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Taxpayers get 1-day extension due to IRS glitch
The IRS is giving all taxpayers an extra day to file after its website went down on deadline day. The agency announced that indivi ...
7 years ago
Philadelphia police release 911 call, radio transmissions from Starbucks incident
Philadelphia police have released the tape of the 911 call made by the manager of the Center City Starbucks before two black men were arrested on suspicion of trespassing.
7 years ago
Spokesman: Former first lady Barbara Bush in failing health
Former first lady Barbara Bush is in "failing health" and won't seek additional medical treatment.
7 years ago
First-ever evictions database shows: ‘We’re in the middle of a housing crisis’
'Eviction isn't just a condition of poverty; it's a cause of poverty,' sociologist Matthew Desmond says.
7 years ago
National Park Service to ‘modestly’ raise entrance fees in plan to cut repair backlog
The Interior Department is abandoning a plan to more than double entrance fees to some of the country's most popular national parks.
7 years ago
Republican farm bill calls on many SNAP recipients to work or go to school
Democrats are vowing to fight the draft bill.
7 years ago
Most Americans concerned about privacy, personal information being sold
NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup's Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.
7 years ago
Listen 4:15Trump vows to back law to protect marijuana industry
Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado said Friday that Trump made the pledge to him in a Wednesday night conversation.
7 years ago
President Trump pardons ‘Scooter’ Libby, former Cheney chief of staff
The Libby pardon is only the latest twist in a story of spies, leaks, accusations of hidden motives and abuse of power.
7 years ago
FirstEnergy: If feds don’t help us, more power plants will close. Trump’s thinking about it
FirstEnergy filed for bankruptcy last month and plans to close three nuclear plants in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
7 years ago
$1 million federal grant will help study of transgender kids
The first large-scale, national study of transgender children, including some as young as 3, is poised to expand.
7 years ago
The kids tell the adults to take a seat; they’ve got this
These kids didn’t spring suddenly from nowhere. They’ve been watching us, learning from our countless, self-imposed mistakes. I can’t wait to follow them into the future.
7 years ago
Farewell to Paul Ryan, a serial Pinocchio
As we bid a faux-fond farewell to Paul Ryan, who has parachuted from the flaming Republican plane, let’s give credit where credit i ...
7 years ago
House Speaker Ryan won’t run for re-election
Claiming he's accomplished a "heckuva lot," House Speaker Paul Ryan announced Wednesday he will not run for re-election.
7 years ago
In historic move at labor-skeptic ‘Chicago Tribune’, newsroom pushes to form union
One of the nation's oldest and most prestigious regional newspapers, The Chicago Tribune, could soon have a unionized staff.
7 years ago