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News Tipoffs - Alaska Editors Newsletter for Wednesday May 14, 2025 ( 5 items )  

BLS - Western Region Issues Report Entitled 'Consumer Price Index, Anchorage Area - April 2025'
SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 14 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 13, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Anchorage Area - April 2025": * * * Area prices were up 0.9 percent over the past two months, up 1.6 percent from a year ago The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Urban Alaska advanced 0.9 percent for the two months ending in April 2025, the U.S. Bureau   more

BLS - Western Region Issues Report Entitled 'Consumer Price Index, West Region - April 2025'
SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 14 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 13, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, West Region - April 2025": * * * Area prices were up 0.5 percent over the past month, up 2.1 percent from a year ago * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the West Region advanced 0.5 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported t  more

FBI Releases Annual Internet Crime Report
WASHINGTON, May 14 (TNSrpt) -- The FBI issued the following news release: * * * FBI Releases Annual Internet Crime Report Alaskans reported over $26 million in financial losses The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released its 2024 Internet Crime Report and accompanying state reports. This latest report includes information from 859,532 complaints of suspected internet crime and details reported losses exceeding $16 billion--a 33% increase in losses from 2023. Cryptocurrency was   more

Smithsonian Institution National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute: Discovery of Hidden Groups Within Migratory Shorebird Could Aid Conservation
WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The Smithsonian Institution National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute issued the following news release: * * * Discovery of Hidden Groups Within Migratory Shorebird Could Aid Conservation Tracking Data Revealed Three Groups of Long-Billed Curlew, Each With Unique Migration Patterns and Conservation Needs Researchers at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) have uncovered three distinct groups of long-billed curlews, a North Amer  more

US Births Decline for Second Consecutive Year, Fertility Rate Hits Record Low
WASHINGTON, May 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics released a vital statistics reports (Volume 74, Number 1) titled "Births: Final Data for 2023" on March 18, 2025. The 87-page report, authored by Michelle J.K. Osterman, Brady E. Hamilton, Joyce A. Martin, Anne K. Driscoll, and Claudia P. Valenzuela, presents detailed final data on births in the United States for the year 2023, encompas  more