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May's consumer price index shows inflation at levels not seen since the Great Recession; the US will donate 500 million vaccine doses to other countries.   Tonight's Sentences was written by Gregory Svirnovskiy. TOP NEWS May's consumer price index at record levels     Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The consumer price index jumped 5 percent compared to May 2020, in the fastest rate of increase since just before the Great Recession in August 2008. [ CNBC / Jeff Cox ] Some common purchases are generally more expensive than they used to be. Gas and energy costs rose 28.5 percent compared to this time last year; the cost of apparel has grown by 5.6 percent, and food by 2.2 percent. Airfare and used car prices were also way up. Overall, May's...

Talks of a compromise over Biden's infrastructure plan collapse; erosion of democracy in Nicaragua has activists and experts worried.   Tonight's Sentences was written by Gregory Svirnovskiy. TOP NEWS The White House changes plans on infrastructure talks Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images President Joe Biden is ending talks with a GOP coalition led by West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito after weeks of negotiations over his infrastructure proposal went nowhere. Biden and Senate Democrats are now switching gears to a two-pronged approach. [ CBS News / Grace Segers, Jack Turman, and Rebecca Kaplan ] Biden is negotiating with a bipartisan group headlined by Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Mitt Romney (R-UT) to bring more Republican votes into th...