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Medicaid expansion proposal advances through Republican-led Mississippi House, will go to Senate 02/28/2024 06:01pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's Republican-led House passed a bill Wednesday that would expand Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands more residents in one of the poorest states in the U.S. — a landmark shift after state leaders refused to consider the policy for years. The bill's passa Shohei Ohtani won't pitch this season after major elbow surgery, but he can still hit. Here's why 02/28/2024 12:55pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is unique in Major League Baseball history, a two-way Japanese superstar who can excel as a hitter and a pitcher, sometimes in the same game. But for the 2024 season, Ohtani will be just a hitter. That's because Ohtani is recovering from an injured elbow ligament — t Georgia Republicans seek new laws to crack down on immigrants after nursing student killed 02/27/2024 10:02pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia House Republicans are pushing to require every eligible police and sheriff's department to help identify undocumented immigrants, arrest them and detain them for deportation. The proposal advanced through the state House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee on Tuesd Mississippi's Republican-led House will consider Medicaid expansion for the first time 02/27/2024 08:17pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is one step closer to what would be a landmark shift in health care policy, with the Republican-led House preparing to debate expansion of Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands more residents in one of the poorest states in the U.S. The House Medicaid Committ Tax Filing Tips for College Students 02/27/2024 07:00pm • Here's what college students need to know about filing taxes and how to make the most of some special tax benefits. Do College Students Need to File?The answer depends on their income and whether they had employers withhold taxes from their paychecks. Students who are single and earned more than the How to Get Down Payment Assistance for a Mortgage 02/26/2024 07:00pm • Purchasing a home is exciting, but for many first-time and young buyers, one obstacle stands in the way: the down payment. Among millennials who want to buy a house, 71% said they can't afford to, according to a 2023 report by the rental website Apartment List. The good news is that homebuyers can g Are You Too Young to Buy a House? 02/26/2024 07:00pm • If you're purchasing a home in your 20s, you are something of a unicorn. The typical age of a first-time homebuyer is 35, according to 2023 data from the National Association of Realtors. If you're well under that, you're ahead of the curve. Many reasons for waiting, according to NAR, are due to lim Educational Tax Credits and Deductions You Can Claim for Tax Year 2023 02/26/2024 07:00pm • College is expensive, but there are several valuable tax breaks that can help ease the pain. You may be able to cut your tax bill by up to $2,500 if you're paying college tuition, and you may even be eligible for tax credits that can help cover the cost of continuing education classes to improve you Editorial Roundup: United States 02/26/2024 04:55pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Feb. 22 The Washington Post on the Biden impeachment inquiry Until this month, House Republicans referred to information provided by a “highly credible” FBI informant as the core of their case to impeach President Biden. This week, Plan to revitalize downtown DC would cost $400 million 02/26/2024 03:50pm • A plan announced by D.C. political and business leaders Monday that aims to increase activity in the city's downtown area would take five years to fully implement and would cost $400 million. The downtown area finds itself at a "post-pandemic inflection point," according to a presentation from th Survivors and families of 94 migrants who died in a shipwreck off Italy call for justice a year on 02/26/2024 09:20am • CROTONE, Italy (AP) — Survivors and family members of victims of a tragic shipwreck a year ago that killed 94 migrants, including 35 minors, just a few meters off Italy’s southern coast, returned for three days of commemorations ending Monday, calling for justice to be done. A torchlight vigil A Guide to Tax Deductions for the Self-Employed 02/25/2024 07:00pm • Are you self-employed and wondering how to maximize your tax deductions for tax year 2023? Here's a look at 15 of the best tax write-offs you don't want to miss: 1. Qualified business income.2. Mileage or vehicle expenses.3. Retirement savings.4. Insurance premiums.5. Office supplies.6. Home office Today in History: February 25, Muhammad Ali defeats Sonny Liston for first world title 02/25/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Sunday, Feb. 25, the 56th day of 2024. There are 310 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 25, 1964, Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) became world heavyweight boxing champion as he defeated Sonny Liston in Miami Beach. On this date: In Federal prosecutors accuse a New Mexico woman of fraud in oil and gas royalty case 02/24/2024 05:16pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico businesswoman is accused of defrauding the U.S. government and two Native American tribes of taxes and royalties due to them for oil and gas that her companies extracted from leased federal and tribal lands. Federal prosecutors announced this week that Teresa So many sanctions on Russia. How much impact do they really have? 02/23/2024 02:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — So many sanctions. Once again, the United States, United Kingdom and European Union are hitting Russia with a new wave of sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. This time, they come in response to the death of noted Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who died in an Arctic penal