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Humans and cats have a long, ancient history of companionship – but how attached are our feline friends to us? While dogs are constantly clinging to human reassurance, cats are far more independent ...

Stocks rose to start February, while commodity markets endured another roller-coaster ride. After an indecisive start, all three major indexes pushed higher, led by the Dow industrials, which added ...

The value of the U.S. dollar plunged Tuesday, after President Donald Trump said he was not concerned about the currency's recent drop. "I think it’s great," Trump said, speaking to reporters in Iowa, ...

Cara Tabachnick is a news editor at CBSNews.com. Cara began her career on the crime beat at Newsday. She has written for Marie Claire, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. She reports on ...

The Republican Study Committee released a framework for a second budget bill, known as "Reconciliation 2.0," which includes expanded access to the child and dependent care tax credit, or CDCTC. The ...

A New York attorney sued the Internal Revenue Service, hoping to claim her dog as a dependent on her taxes. The lawsuit, filed by Amanda Reynolds, seeks to claim her 8-year-old golden retriever, ...

Pets may run many human households, but when tax season comes, they don’t count—no matter how dependent on you they are. A lawsuit filed by Amanda Reynolds seeks to change that. Americans love their ...

DEAR ERIC: My daughter will be 37 in a month but has never been able to completely support herself. She has a degree from a good university but is unable to keep a job for more than a year or so. She ...

With under a handful of games to go before the fake postseason, it’s imperative to trim the fantasy football fat from our rosters in order to maximize weekly output. While sometimes we get emotional ...