Democrats accuse tax prep firms of undermining new IRS effort on electronic free file tax returns
Congressional Democrats are accusing big tax preparation firms including Intuit and H&R Block of undermining the federal government’s upcoming electronic free file tax return system
2023-08-25 19:23
Dutch Supreme Court confirms immunity of former Israeli officers over a deadly 2014 Gaza airstrike
The Dutch Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that a Palestinian man cannot sue Israel’s former defense minister and another former senior military officer over their roles in a deadly Gaza 2014 airstrike
2023-08-25 19:23
AP Election Brief | What to expect in Mississippi's runoff primaries
Mississippi voters will head back to the polls next week to resolve a handful of state legislative contests from the Aug. 8 primaries in which no candidate reached the vote majority needed to advance to November's general election
2023-08-25 18:47
Ukrainian forces appear to widen breach of Russian front lines
Signs are growing that Ukrainian forces have penetrated the first line of Russian defenses along part of the southern front lines in Zaporizhzhia region, and are expanding a wedge in the direction of the strategic town of Tokmak.
2023-08-25 18:27
Biden and Harris will meet with the King family on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will observe Monday's 60th anniversary of the March on Washington by meeting with organizers of the 1963 gathering and relatives of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The Oval Office meeting will be held 60 years after President John F. Kennedy and King met at the White House on the morning of the march
2023-08-25 18:25
Zimbabweans anxiously wait for election results as armed police gather with water cannons
Zimbabweans are waiting anxiously for the outcome of general elections as dozens of armed police with water cannons guard the national results center, the scene of deadly violence after the previous vote five years ago
2023-08-25 18:19
As temperatures climb across the globe, track and field athletes try to keep cool
Everyone in track and field is constantly looking for ways to keep cool in an era of rising temperatures and rising risk that comes with competing in them
2023-08-25 18:15
Norway to spend $6 million a year stock-piling grain, citing pandemic, war and climate change
Norway will spend 63 million kroner ($6 million) per year until the end of the decade on filling up emergency stocks with grain
2023-08-25 17:49
Maui County releases list of nearly 400 people who remain unaccounted for following devastating wildfires
Officials in Maui County, Hawaii, have released a list of nearly 400 people who remain unaccounted for following devastating wildfires on the island this month.
2023-08-25 16:27
Dutch brewer Heineken sells its Russian operations for 1 euro, taking a 300-million-euro hit
Dutch brewer Heineken says it has completed its withdrawal from Russia, 18 months after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine
2023-08-25 16:20
Spanish soccer president faces general assembly amid reports he will resign for kissing a player
The president of the Spanish soccer federation is facing an emergency meeting of its general assembly amid media reports that he will hand in his resignation following an uproar for kissing a Women’s World Cup champion
2023-08-25 14:53
Stock market today: Asian shares mostly decline ahead of Federal Reserve’s Powell speech
Asian shares are mostly falling, discouraged by a Wall Street slump that followed a blowout profit report from Nvidia and mixed reports on the U.S. economy
2023-08-25 14:49