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Treasury recovers $1.3 billion in unpaid taxes from high-wealth tax dodgers 09/06/2024 01:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The IRS has collected $1.3 billion from high-wealth tax dodgers since last fall, the agency announced Friday, crediting spending that has ramped up collection enforcement through President Joe Biden's signature climate, health care and tax package signed into law in 2022. Treasur Georgia school shooting stirs debate about safe storage laws for guns 09/06/2024 09:21am • Just a couple of weeks ago, a special panel of Georgia state senators convened to study potential laws aimed at keeping firearms safely locked up and out of the hands of children. A day after a 14-year-old was charged in a deadly shooting at his Georgia high school, that same panel gathered again T A look at the winding legal saga of Hunter Biden that ended in an unexpected guilty plea 09/06/2024 01:03am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� The legal saga surrounding Hunter Biden took an unexpected turn when he pleaded guilty to nine federal tax counts after prosecutors refused to budge in their opposition to a special plea that would have allowed him to maintain his innocence. The twist that played out as jury se What's at stake in Sri Lanka's first presidential vote since its economic meltdown? 09/06/2024 12:17am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ��� Sri Lanka will hold its presidential election on Sept. 21 in a crucial vote that will decide the future of the South Asian nation still struggling to recover from its economic collapse in 2022, which provoked mass protests and forced the former President Gotabaya Rajapaks Hunter Biden enters surprise guilty plea to avoid tax trial months after his gun conviction 09/05/2024 09:16pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal tax charges, a surprise move meant to spare his family another painful and embarrassing criminal trial after his gun case conviction just months ago. Hunter Biden���s decision to plead guilty to misdemeanor a Women lawmakers take the lead in shaping policy in Nebraska. Advocates hope other states follow. 09/05/2024 08:59pm • LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) ��� When Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen called a recent special legislative session to address soaring property taxes, it was women who largely stepped up to both advance parts of his main bill and to block his unpopular plans to raise sales and excises taxes to pay for it. Women hold l Before Hunter Biden's guilty plea, he wanted to enter an Alford plea. What is it? 09/05/2024 08:54pm • Hunter Biden's sudden guilty plea Thursday to tax charges was preceded by vigorous objections from prosecutors when his lawyer said he was willing to give up a trial and enter what's known as an Alford plea. The surprise took place in federal court in Los Angeles, where more than 100 potential juror 7 Best Vanguard Funds to Buy and Hold 09/05/2024 08:00pm • Ask yourself this: How do you know if your investment strategy truly aligns with that of a buy-and-hold investor, rather than that of an opportunistic trader? One way to determine this is by calculating your portfolio's turnover ratio -- a standardized metric that reflects the percentage of your por Debunking Common Credit Score Myths 09/05/2024 08:00pm • Credit score myths aren't anything new. This is bad financial advice that gets regurgitated every so often without much investigation. But it's important to scrutinize financial advice -- especially if it's coming from a not-so-reliable source like Aunt Mabel, who swears this is how her third cousin Trump suggests tariffs can help solve rising child care costs in a major economic speech 09/05/2024 07:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Former President Donald Trump suggested to business leaders Thursday that his plans to increase tariffs on foreign imports would solve seemingly unrelated challenges such as the rising cost of child care in the U.S. The GOP presidential nominee promised to lead what he called a ��� Election 2024 Latest: Trump and Harris focus on tax policy ahead of next week's debate 09/05/2024 06:42pm • Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will debate for the first time next Tuesday as the presidential candidates fight to sway voters on the biggest stage in U.S. politics. The meeting comes just 75 days after President Joe Biden���s disastrous debate performance triggered a political earthquake that ultim More than the hardware: School safety, technology and law enforcement 09/05/2024 06:10pm • The latest school shooting in Georgia once again puts the spotlight on what schools around the country are doing to keep out��weapons and create safer learning environments. Mac Hardy, director of operations at the National Association of School Resource Officers, said his organization is acutely Biden says rural electrification and internet improvements underscore 'American comeback' 09/05/2024 05:38pm • WESTBY, Wisconsin (AP) ��� President Joe Biden traveled to rural southwest Wisconsin on Thursday to champion new investments in electrification and expanded high-speed internet, proclaiming that ���all these investments mean family farms can stay in the family.��� In the town of Westby, Biden annou President's son, Hunter Biden, pleads guilty to federal tax charges months after his conviction in gun case 09/05/2024 05:03pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� President's son, Hunter Biden, pleads guilty to federal tax charges months after his conviction in gun case. Maryland Senate race: Former Gov. Larry Hogan talks tight polls, abortion, Trump and crime 09/05/2024 04:20pm • With just about two months until Election Day, the U.S. Senate contest in Maryland remains a tight race. Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, a Democrat, is vying for the seat against challenger and former Maryland Republican Gov. Larry Hogan A Gonzales Poll released this week s