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 13: Michael Avenatti, attorney for Stormy Daniels, speaks to reporters following a court proceeding regarding the search warrants served on President Donald Trump's longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen, at the United States D SANTA ANA, Calif. - Michael Avenatti, the brash lawyer recently sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison a $25 million extortion case in New York, is expected to face a trial Wednesday in California on charges he embezzled millions from his clients.Opening statements are scheduled in Santa Ana in the second trial this month for Avenatti, who once represented porn actress Stormy Daniels in her lawsuit against President Donald Trump.

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Tokyo Olympics: Sweden stuns US 3-0 in women's soccer opener

TOKYO - Stina Blackstenius scored a pair of goals and Sweden once again stunned the United States at the Olympics with a 3-0 victory Wednesday in the women's soccer tournament.The Americans, ranked No. 1 in the world and the favorites to win gold in Tokyo, were riding a 44-match unbeaten streak heading into the match.But Sweden, ranked No.

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Studio Ghibli Museum in Japan launches crowdfunding campaign amid COVID-19 financial struggles

crowdfunding drive last Friday (July 16) requesting donations of at least 5,000 yen (approximately GBP33).Within the first 24 hours, the crowdfunding campaign met its goal of 10million yen, according to an Anime News Network report. At time of writing, the museum has collected over 23million yen through the crowdfunding effort, around 238 per cent of the target sum.Over 3,000 individuals have donated, and there are still 195 days left in the crowdfunding drive, which will conclude on January 21, 2022.Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Ghibli Museum had to close its doors in February 2020, only finally reopening in a reduced capacity in July 2020.

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