Millions of Americans who previously filed their taxes at no cost are facing new expenses this year after the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officially ended its Direct File program, scaling back the government's most ambitious effort to offer free, in‑house tax filing.
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Amanda Greenwood,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
Global online forum Reddit on Friday filed a court challenge to Australia’s world-first law that bans Australian children younger than 16 from holding accounts on the world’s most popular social media platforms.
Because Buckley has short hair, a chignon or updo was not an option—but combed neatly back with a side part, clearing the face, feels like a very Grace Kelly detail.
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Ana Serrano,
Glamour,
16 Mar. 2026
Police also covered the lake in those first few hours, and dogs and drones have combed the area to no avail.
Police say Ortiz raked Rihanna’s Beverly Crest property with an assault rifle, striking an Airstream trailer on the property, the singer’s home and a neighbor’s home.
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James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power Saturday after high winds raked eastward from the Great Lakes region, leaving trees down and substantial property damage in their wake.
One student enrolled in one class counts as a single enrollment.
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Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Mar. 2026
Earlier this month, a federal court ruled against Joe Biden’s signature affordable repayment program, meaning millions of borrowers who were enrolled in it will soon see the check come due.
In fact, the world has entered a new energy security age.
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Derek Chollet,
semafor.com,
25 Mar. 2026
In San Martin that day, a helicopter landed, unloading between 20 and 30 soldiers who entered a property and detained five people who had been sowing grass and tending to pastures, the complaint said.
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