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The Maximum Social Security Benefit in 2024 -- and How to Earn It 01/11/2024 07:00pm • The amount you receive in Social Security benefits each month will have an impact on your overall retirement budget. In 2024, the maximum Social Security benefit is $4,873 per month. Getting that much, however, depends on several factors, including how many years you worked, your level of income dur Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to federal tax charges after an earlier deal imploded 01/11/2024 06:47pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Joe Biden's son pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal tax charges filed after the collapse of a plea deal that could have spared him the spectacle of a criminal trial during the 2024 campaign. Hunter Biden has been accused of nine felony and misdemeanor tax offenses. Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to federal tax crimes after an earlier deal imploded that would have avoided a trial 01/11/2024 04:37pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to federal tax crimes after an earlier deal imploded that would have avoided a trial. California governor wants reserves and cuts to fix nearly $38B deficit, mostly sparing schools 01/11/2024 04:18pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's budget deficit is not as bad as previously thought, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday, but it's deep enough that it could delay a minimum wage increase for more than 400,000 health care workers and force spending cuts across various housing and climate pr Nick Saban is latest championship-winning coach to exit amid drastic changes to college sports 01/11/2024 04:11pm • Two years ago, Nick Saban sat at the head of a long, cluttered table in the meeting room adjacent to his office and talked about how college football was rapidly changing in ways that would challenge the process he used to build the Alabama dynasty. “Whether we’re recruiting you or whether you†Pakistan says the IMF executive board approved release of $700 million of $3B bailout 01/11/2024 02:08pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — The International Monetary Fund's executive board approved Thursday the release of $700 million of a $3 billion bailout for cash-strapped Pakistan, the finance ministry said. The bailout is meant to enable Pakistan to emerge from one of the worst economic crises in its history. In Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 01/11/2024 01:24pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov US brings resources, support and information to tech startups and emerging companies at CES 01/11/2024 04:16am • History tells us that nine different cities have played host to the U.S. government since 1774, including Philadelphia, New York, Annapolis and Baltimore, prior to the establishment of its permanent home here in Washington, D.C.in 1800. But thanks to CES, you can now add Las Vegas, Nevada, to th Taiwan's election is shaped by economic realities, not just Beijing's threats to use force 01/11/2024 01:03am • BANGKOK (AP) — Beijing’s threats to use force to claim self-governed Taiwan aren't just about missiles and warships. Hard economic realities will be at play as voters head to the polls Saturday, though the relationship is complicated. The economy has slowed since the pandemic, with growth in 20 Panel of judges says a First Amendment challenge to Maryland's digital ad tax should be considered 01/11/2024 12:25am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A federal appeals court directed a lower federal court on Wednesday to consider the merits of a challenge to Maryland’s first-in-the-nation digital advertising tax on First Amendment grounds, while agreeing that three other challenges should be dismissed. It’s a law th Gov. Laura Kelly calls for Medicaid expansion, offers tax cut plan that speeds up end of grocery tax 01/10/2024 10:06pm • Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly renewed her call Wednesday to expand Medicaid and countered an anticipated single-rate flat income tax for individuals with a plan that would instead cut taxes by doing things like accelerating the phasing out of the state’s sales tax on groceries. Kelly said in her an ‘We’re back to governing’: Maryland General Assembly opens annual 90-day legislative session 01/10/2024 09:54pm • Maryland’s Senate president vowed a return to a more normal 90-day General Assembly session following four years marked by transition and pandemic. The house of delegates and Senate returned to Annapolis on Wednesday and gaveled in the 446th legislative session. A winter storm that 24 hours ear West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, known for quirky speeches, gives his final one before US Senate run 01/10/2024 09:39pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice once rejected a legislative budget by showing a plate of cow dung he brought from a farm to the state Capitol on a silver platter. He hoisted the hind end of his pet English bulldog in the House chamber in response to criticism. And he was al Gov. Laura Kelly calls for Medicaid expansion, offers tax cut plan that speeds up end of grocery tax 01/10/2024 08:10pm • Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly renewed her call Wednesday to expand Medicaid and countered an anticipated single-rate flat income tax for individuals with a plan that would instead cut taxes by doing things like accelerating the phasing out of the state’s sales tax on groceries. Kelly said in her an What Is Common-Law Marriage? 01/10/2024 07:00pm • Americans are steadily delaying the age of first marriage. From 1983 to 2023, the median age increased by about five years to 30.2 years for men and 28.4 years for women, according to the U.S. Census. But as individuals increasingly choose to defer or skip entering into a formal marriage, it is impo