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Many families of the victims were angry about the decision; one mother said, \u201cThis should have been the death penalty, 100%.\u201d A judge will formally sentence Cruz on Nov. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Trump.<\/strong> The House committee investigating the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, voted unanimously to subpoena the former president to compel him to testify before the panel. \u201cWe must seek the testimony under oath of January Sixth\u2019s central player,\u201d GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, the committee\u2019s vice chair, said (though Trump is unlikely to comply). It was the committee\u2019s final hearing before the midterm elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The boomers are OK.<\/strong> Social Security checks will increase 8.7% next year in the biggest cost-of-living increase for the program since 1981. (Why? See the first story.) The ~70 million Americans who get Social Security benefits will see their monthly payments increase by more than $140 beginning in January. Another financial cushion coming to retirees: The cost of the standard Part B Medicare premium will fall by 3.1%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parkland shooter spared the death penalty.<\/strong> A jury recommended a sentence of life in prison without parole for Nikolas Cruz, the man who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, in 2018. Many families of the victims were angry about the decision; one mother said, \u201cThis should have been the death penalty, 100%.\u201d A judge will formally sentence Cruz on Nov. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Trump.<\/strong> The House committee investigating the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, voted unanimously to subpoena the former president to compel him to testify before the panel. \u201cWe must seek the testimony under oath of January Sixth\u2019s central player,\u201d GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, the committee\u2019s vice chair, said (though Trump is unlikely to comply). It was the committee\u2019s final hearing before the midterm elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The boomers are OK.<\/strong> Social Security checks will increase 8.7% next year in the biggest cost-of-living increase for the program since 1981. (Why? See the first story.) 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