The Justice Department said a Las Vegas woman filed more than 1,200 tax returns in order to fraudulently claim Covid-19 tax credits of nearly $100 million over a 16-month period beginning in June 2022.
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A multivehicle crash in a highway tunnel in Wyoming on Friday killed at least two people, injured several others and caused a fire that raged for hours as officials rushed to evacuate the passage, the authorities said.
A few months ago, banks couldn’t sell their X debt. That’s all changed now that Musk has established himself as Trump’s right hand man www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/t...
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Top USAID officials are trying to create a false narrative that life-saving aid has continued despite Trump’s blanket halt to foreign aid. Our @nytimes.com reporting shows the exact opposite. USAID even issued an internal email to stop applications for waivers: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...
"A humpback whale appeared to gulp Adrián Simancas down, then rolled over into the waters of Chilean Patagonia. “I just closed my eyes, expecting an impact. But instead I felt as if I was surrounded by water. I realized that I was in something’s mouth and I had been eaten.”
There are a lot of questions in our inbox these days about data (and payment) security at the IRS, the Social Security Administration and other places, with teenagers and 20-somethings rooting around in the systems. Back up everything, for any numbers of reasons. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/b...
A judge on Friday ordered a pause on President Trump’s effort to block federal funding for hospitals that offer gender-transition treatments for people under 19.
The National Park Service eliminated references to transgender people from its Stonewall National Monument web page, removing the “T” in references to LGBTQ+ on the official site for the Greenwich Village monument, which marks a milestone in the fight for gay rights.
“The feeling of helplessness is overwhelming.”
In Gaza, many families are burdened with an agonizing duty: trying to recover the remains of loved ones trapped beneath the swathes of rubble left by Israel’s war against Hamas.
While Valentine’s Day is often centered on romantic love, some singles find joy in celebrating love in other forms. From friendships to familial bonds and self-love, read about how some are redefining what it means to celebrate Valentine’s Day. nyti.ms/3CUILwx
The Trump administration deported migrants from several Asian nations to Panama in a move that could signal much faster removals of immigrants whose home countries are reluctant to accept them. nyti.ms/42SzArb
Life goes on for Drake, who released his first new album on Friday since his much-publicized beef with Kendrick Lamar. The album, “Some Sexy Songs 4 U,” is a collaboration with PartyNextDoor.
Mayor Eric Adams of New York faced increasingly loud calls to resign Friday, one day after a fuller picture of the arrangement that led to the U.S. Justice Department seeking to drop corruption charges against him began to emerge. Here's the latest.
From @theathletic: Doug Gottlieb is doubling as a radio host and a men's college basketball coach. We went behind the scenes of the most unusual employment experiment in college hoops. nyti.ms/3EGGrKb
This chocolate cake recipe has been called the “world’s best chocolate cake.” You could also call it the “world’s easiest cake.” nyti.ms/3X1skoS
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Russia’s military used a drone with a high-explosive warhead to hit the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine overnight, damaging the protective shelter that prevents radiation leaks, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said.
Though the Trump Administration renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, the U.S. only lays claim to 46% of the gulf. Learn more about who controls what and why here: nyti.ms/41czLfw
Breaking News: A judge temporarily stopped the Trump administration’s plan to end funds for hospitals that offer gender-transition care for people under 19.
Breaking News: The federal order to drop Mayor Eric Adam’s corruption case led three Manhattan prosecutors to resign, the highest-profile resistance so far in President Trump’s Justice Department.
SCOOP: The interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and two officials with the federal public integrity unit all quit after the Justice Department ordered the charges against Mayor Eric Adams to be dropped.
More than one million Igloo coolers sold in North America were recalled after a dozen injuries. Consumers are advised to stop using them and contact the company.
Breaking News: Manhattan’s acting U.S. attorney resigned after she was ordered by the Justice Department to drop a corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams that she had championed.
Weihong Hu, a hotelier with close ties to Mayor Eric Adams, stole tens of millions from a temporary housing program that was designed to stop the spread of Covid-19 in New York’s jails, according to federal prosecutors in Brooklyn.
At least four people were killed and 26 others injured in a suspected gas explosion in the food court of a Taiwan shopping mall, according to Taiwan’s state-owned news outlet.
Breaking News: More than two dozen people were injured in Munich after a 24-year-old man drove a car into a crowd of protesters, the authorities said.