Bill Cosby Could Be Sentenced to 30 Years or Just Probation. His Accusers Will Be Watching Closely
Bill Cosby will be sentenced this week after being convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting former Temple University employee Andrea Constand in 2004. For the dozens of women who accused the comedian of sexual misconduct, this is their only chance to see Cosby behind bars. "I really do hope he does get prison time.
8m Sep 24, 2018
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How ‘Chris’ of Christine and the Queens Reinvents Herself on Her New Album
French alt-pop artist Héloïse Letissier goes by many names. Her newest one, Chris, is also the title of her new album, out Sept. 21. "Chris is about me pulling you a bit closer to me. Pay attention: I have something to tell you," she tells TIME. "I wanted to make a record about being a female who wanted, and who lusted after: a really active figure, and a complex one.
8m Sep 24, 2018
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How Tiger Woods Won His First Title in 5 Years
All year, Tiger Woods knocked. Tournament after tournament, the 14-time major champion contended for titles. Back in March, he finished tied for second and tied for fifth at the Valspar and Arnold Palmer Invitational, respectively. On the final day of the British Open in July, Woods ascended to the top of the leaderboard before a few hiccups cost him. At the PGA Championship in August, he thril...
5m Sep 24, 2018
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Coca-Cola Is Eyeing a Possible Entry Into the Cannabis Market
(Bloomberg) — Aurora Cannabis Inc. led pot stocks higher after Coca-Cola Co. said it’s eyeing the cannabis drinks market, becoming the latest beverage company to tap into surging demand for marijuana products as traditional sales slow. Coca-Cola says it’s monitoring the nascent industry and is interested in drinks infused with CBD -- the non-psychoactive ingredient in marijuana that treats pai...
5m Sep 24, 2018
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9 Passive-Aggressive Things People Say in Emails — and the Best Way to Respond to Each
If that snippy coworker is being passive-aggressive in an email (again!), resist the urge to send an equally snarly response. "The goal of the passive-aggressive person is to get someone else to visibly act out the anger that they have been concealing," social worker Signe Whitson, author of "The Angry Smile," told Business Insider. "Any time their covertly hostile email is responded to with ov...
6m Sep 24, 2018
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Apple Enthusiast Throws Brand New iPhone XS Down the Sydney Opera House Stairs to See What Happens
Apple's iPhone XS went on sale in stores on Friday and one particularly enthusiastic Apple fan had a crazy way of trying out his new phone: by throwing it down the steps of the Sydney Opera House for the ultimate drop test. Team members of Mous, a smartphone case company, eagerly awaited the arrival of the phone in Sydney, to be some of the first to try out the new phone — and to give the dura...
1m Sep 24, 2018
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Bill Gates Talks to TIME About a Coming ‘Third Wave’ of Development in Africa
There's a very big difference between simple and easy—especially when it comes to global health. It's simple to eradicate polio—just get all children vaccinated. It's simple to reduce nighttime malaria infections—make sure everyone in malaria-endemic areas sleeps under a bed net. But none of that is easy.
6m Sep 23, 2018
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Terry Crews Has an Unusual Strategy for Saving Money — and It Helped Make Him a Star
Terry Crews remembers being broke and borrowing money almost a dozen times from a friend, who finally one day said enough's enough. Crews got a day labor job. "They sent me to a factory, gave me a broom, and I swept all day. I got $8 an hour for 8 hours," he says. That moment led to a total mindset shift: "Before, I was begging for money. Now, I'm getting money. Whatever it takes, you can chang...
7m Sep 23, 2018
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Giving Ecstasy to Octopuses Taught Researchers Something Important About the Brain
A new study suggests that humans might have more in common with octopuses than it appears: they both respond to at least one psychoactive drug in a similar, sociable way. Scientists from Johns Hopkins University and the Marine Biological Laboratory on Cape Cod found that, just like humans, notoriously reserved (and sometimes violent) octopuses act friendly and social when they're exposed to MD...
3m Sep 23, 2018
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13 New Books Everyone Will Be Talking About This Fall
As we say goodbye to summer and embrace foliage, cozy sweaters and pumpkin-spiced beverages, we also say hello to a slate of new must-reads. From big-name celebrity memoirs (including Michelle Obama's highly anticipated Becoming) to a fascinating dive into the life of Thomas Cromwell and the return of an acclaimed detective novelist, there's a page-turner for every reader. Here are 13 of the to...
5m Sep 23, 2018
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Christine Blasey Ford Confirms Intent to Testify Against Kavanaugh for Judiciary Committee
Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, has agreed to testify this Thursday in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Ford's attorney Debra Katz confirmed Ford's testimony in an email Saturday, meeting the 2:30 p.m. deadline set last night by Committee chairman, Iowa Senator Charles Grassley. https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/10...
2m Sep 23, 2018
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Does Thinking Burn Calories? Here’s What the Science Says
You spent Sunday on the couch, skimming your social feeds and watching HGTV. Monday at work was a different story; your job involves creative problem solving and other difficult mental activities. Does the extra brainpower you use at work burn more energy than your Sunday spent watching Fixer Upper reruns? “The basic answer is yes,” says Ewan McNay, an associate professor of psychology and beh...
4m Sep 23, 2018
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President Trump’s Tweets Show Why Most Sex Assault Victims Never File Police Reports, Advocates Say
President Trump tweeted Friday that Christine Blasey Ford should have "immediately filed" a police report some 36 years ago if her alleged sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh "was as bad as she says." But advocates and lawyers say Trump’s tweets ignore the reasons many victims do not report sexual assault right away – or even come forward at all.
6m Sep 22, 2018
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The Scientific Secrets to Preventing Jet Lag
Traveling abroad can be exhilarating. But sometimes it’s easy to discount the crippling jet leg that can set in after traversing multiple time zones—leaving you exhausted, disoriented and possibly causing you to miss out on your vacation.
8m Sep 21, 2018
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When a Hurricane Hits, Having Dementia Adds an Extra Challenge — And Even More Risk
As Hurricane Florence barreled toward her coastal community, Patty Younts grappled with a question: Where should a person with dementia go? Her husband, Howard, 66, suffers from a type of dementia called posterior cortical atrophy, which has robbed him of short-term memory and made him almost blind. Their home on Pawley Island in South Carolina, where they have lived for more than 30 years, la...
8m Sep 21, 2018
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People Got So Mad About This ‘Sexy’ Handmaid’s Tale Costume That the Company Is No Longer Selling It
A "sexy" Halloween costume inspired by the dystopian novel and TV series The Handmaid’s Tale is no longer being sold after receiving a barrage of online criticism for sexualizing the show's subject matter — women subjugated by an oppressive government. The online retailer Yandy, which designed and sold the costume, issued an apology Thursday following the backlash.
3m Sep 21, 2018
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This Genius Method Can Get Your Job Application Into the Hands of a Hiring Manager
Your dream job, say as a Google programmer or a globe-trotting wine taster, appears in a posting online. You submit a resume and a week goes by—no response. After two or three more, still nothing. The simmering distress boils over as you realize that a response will never come, and you’ll never know why. “Don’t take it personally,” a friend tells you over drinks.
5m Sep 21, 2018
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Review: Life Itself May Just Sap the Life Out of You
All movies are manipulative. It's their job to nudge us toward some sensation we weren't expecting. But once in a while a film jets right past the boundaries of artfully contrived tearjerking into a kind of blunt hostage taking. Life Itself, written and directed by Dan Fogelman, the master manipulator behind television's This Is Us, is so perversely jaw-dropping in its attempts to extort feelin...
3m Sep 21, 2018
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You Can Get Free Admission to 1,500+ Museums This Weekend. Here’s How
Museum Day — the big day when it's super easy for anyone to get free admission at museums across the country — always takes place on the fourth Saturday in September. In other words: This Saturday is free Museum Day 2018! Saturday, September 22, marks the 14th anniversary of Museum Day, the event sponsored annually by Smithsonian magazine. For Museum Day 2018, you can get free admission to a ...
2m Sep 21, 2018
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7 Women on What Their Lives Are Like After Coming Forward About Sexual Harassment and Assault
One year after #MeToo went viral in October of 2017, the women who spoke out against harassment and abuse are still fighting. Some abusers have lost their jobs, and some even face prison time. But as public attention strays from each individual accusation, the survivors are left to figure out how to create lasting structural change. Many survivors are battling to hold those who empowered abuse...
16m Sep 21, 2018
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Christine and the Queens Is Boldly Reimagining Pop
All of the things you need to know now from the editors of TIME
2m Sep 21, 2018
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Olympian Michael Phelps on Retirement, the Butterfly and Athlete Activism
Now, when 28-time Olympic medalist Michael Phelps swims butterfly, it’s usually for an audience of one. When his 2-year old son Boomer waves his arms in imitation of the stroke, he knows what the toddler wants to see. “He knows the motion of the butterfly,” says Phelps. “So I do a couple of laps.
4m Sep 21, 2018
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How to Kickstart a New Career When You’re Over 50, According to Experts
Older workers can be at a greater risk of for losing a job for any number of reasons — from personal health crises or family caregiving obligations to ageism or trouble keeping up with an evolving workforce. Unfortunately, older workers can also have the toughest time reintegrating into the workforce after a job loss, even though they often really need these crucial final income-producing years...
5m Sep 21, 2018
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Michael Cohen Is Providing 'Critical Information' to Robert Mueller
(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer says he is providing “critical information” as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and possible coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign. Michael Cohen, who pleaded guilty to campaign finance and other charges last month, said Thursday he is providing ...
4m Sep 21, 2018
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Here’s What’s So Worrying About Elon Musk’s Latest Moon Plans
Things are going to get awfully busy for Elon Musk in 2023. That’s the year that Japanese entrepreneur and paying passenger Yusaku Maezawa will set off on his just-announced one-week mission around the moon aboard Musk’s waggishly named BFR—which nominally stands for "Big Falcon Rocket" but, this being Musk, stands for something else, too.
7m Sep 21, 2018
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Khloe Kardashian’s Brand Just Invented a Completely New Clothing Size — and There’s a Fascinating Reason Why
Khloe Kardashian's clothing company, Good American, is starting to sell jeans in a size that straddles the line between straight and plus sizes — a fashion first that will continue the brand's size-inclusive mantra. And it turns out the inspiration for Good American to create the first-ever size 15 option came about when they were crunching their sales numbers.
3m Sep 21, 2018
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Drugs, Alcohol and Suicide Are Killing So Many Young Americans That the Country’s Average Lifespan Is Falling
Young Americans are dying in rising numbers because of drugs, alcohol and suicide, according to new federal data. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) issued its annual comprehensive health and mortality report, which analyzes trends in death rates by cause and demographic. Drugs, alcohol and suicide, the report says, have contributed to...
5m Sep 21, 2018
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The Supreme Court Nomination Process Has Become a Disgrace
How low we have sunk. The Democrats have demanded an FBI investigation into an alleged drunken sexual assault from 36 years ago, between teenagers, at a party in a private home. The accuser doesn’t remember exactly when the offense took place or exactly how she got to the house. And she only allowed her name to be publicly associated with the accusation after the completion of a two-month-long ...
4m Sep 21, 2018
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Christine Blasey Ford Is Open to Testifying Against Brett Kavanaugh
(WASHINGTON) — Christine Blasey Ford would testify next week to the Senate about her accusation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh assaulted her when both were high school students if agreement can be reached to "terms that are fair and which ensure her safety," a Ford attorney told the Judiciary Committee on Thursday.
3m Sep 21, 2018
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Maniac Is the Most Exciting Netflix Drama Since Stranger Things
The Netflix miniseries Maniac is set in New York, but something about its version of the city feels distinctly off. At first, the discrepancies between the real metropolis and the one conjured by Cary Joji Fukunaga, best known for directing the stunning first season of True Detective, are subtle: Tiny robots roam the sidewalks cleaning up dog poop. Lonely people hire actors to impersonate old f...
7m Sep 21, 2018
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Are Pistachios Healthy? Here’s What Experts Say
You can find the shelled green nuts everywhere, from airport kiosks to health food stores. But are pistachios as healthy as they're cracked up to be? Here's what the experts say. What are the nutrition facts of pistachios? Pistachios are packed with vitamins, minerals and nutrients, including beta carotene, phosphorus, vitamin B6, thiamine, potassium, magnesium and fiber.
4m Sep 21, 2018
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Scores Killed as Ferry Capsizes in Lake Victoria, Tanzania
At least 42 people have died after a ferry capsized on Lake Victoria in Tanzania on Thursday—a toll officials fear could rise to as many 200, Reuters reports. Estimates indicate that the boat was carrying more than 300 people, but the exact number remains unclear as the ticket machine went down with the vessel, according to the ferry operator. The boat sank in the afternoon near the dock at U...
2m Sep 21, 2018
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Duterte's Attempt to Arrest a Critic Holed Up in the Senate Is Testing Philippine Democracy
On Sept. 13, nine days after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte revoked the amnesty enjoyed by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, a man wearing the senator’s black suit jacket barreled through the doors and briefly appeared in the Senate’s underground parking lot. One of the armed guards flanking the decoy held up a folder to hide his face. Another bundled him into the backseat of Trillanes’ waiti...
13m Sep 20, 2018
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Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court Confirmation Is Now the Ultimate Test of Political Power
From the beginning, the women were determined to be disruptive. There sat Brett Kavanaugh, looking every bit the world's most decent man, with his even demeanor and sparkling résumé, ready to go through the motions and receive the benediction of the Senators before him. Since the day of his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, Kavanaugh had portrayed himself as a champion of women.
16m Sep 20, 2018
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Trump Suggested Spain Build Its Own Border Wall Across the Sahara
President Donald Trump recommended that Spain build a border wall across the Sahara desert to stem the Mediterranean migrant crisis, Spain's foreign minister said this week. The Guardian reports that Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell relayed Trump's remarks to attendees at a luncheon in Madrid. His comments were widely reported in Spanish media.
2m Sep 20, 2018
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Korean Leaders' Visit to Sacred Volcano Marks Step Toward Peace
(PYONGYANG) — The leaders of the rival Koreas took to the road for the final day of their summit Thursday, standing on the peak of a beautiful volcano considered sacred in the North and a centerpiece of propaganda used to legitimize the Kim family’s rule, their hands clasped and raised in a pose of triumph.
6m Sep 20, 2018
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Shinzo Abe Poised to Become Japan's Longest-Serving Leader
(TOKYO) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was re-elected as head of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party in a landslide Thursday, paving the way for up to three more years as the nation's leader. The decisive victory may embolden Abe to pursue his long-sought revision to Japan's U.S.-drafted pacifist constitution, although the hurdles remain high and doing so would carry political risks. "I...
5m Sep 20, 2018
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Texan Behind 3D-Printed Gun Legal Battle Charged With Sexual Assault of a Minor
Cody Wilson, the Texas man who gained a national profile for his legal fight over 3D-printed guns, is facing sexual assault charges after he allegedly had sex with an underage girl he met on sugardaddymeet.com, authorities said. According to an arrest affidavit filed Wednesday, Wilson is charged with sexual assault of a minor. The affidavit said that on Aug. 22, Austin police received a call f...
3m Sep 20, 2018
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I Bought an Olive Garden Unlimited Pasta Pass and It’s Going to Save Me $10,000. Here’s My Master Plan
After three years of trying and failing to attain Olive Garden’s coveted Never Ending Pasta Pass, Jeff Berman finally scored one last year thanks to luck and a solid internet connection. Once he got the $100 card—allowing him to eat as much pasta as he wanted, whenever he wanted over the eight-week Never Ending Pasta Bowl promotion period—he knew he had to do something special.
7m Sep 20, 2018
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Military Rule May Be Over, But Myanmar’s Film Industry Remains in a Tawdry Time Warp
When Khun Lwici, the secretary of a literary and cultural committee set up by Myanmar’s Kayan ethnic group, came across a movie called Aung Padin Inn Padaung, he was incensed. In the movie, a woman from a Kayan community known as the Padaung is depicted next to a giraffe like a zoo animal. (Padaung women are famous for elongating their necks with brass rings.) In another scene, a Padaung woman...
9m Sep 20, 2018
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‘This Is How Rats Work.’ Why Twitter’s Emphasis on Follower Counts Could Be Backfiring
Online follower counts have become a fashionable form of currency, numbers people use as evidence of personal and professional clout. Media outlets treat it as news when celebrities amass big followings, and an entire industry has ascended around "influencers" who endorse goods via popular feeds. It's a metric increasingly ingrained in modern life. It's also under the microscope at Twitter.
9m Sep 20, 2018
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The Frightening Lesson Hurricane Maria Taught the World About the Politics of Climate Change
Exactly a year ago, on Sept. 20, 2017, one of the most violent storms ever to hit the Caribbean made landfall on the island of Puerto Rico. The storm, the likes of which Puerto Ricans had not seen in several generations, had gathered in intensity before tearing through Dominica and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and ending in Puerto Rico. No one can deny the devastation that Hurricane Maria brought ...
6m Sep 20, 2018
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A Space Jam Sequel Starring LeBron James Is Officially Happening
Black Panther director Ryan Coogler and Random Acts of Flyness creator Terence Nance will be joining NBA superstar LeBron James to bring beloved '90s kids movie Space Jam and the Tune Squad back to the big screen, with James' SpringHill Entertainment. Coogler will produce and Nance will direct the reboot of 1996's Space Jam, which originally starred Michael Jordan and an animated Bugs Bunny, w...
1m Sep 20, 2018
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‘Don’t Mess With Nana.’ Grandma Mayor Shoots and Kills 580-pound Alligator to Avenge Death of Miniature Horse
After three years of searching, Texas mayor and great-grandmother Judy Cochran has shot and killed the alligator she suspects ate her miniature horse. Cochran, the newly elected mayor of Livingston, Texas, says she killed the 12-foot, 580-pound gator with one shot after luring it to her family ranch with a hook baited with a raccoon carcass. "One shot in the head and he went under," she said, ...
1m Sep 20, 2018
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Inspired by #MeToo, McDonald's Employees Protest Sexual Harassment
McDonald's employees in cities across the U.S. launched #MeToo-inspired protests on Tuesday against workplace sexual harassment at the fast-food company, Agence France-Presse reports.
3m Sep 19, 2018
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Elon Musk Has Now Lost Billions of Dollars Since His Infamous ‘Funding Secured’ Tweet
You've probably heard of ill-advised message on social media costing someone their job. For Elon Musk, Tesla's quirky billionaire CEO, one tweet could cost billions of dollars. Tesla stock fell as much as 7% on Tuesday, after Bloomberg News reported that the Justice Department was launching a criminal probe over a tweet in which Musk said he might take his company private. Musk's personal net...
3m Sep 19, 2018
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Hurricane Florence’s Destruction Is Far From Over. Here’s How You Can Help Those Affected By the Storm
From pollution concerns due to flooded hog farms and coal ash dumps to towns covered by up to 30 inches of rain, the communities and people that were in Hurricane Florence's path need help. And the flooding and devastation caused by Tropical Depression Florence, which was downgraded from a category 1 hurricane on Saturday, is far from over. As of Tuesday, at least 32 people are dead in North a...
6m Sep 19, 2018
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Anita Hill Calls on Senators to ‘Get It Right’ at Kavanaugh’s Hearing Over Sexual Assault Allegation
Anita Hill — who testified at the 1991 confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas after accusing him of sexual harassment — spoke out about the upcoming hearing over the sexual assault accusation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. "There is no way to redo 1991, but there are ways to do better," Hill wrote in a New York Times column on Tuesday.
3m Sep 19, 2018
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Every Retiree Should Make This Tax Move Right Now, According to a New Warning From the IRS
The IRS has a message for retirees: make sure you're paying enough federal income tax. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of last December changed the income tax calculations for most filers, and employees aren't the only ones who need to double check they're withholding the right amount. The GOP tax bill lowered the top individual rate to 37% from 39.
4m Sep 19, 2018
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Sesame Street Was Just Forced to Issue a Clarification About Bert and Ernie's Sexuality
A former writer for Sesame Street said in a recent interview that he considered Bert and Ernie to be gay — but the show rebutted this claim, saying the puppets "do not have a sexual orientation." The most recent back-and-forth over Bert and Ernie's sexual orientation came after former Sesame Street writer Mark Saltzman, who worked for the show from 1981 until 1990, discussing his career writin...
4m Sep 19, 2018
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