The IRS credits spending that has ramped up collection enforcement through President Biden’s signature climate, health care and tax package signed into law in 2022.
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Trump in court as lawyers fight to overturn verdict in E. Jean Carroll sex abuse suit
The three-judge panel court is unlikely to issue a ruling before November’s presidential election.
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Israeli soldiers shoot and kill American woman during West Bank protest, witness says
At least 3 activists from the International Solidarity Movement have been killed since 2000.
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Georgia school shooting stirs debate about safe storage laws for guns
The Georgia school shooting marked the 30th mass killing in the U.S. so far this year.
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Feeling the heat as Earth breaks yet another record for hottest summer
The European climate service Copernicus says Earth just sweltered to its hottest summer on record.
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Ugandan Olympic athlete dies after being set on fire by her partner
Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated for burns over 80% of her body from an attack by her partner.
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Nearly 2,000 drug plants are overdue for FDA checks after COVID delays, AP finds
U.S. health inspectors are still struggling to address a massive backlog of pharmaceutical plants that went uninspected during disruptions caused by COVID-19.
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Lawsuit says Maine law thwarts impact of Bangor school’s decision
A Christian school in Bangor is at the center of a Supreme Court decision that requires Maine to include religious schools in a state tuition program is challenging a state antidiscrimination law.
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How do you know when AI is powerful enough to be dangerous? Regulators try to do the math
Critics have pounced on the thresholds as arbitrary – an attempt by governments to regulate math.
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Erskine Academy spotlights bolstered security, training in wake of Georgia school shooting
Security cameras, student training and counseling services are being employed at the private school in South China, as education officials across the country react to the latest school shooting only days into the 2024-25 school year.