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The IRS Direct File program, a free tax filing option, has been discontinued for the 2026 tax season. The program was ended by the Trump Administration after a two-year pilot due to low participation ...

One of the founders of WeTransfer — a popular free file-sharing service used by millions worldwide — is publicly criticizing the company’s new direction. Dutch entrepreneur Nalden, who co-founded the ...

Soon after the U.S. Department of Justice released a batch of documents related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in late December 2025, social media users claimed the text hidden by redactions ...

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The Justice Department has officially released documents on Jeffrey Epstein, the well-connected financier who killed himself in jail while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges in 2019. Friday's ...

Instacart said Monday that it’s ending a program where some customers saw different prices for the same product ordered at the same time from the same store when using the delivery company’s service.

2025’s holiday movie season has a big flick in this weekend’s Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third entry in James Cameron’s long-running sci-fi series. After the first movie dropped in 2009, a 13-year wait ...

Kevin Spacey, Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson and more high-profile celebrities and political figures appear in photos released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) as required by the Epstein Files ...

The Taylor Housing Commission is opening up the waitlist for its housing choice voucher program for 12 days this month. Starting Dec. 20, the commission will accept pre-applications for a potential ...

The New York Jets have released former Aaron Rodgers target Allen Lazard, according to multiple reports. Lazard requested his release and now will find a new home, and the Pittsburgh Steelers are ...

Roomba maker iRobot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday and said the robotic vacuum cleaner would sell itself to a Chinese contract manufacturer. Shenzhen PICEA Robotics Co., which ...