How inflation wipes out your pay raise

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<p>With prices rising faster than wages right now, even many people who&rsquo;ve gotten raises lately are struggling to pay for basic needs. The <a href="https://apple.news/AS_Q9ctLlQai8mPt2xAn_qg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> tells some of their stories.</p> <p>One of Vladimir Putin&rsquo;s biggest enemies tells <a href="https://apple.news/A_E2nt2WAQ8ixDw3dYpUFsA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Time</a> that the U.S. and allies are missing important things as they deal with the Russia&ndash;Ukraine crisis.</p> <p>A journalist told the president of Mexico she feared for her life. Then she was killed. The <a href="https://apple.news/AdH9eAow_RiatTmqVbcXiSg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Los Angeles Times</a> explains why covering the news there has become so dangerous.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AY3j_KhgzSjCHuzjC0KQ4Vw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> reports on how Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens have been denied entry into baseball&rsquo;s Hall of Fame. The <a href="https://apple.news/AeT0x5QMnQ3m0Tw1RF7d42Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Ringer</a> calls the decision an awkward stalemate in the attempt to wrestle with the era of performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball.</p> <p>In the <a href="https://apple.news/A8p98PI6BSrOyGUIZOOPeqA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Players&rsquo; Tribune</a>, Allen Iverson reads his tribute to fellow NBA legend Kobe Bryant, who died two years ago today in a helicopter crash.</p>