IRS workers involved in 2025 tax season can’t take ‘buyout’ offer until May
By FATIMA HUSSEIN
WASHINGTON (AP) — IRS employees involved in the 2025 tax season will not be allowed to accept a buyout offer from the Trump administration until May 15th, according to a letter sent Wednesday to IRS employees.
Debt may be a dating dealbreaker
A typical dating profile may showcase a photo and interests, but would your debt load make someone swipe left? According to a new NerdWallet survey, 10% of Americans say they would never date a person with credit card debt.
Health care jobs are booming. These are the best-paying jobs over the next decade.
By Ali Hickerson
While some workers worry that AI threatens the job security of their professions, in health care, where worker demand is still growing, artificial intelligence may augment the administrative burden of an understaffed, overworked, and stressed workforce.
Aliens, sloths and silliness: Super Bowl ads offer laughs, celebs and surprises to win over viewers
By MAE ANDERSON
NEW YORK (AP) — Eugene Levy’s trademark eyebrows fly off for Little Caesars. A tongue dances to Shania Twain to promote Nestle’s Coffee Mate Cold Foam. And Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal reunite at Katz’s Deli in an ad for Hellmann’s.
5 Central Florida restaurants shut down last week
Five Central Florida restaurants shut down the week of Jan. 26-Feb. 1, according to data from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
Orange
Katherine Catering Services #2 at 4880 Distribution Court in Orlando shut down on Jan. 31. Inspectors found nine violations, two of which were a high priority for an employee working without washing their hands and food held at the wrong temperatures. A second inspection on Feb. 3 found one violation, a time extension for the employee working without washing their hands. The restaurant met inspection standards.
Osceola
El Punto Del Coro at 5407 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway in Kissimmee shut down on Jan. 31. Inspectors found one high-priority violation for not having any potable running water. A second inspection the same day found 10 violations and issued a time extension for food being held at the wrong temperatures. The restaurant reopened but a follow-up inspection is required.
Seminole
Cafe Perks at 724 S. U.S. Highway 17-92 in Longwood shut down on Jan. 30. Inspectors found 10 violations, three of which were high priorities. Those violations included a dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at the proper strength, raw sewage inside the restaurant and roach activity. A second inspection the same day found five violations but none was a high priority. The restaurant met inspection standards.