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21.3 million | The IRS backlog of unprocessed paper tax returns at the end of May. That’s up 1.3 million from a year earlier, according to Erin Collins, the national taxpayer advocate, who runs an independent taxpayer-service operation within the IRS. Agency officials have said they aimed to return the backlog to a “healthy” level in the next six months. |
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| PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY CHAYA HOWELL/THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, ISTOCK |
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Rising costs at barbershops and salons are signs that the inflation problem isn’t going away. |
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In May, haircut prices were up 6.2% from a year earlier, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the largest annual increase since 1982. |
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“I’m like, ‘Are you walking somebody through surgery right now?’...If it’s not that life-changing moment, I feel like maybe you could hold off for a second.” |
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—A former flight attendant, who runs the Instagram and Facebook account Passenger Shaming and counts businesspeople shouting into their phones while boarding among egregious in-flight antics. Travelers’ pet peeves can feel twice as bothersome now that flying is picking up. |
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Russia Hits Grain Terminals in Latest Attack on Ukraine’s Food Infrastructure (Read) How Iran Tapped International Banks to Keep Its Economy Afloat (Read) NBCUniversal, Google Compete to Help Netflix Develop Ad-Backed Tier (Read) Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Scores on Billion-Dollar Natural-Gas Gambit (Read) Twitter Adds Shopping Feature for Shopify Merchants (Read) |
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| Franco Salinas learned this month that a data-analyst position he planned to start in July had been axed. PHOTO: CAROLINE YANG FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL |
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Understand that your job offer might be rescinded. |
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Businesses in several different industries are revoking offers they made just a few months ago. Don’t bother saying “no backsies.” This indicates a company’s business outlook has changed so quickly it has to undo hiring plans made sometimes weeks before. |
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Yesterday, we asked what law enforcement can learn from the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Here’s what you had to say: I grew up in a small town in Texas like Uvalde. I am sure no one dreamed that such a shooting would ever occur. Of course they were not prepared. My little town would not be either. To constantly attack Uvalde day after day is wrong. The attacks continue, and many are telling Uvalde parents to sue everybody. That’s wrong, too. Why not cease the attacks and give families time to heal? –Elizabeth Tebeaux, Texas Key learnings: Clearly “arming” folks is not the answer. Thus, the idea of “arming” staff in primary, secondary, etc., levels of school is not the answer. Passing legislation to prohibit purchasing assault weapons is a first step. –Mary Anne Brady, California I’m still waiting for the inaction to be explained, but cowardice appears to have been the cause. –Wayne Bost, Texas Responses have been condensed and edited. |
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Is a gas-tax holiday a good idea now? Let us know at whatsnewsletter@wsj.com or reply to this newsletter. Include your full name and location, and we may publish your response in an upcoming issue. |
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A proposal for topless beaches is roiling traditional Nantucket. |
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