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Answers to 15 Common Tax Questions 03/06/2024 07:00pm • This is the time of year when people's minds are filled with tax issues -- whether they're searching for free tax help they can trust, trying to squeeze out more valuable deductions, hoping to avoid penalties or audits, eagerly awaiting their refunds or wanting to make sure they aren't victims of ta Bellagio resumes Vegas Strip fountain show after rare loon from the north rescued and relocated 03/06/2024 06:56pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — A visit from a rare, fine-feathered tourist on the Las Vegas Strip interrupted a hotel-casino's prominent water show before wildlife biologists captured the yellow-billed loon and relocated it Wednesday, unharmed, to an unspecified remote location where they expect it to resume it Sen. Katie Britt will stride onto the national stage to deliver GOP's State of the Union response 03/06/2024 06:12pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Two days after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that threatened fertility clinics in the state, Sen. Katie Britt placed a call to former President Donald Trump. Britt wanted Trump, then on a plane headed to South Carolina, to understand the significance of what had happened. The c How Putin's crackdown on dissent became the hallmark of the Russian leader’s 24 years in power 03/06/2024 02:45pm • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When charismatic opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down on a bridge near the Kremlin in February 2015, more than 50,000 Muscovites expressed their shock and outrage the next day at the brazen assassination. Police stood aside as they rallied and chanted anti-govern New attacks by IS-linked group in Mozambique leave over 70 children missing. Thousands have fled 03/06/2024 02:41pm • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A surge of new attacks by an Islamic State-affiliated group in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province has left more than 70 children missing, with fears they may have drowned in a river or been kidnapped by militants as thousands of families fled, local authorities and a OpenAI says Musk agreed the ChatGPT maker should become a for-profit company 03/06/2024 01:05pm • Elon Musk supported making OpenAI a for-profit company, the ChatGPT maker said, attacking a lawsuit from the wealthy investor who has accused the artificial intelligence business of betraying its founding goal to benefit humanity as it pursued profits instead. In its first response since the Tesla C IS militants kill at least 18 people in an attack on villagers collecting truffles in eastern Syria 03/06/2024 12:00pm • IDLIB, Syria (AP) — Islamic State militants attacked villagers collecting truffles in eastern Syria on Wednesday, killing at least 18 people and leaving dozens injured and missing, opposition activists and pro-government media said. The attack against the truffle hunters was one of the deadliest Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona says she won’t seek reelection, avoiding a 3-way race 03/06/2024 09:16am • PHOENIX (AP) — Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced on Tuesday that she won’t run for a second term after her estrangement from the Democratic Party left her politically homeless and without a clear path to reelection. Sinema’s announcement comes after Senate Republicans blocke DC Council approves sweeping anti-crime bill 03/05/2024 09:10pm • In response to troubling crime trends, the D.C. Council voted nearly unanimously on Tuesday to approve a sweeping bill that covers carjackings, gun crimes and DNA collection, among other things. Council members voted 12-0 in support of the legislation, with Ward 8 Council member Trayon White voti Voters in Maryland: Beware of election-related scams, AG says 03/05/2024 07:54pm • Super Tuesday is over, and Maryland is looking forward to its presidential primary in May, with the state's Attorney General Anthony Brown issuing a heads-up to voters: Beware of misleading robocalls related to election activity. Karen Straughn, director of the Mediation Unit with the Consumer Pr Bitcoin vs. Ethereum: Which Is the Better Buy? 03/05/2024 07:00pm • The cryptocurrency market has come roaring back to life in the past year. Despite growing competition from hundreds of popular altcoins, Bitcoin (BTC) and the Ethereum network's native coin, Ether (ETH), remain the clear crypto market leaders in 2024. Together, the market caps of Bitcoin and Ether m Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads logins restored after widespread outage 03/05/2024 12:42pm • A technical issue caused widespread login issues for a few hours across Meta's Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Messenger platforms Tuesday. Andy Stone, Meta’s head communications, acknowledged the issues on X, formerly known as Twitter, and said the company “resolved the issue as quickly as pos China sets an economic growth target of around 5% but acknowledges it will not be easy to achieve 03/05/2024 06:19am • BEIJING (AP) — China aims to achieve 5% economic growth this year, Premier Li Qiang said Tuesday, acknowledging that it will be a challenging goal in difficult times. In his address to the annual session of the National People's Congress, Li outlined plans to boost spending on developing advanced A German military officer used an unsecured line for a conference call. Russia hacked and leaked it 03/05/2024 06:09am • BERLIN (AP) — A German military officer used an unsecured phone line at a Singapore hotel to join a conference call that was hacked by Russians and leaked to the public, Germany’s defense minister said Tuesday. The fallout from the leaked audio tape, which features four high-ranking German air f Gangs in Haiti try to seize control of main airport in newest attack on key government sites 03/04/2024 11:27pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Heavily armed gangs tried to seize control of Haiti’s main international airport on Monday, exchanging gunfire with police and soldiers in the latest attack on key government sites in an explosion of violence that includes a mass escape from the country’s two bigge