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SOCIAL SECURITY BUMP COMING UP. Social Security recipients are in line for the biggest percentage bump for inflation in 40 years. Likely cost of living adjustment for 2022, to be announced in October, is predicted to be 6.2 percent.
READY TO HELP VETS. The Department of Veterans Affairs urges Afghanistan War veterans to seek mental health care if they need help coming to terms with the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan…a country where hundreds of thousands of veterans served in the 20 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
FALSE ONLINE INFORMATION EYED. Amid rising concerns over misinformation online, including that of COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines, Americans are a bit more open to the idea of the U.S. government taking steps to restrict false information online. A majority of the public continues to favor technology companies taking such action, according to a Pew Research Center survey.
THURSDAY SPOTLIGHTS CANINES. International Dog Day, observed on Thursday, encourages dog ownership of all breeds. It celebrates all dogs and encourages adoption.
UNRULY BEHAVIOR IN AIR DRAWS FINES. Fines for unruly behavior during commercial air flights soar this year, with the Federal Aviation Administration reporting it has proposed more than $1 million in penalties in 2021. The FAA receives almost 4,000 reports of aggressive behavior since January.
VETERANS TOUR D.C. MONUMENTS. A flight organized by Honor Flight Chicago, sends more than 100 veterans from three wars to Washington, D.C. for a whirlwind tour of monuments around the nation's capital that were built in their honor. In attendance: Three veterans from World War II, 33 from the Korean War and 76 from Vietnam War.
PELICAN ESCAPES AGAIN. A great white pelican escaped for a second time from an Irish zoo and was spotted more than 100 miles away. The pelican flew the coop and was spotted in Wexford --- the same place it visited after an earlier escape in 2018.
