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Residents eligible for the third round stimulus checks of $1,400 will soon receive it after Guam’s plan was approved by federal officials.

The Department of Revenue and Taxation announced in a release early Saturday morning that Guam’s plan was approved by the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Treasury.

The third round of stimulus checks, or economic impact payments, was authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 which was signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 11.

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Guam residents haven’t been able to get the $1,400 checks until federal officials approved Rev and Tax’s plan. Most people in the continental U.S. have already received their $1,400 stimulus.

Because Guam isn’t in the IRS system, Rev and Tax had to submit a plan on how it will distribute the economic impact payment funds. The local agency had to also reconcile its list of eligible taxpayers with the IRS, and request and receive a lump sum of funds to cover the island from the U.S. Treasury before residents begin seeing checks.

In the United States, more than 130 million payments, worth about $335 billion, have been made.

The benefit was secured in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which gives economic impact payment payments of $1,400 for individuals and $2,800 for joint filers, plus an additional $1,400 for each dependent child.

Individuals earning up to $75,000 and married couples with incomes up to $150,000 will receive the full payments. Payments decrease for incomes above those thresholds, phasing out for individuals making more than $80,000 and married couples making more than $160,000.

Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero said final approval of the plan was received just a little after midnight Guam time and she and Lt. Gov. Josh Tenorio are pleased Rev and Tax can move forward in processing payments.

The IRS and U.S. Treasury approved $241 million for Guam’s third round of stimulus checks and has approved the advance of 90% to be transferred to the government of Guam after the plan approval, the release from Rev and Tax stated.

In addition to funding payments, Rev and Tax was approved for $347,000 in administrative expenses for the program, the release stated.

Payment for the third round of stimulus checks is expected to begin as soon as funds are received.

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Virgin Islands, group of about 90 small islands, islets, cays, and rocks in the West Indies, situated some 40 to 50 miles (64 to 80 kilometres) east of Puerto Rico. The islands extend from west to east for about 60 miles and are located west of the Anegada Passage, a major channel connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Their combined land area is about 195 square miles (505 square kilometres).

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The islands are administered in two groups—the British Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands. The former is a British colony consisting of four larger islands—Tortola, Anegada, Virgin Gorda, and Jost Van Dyke—and 32 smaller islands and islets, of which more than 20 are uninhabited. Their total area is 59 square miles, and they lie to the north and east of the U.S. islands. The latter group, administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior as an unincorporated territory, consists of three larger islands—St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas—and some 50 smaller islets and cays, with a total area of 133 square miles.

The Virgin Islands are noted for their inviting subtropical climate, which attracts a large number of tourists each year to swim in the warm aquamarine waters and frequent the sandy beaches and harbours. Apart from the tourist industry, the islands have few economic resources; financial aid is provided by the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively. Fresh water is scarce. In recent years some tension has arisen between the inhabitants of the islands and people from other parts of the Caribbean who have immigrated, particularly to the United States Virgin Islands, to seek jobs and secure better living conditions.

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Although the Virgin Islands form the easternmost extension of the Greater Antilles, they are often included in discussions of the Lesser Antilles because of their size and proximity to that island chain. The Virgin Islands themselves are the peaks of submerged mountains that rise from a submarine plateau. While the Caribbean deepens to a 15,000-foot trench between the island of St. Croix, to the south, and the rest of the group to the north, the greater part of the plateau is covered by at most 165 feet of water. Most of the islands rise only to a few hundred feet above sea level, although isolated peaks are well over 1,200 feet. The highest point is Mount Sage on Tortola, which is 1,710 feet (521 metres) high.

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Of the 36 British islands, 16 are inhabited. Tortola (Turtle Dove), with an area of 21 square miles, is the largest and is the site of the group’s capital and population centre, Road Town. Other larger islands in the British group are Anegada, with an area of 15 square miles; Virgin Gorda (the Fat Virgin), with an area of 8 square miles; and Jost Van Dyke, about 3 square miles. Lesser islands include Great Tobago, Salt, Peter, Cooper, Norman, Guana, Beef, Great Thatch, Little Thatch, and Marina Cay.

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Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
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About 50 islands and cays constitute the U.S. group. Only three are of importance; several are uninhabited. The largest, St. Croix, is 28 miles long, 84 square miles in area, and lies about 40 miles south of the other islands. The island of St. Thomas, 32 square miles in area, is the site of the territory’s capital, Charlotte Amalie. St. John has an area of 20 square miles. At the closest point, between Great Thatch Island and St. John, a distance of only half a mile separates the British and the U.S. groups.

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The landscape of the islands offers scenes of dramatic contrast, varying from craggy cliffs and mountaintops to small lagoons with coral reefs and barrier beaches, from landlocked harbours to unprotected bays, and from small, level plains to elevated plateaus with rolling lands and junglelike regions. Individual islands have their own distinguishing characteristics.

In the British group, Tortola, of the same geologic formation as St. John, is hilly, with unbroken ranges running throughout its 15-mile length. Road Bay is Tortola’s most important bay; it is exposed to the southeast but protected from all other sides by an amphitheatre of hills. Virgin Gorda, an island with several peninsulas, is rectangular in shape, about 2.5 miles long, and 1.75 miles wide in the central part of the island. Its highest peak rises 1,359 feet. Anegada is the only flat island of the group. Its elevation is never more than 10 to 15 feet above sea level, and its coast, because of its many reefs, is dangerous to boats. Jost Van Dyke is a hilly, almost rugged island with two fine beaches on the south side.

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Virgin Gorda Island, British Virgin Islands.
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In the U.S. group, St. Thomas, composed primarily of a ridge of hills running east and west with branching spurs, has little level, tillable land. Crown Mountain (1,556 feet), northwest of the capital of Charlotte Amalie, is the island’s highest elevation. Charlotte Amalie, facing a fine landlocked harbour, is built on five foothills. There are a number of springs on the island’s northern side but only one small stream. Magens Bay, with 3,500 feet of white sandy beach, is reputed to be the finest beach in the West Indies. St. Thomas is surrounded by 17 islands and by cays and innumerable rocks.

St. Croix rises abruptly on the north to Mount Eagle (1,088 feet) and Blue Mountain (1,096 feet), but southward the land slopes to flatlands that near the coast are laced with lagoons. The island’s only urban centres, Christiansted and Frederiksted, lie on the flat land. Since the coastal indentations are slight, there are few harbours and sheltered bays; dangerous reefs lie along the north and south coasts. While there are several rivulets on the island, it is generally poorly watered.

St. John—three miles east across Pillsbury Sound from St. Thomas and lying closest to the British Virgin Islands—has steep, lofty hills and valleys but little level, tillable land. Its highest elevations are Camelberg Peak (1,193 feet) and Bordeaux Mountain (1,277 feet). Its coastline is indented with forests and many fine, sheltered bays. Coral Bay, on the eastern end, whose steep shores allow large vessels to come close in, has been described as the best natural harbour in the Virgin Islands. A number of small streams on the south side of St. John, together with a multitude of springs, make it the best-watered island of the U.S. group. More than three-quarters of its area, about 23 square miles (60 square km; including Hassel Island in St. Thomas harbour), is preserved as Virgin Islands National Park.

Climate
The splendid climate is perhaps the Virgin Islands’ chief asset. Although they are located in the tropics, the heat is tempered by gentle trade winds that blow from the northeast most of the year. Humidity is low, and there is little pollen. The temperature rarely exceeds 90 °F (32 °C) or falls below 70 °F (21 °C). The average temperature is about 78 °F (26 °C). The dry season lasts from February to July and the wet season from September to December. Hurricanes—averaging perhaps four in a century—occur usually between August and October, and there are occasional light earthquakes.

The water scarcity is so serious that nearly all buildings, both private and public, have their own water catchments. Rainfall averages between 45 and 50 inches (1,143 and 1,270 millimetres) a year, but much of it runs off unused. In the driest sections of the large islands, rainfall usually averages a little less than 30 inches, with possibly as much as 80 inches on the upper slopes of Mount Sage on Tortola. But rainfall is erratic, varying widely from year to year.

Virgin Islanders have long depended almost entirely upon their own cisterns and wells and, in addition, have imported water in barges to meet their needs for fresh water—needs now rapidly increasing in proportion to population and industrial growth. Only Road Town in the British group has a piped supply. The first flash-type evaporator for the desalination of seawater in the Western Hemisphere was installed in St. Thomas, where the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority, established in 1965, now operates several saltwater-distillation plants. A seawater desalination plant is located in Christiansted on St. Croix. Maximum use of salt water is made everywhere in the islands.

Plant and animal life
Vegetation is tropical. Supported in most places by thin soil, it includes royal poinciana (flamboyant) trees and other lush blooms, but the islands’ generally sparse stands of shrubs and trees are not sufficient to be of commercial value. Among the tree species are mangoes, soursop (a small tropical tree with a large succulent fruit), coconut palms, and breadfruit. Cacao and wild orchids grow in the hills, while cactus, acacia, grass, and sugarcane flourish in the lowlands. Even though the woodlands are not dense, there are numerous species of birds and small game, such as deer. Sailfish, tarpon, marlin, kingfish, and wahoo abound in coastal and offshore waters.

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VP Harris visits Chicago bakery even as border crisis escalates
Harris has been tapped as Biden’s point person to deal with the border
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Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday visited a bakery in Chicago, coming away with a piece of German chocolate cake — even as she faces scrutiny for not having visited the overwhelmed southern border.

Harris was in the Windy City, where she toured a vaccination site that opened to union workers. She also visited Brown Sugar Bakery on the city’s South Side, where she met with owners and employees.

KAMALA HARRIS HAS GONE 14 DAYS WITHOUT A NEWS CONFERENCE SINCE BEING TAPPED FOR BORDER CRISIS ROLE


"She could have gone to a million other places, but she came here, and I’m grateful for that," one worker told ABC7.

According to the pool note, Harris said her favorite is German chocolate and gets it for her birthday each year, and her staff had preordered a slice for her.

The visit comes as the Biden administration is facing a crisis at the southern border, and Harris has been tapped as Biden’s point person to deal with what the White House describes as "root causes" of the crisis.


Vice President Kamala Harris makes a stop at Brown Sugar Bakery Tuesday, April 6, 2021 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Biden said last month that Harris has "agreed to lead our diplomatic effort and work with those nations to accept the returnees, and enhance migration enforcement at their borders — at their borders."

The White House later clarified that Harris wasn’t involved with the "border crisis," but was instead focused on addressing the "root causes — not the border."

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The Biden administration has been facing a continuing border crisis, with a migrant surge that has led to images of migrant children packed at over-capacity facilities and families being released into the U.S.

The administration has refused to call it a "crisis," instead calling it a "challenge" and blaming the Trump administration’s dismantling of legal asylum pathways — while Republicans have blamed Biden’s immigration policies.

Before the Chicago trip, Harris was in California on Monday, where she visited small businesses and a water treatment plant as she touted the administration’s latest spending plan, touted as an infrastructure bill. That visit drew criticism from Republicans for ignoring the border, while in a border state.

"It would have been incredibly easy for Harris to add a stop on her trip to show her support and to console, comfort and lead on the ground. She has her own plane," Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Ronna McDaniel said in an op-ed for Fox News. "The flight time from LA to San Diego is about 30 minutes. "

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Earlier this week, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich wrote to Harris, urging her to visit to the border and inviting her on a trip to the area with him.

Meanwhile, Bloomberg News reported that Harris has moved out of Blair House, the president’s guest quarters on Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House, and spent her first night at Number One Observatory Circle on Tuesday.

Fox News’ Sam Dorman contributed to this report, as well as The Associated Press.

Adam Shaw is a reporter covering U.S. and European politics for Fox News. He can be reached at adam.shaw.
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Toddler shot in head in possible road rage incident in Chicago
The shooting occurred around 11 a.m. on Lake Shore Drive, and the almost 2-year-old was in critical condition, officials said.

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A toddler was shot in the head during an apparent road rage incident on Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive, police said.

The shooting around 11 a.m. Tuesday happened after an incident "escalated into shots being fired for approximately two blocks," police commander Jake Alderden said at a news conference.

The 21-month-old suffered a bullet wound to his head and was in critical care at Lurie Children’s Hospital.

"We are doing all we can do for this little boy and thank everyone for their concern," said Dr. Marcelo Malakooti, hospital associate chief medical officer and medical director of the pediatric intensive care unit, in a statement Tuesday.

The car the boy was in later crashed, and a good Samaritan stopped to help, Alderden said. Police said that driver took the boy and a female passenger to a hospital.

Police said that a person was being questioned, but no arrests have been announced.

Alderden said it was not clear what triggered the incident.

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"At this time, it appears they’re completely unknown to each other, and there was a dispute possibly over somebody, you know, not letting somebody into a lane of traffic," he said at a news conference.

Alderden said a gun was recovered from someone in the car with the child but police did not know whether it had been fired and were investigating.

Family members said the toddler’s condition has improved but he is still not out of the woods, NBC Chicago reported.

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