Keeping Up With America

Equipment malfunction, dropped messages looked at by NTSB in midair crash near D.C.: The National Transportation Safety Board is looking into flight data discrepancies, potential altimeter malfunctions and a possible miscommunication with air traffic control in the midair collision of an Army helicopter and a commercial airplane last month in the deadliest U.S. air crash in almost a quarter century.

A plea deal is reached in the wrong-door shooting of teenager Ralph Yarl: Andrew Lester, the 86-year-old white man charged with shooting Black teenager Ralph Yarl in the head after Yarl mistakenly rang his doorbell, accepted a plea deal Friday of up to seven years in jail, prosecutors said.

In rural West Texas, a measles outbreak grows with no end in sight: When Aganetha Unger pulled up her large, white van to the emergency measles testing site, several of her eight children were coughing.

Judge temporarily blocks mass terminations at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: A judge said in a ruling Friday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could not terminate employees without cause, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the agency.

Trump orders end to federal funding for schools that require Covid vaccines: President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order halting federal funds for schools that require students to be vaccinated against coronavirus before they can attend classes in person.

Around the World

Pope Francis admitted to hospital for bronchitis treatment, cancels events for 3 days: Pope Francis was admitted to the hospital for bronchitis treatment Friday and has canceled all scheduled events for the next three days, according to the Vatican.

Six dead at resort construction site fire in South Korea’s Busan: Six people have died in a fire at a hotel resort construction site in South Korea’s port city of Busan, according to the city’s fire agency, with a helicopter used to pluck some 14 people to safety after they had taken refuge on a rooftop.

Lets Talk Business and Tech

Roku shares surge as company halves quarterly losses, adds 4 million streaming households

A growing digital ad market is benefiting giants like Meta and smaller players like Reddit

Moderna beats on revenue but loses more than expected as it scales down manufacturing

Richer, Wiser, Happier

Here’s the ‘quick and dirty’ way to withhold enough taxes from your paycheck, advisor says: If you have a tax bill or bigger than expected refund this season, it may be time to update your paycheck withholding, which can be tricky, experts say. Typically, there’s a refund when you overpay taxes throughout the year, and a tax bill when you don’t pay enough. It’s up to the employee to tell employers how much federal tax to withhold from each paycheck via Form W-4.

2 No-Brainer High-Yield Stocks to Buy With $100 Right Now | Reuben Gregg Brewer, Fool. If you have $100 and are looking to generate some long-term income from an investment, you don’t have to settle for the 1.2% yield on offer from the S&P 500 index. You can do much better than that without taking on a huge amount of business risk.

What is the IRS three-year rule and how does it affect your taxes?: Tax season can be complicated, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has plenty of rules, restrictions and deadlines in place that can make things even trickier. Among these, the three-year rule stands out as particularly important, yet many taxpayers are unclear about the implications this rule can have for their financial lives.

Sports and Showbiz Shenanigans

JuJu Watkins dazzles as USC rallies to stun top-ranked UCLA | Patrick Reed aces LIV Golf Adelaide party hole

Blackpink Star Lisa Says Her ‘White Lotus’ Character Is ‘Just Like Her, but Flirtier and Lady-Like’ | ‘Goonies 2’ Officially in the Works With Steven Spielberg Producing

Unnamed accuser alleges Diddy subjected her to 4 hours of unwanted groping in 1999 | Prince William kisses Princess Kate in rare intimate post for Valentine’s Day

Life Hacks to Hack Your Life

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