Washington — President Biden intends to propose a minimum tax of 20% on households worth more than $100 million and cut projected budget deficits by more than $1 trillion over the next decade, according to a fact sheets released Saturday by the White House budget office. The introduction of the …
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A 26-year-old woman charged in the death of an 87-year-old Broadway singing coach hurled an epithet at her before shoving her to the ground and walking away while the older woman lay bleeding on the sidewalk, prosecutors said at an arraignment Tuesday. Lauren Pazienza, of Port Jefferson, Long Island, turned …
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New York — Soaring profits on Wall Street helped drive up the average bonus paid to employees in New York City’s securities industry to a record $257,500 for last year, the state comptroller reported Wednesday. The average securities industry bonus was 20% higher than 2020 and came out of a bonus …
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Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are getting behind a bill that would impact every resident in the U.S.: A permanent switch to daylight saving time beginning in November 2023. Aside from avoiding the nuisance — and sleep deprivation — of changing clocks twice a year, the effort could …
Read More »Hailey Bieber revealed Saturday that she was hospitalized this week for a blood clot to her brain. The model said she has since “recovered completely” and is at home. On Thursday morning, Bieber said she was having breakfast with husband Justin Bieber when she began experiencing “stroke like symptoms.” She …
Read More »The parents of Gabby Petito claim in a new Florida lawsuit that Brian Laundrie told his parents he had killed her before he returned home alone from their ill-fated western trip in a converted van. The lawsuit filed Thursday in Sarasota County Circuit Court contends that Laundrie told his parents …
Read More »As inflation puts the U.S. economy in flux, monthly rents are skyrocketing, pricing some people out of their homes. South Florida resident Jamie Wolf, who is a single mother raising three children, says her landlord is raising their rent by nearly $1,000 per month — a 30% hike. “It’s impossible …
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President Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday to explore establishing a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) — also known as a “U.S. digital dollar” — akin to a cryptocurrency. One key difference between the digital dollar and cryptocurrency is that the former would be subject to some regulation …
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An overnight shooting at a Las Vegas hookah lounge left one man dead and 13 other people injured, police said Saturday. The suspect or suspects fled the scene, and police are still looking for them, CBS affiliate KLAS reports. Police believe, based on a preliminary investigation, that two people got into …
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Ivanka Trump is considering appearing before the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, a spokesperson for former President Trump’s daughter told CBS News on Wednesday. Last month, the committee asked Ivanka Trump, who served as an adviser to her father, to voluntarily speak with …
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