the third round of COVID-19 relief payments,Washington PostThose making less than $75,000 will receive the same amount, but those making between $75,000 and $80,000 will get less. Those making between $80,000 and $100,000 would get nothing if this change goes through. These amounts are doubled for joint filers. 12 million adults and 5 million childrenYou may also remember that this isn’t even the first time that the Democrats have agreed to phase out stimulus payments....

While the administration continues to explore options on canceling student debt on a larger scale, from income limits or capping forgiveness to well below $50,000 per borrower, another loan discharge was offered totaling $238 million to borrowers who attended Marinello Schools of Beauty, a now-defunct for-profit cosmetology chain. This tracks with Biden’s past debt forgiveness actions, in which he has largely focused on people who were frauded into taking student loans out by for-profit colleges or those who might not be able to work....

A letter to the chairmen of the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees holds the answers. In it, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Labor Secretary Martin Walsh explain the rationale behind allowing what they call “a critical lifeline for millions of Americans who were unemployed, through no fault of their own during the COVID pandemic” even as that pandemic takes a turn for the worse. The Reasons Biden’s Admin is Letting Unemployment Expire: “Our nation is getting back to work” States can use the federal relief funds they control on unemployment benefits two dozen GOP-controlled states that opted out of federal unemployment assistance early...

Since September 27, “more than 125,000 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases have been reported in pregnant people,” the CDC says, which has included over 22,000 hospitalized cases and 161 deaths in the United States alone. And, in a disturbing trend, that number has been increasing. “The highest number of COVID-19-related deaths in pregnant people in a single month of the pandemic was reported in August 2021,” the CDC statement said. The reason for the rising number of COVID cases, hospitalizations, and deaths among pregnant people is that less than a third of people who are pregnant have been vaccinated....

Yet, another robotics lesson for the pre-MIT set, CellRobot’s a modular kit that young inventors can use to build not one, but hundreds of different robots. All they have to do is connect the programmable rotating orbs, called “cells,” via a twist-and-lock mechanism. When they attach them to a central heart (aka, the lithium ion orb that acts as a battery) it starts doing their bidding. Kids can get creative and come up with their own CellRobot design, or follow one of the 50 blueprints in the shape library....

If you didn’t file your taxes on time, it’s not the end of the world (obviously, extensions exist) but it could be annoying if you’re a member of the 88 percent of American households with children who are set to start receiving monthly child allowance payments to the tune of $300 or so by July 15. Those child allowance payments passed as part of President Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act, and are an expansion and radical transformation of the child tax credit to make it fully refundable and to allow half of the payment to come in monthly installments, with the other half being paid out at next year’s tax time....

CodeGamer is an experiment kit that teaches kids (10-and-up) the basics of programming simply by virtue of their playing a video game. Which means it could be the first time you’ll not only allow, but encourage, them to play “just 5 more minutes.” Actually, they’ll learn more than just coding; right out of the box they have to assemble the gamepad from the provided electronic components and mini-computer. Once built, they simply download the iOS or Android app and get busy guiding their character through 15 increasingly difficult game levels; each of which requires solving new Arduino puzzles and writing programs to achieve specific goals....

Here’s the thing: We can talk about sharing, but deep down, we like to get what we want. We accept that we don’t and know that sometimes the split it fairly method works, sometimes we get more than we thought, and sometimes we get less. All are okay because we see the “bigger picture”. But then there’s the time when it’s not okay, when we feel that we’re getting the short end, not just once but seemingly every time....

What is this new basic income pilot program? According to CBS News, Cook County, Illinois, is providing low-income residents with $500 per month for anything they see fit in a new pilot program called Cook County Promise Guaranteed Income Pilot. CBS News notes it’s the “largest publicly funded basic income pilot in the US,” and it will allocate $42 million to 3,250 residents. The funds come from the Biden administration’s American Rescue Act, which allocated $1 billion to the county....

Cooking is, for sure, an act of love. I’ve been cooking seriously for a few years. For a while, when it was just me and my girlfriend, who became my fiance and then wife, it was more of an unplanned affair. I’d be like: “Okay, I’m making dinner tonight. What do we have? What can I make as quickly as possible?” But now, just with everything that’s going on and having a son, it’s nice to set aside some time and actually plan our meals....

The men on this list, honest and mischievous and just a little bit mean, do exactly that. They unite us with punchlines and bits. That feeling of laughing together? Yeah, we still make that. Roy Wood Jr. Cool Dad Job: Talker, Comedian Latest Cool Dad Achievement: Signing a Comedy Central development deal that smells of talk show. It’s not hard to understand Roy Wood Jr.’s success. At a time when it feels like comedians are too busy fighting about what’s funny to make jokes, Wood, who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, takes an uncomplicated approach....

Increasingly, the latter appears to be a distinct possibility. On Monday, analysts at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicted that a continued spread of the novel coronavirus would cut worldwide GDP growth fully in half. This is a scary prospect for a lot of reasons, although the most immediate impact has been a hammering of 401(k)s and other investment accounts. Last week alone, the S&P 500 took a nearly 12-percent hit as skittish investors ran for the exits....

Yesterday evening, the Trump Administration released new guidelines for reopening the country on state and local levels. The guidelines, which define three phases for reopening the economy, requires that states and localities meet certain conditions before they can end some of the shutdowns that have closed restaurants and non-essential businesses across the country. These conditions include a minimum two-week downturn in new cases and hospitalizations and adequate hospital bed, ICU, and testing capacities....

Courtney Moore, the character, is a tech-loving ’80s girl growing up as part of a blended family. She spends her time at the arcade at the mall in her fictional California town, and her heroes include her mom (who’s running for mayor) and the astronauts of the Challenger, which counted two women among its final, doomed crew. Courtney Moore, the doll has all of the fashion hallmarks of the era: big hair that can be put into a side ponytail, Lip Smacker lip gloss, a hip-mounted cassette player, bangle bracelets, high-waisted denim skirt, one-shoulder neon crop top, fake leather boots, and absolutely zero evidence she doesn’t live in a virtual reality construct of the ’80s from Ready Player One....

We may receive a portion of sales if you purchase a product through a link in this article. A big problem with building sand castles with bucket molds is that you have to pound them to get the sand out. Create a Castle solves this problem with a series of modular molds that open like books. The result? A stable, perfectly shaped mold every time. If you want more detail, you can refine the results with a few included tools....

Kreidman founded a support group for fathers and started reading widely, seeking out expert advice and credible information on how best to serve his kids and his wife and himself all at the same time. Eager to share his learnings with the public, he started Dad University, a weekly video series offering insights and spoilers for men making the transition to fatherhood and preparing or struggling to shoulder all the responsibility that comes with the gig....

Rockport had been sitting forgotten at the bottom of the Rockport Reserve. After the federal government announced plans to build the Wanship Dam in 1957, the small town was abandoned. Nearly 200 people resided there at the time of Rockport’s demise, which was mostly composed of about 27 families. Drone test pilot Devon Dewey was the one who captured photos of the ghost town and lucky for all of us, he shared them on Twitter....

you find yourself rooting for the unabashed and utterly oblivious washed-up superhero Red Guardian, as played by Harbour. Known until now as quietly heroic police chief Jim Hopper on the Netflix series Stranger Things, Harbour brings pathos, humor, and a deep desire to relive something that never was to what would otherwise have been a one-note bad guy. His Red Guardian, bloated and horny, adds levity to the Marvel blockbuster....

Scientists have worried about falling sperm counts for half a century, but the fervor reached new heights in 2017 with the publication of the largest analysis of the data to date. The study found that from 1973 to 2011, sperm count dropped by 59 percent in men in Western countries, and that the decline is likely to continue. During this time, there was not a significant sperm count drop in non-Western countries....

So, what does mean for families? Disney+ price increase in December 2022 Right now, subscribers pay $7.99 per month for Disney+ without ads. According to CNBC, as of December 8, 2022, $7.99 will become the monthly price for Disney+ with commercials. So, for those who want Disney+ without ads, as of December 8, will pay $10.99 per month. Uncle Scrooge McDuck will vouch that that’s a whopping 38% increase. Yes!...