Geoff Williams
Journalist at Freelance
Blogger at The TV Professor
journalist and nonfiction author of Washed Away, about the Great Flood of 1913, and C.C. Pyle's Amazing Foot Race. Also writes the blog, "The TV Professor."
Articles
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20 hours ago |
money.usnews.com | Geoff Williams |Barri Segal |Tanza Loudenback
Key Takeaways New York is sending out inflation rebate checks, along with a few other states that are sending out state government rebates. Often, refund checks that go out to taxpayers require meeting certain criteria, such as being a certain age or earning a specific income. Economists are typically not too confident about how much these inflation refund checks help taxpayers, but concede that any extra money generally makes at least a slight positive impact for households.
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2 days ago |
cnet.com | Geoff Williams
Scam links are getting harder to spot, which is bad news for everyday people who mistakenly click on a malicious URL as part of a phishing attack. Many of them include standard "https" encryption and domains similar to legitimate websites. Phishing and spoofing scams led to more than $70 million in losses for victims in 2024, according to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center. If you click on a scam link, you could suffer monetary losses.
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2 days ago |
cnet.com | Geoff Williams
Scam links are getting harder to spot, which is bad news for everyday people who mistakenly click on a malicious URL as part of a phishing attack. Many of them include standard "https" encryption and domains similar to legitimate websites. Phishing and spoofing scams led to more than $70 million in losses for victims in 2024, according to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center. If you click on a scam link, you could suffer monetary losses.
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3 days ago |
money.usnews.com | Barri Segal |Tanza Loudenback |Geoff Williams |Jessica Walrack
Key Takeaways If your household income is at or near the federal poverty level, there are government programs to help you. The programs cover various areas, including groceries, child care and tax filing help. The amount of money you receive from a federal government program will likely depend on the state running it. Life is expensive, and managing money can be complicated.
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1 week ago |
health.usnews.com | Geoff Williams |Elaine Hinzey
Key Takeaways The Affordable Care Act mandates that most health insurance plans (and employer-provided health plans) cover mental health and substance use disorder services as part of the ten essential health benefits. This includes coverage for therapy, counseling and substance use disorder treatment. Medicaid and Medicare generally offer coverage for various mental health services, although specific coverage can vary.
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