President Joe Biden is preparing a plan to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans. The increases are expected to nearly double the capital gains tax for people who make more than $1 million per year. It’s to pay for his trillion dollar American Family Plan, which will fund things like child care, paid family leave and free community college tuition.
NASA and SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched at the Kennedy Space Center Friday morning in Florida. The “Endeavor Team” of four astronauts will have a six month operational crew mission to the International Space Station.
The Motion Picture Academy is best known for giving out Oscars, and it will open a new museum with a section devoted to the Academy Awards.
Actor LeVar Burton is taking over as the next guest host of Jeopardy. He’s part of a line up of celebrity guest hosts who have been filling in since the death of Alex Trebek last November.
A new study suggests COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna do not appear to pose serious risk during pregnancy. Researchers reviewed data from more than 35,000 pregnant women from December of last year through February of this year.
Car prices are rising. According to J.D. Power and Associates, the average new car price was more than $37,000 in the first quarter of 2021. That’s up more than 8% from a year ago.
The coronavirus took a toll on the U.S. labor market in 2020. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly 10% of American families struggled with unemployment last year. 9.8% of U.S. families had at least one unemployed family member in 2020. That was double the number from 2019, when 4.9% of families coped with unemployment.
According to the annual State of the Air report, more than 135 million Americans breathe unhealthy air.
Thursday, President Biden is hosting a virtual climate summit with 40 other world leaders. The president announced an aggressive goal of cutting U.S. carbon emissions in half by the end of this decade. The Biden Administration has also been pushing countries to commit to tackling the climate crisis.
A police officer in Arkansas has seen more on the job than most of the people he protects and serves have seen in their entire lives. He is living proof that age is, indeed, just a number.
