Photo Illustration by Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Tax filing season kicked off on Monday as the U.S. Internal Revenue Service began accepting completed tax forms. Americans can file anytime before April 15. The IRS said earlier this month that it expects more than 140 million individual tax returns […]
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Even with flames still burning in parts of Los Angeles County, total insured losses from the wildfires this month are already estimated at more than $30 billion, according to Goldman Sachs. The massive amount of damage dwarfs the previous record of $12 billion in […]
West Palm Beach Police Department (WEST PALM BEACH, FL) — A Florida man was arrested for allegedly making online threats to President Donald Trump, according to police. Shannon Depararro Atkins, 46, was taken into custody on Friday following a traffic stop near his home in West Palm Beach, a short […]
ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — Rain was falling across Southern California on Sunday, bringing some relief to thousands of firefighters battling multiple major blazes for nearly a month in the Los Angeles area, but also prompting new threats of floods and mudslides across burn-scarred lands. A flood watch issued by […]
Diyosa Carter/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it is rescinding all past guidance issued against the removal of books and will no longer employ a coordinator to investigate instances of unlawful book removals. The department also announced that it has […]
Female giant panda Qing Bao eats bamboo in her enclosure at the National Zoo on January 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao made their long-awaited public debut at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in […]
Apu Gomes/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least 28 people have died as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across Southern California. Thousands of firefighters have been battling wildfires across 45 square miles of densely populated Los Angeles County. The two largest fires, the Palisades Fire in […]
Newport City Inn and Suites (CONVENTRY, Vt.) — An arrest has been made in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent during a traffic stop in Vermont, according to the FBI, as bizarre details of the suspects’ movements beforehand have been revealed in the arrest affidavit. Teresa Youngblut, […]
Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Another display of the northern lights could be visible this weekend in several U.S. states following a severe solar storm. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space Weather Prediction Center forecast a planetary K-index — which characterizes the magnitude of geomagnetic […]
(St. George, UT) — A majority of Utahns hope the new presidential administration will honor current protections for the state’s national monuments. That’s according to a recent poll by New Bridge Strategy, which asked voters about the importance of public lands. Three-quarters are in favor of the president’s ability to […]
