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☆ Video: Watch Colin Jost tell Biden why his grandfather voted for Biden in 2020
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( John Branch | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Shaima Refaat Alareer: Daughter of prominent Palestinian poet killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Zeena Saifi | Sana Noor Haq | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Shaima Refaat Alareer, the daughter of a prominent Palestinian poet, was killed alongside her family in an Israeli airstrike on a house west of Gaza City on Friday, according to multiple sources, four months after her father died in a similar attack. Eyewitnesses in Al-Rimal neighborhood told CNN that three Israeli missiles struck a home where the family were sheltering. Shaima was the daughter of Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer, who was killed along with several other family members when an Israeli airstrike hit their home in the Shujayya neighborhood in December. Video shot for CNN shows residents running towards the house after the strike and gathering around the bodies of those killed. Residents told CNN the family’s remains were taken to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital.

Persons: Alareer, Shaima, Refaat Alareer, Mosab Abu Toha, Refaat, Refaat’s, ”, Abu Toha, “, ” Shaima, Abd al, Rahman Organizations: CNN, Israel Defense Forces, ”, Residents, Ahli Baptist Hospital Locations: Palestinian, Gaza City, Al, Shujayya, Rimal, Ahli, Gaza, Cairo

☆ A 110-year-old man says he's never had back pain and still drives his car every day. Here are his 6 longevity tips.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewAt 110, the 8th oldest man in the world still drives his car every day. He shared his daily routine and longevity tips with the outlet, including an active social life, lots of movement, and a flexible diet. "I was drinking milk and eating well because I worked on a farm," he told TODAY.com. "He has eaten whatever he wants," she told TODAY.com. He stopped smoking and doesn't drink muchDrinking and smoking are considered to be bad for longevity.

Persons: —, Vincent Dransfield, TODAY.com, Erica Lista, Dransfield, Lista, He's, Dransfield's Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Little Falls , New Jersey

☆ What this NFL Draft pick plans to do with his new money—from mutual funds and a Roth IRA to Air Jordan 1 sneakers
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Fiske, 24, was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the second round of the 2024 NFL Draft on Friday evening. "I had never been around that much money," Fiske told MarketWatch last month. Together, they've discussed "how my financial life is going to change" upon signing an NFL contract, Fiske noted. "I'm putting money into mutual funds, index funds, high-yield savings accounts and maybe exploring new investment opportunities, too," he said, adding: "I also have a Roth IRA ... But that doesn't mean he won't splurge on a fun purchase: He's an avowed fan of Nike's Air Jordan 1 sneakers, for example.

Persons: Braden Fiske, —, Fiske, you've, they've, Roth, he's Organizations: Los Angeles Rams, Florida State University, FSU, NFL, Roth IRA, Air, Honda Accord, CNBC

☆ I was desperate to have a second baby because I disliked being an only child
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Janine Clements | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

When it came to having kids, I wanted a big, noisy family. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementI wasn't always an only child; I became one when I was 4 and my brother, who was 18 months old, died. Desperate for my daughter not to be an only child, I couldn't give up. But my fears were unfounded, and we were blessed with a healthy baby girl — and a sibling for my daughter.

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☆ I left my corporate banking job after I got reality TV-famous on 'The Bachelorette.' Now, I'm worth $4 million.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Caralynn Matassa | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

I was working as a senior corporate banker right before I applied to be on "The Bachelorette." Throughout my career in corporate banking, I executed over $150 million in lending transactions. AdvertisementFive years after leaving the corporate world, I'm now worth between $4 and $5 millionTartick in 2023. Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty ImagesWe just came off a massive book launch for "Talk Money to Me," where we went to eight cities. Jason Tartick's new book "Talk Money to Me" is in stores now.

Persons: —, Jason Tartick, podcaster, It's, I'd, guardrails, Tartick, Craig Sjodin, You've, I'm, Becca wasn't, Becca Kufrin, Paul Hebert, — it's, Kaitlyn Bristowe, didn't, Jason, I've, that'll, Charles Sykes, Bravo, we've, Jason Tartick's Organizations: Service, Business, Disney, Entertainment, Getty, Rewire Talent Management Locations: KeyBank, America

☆ Black royals say Hollywood erased their existence. They're fighting to change the whitewashed narrative.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Black royals have existed around the world for millennia. Mainstream TV shows and movies that depict the true history of Black royal families are few and far between. And while movies about fictional Black royals exist — "The Princess and The Frog" (2009), "Black Panther" (2018), and the latest "The Little Mermaid" (2023) — Hollywood still isn't doing enough to educate viewers that Black royals exist in the real world, according to Nigeria's Princess Keisha Omilana. - Prince Asfa-Wossen AsserateMeanwhile, Asfa-Wossen said educators are too often preoccupied with using slave narratives to recount Black history. But in order to portray Black royals as equal to their white counterparts, there must be a shift in perspective, he said.

Persons: —, Queen Elizabeth, Sierra Leone's, Sarah Culberson, Nigeria's Princess Keisha, Prince Kunle Omilana, Prince Asfa, Asserate, Princess Ariana, Prince Joel, Keisha Omilana, Halle Bailey, Ariel, Disney Keisha, Prince Adekunle, Omilana, Keisha, Kunle, Ipetu, Orjinmo, Prince Kunle, haven't, George Osodi, Fernando Catala, Princess Keisha, David White, Sarah, Sarah Culberson Sarah, Ethiopia's Prince Asfa, Manfred Roth, who's, Haile Selassie, Young, Charlotte, Liam Daniel, Wossen, Ethiopia's Prince Joel, Joel, Ethiopia Antwon Maxwell, Kassa, Ian Sansom, it's, Queen of Sheba, King Soloman's, Sheba, Menelik, Axum, don't, Tell Organizations: Service, Hollywood, BI, Immigration, Board of Canada, Paramount, Getty, Netflix, SAG, Ethiopian, King, Guardian Locations: Hollywood, Windsor, American, Nigeria, Yoruba Kingdom, British, Morocco, Lesotho, Swaziland, Europe, Africa, Mende, Bumpe, Sierra Leone, West Virginia, Ethiopia, India, Germany, Los Angeles, America

☆ Photos shine a light on Taiwan’s ‘betel nut beauties’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Emma Russell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

To meet her sales targets, the betel nut “must be delicious.” she told CNN in an email. A betel nut stall in Taipei. “I loved driving there because there were the betel nut girls,” she recalled in a phone interview. One of Han's subjects, Ju Ju, is pictured at a booth in the city of Taoyuan. But Ju Ju has since grown to value the stability of the job.

Persons: Mong Shuan, Mong, Constanze Han, “, ”, we’d, Han, Han “, ’ ”, Susan Meiselas, Xiao Hong, Ju, Ju Ju, —, Constanze Organizations: CNN, Mong, ”, island’s Ministry of Health, Welfare Locations: Taiwan, Asia, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Amsterdam, Hong Kong and New York, America, New England, New Taipei City, Taoyuan, Constanze

☆ The pre-owned luxury watch market is thriving
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Fawnia Soo Hoo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Granted, the pandemic-induced second hand luxury watch boom peaked back in March 2022, but the market is still going strong, and price levels remain higher than pre-Covid times. “(They’re) a crucial demographic for the growth and evolution of the pre-owned and vintage luxury watch industry,” added Paul Altieri, founder & CEO of multi-brand online luxury marketplace Bob’s Watches. Don't be shy," said Dimepiece's Brynn Wallner of new buyers' potential nerves when it comes to luxury watch stores. How can you tell if a luxury pre-owned watch is the real deal? “Luxury watches of this caliber will go from one generation to the next to the next to the next,” he explained.

☆ I visited Dollywood's sister theme park in the Ozark mountains. The hidden gem's attractions and food were just as good as Disney's.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Carly Caramanna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewOne of my favorite hidden-gem theme parks is Silver Dollar City, nestled in the Ozark Mountains in Branson, Missouri. Both are owned by Herschend Family Entertainment, though Silver Dollar City opened first in 1960. I've visited theme parks all over the world and this now ranks as one of my favorites. There are also unique attractions at Silver Dollar City that I haven't experienced anywhere else — Grandfather's Mansion was one of my favorites. The food is fantastic and uniqueCarly CaramannaI'm a big foodie — especially at theme parks — and I was happy this park's eats lived up to the hype.

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☆ Don't feel too bad for Joe Alywn. He's likely making millions from cowriting 6 Taylor Swift songs.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The album follows Swift's breakup with British actor Joe Alwyn, her longtime muse and collaborator. Alwyn likely earned millions from the six songs he cowrote with Swift. It's the first set of new music since Swift's breakup with British actor Joe Alwyn was confirmed in April 2023. But if some of the songs expose details about their relationship, you shouldn't feel too bad for Alwyn. He has likely earned millions from Swift's songs already, according to multiple reports.

Persons: Taylor, Joe Alwyn, Alwyn, Swift, —, It's, Beth Garrabrant, Swift's, William Bowery, Betty, Taylor Swift, Los Angeles , California Kevin Mazur, Don Arnold, TAS24, William Bowery's, Joe, he's, Bon Ivor, Kelly Clarkson, William Organizations: Poets Department, Service, Los Angeles Convention Center, The Recording, Spotify, Bloomberg, Disney Locations: Coney, Los Angeles , California, Sydney, New York

☆ Jawbone in Child’s Rock Collection Linked to Marine Who Died in 1951
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Amanda Holpuch | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A jawbone found in a child’s rock collection in Arizona more than two decades ago belonged to a Marine who died in California in 1951 and was buried in Missouri, the authorities said on Friday. Everett Leland Yager, a U.S. Marine Corps captain, was 30 years old when his plane crashed during a military training exercise on July 31, 1951, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona said in a statement. Captain Yager’s remains were recovered in Riverside County, Calif., and he was buried in Palmyra, Mo. More than 50 years later, a mother, who was not named by the authorities, found what she believed to be human remains in her son’s old rock collection, the sheriff’s office said. Her son had been an avid rock collector as a child and had inherited the collection from his grandfather.

Persons: Everett Leland Yager, Yager’s Organizations: U.S . Marine Corps Locations: Arizona, California, Missouri, U.S, Yavapai County, Riverside County, Calif, Palmyra, Mo

☆ Time Is Running Out for Rahul Gandhi’s Vision for India
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Samanth Subramanian | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The crush of people at the rally was suffocating, although in India a crowd is no index of popularity. At 53, with a well-salted beard and serious eyes, he’s too old to be called Congress’s “scion,” but he still wears the sheen of dynasty. Then, on the heels of several corruption scandals, the mighty party — 140 years old next year — came unstuck. One of Modi’s successes has been not just to trounce the Congress Party but also to persuade people that the party has weakened India and emasculated its Hindus. (Amnesty itself halted its work in India in 2020, in the midst of what it later called an “incessant witch hunt” by the government.)

Persons: —, Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira, Rajiv, Sonia, Modi, ” Organizations: Congress, Party, Amnesty, World Press Locations: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Russia

☆ In India’s 2024 election, BJP’s main opposition appears increasingly weak in face of Modi juggernaut
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Helen Regan | Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +21 min

Supporters of India's opposition party, Indian National Congress, during an election rally in Puducherry on April 15, 2024 R. Satish Babu/AFP/Getty ImagesDemocracy under threat? Dipam Bhachech/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Modi worked his way through the ranks of the BJP, establishing himself as a respected politician. Tobias Schwarz/AFP/Getty Images Modi hugs French President Emmanuel Macron after a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, on June 3, 2017. Brent Lewin/Bloomberg/Getty Images India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2023. Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images Modi offers a toast during a State Dinner with President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, on June 22, 2023.

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☆ A mom found a jawbone in her son’s rock collection. 22 years later, genealogy researchers ID’d the remains of a US Marine
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Ashley Williams | Ashley R. Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —More than 20 years after a mother found a human jawbone hidden in her son’s rock collection, genetic genealogy experts have unraveled the discovery and identified the partial remains of a US Marine Corps captain. In 2002, his mother found the collection, came across what looked to be human remains and contacted the sheriff’s office, authorities said in a statement. In January 2023, the sheriff’s office and the Yavapai County Medical Examiner referred the case to the Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center. The college partnered with the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office to work on the case for free, the sheriff’s office said in a statement. “I think it shows how investigative genetic genealogy has stepped in and become the most really incredible investigative tool since the advent of DNA.”

Persons: Everett Leland Yager, John Doe, ”, ” Cairenn Binder, Binder, Bootcamp, Ethan Schwartz, Yager, ” Binder, “, he’d, Yager’s, ” Gurney Organizations: CNN, US Marine Corps, Ramapo College of New, Office, Ramapo College, Genetic, GEDmatch Locations: Riverside County , California, Palmyra , Missouri, Yager, Yavapai County, Northern Arizona, Arizona, California, Yavapai, Ramapo, Salt Lake City , Utah, Salt Lake City

☆ Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' ends with an ode to Clara Bow. The silent film star's family thinks it's a 'hauntingly beautiful' homage.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read preview"You look like Clara Bow in this light" is how Taylor Swift begins the closing track of the standard edition of her latest album, "The Tortured Poets Department," which was released on Friday. But beyond what she's been told by others, by naming the song "Clara Bow," Swift appears to be signaling an affinity with the original "It" girl whose career reached its apex almost a century ago. Ultimately, for Sisneros and Bell, Swift's immortalization of their great-grandmother in "Clara Bow" is a gift they can hand down to future generations. A sex symbol is a heavy load to carry when one is tired, hurt, and bewildered," Bow is quoted as saying in Stenn's biography, "Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild." Advertisement"I feel like she would say the same thing about Taylor," Bell concluded.

Persons: —, Clara Bow, Taylor Swift, Swift, Bow, Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac frontwoman, It's, she's, unapologetically, Taylor, Brittany Grace Bell, Clara, They're, Nicole Sisneros, Eugene Robert Richee, Sisneros, Bell, Bow's, Rex Bell Jr, David Stenn, Rex Bell, Brittany Grace Bell's, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rebekah Harkness, Kennedy, Ethel Kennedy, Taylor's, Beth Garrabrant Sisneros, Swift's, Marilyn Monroe Organizations: Service, Poets Department, Business, BI, B.P, Golden, Hollywood, Department Locations: Hollywood, Nevada, Swift's Rhode, Clara Bow, Las Vegas, Sisneros

☆ Why is the Trump trial jury anonymous? What to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

RELATED: Full 12-person jury set for Trump trial after Thursday proceedings. Even the lawyers in that case weren’t permitted to know the identities of the jurors, a step further than the precautions in place for the Trump trial in New York. In this hyperconnected social media age, anonymity is hard to achieve. Meanwhile, a special hearing on whether Trump has violated a gag order for his continued social media attacks is set for next week. When anonymous juries go wrongMaybe Trump remembers one of the most infamous, anonymous jury incidents, featuring another famous New Yorker, the mob boss John Gotti.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Leroy “ Nicky ” Barnes, Barnes, Jimmy Carter, Juan Merchan’s, Merchan, Jean Carroll, Barnes –, CNN’s Jeremy Herb, “, ” Merchan, ”, Jesse Watters, John Gotti, Gotti, Salvatore “ Sammy, Bull ” Gravano, George Pape, Pape, acquit Gotti, Alan Tuerkheimer, CNN’s Omar Jimenez, Max Organizations: CNN, Trump, The New York Times, Justice Department, Fox News, Liberal, Yorker, New York Times, Prosecutors Locations: New York, Puerto Rican

☆ I bought a duplex as my first home. I still have a mortgage, but I only pay around $900 a month and have no regrets.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Dominique Raroha bought a duplex as a first-time homebuyer instead of a traditional house. Over the years stuff was sold off, we built houses, and we were able to subdivide that piece of property. Raroha bought a duplex as her first home. AdvertisementGiven the financial freedom of owning a duplex, buying another makes so much sense. To accomplish buying something like a duplex in this market, it does take years of planning.

Persons: Dominique Raroha, —, Homeownership, South Jersey —, Raroha, It's, I'm, didn't, would've, it's Organizations: Service Locations: Sicklerville , New Jersey, Philadelphia, Voorhees , New Jersey, South Jersey, United States

He was a model to me of artistic labor and discipline, even if those early paintings were painfully amateurish. IT WASN’T MY intention to start an essay about artistic beginnings with a story of artistic death. No one captured the massive cultural and economic disparities of my life in Delhi (and his in Lahore) like Toor. But quite unbeknown to me, Toor’s life in New York had opened up a new vein of material. Not everyone who sees a Michelangelo can go off and paint a Michelangelo.”THERE ARE SO many ways to begin.

Persons: Naipaul, Neil Shah, James Wood —, Zack, who’d, ”, Artemisia Gentileschi, Susanna, Elders ”, I’m, ” Gustave Flaubert, “, ” Zack, it’s, Bruce Chatwin, Paul Gauguin, Salman Rushdie, Somerset Maugham, Kathryn Bigelow, Philip Glass, Arundhati Roy, Booker, Joseph Conrad, Conrad, Jacques, ” Conrad, brimming, ’, ’ ”, Clarice Lispector, Benjamin Moser, ” Lispector, Maugham, eludes, Jan van Kessel, Elder, — Pieter Bruegel, —, Rebecca West —, “ Black Lamb, J.R, Hammond, Wells, Rebecca West ”, sloughed, Henrik Ibsen’s, Rosmersholm ”, Karan Mahajan, Salman Toor, what’s, ” Hemingway, Anoushka Shankar, Ravi Shankar, Harold Bloom, Ravi, Uday, René Daumal, Rasa ”, ” Anoushka, Norah Jones, Norah, I’ve, “ Raphael, Rachel Cusk, Italy ”, Perugino, Raphael, Cusk, J.M, Samuel Beckett, Gabriel García Márquez, Thomas Pynchon’s, James Joyce, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Marcel Proust’s, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Read, Emma Kehlbeck, Quinton Kamara Organizations: Amherst College, Elders, Fayerweather, ”, Google, Sunday Times, Somerset, Yugoslavia, The, “, . Locations: Delhi, ”, Massachusetts, Italian, Topeka, Kan, Amherst, New York, London, Patagonia, New Delhi, Torrens, Cambridge, Polish, Ukrainian, Brazil, Flemish, Victorian England, “ H.G, Fairfield, United States, “, East, Lahore, Europe, America, Texas, Side, Manhattan, India, Italy

He was a model to me of artistic labor and discipline, even if those early paintings were painfully amateurish. The painting followed me from Amherst to my first job in New York, and on to London and Delhi. IT WASN’T MY intention to start an essay about artistic beginnings with a story of artistic death. I’m especially moved by those first moments of validation by which an artist comes out to himself, as it were. It’s this, the inexorability of the correspondence between an artist and the world, that gives those first steps their magical quality.

☆ Trump’s Trial Enters Third Day With 7 Jurors Chosen
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Ben Protess | Jonah E. Bromwich | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Seven jurors down, five more to go. The case against Mr. Trump stems from a hush-money payment to a porn star, Stormy Daniels, who during the 2016 presidential campaign threatened to go public with her story of a sexual encounter with Mr. Trump. Prosecutors say Mr. Trump concealed her story, and others, to influence the election. But prosecutors say he falsified business records to cover up the sex scandal, and charged him last year with 34 felony counts. Many expected jury selection to be a weekslong slog, but seven jurors were seated on Tuesday afternoon.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Stormy Daniels, Daniels, Juan M Organizations: Prosecutors, Disney Locations: Ireland, Puerto Rico, Harlem

☆ Latin-fusion dishes like Caribbean tacos and jerk chicken with guava barbecue sauce showcased chefs' cultural pride at an Austin food festival
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Cat Cardenas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Chadwick Burnaw, the owner of an event company, hosted the Sazón Latin Food Festival in Austin. This article is part of "Festivals of Flavor," a series celebrating Latin festival cuisines. Festivalgoers danced to music at the Sazón Latin Food Festival in March. Cat Cardenas for BIHe'd scope out San Francisco's nightlife scene, looking for clubs that would play the merengue and bachata music he was familiar with. They served Jamaican-Latin fusion dishes alongside their kids at the Sazón Latin Food Festival.

Persons: Chadwick Burnaw, —, he'd, Burnaw, Festivalgoers, Cat Cardenas, Cardenas, Chris Burrell, Yadira, we'd, Burrell, . Cat Cardenas, they've, Tatiana French, Dejean, Mix'T, they'd, pico de gallo, it's, she's, there's Organizations: Service, Washington, Food, San Francisco State University, BI, City, aguas, Honduran, sos pwa Locations: Austin, South Austin, Caribbean, DC, San Francisco, Texas, California, Bay, America, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Samba, Clarendon, Jamaica, Honduras, ., Puerto Rican, Costa Rican, Virginia, French, Haitian, East Austin

☆ Op-ed: There's a potential tax increase coming. Here's what you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Ivory Johnson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Eva-katalin | E+ | Getty ImagesIt is common folklore, a fairy tale of sorts, that middle-class Americans received perpetual relief in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. First, property taxes generate 32% of state and local income, and U.S. median single-family home property taxes have risen by more than 25% since 2019. Congress will be motivated to etch all the tax cuts in stone, but it would only add fuel to the debt bonfire. watch nowThere is also the qualified business income deduction that offers a 20% tax break for small businesses provided they are below certain income thresholds. All of this is in addition to crippling cost-of-living challenges from excessive government spending, the well our Treasury would have to revisit to make these tax cuts permanent.

Persons: Eva, katalin, he's, Peter G, Uncle Sam, Roth, depreciate — Organizations: Taxation, Economic, Peterson Foundation, Chamber, Commerce, Treasury, Hope Congress, Real, IRS Locations: U.S, United States

☆ We gave our kids only my husband's last name. Years later I regretted it, so we changed them all to include mine.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Conz Preti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewWhen my husband and I found out we were unexpectedly having a baby, we spent hours making lists of names. Once we settled on his first name, we then made a list of family names for his middle name. But when it came to last names, I told my husband that I was OK following the tradition of kids having only the father's last name. AdvertisementIt was harder to get our kids understand why they now had different names.

Persons: —, I'm Organizations: Service, Business Locations: I'm, Argentina

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