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 Inflation, explained: Why prices keep going up and who’s to blame    Confused about inflation? You’re not alone. Inflation is, paradoxically, both incredibly simple to understand and absurdly complicated. Let’s start with the simplest version: Inflation happens when prices broadly go up. That “broadly” is important: At any given time, the price of goods will fluctuate based on shifting tastes. Someone makes a viral TikTok about brussels sprouts and suddenly everyone’s gotta have them; boom, sprouts prices go up. Meanwhile, sellers of cauliflower, last season’s trendy veg, are practically giving their goods away. Such fluctuations are constant. Inflation, however, occurs when the average price of virtually everything consumers buy goes up. Food, houses, cars, clothes, toys, etc. To afford those necessities, wages have to rise, too. It’s not always a bad thing. In the United States, for the past 4...

  Egypt fire: Dozens dead in Giza Coptic church   Dozens of people have died after a fire broke out at a church in Egypt, many of them crushed during a desperate scramble to escape. Officials say the number of dead is at least 41, with dozens injured. Children are believed to be among the dead. An electrical fire broke out as 5,000 worshippers gathered for Mass at the Coptic Abu Sifin church in Giza, security sources told Reuters. The fire blocked an entrance, causing a stampede, they said. Fire services say the blaze has been brought under control. The exact cause of the fire is not clear. However, Father Farid Fahmy, from another nearby church in the Imbaba neighbourhood, told the AFP news agency that it was caused by a short circuit. "The power was out and they were using a generator," he said. "When the power came back, it caused an overload." Worshippers have been explaining their moments since the blaze ignited. "People were gathering on the third...

Nurse Who Killed 6 in Fiery LA Crash Charged With Murder The traveling nurse from Texas charged over a fiery car crash in a Los Angeles neighborhood that left six people dead, including a pregnant mother on the way to a prenatal checkup and a baby, was involved in more than a dozen prior wrecks, according to prosecutors.  Nicole Linton, 37, of Houston, was charged on Monday with six counts of murder and five counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.   The announcement came after she allegedly barreled a Mercedes down La Brea Avenue on Aug. 4 at high speeds before running a red light and crashing into several vehicles in the Windsor Hills neighborhood, igniting a fiery wreck seen on surveillance cameras. Prosecutors alleged that Linton had been involved in 13 car crashes — both in and out of the state of California — before Thursday’s wreck, the Los Angeles Times reported. They noted one in 2020 involved bodily injury and two cars being totaled but di...

  Local News Formal charges announced against Instagram model Courtney Clenney in killing of Nigerian boyfriend MIAMI  - Miami State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle announced the filing of criminal charges against Instagram model Courtney Clenney during a Thursday afternoon press conference in the fatal stabbing of her boyfriend.  The state attorney's office released a video showing Clenney, 26, attacking Christian Toby Obumseli in an elevator just two months before police say she stabbed him to death.   According to the arrest warrant, Clenney claimed she threw the knife at Obumseli from 10 feet away, but a graphic description from the Medical Examiner's Office revealed Obumseli suffered from a knife wound three inches deep. The type of wound, they say, caused by forceful pressure. CBS4 learned that domestic violence was constant in Obumseli and Clenney's two-year relationship. According to the arrest warrant, "One Paraiso security documented so man...

  Instagram model Courtney Clenney charged with murdering her boyfriend in Florida apartment   Social media model Courtney Clenney has been charged with second-degree murder over the April death of her boyfriend , Christian Toby Obumseli, Miami State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said Thursday. Clenney, 26, was arrested in Hawaii on Wednesday on a charge of second-degree murder with a deadly weapon.  At a press conference Tuesday, Rundle described an "extremely tempestuous and combative relationship" between the couple that began in November 2020. According to Clenney's arrest warrant, there had been "multiple incidents of domestic violence from both sides" during the relationship.  She said that security staff at the building documented "many instances" of loud arguments between the pair after they moved into the apartment in January 2022, adding that tenants as far as two floors above the apartment had complained to the buildi...

  At least 24 dead in Uganda floods, officials say    Floods in parts of eastern Uganda resulting from torrential rains have killed at least 24 people, the government and Uganda Red Cross said. The flooding in parts of Bugisu, Mbale and Kapchorwa initially killed 10 people on Sunday, the state ministry in charge of relief, disaster preparedness and refugees in the Office of the Prime Minister said in a statement late on Sunday. But the death toll rose further on Monday. Uganda Red Cross spokesperson Irene Nakasita told reporters that so far rescuers had retrieved 21 bodies from Mbale and another three from Kapchorwa. She said a truck carrying relief supplies was on its way to attend to those displaced in the affected areas. The torrential rains come right after a prolonged drought in vast swaths of the country that has left many areas parched and crops in fields scorched....

  Top Money Launderer For Ghana-Based Criminal Enterprise Sentenced To Nine Years   Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that FRED ASANTE was sentenced to 108 months for his role as the top U.S.-based money launderer for a criminal enterprise based in the Republic of Ghana (“Ghana”) that engaged in fraud schemes that stole tens of millions of dollars from victims across the United States.  These fraud schemes included business email compromises, romance scams targeting elderly victims, and fraud schemes related to the COVID-19 pandemic.  ASANTE was arrested on February 17, 2021 in Virginia and pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering on February 16, 2022 before District Judge Jed S. Rakoff, who imposed today’s sentence. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said:  “Fred Asante set up companies that appeared to be involved in legitimate business, but in reality they were simply fronts that...

 Nigeria’s golden girl Tobi Amusan causes stir after world record win at World Athletics Championships     Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has caused a stir after smashing a world record in the women’s 100-meter hurdles in the semifinals at the World Championships this Sunday. Amusan came in with a record time of 12.12 seconds, beating Kendra Harrison’s 2016 record of 12.20 by 0.8 of a second. She went on to bag gold in the final, though her initial finishing time of 12.06 was ruled out due to strong wind speeds. Amusan’s world record sent shockwaves through the athletics world. “Wow” tweeted Jamaican track and field great Usain Bolt, while 200m champion and American record holder Noah Lyles tweeted : “12.12 are you kidding me?” Both congratulated her on Twitter. In November 2016, the now-25 year old tweeted: “Unknown now but soon I will be unforgettable, I will persist until I succeed.” “I could not believe...