Medicare eligibility begins at the age of 65, but your initial enrollment window spans seven months. If that happened to you last year, you have another chance to sign up for Medicare -- but you'll need to get moving. If you missed your initial Medicare enrollment window, you can still sign up for coverage during the program's general enrollment period, which runs from Jan. 1 though March 31 each year.
German Finance Minister Christian Lindner rejected on Thursday Brazil's proposal to tax the super-rich. "We do not think it is suitable," he said in a panel discussion alongside Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel in Washington DC. Brazil, heading the presidency of the Group of Twenty (G20), is aiming to build international consensus on the taxation of wealth this year, and is pushing for a joint declaration at a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bankers in July.
A British man who targeted schools and businesses with threatening letters in a six-week terror campaign in 2013 was sentenced Thursday to more than four years in prison and an additional five years over a sexual assault in 1988. Woolwich Crown Court in east London heard that Gary Preston sent 42 envelopes containing white powder, which was later found to be talcum powder, and threatening messages that caused concern at the targeted venues.
Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones rose Thursday after initial unemployment claims. And Tesla stock hit a new low on a downgrade.
As sales pitches go, the title of this recent Sundance favourite is far from a winner: one ticket for an hour and a half of suicidal ideation, please, plus a raspberry and blackcurrant Tango Ice Blast. Happily, though, it turns out to be something of a missell. For beneath the mousy indie stylings of Rachel Lambert’s new film, adapted from a 2013 play by Kevin Armento, beats a proudly mushy romantic-comedy heart.
Flights to and from Dubai airport remain severely disrupted, after heavy rainfall hit Dubai and the rest of the UAE.
Rodric Williams, who joined the organisation as a litigation lawyer in 2012, gave evidence at the Horizon Inquiry on Thursday
Magnificent Seven stocks, including AI leader Nvidia, are among the best stocks to buy and watch in today's stock market.
Adidas launched new shoes for 41 Olympic disciplines at an event in Paris on Thursday, alongside sponsored athletes including climbing gold medallist Janja Garnbret, as it uses the Games to hone its focus on sports rather than celebrities. From sprint spikes to footwear made for the newest Olympic sport of breakdancing, the shoes are black with a white three-stripe logo and yellow-orange highlights, meant to represent the "flame" of athletes' passion for their sport. Adidas CEO Bjorn Gulden has said he wants the brand to provide shoes and apparel for a wider variety of sports, a departure from its previous strategy of focusing more deeply on fewer sports.
US equity markets (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) are floating into the green after Thursday's opening bell, all just above their flatline with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising over 100 points. Morning Brief anchors Seana Smith and Brad Smith look at this morning's market action and the upside seen across most sectors and 10-year Treasury yields (^TNX). For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Morning Brief. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.
Man sentenced to 47 years to life for kidnapping 9-year-old girl from upstate New York park
Just hours away from the much-anticipated bitcoin halving set for April 19, it's fair to say that the asset has been on a roll lately despite some pre-halving volatility. A confluence of factors has...
U.S. stock indexes are ticking higher, putting the S&P 500 on track to potentially avoid its longest losing streak since October. The S&P 500 was 0.3% higher in early Thursday trading, coming off its fourth straight loss. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 145 points, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.1% higher. Stronger profit reports than expected from companies like homebuilder D.R. Horton and insurer Elevance Health helped prop up the market. Treasury yields also edged higher in the bond m
A youth from Treaty 3 recently tried to get to the bottom of a controversial topic important to her people, but to no avail. During the First Nations Community Wellness Conference in Toronto on March 21, which was hosted by the Chiefs of Ontario, Kenora MP Eric Melillo was asked about his party’s stance on access to gender-affirming care, and the apparent double standard they have for supporting individual autonomy when it comes to vaccines but not when it comes to gender-affirming care. “Commun
MOOSE FACTORY - An iconic part of Moose Factory’s history is looking for support to make sure it’s there for the community’s future. The National Trust for Canada’s latest Next Great Save competition has named the old St. Thomas Church in Moose Factory as one of 12 finalist sites from across the country. “What’s significant about the church is tied to what is significant about the community,” said Cecil Chabot, Moose River Heritage and Hospitality Association (MRHHA) executive director. “In many
Jeremy Hunt has been urged to demand inheritance tax on pension pots by one of Britain’s most influential economic think tanks.
Sadiq Khan has vowed to rule out introducing “any form of pay-per-mile smart road user charging system” as he set out his plans for a third term at City Hall.He also pledged to continue his partial Tube and bus fares freeze “as long as economic conditions allow” and to try to bring the Olympics back to London in 2040.The Labour mayor used his 2024 manifesto, which he launched on Thursday, to attempt to shut down Tory claims that motorists face a new levy to drive in London if he wins a third term in a fortnight.The row has raged since he mentioned road pricing in his book, Breathe, published a year ago and after Transport for London began work on its future road charging systems as it looks up upgrade the “back office” technology required for the Ulez and congestion charge.The manifesto, unveiled at an event in North Greenwich in which he was accompanied by under fire Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner, includes plans for a “second Superloop” route of express buses in outer London.
Darrin Roach, 57, from Taunton, is jailed after pleading guilty to indecently assaulting nine boys.
Nearly 100 homes will be too close to where parents stay with their sick children, say campaigners.
When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired to help clean up environmental devastation from the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. Recognizing that some members of cleanup crews had likely become sick, BP agreed to a medical claims settlement two years after the 2010 disaster. Through the settlement, BP has paid ill workers and coastal residents a tiny fraction — $67 million — of the billions the company has spent on restitution for economic and environmental damage.
The landscape of addictions treatment is set to change in Kenora following new merger. After only receiving approval for the merger from the Ontario Health Board on March 27, Lake of the Woods District Hospital took the first steps to integrate the and Changes Recovery Homes just a few days later, on April 1, said LWDH President and CEO Ray Racette. This is the first voluntary merger of this nature in the area, Racette explained, and it was funded by the province through Ontario Health. As of Ap
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