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Medicare IRMAA: What You Should Know for 2024 01/07/2024 07:00pm • Medicare can be a complex web, and untangling its various strands to ensure you're getting the most appropriate coverage can be daunting. One thread you might find yourself unsnarling is income-related monthly adjustment amounts, or IRMAA. In this article, we'll go through the basics of what IRMAA e Biden will give the State of the Union address March 7 in a 'moment of great challenge' for the US 01/06/2024 12:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden will give his annual State of the Union address on March 7. In a letter sent to the White House on Saturday, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., extended the formal invitation for Biden to speak to a joint session of Congress. Johnson said he was inviting Bide Thousands of mourners in Islamabad attend funeral for Pakistani cleric gunned down in��broad��daylight 01/06/2024 09:09am • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� Thousands of mourners attended a funeral Saturday for a Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric gunned down in broad daylight on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad, police and a spokesman for the cleric's organization said. The funeral of Masoodur Rehman Usmani was held a day after uni Frustrated LeBron sounds off on Lakers' struggles after 10th loss in 13 games, 127-113 to Memphis 01/06/2024 02:26am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� LeBron James didn't sugarcoat his increasingly sour feelings after the Los Angeles Lakers spiraled to their 10th loss in 13 games Friday night, falling 127-113 to the Memphis Grizzlies. ���We just suck right now,��� a visibly perturbed James said after he scored 32 points in the Turkish justice minister says 15 suspects jailed ahead of trial for spying for Israel 01/06/2024 01:47am • ISTANBUL (AP) ��� A court in Istanbul has ordered 15 of 34 people detained on suspicion of spying for Israel be held in prison awaiting trial, Turkey���s justice minister said late Friday. The suspects were arrested Tuesday for allegedly planning to carry out activities that included ���reconnaissan To plead or not to plead? That is the question for hundreds of Capitol riot defendants 01/06/2024 12:14am • Hundreds of Donald Trump supporters charged with storming the U.S. Capitol have faced the same choice in the three years since the attack: either admit their guilt and accept the consequences or take their chances on a trial in hopes of securing a rare acquittal. Those who have who gambled ��� and l UN agency says it is handling code of conduct violations by staffer for anti-Israel posts internally 01/05/2024 10:35pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� The U.N. agency promoting equality for women said Friday that violations of the U.N. Code of Conduct requiring impartiality by a mid-level manager, who reportedly supported pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli posts on social media, are being dealt with internally. Last month, th A group representing TikTok, Meta and X sues Ohio over new law limiting kids' use of social media 01/05/2024 06:29pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� A trade group representing TikTok, Snapchat, Meta and other major tech companies sued Ohio on Friday over a pending law that requires children to get parental consent to use social media apps. The law was part of an $86.1 billion state budget bill that Republican Gov. Mike D Official suggests Polish president check social media security after odd tweet from private account 01/05/2024 09:21am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) ��� Poland's minister of digital affairs suggested Friday that President Andrzej Duda check the security of access to his social accounts after a bizarre tweet went out that was almost immediately removed. The tweet published Thursday on Duda's private account said: ���Tell him t 2 staffers knocked to ground during student fight at Montgomery Co. high school 01/04/2024 08:58pm • A fight between two students at a high school in Montgomery County, Maryland, ended quickly, according to the principal, but not before two staffers were knocked to the floor while trying to separate the students. News of the fight at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School on Wednesday prompted Montgom 7 Tax Rules to Know if You Give or Receive Cash 01/04/2024 07:00pm • Whether you receive cash tips as part of your job in the gig economy or are giving a cash gift to a relative, you need to know when and how to report that money to the IRS. There are different rules and reporting requirements depending on whether cash is income or a gift, how much money changes hand Editorial Roundup: United States 01/04/2024 05:11pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Dec. 29 The Washington Post on election integrity and GOP officials Since 2022, nine states where Republican officials administer elections have quit a nonprofit, nonpartisan consortium that helps keep voter rolls up to date through in Putin speeds up a citizenship path for foreigners who enlist in the Russian military 01/04/2024 01:06pm • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) ��� President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a decree that speeds up a path to Russian citizenship for foreigners who enlist in the country's military amid the 22-month-old war in Ukraine. The move comes as Moscow is trying to replenish its troops in Ukraine by various metho Iran says at least 84 were killed in blasts at a ceremony honoring slain general 01/04/2024 01:39am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Two bombs exploded and killed at least 84 people at a commemoration for a prominent Iranian general slain by the U.S. in a 2020 drone strike, Iranian officials said, as the Middle East remains on edge over Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza. No one immediately claim Young voters in Bangladesh dream of a future free from political chaos as the nation votes Sunday 01/03/2024 10:25pm • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ��� At a technology center in Bangladesh���s capital, young women huddle around a computer, discussing a coding issue. Many of them make the daily trip to Dhaka on the shining new metro rail while scouring their smartphones for the latest on social media. For decades, politica