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Internal Revenue Service taxes forms are seen on Feb. 13, 2019.
Keith Srakocic
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AP
A new report by WalletHub measured how much people pay in property, income and sales tax in proportion to the amount of money they make.
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Google raters get ready for a rally at the company's Silicon Valley headquarters on Feb. 1, 2023.
Dara Kerr
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NPR
Google has a massive workforce of subcontractors to help maintain its search engine and now they're asking for more labor rights.
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Greg "Lucky" Patterson and Patrick Bruce Miller of local band Wolf Crick Boys discuss their second album, central Illinois venues, and recollect the Bedrock concert series.
The scene this morning after a BNSF train carrying ethanol and corn syrup derailed and caught fire in the west-central Minnesota town of Raymond early Thursday, March 30, 2023, and residents living near the scene were evacuated in the middle of the night.
David Joles/Star Tribune via Getty Images
Twenty-two cars, including 10 carrying ethanol, derailed west of Minneapolis; four are on fire. The derailment's cause is under investigation.
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MC Sha-Rock was the first woman to rap on national television in 1981, but hip-hop's double standards have left her legacy as the first female MC buried.
Amanda Howell Whitehurst for NPR
Not everyone who was part of rap's ascent gets included in its story. MC Sha-Rock, of the original Funky 4 and the Funky 4 + 1, reaffirms her role in hip-hop's formative years as the first woman MC.
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