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5 tax tips for older adults

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 15:02:48 GMT

More than half of older taxpayers (57%) are worried they’ll have to pay more taxes this year because of the 5.9% Social Security cost-of-living adjustment in 2022, according to a January survey by The Senior Citizens League, a nonpartisan seniors group.Taxes for the over-65 set can feel more complicated for a variety of reasons: There are often multiple streams of income, some retirees still work part time, and people may be managing required minimum distributions from retirement accounts.“It can happen that people have more income in their later life than they did when they were working,” says Barbara O’Neill, a certified financial planner in Ocala, Florida, and the author of “Flipping a Switch : Your Guide to Happiness and Financial Security in Later Life.”For older adults, here are some items to keep in mind this tax season:1. MEDICARE THRESHOLDS MATTERYour income can affect your Medicare Part B and Part D premiums in the future because of the income-related monthly adjustment am...

N.S. mass shooting: how gun smuggling happened, and the inquiry’s call for reforms

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 15:02:48 GMT

HALIFAX — A decade before a Nova Scotia man used smuggled guns to murder 22 people in the province in 2020, police information systems had labelled him as a firearms risk.Yet those records never found their way to the Canada Border Services Agency, and they didn’t prevent the mass shooter from obtaining a Nexus card — granting him status as a low-risk traveller.The final report of the public inquiry into Canada’s worst mass shooting, released last week, details troubling breakdowns in information sharing and recommends reforms to develop “fully interoperable systems” for exchanging records between police and the federal border agency.The report also describes how red flags about the killer didn’t lead to detection of his illegal activities during any of his 21 border crossings between 2016 and the April 18-19, 2020, killings.It was during that time that Gabriel Wortman — a wealthy, 51-year-old denture maker — is believed to have smuggled three semi-auto...

Family of Indian migrants who died in Quebec shocked by river crossing attempt

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 15:02:48 GMT

An Indian national who died with his family last week when a boat capsized in the St. Lawrence River during an attempt to enter the United States was “mortally afraid of water,” says his cousin.Pravinbhai Chaudhari, 49, was found in a marshy area in Akwesasne, Que., with his wife Dakshaben, 45, their 23-year-old daughter, Vidhi and their 20-year-old son, Meet. A couple of Romanian descent and their two Canadian-born children, aged one and two, also died during the failed March 29 crossing.“He would never sit in a boat,” Jasubhai Chaudhari said of his cousin. “I don’t understand. How did he sit in that boat? He was very afraid of the water.”Chaudhari said in a phone interview that he and other family and friends held special evening prayers on Thursday at his home in Gujarat for his deceased cousins. He said he won’t be able to come to Canada to perform last rites for the family and hopes the Gujarati community in the area will undertak...

Greek far-right party seeks to defy election ban

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 15:02:48 GMT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A retired senior prosecutor in Greece was named Friday as the new leader of a far-right party as it seeks to sidestep a ban on its participation in an upcoming general election. Participation of the Greeks Party could potentially change the outcome of the May 21 parliamentary election as poll margins tighten between the leading incumbent New Democracy party and a left-wing opposition party, Syriza. The Greeks Party is vying to field candidates despite the ban the Greek Parliament approved in February on the grounds that the party’s founder, Ilias Kasidiaris, is serving a 13-year prison sentence for membership in a criminal organization.Kasidiaris founded the Greeks Party after receiving his sentence in 2020. He was convicted as a leading member of an extreme right party, Golden Dawn, which was blamed for multiple attacks against migrants and left-wing political activists. The party was founded as a neo-Nazi group in the 1980s but later claimed to represen...

Woman found fatally shot inside apartment on Chicago's South Side; 1 in custody

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 15:02:48 GMT

CHICAGO — A man is in custody after a woman was found fatally shot inside an apartment building in the city's Auburn Gresham neighborhood.Police said officers responded to a gun call in the 7700 block of South Bishop around 12:50 a.m. Friday. Upon arrival, officers discovered a 46-year-old woman unresponsive on a bed.According to police, the woman sustained a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead on the scene. Her identity has not yet been released.Moments later, police said a man was seen running from the rear of the residence and was detained by police. A handgun was recovered in the area. 2 teens shot near Illinois Institute of Technology campus No charges have been announced yet. Area Two detectives are investigating.

Friday Forecast: Temps in low 50s, cooler lakeside

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 15:02:48 GMT

CHICAGO — Temperature in low 50s Friday with abundant sun and cooler lakeside.Mostly clear tonight with chilly and dry conditions, temperatures in the mid-30s. Interactive Radar: Track showers and storm here Saturday Forecast: High temps in low 60s, cooler lakeside.Full forecast details at the WGN Weather Center

Austin City Council studying solutions for childcare affordability

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 15:02:48 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Childcare affordability is on the mind of councilmember Vanessa Fuentes. She and her colleagues on the Austin City Council passed a resolution earlier this year that makes opening a childcare facility easier and cheaper, and she says more needs to be done. Finding adequate childcare has become a timely and expensive issue for parents around the country and here in Travis County. Brightwheel, a childcare management software, estimates the average cost of childcare in Austin is $1,100 a month. Fuentes sees the same thing. "I have families in my district who are paying up to $1,100 a month in childcare. And that is tuition-level prices," Fuentes explained. She said there is a need to have a dedicated revenue source for funding childcare operations that will create more options for parents and offset some of the prices. Fuentes and her colleagues are actively studying how to make it possible. "In the coming months we're going to be exploring what that looks like as a co...

'Paint,' Owen Wilson film shot in Saratoga, now in theaters

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 15:02:48 GMT

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Owen Wilson’s new comedy movie “Paint,” which was filmed in Saratoga Springs and around the Saratoga area, is now in theaters. The film was released on Friday, April 7. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! “Paint” is a film by the independent film production company IFC Films. It was shot in the Capital Region in the summer of 2021.In the film, Wilson plays Carl Nargle, a man comparable to Bob Ross, who has been hosting his own painting show on Vermont public television for decades. When the ratings for his show start to decline, a new painter is hired to revitalize the channel, stealing everything from Nargle. WOW! First look at Owen Wilson’s ‘Paint,’ shot in Saratoga Wilson is known for a variety of films including “Zoolander,” “Starsky & Hutch,” “Meet the Parents,” “Night at the Museum,” “Marley & Me,” and “Cars.” “Paint” also stars Stephen Root, Wendi McLendon-Covey, and Michaela ...

5 things to know this Friday, April 7

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 15:02:48 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Self-proclaimed "raw writer," Anthony T. Hincks, once said, "The weekend is here, and you deserve a medal for getting through this week." I certainly agree—especially if you're able to push through the blustery weather of today. Never fear, though; a springtime warmup is on its way next week. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Residents shared concerns with NEWS10 over the safety of Kenwood Avenue in Bethlehem. Meanwhile, in Albany, we caught up with a few brave DGS workers who stepped up during the Grand Street Fire. Read more, in today's five things to know. 1. Kenwood Avenue seeing potential changesThe Town of Bethlehem held the first of two public workshops on the Kenwood Avenue traffic calming study. The town project team is including residents in on the matter for their input. Considered mainly as a residential street, Kenwood Avenue is also home to small-scale commercial community services incl...

Appeals court upholds conviction of Catskill murderer

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 15:02:48 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — On Thursday, a state appeals court upheld the conviction and sentence of Carlos Graham, of Catskill, in the January 2017 murder of Brandyn Foster. In his 2019 criminal trial, Graham admitted to the slaying, and to hiding Foster's body under his bedroom floor. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Foster and Graham lived next to one another, but their relationship was anything but neighborly. According to evidence presented at trial, Foster's girlfriend moved in with Graham shortly before the murder. Graham said he killed Foster to protect the woman who came between them. In April 2019, Graham was sentenced on eight charges. On the top count of second-degree murder, he was sentenced to 25 years to life. NYSP: Contractor collected over $35K through scams In recent months, Graham appealed for a new trial, claiming that the murder conviction was contrary to the weight of the evidence. The Appellate Divisio...