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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 United Daughters of the Confederacy would lose Virginia tax breaks, if Youngkin signs off 02/26/2024 06:04pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� Legislation that would end tax benefits for the United Daughters of the Confederacy ��� the Richmond-based women's group that helped erect many of the country's Confederate monuments ��� is on its way to Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who hasn't said whether he suppo 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, Ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Bidens to remain jailed while he awaits trial, judge rules 02/26/2024 04:28pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� A former FBI informant charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden���s family must remain behind bars while he awaits trial, a judge ruled Monday, reversing an earlier order releasing the man. U.S. District Judge Otis Wright II in 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 Global economy is weighed down by war, uncertainty and instability, trade chief warns 02/26/2024 09:37am • ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� The head of the World Trade Organization warned on Monday that war, uncertainty and instability are weighing down the global economy and urged the bloc to embrace reform as elections across nearly half the world's population could bring new challenges. WTO D 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 Ferguson on tax assessment mail delay: 'It's easy to blame a contractor' 02/25/2024 10:50pm • The buck stops with Michael Higgs. That is the message from Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) when it comes to who is responsible for the State Department of Assessments and Taxation��missing a mailing deadline for 107,000 properties. ���To me, if you���re the head of an agency 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 Can You Take the Home Office Deduction? 02/25/2024 07:00pm • Many people whose jobs became remote during the COVID-19 pandemic are still working from home. Some work entirely from home or on a hybrid schedule, others are searching for new jobs they can do remotely and some are starting their own businesses and doing self-employed work from home rather than re 10 Tax Breaks for People Over 50 02/25/2024 07:00pm • Once you turn 50, and especially after age 65, you can qualify for extra tax breaks. Older people get a bigger standard deduction, and they can earn more before they have to file a tax return at all. Workers over 50 can also defer or avoid taxes on more money using retirement and health savings acco Richonne rises in 'The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live' starring Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira 02/25/2024 01:46am • PASADENA, Calif. (AP) ��� Danai Gurira remembers a moment filming ��� The Walking Dead ��� which she now believes contributed to the future pairing of her character Michonne with Andrew Lincoln's Rick. It was during season three, Gurira's first season on the show. The scene featured Lincoln, Steven Tax-free status of movie, music and games traded online is on table as WTO nations meet in Abu Dhabi 02/25/2024 01:12am • GENEVA (AP) ��� Since late last century and the early days of the web, providers of digital media like Netflix and Spotify have had a free pass when it comes to international taxes on films, video games and music that are shipped across borders through the internet. But now, a global consensus on th 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 Takeaways from South Carolina primary: Donald Trump's Republican home field advantage is everywhere 02/24/2024 11:21pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Donald Trump trounced Nikki Haley on Saturday in the South Carolina primary, a victory that emphatically punctuated the depth and breadth of his support among Republican primary voters as he vanquished his lone remaining major opponent in her home state. Trump did not even have to