Good morning.You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day.Inflation eased slightly last month.
Consumer prices in July were 3.4% higher than they were a year ago, according to a new report from the Labor Department.It's a smaller annual increase than in May or June.
Rent and airfare prices rose while gasoline and grocery prices fell.In particular, lettuce prices plunged 16% after a deadly Cyclospora illness outbreak led to a recall of iceberg lettuce from Mexico.
Retailers responded with deep discounts on various lettuce products in an attempt to win back anxious shoppers.Rescue teams in Colombia are urgently searching for survivors of Monday's 7.4 magnitude earthquake, which killed more than 260 people.Nearly 500 people remain missing, and the chances of finding survivors decrease each day.Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to equip its officers with high-tech gloves that deliver electric shocks to people they are trying to detain, according to plans posted by the Department of Homeland Security this week.
The devices, known as the G.L.O.V.E., or Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, could cost DHS as much as $20 million.It delivers an electric shock upon contact with the skin when the wrist button is activated.
Demonstrations indicate that the gloves inflict pain.Naureen Shah, ACLU's director of policy and government affairs for immigration, raised concerns about whether ICE officers are adequately trained to handle such devices, especially with the agency's effort to rapidly hire more than 12,000 officers within a year.Karoline Leavitt is exiting her role as White House press secretary at the end of the month to spend more time with family, President Trump announced yesterday.
She will continue to serve as an outside adviser.Leavitt, 28, was the youngest person to take on the role of White House press secretary.
She recentl...