IRS adjusts tax brackets for inflation ahead of 2025 tax year
Standard deductions for single taxpayers increases $400 and joint filings goes up $800.
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IRS adjusts tax brackets for inflation ahead of 2025 tax year
Standard deductions for single taxpayers increases $400 and joint filings goes up $800.
Interest payments on the national debt top $1 trillion
The U.S. government has for the first time laid out more than $1 trillion in gross interest payments on its national debt, according to a report by […]
New deadly, synthetic opioid hits local streets
Isotonitazene is estimated to be 20 to 200 times stronger than fentanyl.
Fed ready to cut interest rates, says inflation slowing
Announcement comes after recent reports show decrease in workers hired, unemployment rises.
Markets crater after Friday’s jobs report
Four straight months of U.S. unemployment rates rising leads to Asian market crashes.
U.S. report shows job market stuck in slowdown
Number of unemployed people rose around 350,000 to 7.2 million in July.
Biden withdraws from presidential race
Biden endorses Vice President Kamala Harris.
Mass cyberoutage grounds flights, disrupts businesses worldwide
Microsoft Windows system update leads to outages at airports, banks.
Trump VP pick prompts surge in Gainesville library, bookstore activity
“Hillbilly Elegy” brought back to bookshelf prominence.
Real estate groups voice opposition to Biden rent control proposal
Biden called for Congress to pass legislation to cap rent increases over next two years.
Alachua County Republican, Democratic leaders decry political violence
Joint press conference held Sunday.
Trump survives apparent assassination attempt
Shooter, bystander killed at Pennsylvania rally.
UF/IFAS: Sweaty cattle may boost food security in a warming world
Cows eliminate about 85 percent of their body heat via sweat.
U.S. study finds 2 in 5 adult cancer cases preventable
American Cancer Society points to smoking, obesity, alcohol consumption and physical inactivity as leading causes.
Annual inflation cools to 3 percent, government reports
Federal Reserve refuses to lower interest rates.
UF: Researchers identify first local extinction in U.S. due to sea level rise
Hurricanes, high ocean tides lead to Key Largo tree cactus destruction in Florida Keys.
U.S. business hiring slows, according to June report
U.S. Department of Labor reports new hires down 66,000 in May.
Deadly Hurricane Beryl moves toward Jamaica as Category 4 storm
Beryl has killed seven people.
Hurricane Beryl to make landfall in the Caribbean
Hurricane Beryl was downgraded to Category 3 on Monday.
U.S. Homeland Security recruits humans to newly-formed AI Corps
Former White House official Michael Boyce heads first AI Corps.
U.S. inflation rate stays higher than goal, government reports
Interest rates to remain around 5.25 to 5.5 percent.
FBI reports decrease in violent crime in first quarter of 2024
Violent crime reportedly down 15%, homicide rates drop by 26% since first quarter of 2023.
U.S. economy adds more than 270,000 jobs in May
Federal Reserve refrains from lowering interest rates.
UF bans student for 3 years over illegal plot to ship drugs, toxins to China
Student says she didn't know what she was doing was wrong.