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September starts with a Social Security payment almost immediately. Supplemental Security Income recipients are scheduled to receive their September benefit on Tuesday, September 1, followed two days later by payments for people who have been receiving benefits since before May 1997. Most retirement, survivor and Social Security Disability Insurance beneficiaries will then be paid on … Read more
The Maryland State Fair is back in Timonium, and the 2026 edition is spread across three weekends instead of running as one long continuous event. The fair opened on August 27 and continues through August 30, then returns September 3 through September 7, before finishing with a final weekend from September 10 through September 13. … Read more
Bill Gates has spent years talking about artificial intelligence as a technology that could improve medicine, education and productivity. His latest message is much darker. The Microsoft co-founder now says AI could permanently eliminate large numbers of jobs, hit both office workers and manual labor, and leave governments dealing with an economic transition they have … Read more
Nearly 30,000 pounds of raw beef imported from Argentina are being recalled after the products entered the United States without completing the required federal import reinspection. Corte Argentino USA LLC of Aventura, Florida, is recalling 29,628 pounds of beef distributed to retailers and distributors in Texas and Florida. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety … Read more
Pennsylvania is dealing with one of the fastest growing measles outbreaks in the country, and the latest numbers show that the problem is moving well beyond a small cluster in Lancaster County. By Wednesday evening, the Pennsylvania Department of Health had confirmed 424 measles cases in 2026. 94 of those cases were diagnosed in the … Read more
The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure gave policymakers another uncomfortable reading today. U.S. prices rose 0.2% in July under the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index, leaving the annual inflation rate at 3.7%. The July PCE report, released August 26 by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, was firmer than economists expected. Headline inflation had been … Read more
Eastern States Exposition is making visible changes ahead of The Big E 2026, and one of them has ended a tradition that lasted nearly two decades. Opa-Opa Brewing Company, a Massachusetts brewery that had operated at The Big E for almost 20 years, will not return when the fair opens in West Springfield on September … Read more
Canada will impose tariffs of 15%, 25% or 50% on C$27.6 billion, about US$20 billion, in American goods beginning September 8. Ottawa announced the action after the United States placed a 50% tariff on an equal value of Canadian products on August 22. Canadian duties will cover U.S. steel, aluminum, dairy products, appliances, farm equipment, … Read more
New research from the University of Oxford found that people who received Shingrix had a lower rate of major cardiovascular problems, including heart attacks, strokes and heart failure, during the following three and a half years. The study looked at health records from about 70,000 U.S. adults aged 60 and older. Researchers found a roughly … Read more
Mail-in voting rules for the 2026 midterm elections remain unsettled after two major court decisions landed within days of each other. On August 24, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to move forward with parts of its election order while the legal fight continues. One day later, a federal judge in Massachusetts ruled that … Read more