Soaring inflation may mean lower tax bills for some as IRS raises brackets
Javier Ghersi/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Some Americans may have lower tax bills when they file for 2023 after the IRS adjusted tax brackets and increased deductions to counter the soaring price tags on groceries and other daily staples.
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Biden announces more steps to try to lower gas prices, including next oil release from reserve
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a series of steps aimed at easing the oil supply crunch and lower gas prices, which have become a major domestic concern ahead of the November midterms…
COVID subvariants: What to know and should you be concerned?
SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Even as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations driven by the omicron subvariant BA.5 continue to fall in the United States, the proportion of infections attributed to other omicron offshoots is rising.
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Study: 3 in 10 uninsured Americans with diabetes may ration insulin
Caíque de Abreu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Nearly 30% of Americans living with diabetes who are uninsured may ration their insulin to save money, according to a new study.
Researchers at Harvard Medical School, the City University of New York’s Hunter …
Black, Hispanic adults more likely to be hospitalized with flu than white adults
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Racial and ethnic minorities are more likely to be hospitalized with the flu in the United States, new federal data shows.
A new report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday looked …
Family of Raleigh mass shooting suspect says ‘never any indications or warning signs’
Sheila Paras/Getty Images(RALEIGH, N.C.) — The parents of the 15-year-old suspected of killing five people, including a police officer, on a nature trail in Raleigh, North Carolina, said there weren’t “any indications or warning signs” their son “was …
Three people still missing in hard-hit Florida county in wake of Hurricane Ian, sheriff says
Al Diaz/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Three people are still missing from a Florida county weeks after Hurricane Ian slammed into the state as a Category 4 storm, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.
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Halloween Happy Meal pails return to McDonald’s
McDonald’s(NEW YORK) — McDonald’s is officially in the Halloween spirit with the return of it’s iconic and festive Happy Meal pails.
After some hype online and social media about the nostalgic Halloween buckets, the McBoo, McPunk’n and McGoblin are a…
Trump expected to sit for deposition in E. Jean Carroll defamation case
Mario Tama/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to sit for a deposition Wednesday as part of a defamation lawsuit brought by a former magazine columnist who claims he raped her in the 1990s.
Trump was ordered to appear…
Haitians eye foreign help warily as gangs, cholera outbreak take toll
KeithBinns/Getty Images(PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad) — As Haiti continues to grapple with gang violence, inflation and rising cholera cases, a proposed U.N. security response is being met with caution by some Haitians.
“Everyday you’re hopeless, feeling …