Visa, Mastercard Pause Crypto Push in Wake of Industry Meltdown

Recently, I received an email from a reporter that read in part:

Many, most especially the Biden White House, ran with the inflation moderation of last summer and fall. Federal Reserve (Fed) Board President Jerome Powell even suggested that he might not have been so wrong in 2021 when he declared the inflationary pressure as “transitory.” Now news for January contradicts this pleasant view of things. It reports that consumer prices rose 0.5% that month, 6.2% stated at an annual rate, and that producer prices rose by 0.7%, 8.7% stated at an annual rate. Neither says anything good about the inflation situation.

Former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was found guilty Thursday of killing his wife and adult son in a 2021 double-murder, following a trial that spanned more than five weeks and captivated the country given Murdaugh’s prominent background.

NFL players who reported experiencing symptoms of concussion during their careers showed problems with memory and cognition decades after retirement, according to a study published Thursday in the Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, bolstering troubling research as concerns grow over the toll paid by athletes competing in America’s most popular sport.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said in a statement Thursday she has been hospitalized in San Francisco due to shingles, in the latest blow for Democrats, who have been without Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) for weeks as he battles with “severe” depression at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.