The majority of U.S. adults say that they’ve either being vaccinated for COVID-19 or intending to do so as soon as possible, and that number continues to rise. That’s according to a new survey from nonpartisan health foundation Kaiser Family Foundation, which puts that number at 61% of respondents while the share that responded said they’re taking a “wait and see” approach has shrunk to 17%.  Meanwhile, all 50 states […]

The US has received enough electronic applications during the initial registration period to reach the 2022 fiscal year cap for the H-1B foreign workers visa, the most sought-after work visa among Indian professionals. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services, the federal agency which screens and allocates H-1B applications, said it was randomly selected from among the registrations properly submitted to […]

The federal government’s pause on student loan payments is being extended to more than 1 million borrowers who have defaulted on student loans that are held by private lenders, the Education Department announced Tuesday. The action is meant to bring relief to the hardest-hit borrowers in a program that allowed private lenders to provide student loans that were backed by […]

Social Security recipients and other federal beneficiaries who don’t normally file a tax return should expect their coronavirus relief payments soon. The federal government began distributing the third round of economic impact payments in mid-March to millions of Americans. But a paperwork delay temporarily held up payments to Social Security, Supplemental Security Income and Railroad Retirement Board beneficiaries who did […]

If at first you can’t hit a 3, try, try, try again. Specifically, try a different player — like maybe one off the bench.  Ashten Prechtel came off the Stanford bench to score 16 points, including 3-of-3 from deep, to lift the Cardinal to the Women’s Final Four, beating second-seeded Louisville 78-63. It is top overall seed Stanford’s first Final Four […]