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There’s more than one reason for the high prices hurting average Americans. But one of them is seldom discussed: the massive retail theft now plaguing our country. How serious is it?The total annual 2022 losses (e.g., including security and insurance) associated with criminality amounted to approximately $112.1 billion. Theft alone was 65 percent of this “shrinkage,” totaling a $72.9 billion loss. Of course, good citizens are supporting these criminals, too.In fact, theft cost the average family more than $400 in 2022.This isn’t distributed equally, though. Families in high-crime areas — i.e., people generally poorer to begin with — bear a...

Two teenagers who jumped former DOGE staffer Edward “Big Balls” Coristine have avoided jail after pleading guilty to simple assault at a Washington, DC, court. The boy and girl, both 15, from Hyattsville, Maryland, were sentenced to probation at a DC court on Tuesday, just over two months after the pair were arrested for the savage Aug. 3 attack, WUSA9 reported. The boy was handed a 12-month probation and allowed to return home under strict house arrest, while the girl was given a nine-month probation and remanded to a local youth shelter.

Matt Van Swol @matt_vanswol 🚨#BREAKING: Paulette Gibson, who was arrested for stabbing two people and leaving them for dead, was just RELEASED FROM PRISON on a $20,000 bond in Charlotte NC!!! She has a mind-blowing 15 prior arrests, including for violent offenses. She's back on the streets today.