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Check your mail: TurboTax users start receiving settlement checks from Intuit

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:11:43 GMT

(NEXSTAR) – If you see a letter from "Intuit Multistate Settlement Administrator" in your mailbox this month, don't throw it out with the junk. It's could be a payment from the $141 million TurboTax settlement.Eligible recipients have started receiving the checks, which are being mailed out throughout May, according to the settlement administrator. TurboTax's parent company Intuit was ordered to pay back customers who should have qualified for free tax filing in the 2016, 2017 and 2018 tax years, but were misled into paying for the online filing services. An estimated 4.4 million customers across all 50 states and Washington, D.C., qualify. Eligible taxpayers did not need to file a claim and will receive payment automatically. You should have also received an email from the settlement fund's administrator. When will Facebook settlement payments be sent out? Here’s what we know Most people are expected to receive a check for about $30, though some may receive up to $85.“Turbo...

Def Leppard's Rick Allen reveals he was attacked after Florida concert in March

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:11:43 GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen says he was blindsided during an attack on him outside a South Florida hotel following a concert earlier this year.“I heard a couple of steps and then I just saw this (flash) and the next thing I knew was I was on the ground,” Allen, 59, told ABC's “ Good Morning America ” in an interview broadcast Monday. “I landed on my backside — hit my head on the pavement.”Def Leppard was in Fort Lauderdale to perform at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino when he was attacked March 13 while taking a smoke break outside a hotel.Police arrested Max Hartley, a 19-year-old from Avon, Ohio, who has pleaded not guilty to two counts of battery and four counts of criminal mischief, according to court records. Police said they haven't determined a motive.“I don’t think he knew who I was, but he must have seen that I wasn’t a threat because, you know, I’ve only got one arm,” said Allen, who lost his left arm in a car accident in 1...

Dean's A-List Interviews: Seth Rogan and Rose Byrne in 'Platonic'

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:11:43 GMT

Dean sits down with A-List stars Seth Rogan and Rose Byrne in the new Apple TV + series, 'Platonic.'Get Dean's reviews and A-List interviews delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for Dean's Downloads weekly newsletter. You'll also get his Dean Cooks recipes too!

Police issue alert over armed robbery spree on NW side

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:11:43 GMT

CHICAGO — Police reported of nine armed robberies within an hour on the city's northwest side overnight. Police reported of armed robberies in the locations below: 2000 Block of West Webster Ave on May 21, 2023 @ 12:27 AM1200 Block of North Damen Ave on May 21, 2023 @ 12:30 AM 2700 Block of North Milwaukee Ave on May 21, 2023 @ 1:00 AM 2200 Block of West Webster Ave on May 21, 2023 @ 1:03 AM 2600 Block of North Kedzie Ave on May 21, 2023 @ 1:05 AM 2900 Block of West Armitage Ave on May 21, 2023 @ 1:08 AM3000 Block of North Kimball Ave on May 21, 2023 @ 1:15 AM 3200 Block of North Elston Ave on May 21, 2023 @ 1:26 AM3100 Block of North California Ave on May 21, 2023 @ 1:30 AMPolice described the offenders as four men between the ages of 15 and 21 wearing black hoodies, black masks and armed with handguns. Man, 18, broke into USPS office in Loop overnight

Christopher Morel's history is a highlight of bad Cubs road trip

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:11:43 GMT

PHILADELPHIA — Outside of the performance of a promising second-year player, it was another lost road trip for the Cubs. A 2-1 loss to the Phillies on Sunday finished off a 2-7 road trip for the club as they now fall a season-high six games under .500 (20-26). For the month of May, the Cubs are sporting a 6-13 record as they fall five games behind the Brewers for first in the National League Central.In a tough road trip, however, Christopher Morel has started his second season with a bang - literally. In his first 11 games of the 2023 season, the outfielder has hit eight home runs in 46 at-bats. According to the Cubs, he's the first in franchise history to pull off the feat, with those statistics going back to 1901. Morel also has three doubles and 14 since he was called up from Triple-A on May 8. A surprise omission from the Opening Day roster for some, the outfielder had a strong 29 games with the Iowa Cubs, hitting .330 with nine doubles, 11 homers, and 31 RBI. Signed as an inter...

Texas Senate attempts to add school voucher-like program to teacher pay bill

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:11:43 GMT

Austin (KXAN) -- One of the last viable bills in the Texas legislature that would increase teacher pay now has a provision that would create a school voucher program.The Senate Committee on Public Education is hearing testimony on the bill Monday morning.Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, over the weekend, filed a committee substitute of the bill that would add a school voucher-like program that would allow parents to re-direct up to $8,000 to private school tuition.The Texas legislature has yet to pass a bill that would address the growing shortage of teachers in Texas public schools. Austin ISD plans to pull millions from reserve funds to give educators 7% raise House Bill 100 initially increased the per-pupil allotment for public schools – and through that provision – would require school districts to use a certain amount of those funds to increase teacher pay.The bill, in its current form, would also increase the minimum salary schedule for teachers and provide school districts...

Texas gas prices average just above $3 ahead of Memorial Day 2023 travels

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:11:43 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) – As Austin Metro drivers count down to the Memorial Day weekend holiday, the price of gasoline continues to remain steady, according to AAA.The average price of a gallon of regular gas in Austin-San Marcos was $3.08 on Sunday. That is four cents lower than Sunday, May 14 and 25 cents lower than April 21. AAA said the average price had fallen $1.22 since May 21, 2022. The average price in Texas was $3.07 a gallon. On May 18, AAA ranked Texas No. 2 in the nation behind Mississippi when it came to least expensive gas markets.On May 15, AAA projected a 7% increase in Memorial day weekend travel over 2022 with 42.3 million Americans travelling 50 miles or more from home.“This is expected to be the third busiest Memorial Day weekend since 2000, when AAA started tracking holiday travel,” said Paula Twidale, Senior Vice President of AAA Travel in the May 15 release.AAA said Memorial Day road trips are up 6% over last year. 37.1 million Americans will drive to their desti...

Trial for Elgin man accused of killing man, restraining woman in 2022 begins Monday

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:11:43 GMT

LEE COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) – The murder trial for an Elgin man connected to a 2022 death begins Monday, according to Lee County court officials. Investigators believe Timothy Bradshaw, then 43, shot and killed another man and restrained a woman against her will in February 2022. Bradshaw is on trial on the murder charge, as well as kidnapping and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to Lee County. PREVIOUS: Elgin man accused of killing man, restraining woman against her will The Lee County Sheriff’s Office said at the time it got a report of a possible shooting and kidnapping on Deerwood Drive in Elgin. Deputies arrived to find David Maxwell, 43, dead. He had been shot and killed inside his truck, the sheriff’s office said.A woman, then 27, whose identity wasn’t released at the time, had also been assaulted and unlawfully restrained, according to the sheriff’s office 2022 release.Bradshaw was arrested in connection with both incidents, the sheriff’s office said in 2022.

St. Paul City Council to host Summit Avenue bike trail hearing on Wednesday

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:11:43 GMT

The St. Paul City Council will host a public hearing at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday on a resolution to support a proposed regional bikeway that would travel along nearly five miles of Summit Avenue, a popular parkway-like corridor that traverses multiple historic districts and the governor’s residence.The prospect of an elevated bike trail protected by curb or parking has drawn strong feeling up and down the mansion-lined corridor and beyond. Opponents have pointed to the possibility of heavy tree loss, parking loss and a change in the historic character of the avenue, the longest residential stretch of Victorian mansions in the nation.City officials have sought to convince residents that a badly-needed street reconstruction will impact trees either way, and adding bike amenities won’t make considerable difference. They’ve said an all-ages bike trail will invite new users, help calm traffic and create a better environment for pedestrians, while reducing transportation-base...

Report finds Hamline University violated professor’s academic freedom in Islamic art controversy

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:11:43 GMT

Hamline University’s response to a Muslim student’s art class complaint last fall violated the professor’s academic freedom, according to a new report by the American Association of University Professors.The faculty membership organization visited the St. Paul private school campus in February and interviewed numerous school administrators, faculty and others following widespread news coverage about the use of ancient art depicting the Prophet Muhammad.Aware that some Muslims take offense to visual depictions of the Prophet, adjunct professor Erika Lopez Prater warned students about the content on her world art class syllabus and again before showing the art during an online lesson in October.Still, a student who viewed the art complained to Hamline administrators, who went on to criticize Lopez Prater’s decision in multiple statements and withdrew an offer to have her teach again in the spring.“The committee can only speculate about the reason for the decision not to reappoint Prof...