Social Security scam is hitting inboxes. Here’s what to watch for. Even if an email address appears to be from the agency, beware. Some scammers will use the words “Social Security” or “SSA” in the actual email address, or misspell those terms, or even use a zero instead of the letter “O” in an attempt to be sly. 04/15/2024 - 12:09 pm | View Link
Are You an SSI Benefits Recipient? You Might Want to File Your Taxes in 2024 If you receive Supplemental Security Income, you could still benefit from filing your taxes this year. The 2024 tax season comes to a close April 15, and if you're a Supplemental Security Income beneficiary, it may worth your while to file your tax return this year. 04/14/2024 - 9:40 pm | View Link
Social Security Update: Payment of $4,873 to Go Out This Week Some Social Security recipients are set to receive payments of up to $4,873 this week. On April 17, recipients of Social Security are expected to begin receiving their monthly disbursements. These payments are provided to retired individuals, qualifying disabled individuals and survivors of deceased claimants. 04/14/2024 - 9:20 pm | View Link
Not Sure If You Should Claim Social Security at 70? Try to Imagine What It Might Actually Do for You. For one thing, you may not have the energy level at age 70 to deal with a grueling commute and demanding job. Even if your job isn't stressful, you may just reach a point prior to age 70 when you feel that you'd like to be done with it. Either way, waiting until age 70 to sign up for Social Security could mean making some sort of sacrifice. 04/13/2024 - 10:04 pm | View Link
Social Security | USAGov Most U.S. citizens can get Social Security benefits while visiting or living outside the U.S. Find out if you qualify, how to apply, and who to contact to get help. Learn about Social Security, including retirement and disability benefits, how to get or replace your Social Security card, and more. 04/15/2024 - 6:30 am | View Website
Apply for Social Security Benefits | SSA Ways to Apply. You can complete an application for Retirement, Spouse's, Medicare or Disability Benefits online. If you cannot submit your application online: You can call us at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778 ); or. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, visits to our offices are by appointment only for certain services. 04/15/2024 - 4:07 am | View Website
10 Things to Know About Social Security Benefits For retirement benefits, at least 10 years. Social Security uses a system of credits, which you collect by working and paying Social Security taxes. You can earn up to four credits a year, and you need 40 credits to qualify for retirement benefits. The credit threshold may be lower for disability benefits. 5. 04/15/2024 - 1:08 am | View Website
Apply for Social Security Benefits | SSA And it's hard to pay for essentials like food, clothing, and a home. Learn how to apply. Check eligibility if you're not sure what to apply for. Apply for Medicare if you only need health insurance right now. Different ways to apply for Social Security benefits. 04/15/2024 - 1:01 am | View Website
Retirement Benefits | SSA Social Security is part of the retirement plan for almost every American worker. It provides replacement income for qualified retirees and their families. This section of our website helps you better understand the program, the application process, and the online tools and resources available to you. 04/14/2024 - 11:21 pm | View Website
Decorated Chinese athlete He Jie had been stripped of his Beijing half-marathon win Friday after an investigation found that the three African runners who competed alongside him had “actively slowed down” to let him cross the finish line first during the race on Sunday, April 14.
He won the 21 km.
Spoiler alert: This article discusses all episodes of Netflix’s Baby Reindeer.
A woman walks into a London bar, crying softly, her eyes on the floor. She claims to be a powerful lawyer, but she also says she can’t afford a cup of tea. So the bartender, intrigued by this suddenly chatty enigma, gives her one on the house.
Among the four major American sports leagues, the National Basketball Association alone leans heavily into politics, openly embracing social justice as part of its core mission.
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That wasn’t always the case: in 1980, commissioner Larry O’Brien painted an image of a league where race barely mattered. “I don’t think that the owners think in terms of color,” O’Brien told reporters.
For most of The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift puts the focus on her breakups with longtime partner Joe Alwyn and short-term boyfriend Matty Healy. But on “The Alchemy,” one of the (first part of the) double album’s final tracks, she seems ready to get back in the dating game.
When it was announced, in early February, that one of the songs on Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department would be called “Clara Bow,” entertainment writers and Swift fans sprang to action with the alacrity of roaring-twenties newshounds leaping to their typewriters. The simplest assumption to make was that Bow, one of the biggest movie stars of the 1920s, had inspired Swift because she too was a radically independent and ambitious woman, as well as a hugely successful star whose private life had received undue scrutiny.
A bonus track on Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department has listeners theorizing that the singer is talking about Kim Kardashian. The track “thanK you aIMee” is stylized so that the capital letters spell out the name “Kim” and the track “Cassandra” seems to reference the night that she got “the call” from Kardashian and Kanye West.
Swift begins the song singing, “When I picture my hometown, there’s a bronze spray-tanned statue of you,” which can be interpreted as a pointed reference to Kardashian’s deep tan.