Rockaa | E+ | Getty Images There’s less than a week until tax season kicks off on Jan. 27 — and investors may have more options to file returns for free than in previous years. Typically, investors need certain tax forms to file returns, including Form 1099-B for capital gains

Ari Melber is taking Elon Musk to task for what the lawyer and journalist calls a gigantic conflict of interest. Melber argued Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Beat” that Musk is using his access to President Donald Trump “to line his own pockets,” as the new Department of Government Efficiency that

This is the fourth in a series of columns reviewing the retirement options for federal employees covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). Presented in this column is the deferred retirement option. FERS employees who elect to leave federal service before they are eligible for an immediate (and unreduced

Reuters Yemen’s Houthi movement says it has released the crew of the cargo ship Galaxy Leader, which its fighters seized in November 2023 at the start of their campaign of attacks on Red Sea shipping linked to the Gaza war. Houthi-run Al Masirah TV reported that the 25 crew of

CNN  —  A fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect on Sunday, with the first six-weeks of the deal ushering in a pause to fighting, the staggered release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, and an influx of aid to Gaza. The three-phase ceasefire has raised cautious hopes

Carol Hunt, Hannah Hunt, and Louise Hunt were killed in their home in Bushey, near Watford [Contributed] A man has admitted murdering his ex-girlfriend and her sister with a crossbow and their mother with a knife in an attack at the family home. Carol Hunt, 61, was stabbed to death

By  MARI YAMAGUCHI Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]   TOKYO (AP) — A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in southwestern Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fishtank and appeared unwell days after the facility closed last month for renovations. As a last-ditch measure

CNN  —  Israel’s military is using lessons from the Gaza war in its new West Bank operation to ensure “terrorism does not return,” according to Defense Minister Israel Katz. Katz said operation “Iron Wall” in the Jenin refugee camp would be a shift in the military’s security approach in the

Updated on: January 22, 2025 / 9:37 AM EST / CBS/AFP Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near garbage cans in the northern city of Thessaloniki. The organized crime unit said it was investigating

By  JOSEPH KRAUSS Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]   In the days since a fragile ceasefire took hold in the Gaza Strip , Israel has launched a major military operation in the occupied West Bank and suspected Jewish settlers have rampaged through two Palestinian towns. The violence comes