Your weekend must reads🗞️
👋Good morning! Welcome to the first Short List weekend edition✨ of 2024. I'm John Riley, and it's time to take a look at some of the best Paste BN stories of the year. Let's do it!
But first: How are you doing on your New Year's resolutions? These stories may help if you've resolved to try a new diet, exercise more or dress better in 2024. And if you're resolving to just live life more simply, that's great, too!
Now for some great stories:
Election fraud belief still strong, raising worries about 2024
🗳️Supporters of Donald Trump − who generally accept his unsubstantiated claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent − are prepared to believe those allegations again in 2024, an exclusive Paste BN/Suffolk University Poll shows. A lack of faith in the integrity of the nation's elections could set the stage for unrest if the former president runs and loses in November. Read more
- Biden coalition fraying: Black, Hispanic, young voters abandoning president
- Trump's running mate: Who do supporters say he should choose for VP?
Tax lessons from Ohtani's $700 million megadeal
💵Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohel Ohtani recently signed a 10-year contract that pays $700 million, the largest sum ever pledged to a baseball player. But the hurler-slugger is deferring most of his pay without interest, taking just $2 million a year during those 10 seasons. What are the lessons of this unusual deal for rank-and-file taxpayers? Read more
- Extra deduction: How older adults can save on 2023 taxes
- Why wait?: Get your 2024 refund faster with direct deposit
Can you spot a narcissist by their eyebrows?
🤨A recent study found that the distinctiveness of one's eyebrows played a critical role in being able to accurately identify them as being more narcissistic. But don't get carried away: There's a lot more to personality types than someone's eyebrows can exhibit. Read more
- Narcissists always ruin the holidays: Here's how to cope with them.
- Dealing with narcissists: Never tell someone they are a narcissist. Here's why.
There's more!: Keep scrolling below👇 for more great stories. See you next week.