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Tracking those $1,200 checks
Apr 13, 2020

Tracking those $1,200 checks

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The $1,200 per person is part of the federal government's effort to take some economic pressure off individuals in this pandemic. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
The IRS says it has started distributing emergency aid payments. Public health advocates call for limits or bans on the sale of tobacco products during COVID-19. Some are buying firearms for the first time right now.

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COVID-19

Who's getting the $1,200 COVID-19 checks first?

by David Brancaccio , Kimberly Adams and Alex Schroeder
Apr 13, 2020
Those who filed taxes in the past two years and used direct deposit for their refunds will be the first to get the payments, the IRS says.
People who never gave the IRS their bank information may have to wait weeks, if not months, to get their payments.
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Should tobacco product sales be banned during the COVID-19 pandemic?

by Jack Stewart
Apr 13, 2020
Some health groups point to early research that indicates smoking and vaping can make COVID-19 symptoms worse.
Some medical experts think that smoking and vaping can make symptoms worse.
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With COVID-19 comes a surge in gun sales

by Jonathan Levinson
Apr 13, 2020
The FBI reports that background checks in March were up. Some of those purchasing guns are doing so for the first time.
People wait in line at Northwest Armory, a gun store in Portland, Ore., on March 21, 2020, two days before the governor issued a stay-at-home order.
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Victoria Craig Host, BBC
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