20 day's till Christmas story countdown
(Summary: On Christmas Day, a store owner follows a strange urge to open her shop despite the cold. She finds two needy boys waiting for her, wanting to buy skates for the younger brother. Miraculously, a pair of skates fits perfectly, and their gratitude fills her heart with the true spirit of Christmas.)
Read full storyHoroscope so accurate it will blow your mind
Aries-You need to open up a bit more toward one special person in your life. You may be missing out on a subtle signal they're trying to send you. Your own projects can wait a bit longe.
Read full storyBig Changes to Electronic Filing Requirement in 2024
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released final regulations changing the electronic filing (e-filing) requirements for many federal filers. As a result of these new requirements, the IRS expects to receive approximately 21 million fewer paper returns. The changes are projected to save costs, decrease errors, improve modernization, and alleviate the burden on IRS resources. If you or someone in your organization paper files forms or returns, it is important to determine if the new regulations will require electronic filing going forward.
Read full storyTaxes 2024: IRS Increases Tax Deductions $1,500 To Adjust for Inflation
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced its annual inflation adjustments for tax year 2024 on Nov. 9. Billionaires vs. the Middle Class: Who Pays More in Taxes?. As Axios reported: “By adjusting the tax brackets — as the IRS does every year — it is attempting to stop ‘bracket creep,’ which happens when inflation pushes taxpayers into a higher income tax bracket without an increase in real income.”
Read full storyWhat's your predictions for today? Horoscope
Aries-You need to open up a bit more toward one special person in your life. You may be missing out on a subtle signal they're trying to send you. Your own projects can wait a bit longer.
Read full storyShould high school students be trained to administer Narcan for drug overdoses? Yes, say nearly half
A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll is shedding light on Americans' attitudes about teaching children about drugs — and training teens to administer Narcan, the first over-the-counter naloxone nasal spray approved by the Food and Drug Administration. In September, the treatment for opioid overdoses was rolled out to pharmacies and other retailers, where it sells for $44.99 for a pack of two devices.
Read full storyHow safe are school buses? Here's what experts say — and how worried parents should be.
About 20.5 million elementary and secondary school-aged kids in the United States ride school buses to and from school each day. And when something goes wrong — a crash, a reckless driver — it tends to make major news headlines. Whether their kids are commuting to school daily via bus or just riding in one occasionally as transport for field trips, school-affiliated sporting events and the like, parents may have safety concerns. But are these vehicles actually more dangerous than other vehicles on the road? Here's what experts say.
Read full storyLots of parents give their kids melatonin, new research finds. But should they? Here's what doctors
Melatonin has been a buzzy supplement for years, and it's often used as a sleep aid. But a growing body of research finds that some parents have been using it to help their kids fall asleep at night, despite a lack of evidence that it's effective in treating insomnia in healthy kids.
Read full storyMy kid wet the bed. Do I need to throw out the mattress?
At some point, almost every parent will be faced with a decision: what to do with a mattress that has a distinctive yellow urine stain. Maybe a baby’s full diaper sprung a leak during their nap, a toddler had a bed-wetting accident in the middle of the night or an older kid didn’t get up to use the bathroom because they were too tired. The child gets cleaned up, the sheets go in the wash and the Lysol comes out. But is their mattress — which, let’s be honest, you’re unlikely to discard until they’ve outgrown it — still safe to sleep on, or is it, like your beloved yellowing pillow, a potential health hazard?
Read full storyWhen Will 2024 Tax Refunds Come? 2024 Tax Season Questions.
This easy chart can tell you when you are likely to receive your 2024 income tax refund, if you are due one. E-filing of tax returns will likely start in January. It’s almost December, which means the 2024 tax filing season is coming soon. The IRS usually starts accepting e-filed income tax returns in the last week of January each year, with the deadline to file returns being April 15 (which can vary based on weekends or state holidays).
Read full storyWhy Eyebrow Piercings Are Everywhere Right Now
Saltburn has only been out for a couple of weeks and its star Jacob Elordi’s eyebrow piercing has already destabilized societies. In Emerald Fennell’s thriller, set in 2006, Elordi’s character Felix Catton is something of a mid-aughts alpha hottie; a wealthy and handsome Oxford student with an alt-rocker haircut, strutting around campus in lopsided Abercrombie rugby shirts and immediately beguiling his classmate Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan), who develops an unhealthy fixation on his new pal. The internet can empathize—it, too, has fast become obsessed with Felix, losing its collective mind over one thing about him in particular: the extremely of-its-time metal stud in his left brow.
Read full story21 days of Christmas, story countdown
(Summary: On a peaceful Christmas night, shepherds witness a heavenly spectacle, guided by angels to a newborn child in a manger. The news spreads, uniting hearts with kindness and love, marking the birth of the Christmas spirit.)
Read full storyHoroscope how is your day looking?
Aries-Get started in a new direction today. Why not? You like beginnings better than endings, and your energy is just about right for beginning a partnership or a brand-new art project.
Read full storyIRS announces new income tax brackets
If you are someone who likes to plan ahead on your taxes, the IRS this week released the new inflation-adjusted income tax brackets and standard deduction amounts that will be in effect for tax year 2024. Translation: These are the numbers that will be relevant to the tax return most Americans will file in early 2025.
Read full storyIRS to Shutdown Business Filing Tuesday, December 26
In a Quick Alert for Tax Professionals, the IRS announced that it will shut down its modernized e-filing system (MeF) for business returns on Tuesday, December 26. The IRS needs to shut down the MeF system to prepare for the upcoming filing season.
Read full storyThe 12 best apps for Christmas – from what to cook to tracking Santa
Let technology lend a hand this year, whether it’s sourcing presents, balancing the books or providing new ideas for recipes and cocktails that time of year again, when the days are shorter, mince pies are back on the shelves and Mariah Carey is always playing somewhere. As plans for office Christmas parties and family gatherings are made, here are some apps that might come in handy for the holiday season.
Read full storyWe used to have a ‘party season’. Now we have novelty jumpers
Growing up reading magazines, I was led to believe that at this time of year we enter something called “party season”, which traditionally requires a series of variations on the sequin, a non-smudge lipstick and a firm grasp on your individual “day-to-night look”, which often involved keeping a pair of heels in your “office drawer”. It was a seductive concept, this season, these parties every night, where you would dash from your demanding office job (lawyer? Maybe a lawyer) to a bar, your dress glittering beneath a rotating mirrorball as you wound your way across the dancefloor, “CEEELEBRATE GOOD TIMES, COME ON!”, hand aloft as your friends cheered from the bar. At dawn, you would check your lipstick, dark red, still perfect, even after all the passionate illicit kissing by the cigarette machine and the next day you’d go again. Party season!
Read full storyHow to help your loved one with dementia enjoy the festive season
party noise can be be overwhelming for people with dementia: consider having a smaller gathering and try to stick to familiar traditions. celebrations with family or friends, you might be grappling with a seemingly endless to-do list. But as you make these plans, it’s important to consider how you can best include any friends or loved ones living with dementia.
Read full storyRome Georgia Holiday Guide Things to Do For The Holiday's
Christmas Tree Farm – Silver Creek Farm – Opens Saturday before Thanksgiving – Nov 18. Christmas Tree season officially begins! Continue a holiday tradition or start a new one by picking out a live tree together! Hours are Mon-Fri: 3PM-dark, Sat: 9AM-dark, Sun: 11AM-dark. Oh! and mark your calendar for December 9th – Santa will be visiting!
Read full storyHeads Up! Your Old Gmail Account Has Probably Been Deleted If You Did Not Sign In
Gmail plans to start permanently deleting inactive accounts on December 1. Since November is almost over, we decided to give you one final urgent reminder to log into your old burner accounts to make sure they survive the Great Google Purge.
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