Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Jan 24, 2022

Income tax filing season opens on Monday. But IRS officials are already warning filers that “in many areas, we are unable to deliver the amount of service and enforcement that our taxpayers and tax system deserves and needs.” Delays in processing are to be expected --especially because the IRS says it still is working through 2020 tax returns. The IRS says you should file electronically, and those who expect hefty refunds in the tens of thousands should expect greater delays. They claim that most taxpayers will receive their refund within 21 days of when they file electronically, barring any issues with processing their return.

DON WILSON, the co-founder and rhythm guitarist for THE VENTURES, died Saturday of natural causes in Tacoma, Washington, at the age of 88.

Here's some not-so-good news for you single people... Philadelphia is one of the cities with the highest number of Sexually Transmitted Disease cases in the US. Philadelphia has the fourth place with 2827 per hundred thousand inhabitants, Jackson, Baltimore and San Francisco occupy the first three places respectively.

Sad news, as news reports say Inflation --the cost of rent, gas, utilities and food-- is wiping out pay increases for most Americans. Gas prices are up 50% from a year ago, while the price of meat, fish and eggs is up nearly 13%, according to the U.S. consumer price index.

Ever had this happen to you? One of those robot vacuum cleaners made a break for freedom after giving the staff at a Travelodge hotel the slip by failing to stop at the front door of the hotel. They finally found it nestled under a hedge two days later, and the hotel staff say it's been dusted off and "is now back sitting happily on a shelf with the rest of its robot vacuum family."