The IRS it’s distributing about $2.4 billion to taxpayers who didn’t receive their COVID stimulus payments. By the end of January, approximately 1 million taxpayers will receive special payments …
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By SUSAN HAIGH and ADRIANA MORGA
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1/13/25
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J&J buys Intra-Cellular in $14.6 billion deal, delving further into central nervous system disorders
Johnson & Johnson will spend more than $14 billion to move deeper into treating central nervous system disorders by purchasing Intra-Cellular Therapies. The health care giant said Monday that it will …
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By TOM MURPHY
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1/13/25
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Shares of Moderna tumbled Monday after the vaccine maker predicted a steeper-than-expected sales drop in the new year. Moderna said it expects 2025 revenue to range between $1.5 billion and $2.5 …
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By The Associated Press
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1/13/25
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Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta is joining a growing list of companies that are pulling back on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Like others before it, the fast-food chain …
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The Associated Press
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1/10/25
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The IRS on Friday announced January 27 as the official start date of the 2025 tax season, and expects more than 140 million tax returns to be filed by the April 15 tax deadline. The tax collection …
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By The Associated Press
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1/10/25
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Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg playing mismatched cousins in the acclaimed movie “A Real Pain” and Mac Miller’s second posthumous full-length album “Balloonerism” are some of this …
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By The Associated Press
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1/10/25
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The rows of burnt-out homes were shocking enough, until NBC News' Jacob Soboroff came upon the Pacific Palisades house where he had grown up. Only the remnants of a chimney and brick wall remained. …
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By DAVID BAUDER
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1/10/25
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Walgreens booked a better-than-expected fiscal first quarter, but the drugstore chain lost $265 million as it closed U.S. stores and continued work to revive its business. The company has been beset …
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By TOM MURPHY
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1/10/25
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Constellation is buying power natural gas and geothermal power provider Calpine in a cash-and-stock deal valued at approximately $16.4 billion, joining together two of the country’s biggest power …
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
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1/10/25
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Delta Air Lines fourth-quarter results topped analysts’ expectations as travel demand was strong during the crucial holiday period. Delta also benefited from a drop in fuel costs during the …
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
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1/10/25
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Major fires across Los Angeles this week have killed at least five people, forced 180,000 to flee their homes, and destroyed thousands of structures. Here are some of the organizations accepting …
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By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA
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1/9/25
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The high school where Brian De Palma brough Stephen King’s “Carrie” to life, Will Rogers’ ranch house and a motel owned by William Randolph Hearst are among some of the famous structures that …
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By LINDSEY BAHR
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1/9/25
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Kentucky's attorney general says the state will receive $110 million to settle its lawsuit accusing one of the nation's largest grocery chains of helping fuel the opioid epidemic. The money from the …
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By BRUCE SCHREINER
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1/9/25
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The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate ticked up again this week, remaining at its highest level since July. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate loan rate rose to 6.93% from 6.91% last week, according …
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By MATT OTT
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1/9/25
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Two hundred Utah ski patrollers have ended a nearly two-week strike and returned to work at the biggest ski resort in the U.S. The union representing Park City Mountain Resort ski patrollers is …
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By MEAD GRUVER
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1/9/25
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The late New York Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan put it this way decades ago: “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.” That seems like a simpler time given Meta's decision …
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By DAVID BAUDER
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1/9/25
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U.S. longshoremen have reached a contract agreement with ports and shippers, averting a potential strike that could have damaged the American economy. The International Longshoremen’s Association …
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By PAUL WISEMAN
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1/8/25
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It wasn’t just fact-checking that Meta scrapped from its platforms as it prepares for the second Trump administration. The social media giant has also loosened its rules around hate speech and …
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By BARBARA ORTUTAY
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1/8/25
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What is going on with aviation security? Twice in the past month people have been found dead hiding in the wheel wells of planes. Two stowaways were arrested on different flights in November and …
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By JOSH FUNK
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1/8/25
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Meta says it will allow some Facebook users to view eBay listings on its Marketplace service. It's trying out a possible way to resolve European Union charges of anticompetitive behavior. The social …
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By KELVIN CHAN
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1/8/25
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