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Everything You Need to Know About Claiming a Mileage Tax Deduction 02/26/2024 07:00pm • Claiming a tax deduction for mileage can be a good way to reduce how much you owe Uncle Sam, but not everyone is eligible to write off their driving costs. In the past, taxpayers had more options to deduct mileage and could claim unreimbursed travel while on the job. "That's not deductible anymore," An Etiquette Guide to Regifting 02/26/2024 07:00pm • Did you receive a present that you want to pass on to someone else? You're not alone, especially during high-volume gifting occasions. A 2023 Magestore survey found that 56.6% of Americans planned on regifting or donating unwanted winter holiday presents. Giving and receiving is a year-round event, Atlanta is the only place in US to see pandas for now. But dozens of spots abroad have them 02/22/2024 08:50pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) ��� It will still be months before the San Diego Zoo gets new pandas, the first such bears sent to the United States by China in decades. For now, the only U.S. zoo left with any is in Atlanta. But globally there are many places to check out the cuddly black-and-white bundles of fur a Black and white and adored all over. China pledges pair of pandas for San Diego Zoo 02/22/2024 05:13pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) ��� China for the first time in more than two decades is sending pandas to the United States to the delight of the San Diego Zoo, which is preparing to receive a pair that could include a female descendent of Bai Yun and Gao Gao, two of the zoo's former residents that were among the m For Black ���nones��� who leave religion, what���s next? 02/20/2024 03:47pm • (RNS) ��� When Black Americans leave religion, it���s rarely a clean break. Take Rogi��rs Fibby, a self-described agnostic, atheist and secular humanist who grew up in the Moravian Church. The head of the Washington, D.C., chapter of the Black Secular Collective, Fibby also considers himself ���cult Putin gives Kim Jong Un a luxury limousine. It's a violation of UN sanctions on North Korea 02/20/2024 09:01am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� Russian President Vladimir Putin has gifted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a Russian-made luxury limousine for his personal use, both countries announced Tuesday, in another sign of their expanding cooperation. Observers said the shipment violates a U.N. resolution that 75th George Polk Awards honor coverage of Middle East and Ukraine wars, Supreme Court and Elon Musk 02/20/2024 04:46am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The New York Times was honored Monday with George Polk Awards for Foreign Reporting and Photojournalism for its coverage of the war between Israel and Hamas. Photographers Samar Abu Elouf and Yousef Masoud captured ���gripping and unforgettable images��� as they chronicled the con 22 Legal Secrets to Reducing Your Taxes 02/15/2024 07:00pm • Taxes are an inevitable part of life, but most people would probably rather not hand over a portion of their hard-earned money to the government. Fortunately, there's a number of legal ways to lower the amount you pay the taxman each year. These include credits, deductions and advanced investment st Back from the dead of a Hollywood strike hiatus, popular CBS sitcom 'Ghosts' returns for Season 3 02/15/2024 03:36pm • Ghosts are pretty darn accustomed to waiting around for all eternity with nothing to do. That's how it felt waiting for our favorite sitcoms to return from last year's Hollywood strikes! Now, the wait is mercifully over as "Ghosts" returns for its Season 3 premiere this Thursday at 8:30 p.m. o Senate passes $95B foreign aid bill. Will it die in the House? 02/13/2024 04:14pm • It took several months and a marathon session that ended in the predawn hours of Tuesday, but the Senate finally approved a $95 billion national security package, including aid for Ukraine and Israel. But House Speaker Mike Johnson has indicated he won't bring up the sweeping legislation for Pain, sweat and sandworms: In ���Dune 2��� Timoth��e Chalamet, Zendaya and the cast rise to the challenge 02/13/2024 03:56pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Timoth��e Chalamet and Austin Butler were really looking forward to their fight. The actors had been training, separately, with a Kali instructor in Los Angeles to prepare for the climactic showdown between Paul Atreides and Feyd Rautha in Denis Villeneuve���s ���Dune: Part T Judge dimisses lawsuits from families in Harvard body parts theft case 02/13/2024 03:52pm • CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) ��� A lawyer for families that sued Harvard Medical School for negligence over the theft of body parts of their loved ones from its morgue pledged to appeal Tuesday after a judge in Boston dismissed the lawsuits. Suffolk County Superior Court Judge Kenneth Salinger said the law Allies fear the US is becoming less reliable, with growing concern over a possible Trump return 02/11/2024 02:52pm • LONDON (AP) ��� As chances rise of a Joe Biden-Donald Trump rematch in the U.S. presidential election, America���s allies are bracing for a bumpy ride. Many worry that a second term for Trump would be an earthquake, but tremors already abound ��� and concerns are rising that the U.S. could grow less Ex-Catholic priest gets nearly 22 years in prison for attempted sexual abuse of a South Carolina boy 02/09/2024 06:39pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� A former Catholic priest in South Carolina has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for trying to sexually assault a boy and showing him pornography. Jamie Adolfo Gonzalez-Farias, 69, could have faced a life sentence. Federal Judge Mary Geiger Lewis on Thursday granted From the shadows to the spotlight: Coach Pierre Sage revives Lyon 02/08/2024 04:43am • LYON, France (AP) ��� Just three months ago, the name Pierre Sage did not ring a bell to soccer fans in France. It does now thanks to a fine start to his managerial career in the French top-flight. Sage took over as coach at Lyon at the end of November following the firings in quick succession of tw