The first batch of stimulus payments have gone out and the IRS has a tool for you to check your status (CNN, KYMA) – The first group of about 90 million Americans to receive money include those who provided direct deposit information to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on recent tax returns, or on the
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‘Serial stowaway’ Marilyn Hartman was arrested at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Tuesday after leaving the residential facility where she was being electronically monitored. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office told CNN in a statement that it was notified that she had left the facility around noon Tuesday, and that electronic monitoring staff immediately began trying
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George Washington is said to have told Thomas Jefferson that they should create the Senate to “cool” House legislation — like a saucer cools hot tea. But using that notion of cooling what the House passes to outright kill a bill by filibuster is not in the US Constitution, and likely not what Washington had
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With obesity a factor in Covid-19 vaccine eligibility, many Americans are scrambling to find out their body mass index, or BMI. But experts say the meaning behind those numbers — and how to lower them — isn’t always so clear-cut. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists obesity as an underlying medical condition,
Continue ReadingThe Internal Revenue Service plans to delay this year’s tax filing deadline by roughly a month, to mid-May. Democratic Reps. Bill Pascrell of New Jersey and Richard Neal of Massachusetts, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said that the new deadline would be May 17. The IRS late Wednesday put out a
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(CNN) — Murió el presidente de Tanzania, John Magufuli, anunció su gobierno en su página oficial de Facebook el miércoles. El presidente de 61 años, que generalmente hacía apariciones públicas semanales en los servicios religiosos dominicales, no había sido visto desde el 27 de febrero, lo que alimentaba las especulaciones de que estaba enfermo y
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State and federal investigators are scrambling to learn more about Robert Aaron Long, the suspect in a string of deadly shootings at three Atlanta-area Asian spas, and his alleged motive. Not much information has surfaced about the 21-year-old from Woodstock, about a half-hour drive north of Atlanta. He is presently detained without bond in Cherokee
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The founder of the WallStreetBets is heading to Hollywood. Jaime Rogozinski, the investor who started the subreddit that shook up Wall Street, has signed with United Talent Agency, the company confirmed to CNN Business on Wednesday. The news was first reported by Bloomberg. The agency reps some of biggest stars in Hollywood including Kevin Hart,
Continue Reading (CNN) — Al menos ocho personas fueron encontradas muertas en tres spa diferentes en el área de Atlanta el martes. La Policía dice que la evidencia de video los ha llevado a creer que el mismo sospechoso, Robert Aaron Long, es responsable de los tres tiroteos. Esto es lo que sabemos hasta ahora ¿Dónde tuvieron
Continue Reading Nota del editor: Mari Rodríguez Ichaso ha sido colaboradora de la revista Vanidades durante varias décadas. Es especialista en moda, viajes, gastronomía, arte, arquitectura y entretenimiento. Productora de cine y columnista de estilo de CNN en Español. Las opiniones expresadas en esta columna son exclusivamente suyas. Lee más artículos de opinión en cnne.com/opinion. (CNN Español)
Continue ReadingAt least eight people were found dead at three different spas in the Atlanta area Tuesday.
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You may get an extra month to pay your dues to Uncle Sam this year (CNN, KYMA) – The Internal Revenue Service plans to delay the tax filing deadline until mid-may, according to an official with the IRS. The government wants to give Americans more time because the pandemic could have made taxes more complicated
Continue ReadingThe House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to renew the lapsed Violence Against Women Act, landmark legislation championed by President Joe Biden. The final tally was 244 to 172 with 29 Republicans voting with Democrats in support. The chamber passed a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the VAWA, as it is known, that was introduced in
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An Amazon warehouse employee testified before the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday about the “grueling” working conditions that led her and others to organize the milestone union election currently underway in Bessemer, Alabama. “Amazon brags it pays workers above the minimum wage. What they don’t tell you is what those jobs are really like,” said
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Distribution of White supremacist propaganda reached the highest amount ever recorded since the Anti-Defamation League began tracking it, the group said in a report released on Wednesday. There were 5,125 documented cases of racist, anti-Semitic and anti-LGBTQ fliers, stickers, banners and posters distributed in the US — an average of 14 incidents per day and
Continue ReadingUS intelligence agencies believe that “narratives of fraud in the recent general election” and “the emboldening impact of the violent breach of the US Capitol” will “almost certainly” spur domestic extremists to try to engage in additional acts of violence this year, according to the unclassified summary of a new joint assessment released Wednesday. That
Continue ReadingMany Senate Democrats are preparing for a key moment they believe will help make their case to gut the filibuster once and for all: when Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and his Republican colleagues block a major voting rights bill they say is critical to beat back restrictions imposed in GOP-led states across the country.
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Marisabel Rodríguez, exesposa del fallecido presidente de Venezuela Hugo Chávez, publicó este martes en sus redes sociales un video que mostraba cuando era vacunada con una dosis de la vacuna rusa Sputnik V al tiempo que invitaba a los venezolanos a vacunarse. Horas después borró la publicación, pero para entonces ya era
Continue Reading After Sebastian Araujo’s parents spent a week on a waitlist for leftover Covid-19 vaccines, the family was relieved when the pharmacy called to let him know that two spots had opened up. On Saturday, the trio showed up for their appointments at a Rite Aid in Mission Hills, California, a suburb outside of Los Angeles,
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The 54-year-old was apprehended as part of a group of 18 undocumented immigrants near Andrade
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