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If You're Paid Biweekly, Discover the 2 Months in 2024 You'll Be Paid 3 Times -- and Learn How to Plan For It 04/28/2024 08:00pm • If you're paid biweekly there are two months in 2024 that you'll get paid three times. But which months are they? It depends on the date of your first paycheck of the year. Keep reading to find out when you'll get three checks -- and get advice on how to best spend them. 2024 Months With 2 Paychecks How to Save in a 401(k) and IRA in the Same Year 04/28/2024 08:00pm • When saving for retirement, workers should consider contributing to a 401(k) plan and an individual retirement account at the same time. Both types of retirement accounts allow you to defer paying income tax on your retirement savings, and contributing to a 401(k) and IRA could significantly reduce Pros and Cons of Using a Fee-Only Financial Planner 04/28/2024 08:00pm • If you're in the process of choosing a financial advisor, you may have seen the term "fee-only" and wondered what that means. As with many things in the financial world, the term makes perfect sense to industry insiders, but isn't necessarily clear to would-be clients. Fee-only financial advisors ch Best Places to Retire in Texas 04/28/2024 08:00pm • America's second-most populous state is a haven for retirees. Whether you're seeking warmer weather, affordable housing, lower taxes or engaging leisure activities, you will be able to find it somewhere in the state of Texas. Texas is known for its resilience and has a number of vibrant communities Pope visits Venice to speak to the artists and inmates behind the Biennale's must-see prison show 04/28/2024 01:53pm • VENICE, Italy (AP) — Venice has always been a place of contrasts, of breathtaking beauty and devastating fragility, where history, religion, art and nature have collided over the centuries to produce an otherworldly gem of a city. But even for a place that prides itself on its culture of unusual e Social Security isn’t keeping up with inflation. That could weaken Biden’s support among some seniors 04/28/2024 09:00am • (CNN) — Not long ago, senior citizens got the two biggest annual increases in their monthly Social Security checks that most had ever seen. But for many of them, the adjustments still weren’t enough to cope with the runaway inflation of earlier this decade and the continued high prices for Today in History: April 28, Muhammad Ali stripped of heavyweight title 04/28/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Sunday, April 28, the 119th day of 2024. There are 247 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 28, 1967, heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali was stripped of his title after he refused to be inducted into the armed forces. On this date: In 17 Chiefs owner says leaving Arrowhead Stadium is an option after sales tax funding was rejected 04/27/2024 05:23pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs plan to explore options that include leaving Arrowhead Stadium after voters in Jackson County, Missouri, soundly rejected a sales tax initiative that would have helped to pay for renovations to the 52-year-old building. The Chiefs and Royals, whose Ka Mets put reliever Drew Smith on 15-day IL and outfielder Starling Marte on bereavement list 04/27/2024 04:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The banged-up New York Mets are minus two more important players after putting reliever Drew Smith on the 15-day injured list and right fielder Starling Marte on the bereavement list Saturday. The team recalled infielder Mark Vientos and right-hander Dedniel Núñez from Triple-A S Anacostia Riverkeeper says proposed budget shift could leave free boat tours high and dry 04/27/2024 05:46am • From Friday Night Fishing to free boat tours, the Anacostia Riverkeeper program is designed to acquaint D.C. residents with the river and continue cleanup efforts. But Anacostia Riverkeeper Trey Sherard told WTOP he's concerned about a potential move of $1.8 million from river cleanup funding, wh Indiana voters to pick party candidates in competitive, multimillion dollar primaries 04/27/2024 12:06am • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — In deep red Indiana, where Republicans hold a supermajority in both chambers of the state legislature and most top offices are held by GOP politicians, the May 7 primary will determine the outcome of the general election in many races. The most-watched is the GOP race for gover Kansas won't have legal medical pot or expand Medicaid for at least another year 04/26/2024 08:17pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will remain among the handful of states that haven't legalized the medical use of marijuana or expanded their Medicaid programs for at least another year. Republican state senators on Friday blocked efforts to force debates on both issues before the GOP-controlled Legisl 140,000 people did their taxes with the free IRS direct file pilot. But program's future is unclear 04/26/2024 05:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS said Friday that more than 140,000 taxpayers filed their taxes through its new direct file pilot program and participants saved roughly $5.6 million in fees they would have otherwise spent with commercial tax preparation companies. The government pilot program, rolled out Fed's preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures stayed elevated last month 04/26/2024 03:26pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of inflation closely tracked by the Federal Reserve remained uncomfortably high in March, likely reinforcing the Fed's reluctance to cut interest rates anytime soon and underscoring a burden for President Joe Biden's re-election bid. Friday's report from the government A ban in Kansas on gender-affirming care also would bar advocacy for kids' social transitions 04/26/2024 02:34pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A proposed ban in Kansas on gender-affirming care for minors also would bar state employees from promoting it — or even children's social transitioning. Teachers and social workers who support LGBTQ+ rights worry that they could be disciplined or fired for helping kids who a