Wages Vs Inflation, Tennessee Failed Execution, Cornell Rape Case Special Prosecutor
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Wages Vs Inflation, Tennessee Failed Execution, Cornell Rape Case Special Prosecutor

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 2, 202613 min
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  • Politics

A new jobs report offers the latest look at a slowing labor market as workers deal with wages that are not keeping up with prices and higher borrowing costs. Tennessee has paused executions after Christa Pike survived two doses of a lethal injection drug, marking the state’s second failed execution this year. New York’s governor has appointed a special prosecutor in the Cornell sexual assault case after new questions emerged about what information campus police shared with the local district attorney. Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a litt...

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