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Greszler: Counting on Social Security to fund your retirement? Think again

In just nine years, the oldest Gen-Xers will reach Social Security’s normal retirement age of 67. But they have a rude awakening when they learn that the program’s trust fund is empty, leaving it able to pay out only as much in benefits as it takes from the paychecks of those then working.

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Paralegal testifies Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s office tampered with evidence

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s paralegal testified on Friday that his office deleted from their evidence three pages of phone records between convicted liar Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Keith Davidson without notifying former President Donald Trump’s legal team, according to reports.

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Planet Fitness makes a risky pricing move that can discourage membership

Planet Fitness  (PLNT) is making a major change that it hasn’t made in 26 years, and customers may not be too happy about it. The company announced during a recent earnings call that it will be hiking the price for its cheapest membership by $5 after piloting the change in different markets and hinted that more price increases may be on the way.

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Chicago officials seek to shield Biden from protesters at Democratic convention by denying permits

Chicago’s Democratic mayor is moving to keep protesters miles away from the Democratic National Convention in the city in August, blocking pro-Palestinian protesters’ requests for permits to help insulate President Biden.

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Anti-oil activists try to break into Magna Carta display as part of climate protest

Two climate activists reportedly tried to break the glass case containing the Magna Carta, which is believed to be the founding documents for Western democracy. At the British Library on Friday, May 10, the women used a hammer and chisel to pound at the glass. However, the pair caused only minor damage to the case and the historic document was untouched.

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