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CNN  —  The Florida gubernatorial debate, postponed due to Hurricane Ian, has been rescheduled for October 24, the host station announced Monday. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and his Democratic rival, former US Rep. Charlie Crist, were originally scheduled to debate in Fort Pierce on Wednesday. However, the event hosted by WPEC CBS 12 was delayed as DeSantis and the state have focused on the aftermath of Ian. Crist confirmed his participation in the rescheduled debate in a statement Monday. “This debate is important,” said Crist, a former Florida governor. “Florida voters deserve a chance to hear from both candidates in…

Sollina Images | Tetra Images | Getty ImagesRetirees who are confronting higher prices due to record high inflation may get some welcome news this week when the Social Security Administration announces the cost-of-living adjustment for 2023.The bump to benefits is slated to be announced on Thursday along with new consumer price index data for the month of September.The Senior Citizens League, a non-partisan senior group, estimated last month that the COLA could be 8.7% next year. That would make it the highest increase in decades, topping this year’s 5.9% annual cost-of-living adjustment, which was the largest in about 40 years.”These…

CNN  —  The state of New York on Monday asked an appeals court to allow a restrictive gun law to remain in effect as it appeals a decision by a federal judge that temporarily blocked parts of the measure. “Today my office filed a motion to keep the entire Concealed Carry Improvement Act in effect and continue to protect communities as the appeals process moves forward. This common-sense gun control legislation is critical in our state’s effort to reduce gun violence,” New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, said in a statement. The state has asked for an interim…

CNN  —  The huge explosion on the Crimea bridge shortly before dawn on Saturday severely curtailed road and rail traffic along an important artery – both civilian and military – at a critical moment in Russia’s campaign in Ukraine. At first sight, it was another embarrassment – even humiliation – for the Russian state, still reeling from battlefield setbacks in Kharkiv, Donetsk and, more recently, in Kherson in the south. But by Monday the bridge attack had also become the Kremlin’s justification for a sudden blitz of missile attacks across Ukraine. By midday, according to Ukrainian authorities, some 80 missiles…

It’s an announcement that took Twitter and the sports world by storm. On Sunday, the former Real Madrid goalkeeper and Spain’s football star, Iker Casillas, made headlines when he tweeted: “I hope you respect me: I’m gay.”Several personalities, especially from the LGBTQ community, praised the footballer’s courage. But the tweet also triggered a wave of homophobic comments. Shortly afterwards, the former Barcelona player Carles Puyol added fuel to the fire when he replied: “It’s time to tell our story, Iker,” implying some sort of romantic relationship between the two athletes. However, some doubted Casillas’ post. Santi Rivero, elected representative of Madrid and diversity referent within the…

Three people have been killed in New York City’s transit system in the past 10 days, amid a string of other violent incidents.  On Sunday around 8:30 p.m., Lamont Barkley, 55, was on a BX19 bus when he was fatally stabbed numerous times, police said.  Before his slaying, Barkley had gotten into an argument with a woman at a nearby bar, Glen Roy’s Public House, prompting her to call a man to come to the area, police sources said. At some point, the trio got on the bus, where the man and woman attacked Barkley, sources said. The victim was…

A sell-off in UK government bonds pushed the country’s long-term borrowing costs to their highest point since the Bank of England stepped in to avert a financial market collapse, as new BoE and government measures failed to reassure investors.Monday’s fall in gilts came despite the BoE announcement earlier in the day of a new short-term funding facility to avoid a “cliff edge” when the central bank’s £65bn emergency bond-buying programme ends this week.On a day when the UK government also sought to reassure markets by bringing forward the date of a debt-cutting plan, the 30-year gilt yield jumped 0.29 percentage…

The European Commission will prolong measures giving Ukrainian refugees rights within in the EU until March 2024.The Temporary Protection Directive, a legal instrument that was activated following the Russian invasion, allows people fleeing Ukraine to live and work within the EU.Ylva Johansson, the European Commissioner for Home Affairs also said that it will now be extended to cover those who want to go back to the warn torn country, but fear losing their protection”A lot of Ukrainians that have come and asked for temporary protection are now going back home, because they would like to rebuild their country, and I welcome…

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The Bitcoin (BTC) price could reach as high as $100,000 or more by 2025 if the popular Bitcoin Rainbow Chart model is to be believed.Judging from the popular model, Bitcoin could reach more than $106,000 by early January of 2025 if the price enters the model’s “accumulate” zone. And if that’s not enough, optimistic holders can look forward to a price of close to $700,000 the same year if the price enters the model’s “maximum bubble territory,” a zone that was last reached during the peak of the 2017 crypto bull market.Further down the road, holders of at least 1…