If you're still waiting on your 2019 tax refund, you're not alone. By the end of 2020, the agency still had a backlog of over 8 million individual returns and other transactions to process, according to a new report from the Treasury Department. Over 3.5 million individual paper returns are included in that backlog, along with almost 1.5 million amended […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth unexpectedly slowed in April, likely restrained by shortages of workers and raw materials as an economic recovery bolstered by rapidly improving public health and massive government aid fueled a boom in demand.FILE PHOTO: Construction workers wait in line to do a temperature test to return to the job site after lunch, amid the coronavirus […]

As health care workers continue to fight on the frontlines, Crocs is making sure they do it in comfort and style with a giveaway during National Nurses Week.  Beginning Monday, Crocs will give away 10,000 free pairs of shoes a day for five days to health care workers for their “Free Pair for Healthcare” program. Through May 14, they will be able to request a pair starting at noon ET up […]

One of the more viral moments in recent Olympic history are the reactions of gymnast Aly Raisman's parents — father Rick and mother Lynn — during their daughter's routines, whether she was soaring between the uneven bars or balancing on a beam.  Family at the Olympics provides more than broadcast fodder for the viewers back home, though. The presence of that support system is often integral to the […]

People under the age of 40 in the U.K. are to be offered an alternative to the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, as concerns over links to rare blood clots continue to weigh on its roll out. Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Professor Wei Shen Lim, chair of the U.K.'s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), said the authority […]

In an upbeat annual report to members released Friday, WGA East executive director Lowell Peterson said that despite the hardships imposed by the pandemic, “overall our members’ earnings remained remarkably strong.” Freelance film, TV and streaming writers, he wrote, “have mostly remained employed throughout the pandemic,” though “some members certainly lost work opportunities – series that did not go forward, […]