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Extreme Heat Kills: Record Temps Leave Us All Vulnerable
If you clicked on any major news site this week, there was one consistent headline that would be difficult to miss, let alone ignore: “Hottest Day Ever Recorded on Earth.”
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Individual Stimulus Checks Begin to Arrive, What Should You Expect?
The IRS will base the payments on the adjusted gross income of taxpayers’ 2019 return. If a 2019 return hasn’t been filed (the deadline has been extended for two months), the IRS will use information from the 2018 return. If the return doesn’t contain direct deposit information, or if the IRS doesn’t have returns from 2018 or 2019, a paper check will be issued later.
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Post-Covid, Elvis Presley's Graceland bonds default
"The Mississippi Delta is shining like a National guitar... And for reasons I cannot explain there's some part of me wants to see Graceland."
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How Much Can I Expect To Earn On My Retirement Savings?
You ask an important question. Clearly, the returns you earn will affect such issues as how much you need to save each year to build a nest egg large enough to support you in retirement and how much you can reasonably expect to draw from savings year to year during retirement without depleting your stash prematurely. So you want your planning to be based on return assumptions that are realistic.
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Bill Cosby sentenced to 3 to 10 years in prison for sexual assault
Entertainer Bill Cosby, once known as "America's Dad," was sentenced Tuesday to three to 10 years in a state prison for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his home 14 years ago.
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Children's mental health tops list of parent worries, survey finds
Forty percent of US parents are "extremely" or "very" worried that their children will struggle with anxiety or depression at some point, a new survey finds.
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Warriors Dethrone Cavaliers for Second Title In Three Years
Kevin Durant joined the Golden State Warriors to win his first NBA championship. Mission accomplished.
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Winter Storm Moves Up East Coast
The winter storm that socked the Southeast has moved up the East Coast, promising heavy snow and frigid temperatures early this week for millions of people in the Northeast.
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Golf's new star Sophia Popov is living proof you should never give up on your dreams
It will go down as one of golf's ultimate Cinderella stories. Against all the odds, Germany's Sophia Popov is now a major champion. She's also irrefutable proof as to why you should never, ever, give up on your dreams.
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Macy's Kicks Off Its Annual Believe Campaign Benefitting Make-A-Wish
Believers of all ages can send letters and deliver wishes to children with critical illnesses
For every letter sent, Macy’s will donate $1 to Make-A-Wish, up to $1 million
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A Big Year for Houston, A Big Year for Houston First
This has been a busy and productive year for Houston First Corporation (HFC) and Brenda Bazan, President and CEO. After taking the reins of Houston’s official destination and marketing organization a little over a year ago, Bazan has taken impressive steps to more strategically position HFC to meet its goals and objectives.
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Toyota NASCAR, POWRi Victories and Championship Highlight Weekend
Toyota drivers compiled five wins in NASCAR and POWRi competition, as well as a championship in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East in racing action over the weekend.
Kyle Busch won Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoff event at Dover International Speedway when he made a late-race pass by Chase Elliott to earn his second consecutive win in as many races.
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Newly-released emails debunk Trump and allies' attempts to blame the GSA for packing boxes that ended up in Mar-a-lago
When the General Services Administration prepared to ship pallets of material to Florida for former President Donald Trump in July 2021, the federal agency asked Trump aide Beau Harrison to affirm what was in the boxes being shipped.
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What's next for the US housing market
So far this year, the real estate market has not been going the way many prospective homebuyers had hoped. Home prices -- already at all-time highs -- have continued to climb and mortgage rates have risen much faster than expected.
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John Fetterman has been off the campaign trail since May. As Senate race with Oz heats up, he's eyeing a full comeback
John Fetterman will continue his soft return to the campaign trail on Thursday, attending a fundraiser in Philadelphia two months after a life-threatening stroke sent him to the sidelines of one of the most closely-watched Senate contests in the country.
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He was a hero on Alaska Air 1282 - now, pickets for ‘livable’ wage
Steve Maller, a flight attendant for nearly 20 years, was one of the flight attendants on the Alaska Airlines flight 1282 when a door plug blew out.
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The ultimate pedestrian: How man’s walk across America became journey of advocacy
The avid walker from Seattle has hobnobbed with state representatives in Georgia, eaten tacos in Kansas and seen the oldest KFC in America.
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Prosecution nears end of its case as Derek Chauvin trial enters third week of testimony
An expert cardiologist testified Monday that George Floyd died from cardiopulmonary arrest caused by low oxygen levels brought on by prone restraint and positional asphyxia -- making him the fifth doctor to say as much in Derek Chauvin's trial.
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George Floyd's family members remember the man and what he stood for
The story of George Floyd has ignited a movement. But to his girlfriend, "Big Floyd" was the man she loved.
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Prosecutors want Bannon to be sentenced to six months
Federal prosecutors want Steve Bannon, a former top adviser to former President Donald Trump, to be sentenced to six months in prison for contempt of Congress, according to a recommendation filed Monday.
