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Tax season to begin two weeks early

(AP) -- This year’s tax filing season will begin on Jan. 24, 17 days earlier than last year. The Internal Reveue Service warned Monday that a resurgence of COVID-19 infections on top of less funding from Congress than the Biden…

US, Russia hold talks amid tensions linked to Ukraine

GENEVA (AP) — Senior U.S. and Russian officials have formally launched special talks aimed at defusing tensions over a Russian military buildup on the border with Ukraine. The talks are part of a flurry of diplomatic activity in Europe this…

WATCH: Health officials explain 'flurona'

(CBS Newspath) -- "FLURONA" EXPLAINED: Health officials are concerned about surging cases of both the flu and COVID-19. They say some patients will experience both infections at the same time, a sickness being called…

19 dead, including 9 children, in NYC apartment fire

NEW YORK (AP) — Nineteen people, including 9 children, have been killed in an apartment fire in New York City, in what the city’s fire commissioner called one of the worst blazes in recent memory. A fire official who was…

Navy expands boot camp to sharpen focus on character issues

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy is adding two weeks to boot camp in a major overhaul aimed at improving recruits' war fighting and emergency skills while also focusing on suicide prevention and character issues such as sexual assault, hazing and…

27 people rescued off floating ice chunk in Wisconsin bay

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say 27 people were rescued from a floating chunk of ice that broke away from shore in the bay of Green Bay in eastern Wisconsin. The Brown County Sheriff's Office said no injuries were…

Michael Lang, Woodstock festival co-creator, dies at 77

NEW YORK (AP) — A co-creator and promoter of the 1969 Woodstock music festival that served as a touchstone for generations of music fans, Michael Lang has died. A spokesperson for Lang's family says the 77-year-old had been battling non-Hodgkin…

Marilyn Bergman, Oscar-winning composer, dies at age 93

NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar-winning lyricist Marilyn Bergman has died at age 93 after a long career in which she teamed with her husband on songs including “The Way We Were." A representative says she died at her Los Angeles…

Virginia police identify 2 victims of 'shopping cart killer'

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Authorities in Virginia have positively identified the remains of two women they say were killed by a man they believe is a serial killer who used a shopping cart to transport his victims’ bodies after meeting…

Hospitalizations skyrocket in kids too young for COVID shots

(AP) --- Hospitalizations of U.S. children under 5 with COVID-19 have soared to unprecedented levels, a worrisome trend in youngsters too young to be vaccinated. That's according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released Friday. Since early December,…