DECEMBER 26, 2019
Dan Herron, CPA, at the New York City Marathon in 2013
Dan Herron, CPA, didn't want to be the bearer of bad news, yet there he was explaining to a couple why they owed the federal government approximately $10,000 in taxes on their 2018 return.
"They were used to paying around $1,100," the San Luis Obispo, Calif., accountant...
DECEMBER 25, 2019
Gen. Paul Nakasone, then a lieutenant general, at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on March 1, 2018. - Alex Wong/Getty Images
Military cyber officials are developing information warfare tactics that could be deployed against senior Russian officials and oligarchs if Moscow tries to interfere in the 2020 U.S. elections through hacking election systems or sowing widespread discord,...
DECEMBER 25,2019
A baby black rhino was born at a zoo in Michigan just in time for Christmas this year.
Doppsee, a 12-year-old rhino at Potter Park Zoo in Lansing, Michigan, gave birth to a baby male who has yet to be named early on Christmas Eve, according to a Tuesday statement from the zoo.
The rhino calf and its mother are...
DECEMBER 25, 2019
The last solar eclipse of the decade is approaching, and it's a special one. This week brings an annular solar eclipse, which creates a "ring of fire" around it — a final Christmas celebration.
On December 26, people in parts of Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa will be in the path for viewing for the eclipse. People in...
DECEMBER 25, 2019
Pope Francis looks at the crowd after he delivered the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for 'to the city and to the world' ) Christmas' day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pope Francis appealed for peace in many of the world's hotspots, singling out the...
DECEMBER 24, 2019
RAISING THE stakes in the police officer vs police officer sideshow of the alleged multi-crore irrigation scam, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) DGP Param Bir Singh on Tuesday filed a second affidavit before the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court, this time to say that though his predecessor had taken note of the government communication giving a clean...
DECEMBER 23, 2019
Brief Scorecard: Pakistan 191 (Shafiq 63, Babar 60, Kumara 4-49, Embuldeniya 4-71) and 555 for 3 dec (Abid 174, Masood 135, Azhar 118, Babar 100*) beat Sri Lanka 271 (Chandimal 74, Afridi 5-77, Abbas 4-55) and 212 (Oshada 102, Naseem 5-31)
Naseem Shah is congratulated by his team-mates. AFP / Getty Images
KARACHI - Pakistan secured an emotional 1-0...
DECEMBER 23, 2019
A Chinese flag flutters in front of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, May 27, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee
Rising space power China on Monday attacked the newly created U.S. Space Force as a “direct threat to outer space peace and security."
Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters that China is “deeply concerned about it...
DECEMBER 23, 2019
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has become the latest to join a list of CMs who have opposed the proposed implementation of the National Register of Citizens.
Amid nationwide protests against NRC and CAA, Reddy on Monday said his government would not support the move under any circumstances.
“I was asked by my minority brothers to make...
DECEMBER 22, 2019
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot led a massive rally in Jaipur on Sunday against the citizenship law and the National Register of Citizens saying that that “a dangerous game” is being played by the RSS and BJP in the name of Hinduism.
“You divide people in the name of religion, you want to implement the agenda of Hinduism;...
