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Inflation hit a new, four-decade high of 9.1% last month, fueled in part by record high gasoline prices. Gas prices have since fallen, but overall inflation is still elevated.

The change is part of a round of layoffs at CBS News. When the radio service began operation in September 1927, it was a precursor to the entire CBS network. Today its top-of-the-hour news roundups are delivered to about 700 stations across the U.S.

The flagship Mission Hospital provided a level of care that helped put Asheville on national lists as one of the top places to retire. As recently as 2018, for the sixth time in the previous seven years, Mission Health was named one of the nation’s Top 15 Health Systems by IBM Watson Health.But also in 2018, in a surprise decision, Mission’s board of directors voted to sell the successful nonprofit to HCA Healthcare — the largest for-profit hospital chain in the U.S., with a reputation for cost-cutting and skimping on staff. Soon after taking over, HCA raised prices across the board, and complaints about staffing and quality of care began rising as well. Many retirees and former patients said they were angered and disillusioned.Some local residents, including those who spent their careers in medicine, are now traveling to other cities or even other states for their health care.

The Big Ten conference announced that the college football season would resume at the end of October with new coronavirus protocols. President Trump had been calling for the games to start up again.

Florida State University quarterback Jameis Winston, considered a Heisman Trophy front-runner, has been facing allegations that he assaulted a female FSU student in December 2012, prior to his college career. Winston's attorney has contended that his client had consensual sex with the woman.

College football's national championship will be decided Wednesday when Texas faces defending champion Southern California in the Rose Bowl. Six games on Monday offered a wild series of warmups, while in a final preliminary on Tuesday night, Penn State and Florida State meet in the Orange Bowl.

Intricately crafted replicas of all sorts of dishes and drink — cakes, sushi and even beer — are ubiquitous window displays in Japan. A new book visually explores the culture of Nearly Eternal food.

Floodwaters began to penetrate towns in the Atchafalaya Basin after a massive spillway was opened to divert water from population centers. Many residents heeded orders to head for higher ground, hoping that the intentional flooding would be merciful to their way of life.

Floodwaters began to penetrate towns in the Atchafalaya Basin after a massive spillway was opened to divert water from population centers. Many residents heeded orders to head for higher ground, hoping that the intentional flooding would be merciful to their way of life.

Nearly five months since the devastating fire in Lahaina killed 100 people, displaced residents are still struggling to figure out long-term housing, and tourism still hasn't fully bounced back.