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Stuck in a productivity rut? Try incorporating acts of service into your routine
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Luxury brands once shunned resale sites. Now, they’re embracing secondhand
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Stimulus check eligibility update: Here are the winners and losers, according to the latest plan
advertisement advertisement advertisement Wondering where your next stimulus check is hiding? Excellent question! It is currently in legislative purgatory between the House and the Senate. The House passed the latest bill for coronavirus relief last weekend ; the Senate is expected to vote soon on its own version of the bill, possibly this week. That vote-a-rama will be quite a show: Republicans will feed the Senate amendments for endless hours, aiming to reveal splits among Democrats on key issues , as well as create content for future political ads. The main battlefields will be topics such as raising the federal minimum wage to $15. advertisement The good news is, Congress has all but signed off on this third round of stimulus checks, which have bipartisan support. But this time around, the eligibility requirements are a little different than they were with the previous payments. Some new groups get to join in on the windfall, while … [Read more...] about Stimulus check eligibility update: Here are the winners and losers, according to the latest plan
These 5 apps take the pain out of wrangling your huge photo collection
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