TurboTax’s owner Intuit Inc. was ordered to pay $141 million to low-income consumers who were deceived into paying TurboTax to file their federal returns, despite being eligible for free, federally supported tax services.
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Hundreds of pounds of pasta dumped near New Jersey stream
An estimated 500 pounds of pasta was raw when it was dumped, but heavy rains softened it and made the mounds look like they had been cooked, officials said.
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Jill Biden in U.K. for King Charles’ coronation
President Biden has received some criticism for skipping the coronation, though no U.S. president has ever attended a British coronation.
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Serbian president vows to disarm country after back-to-back mass shootings
Gun restrictions will include a reduction in the number of licensed firearms as well as a mandatory buyout from individuals in an effort to reduce the number of households with guns.
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Wagner boss threatens to pull out of Bakhmut, slams Russian military
It is not the first time Yevgeny Prigozhin has raged about ammunition shortages and blamed Russia’s military, with which he has long been in conflict.
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WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it’s no longer global emergency
The pandemic has been on a downward trend for more than a year, and most countries have returned to life before COVID-19.
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Eight fatally shot in Serbia town a day after 9 killed at school
Serbian state television says the attacker used an automatic weapon to shoot randomly at people, killing at least 8 and wounding 13 in a town close to Belgrade.
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Former college student arrested in 3 stabbings
The multiple stabbings – 2 of which were fatal – over the course of less than a week in Davis, California, had shattered the town’s sense of safety.
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Outrage over NYC subway choking of Black man, lack of arrest
Some call the choking death of a man at the hands of another New York subway rider a criminal act.
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‘Not my king’: UK republicans want Charles’ coronation to be the last
Opinion polls suggest opposition and apathy to the monarchy are both growing.