Archives for August 2022

The chair of the Senate Finance Committee criticized Republicans Friday for airing "incendiary conspiracy theories" about $80 billion in new IRS funding that will allow the revenue agency to hire tens of thousands of new employees. … [Read more...] about Sen. Ron Wyden rebukes GOP over IRS funding claims, calls them dangerous

A Florida man was arrested Wednesday after he was accused of stealing $16,000 worth of luggage from two flyers while working at Destin-Fort Walton Beach airport once an Apple AirTag device tipped off the items' location. … [Read more...] about Florida man arrested, accused of stealing luggage worth $16,000 as an airline subcontractor

Two years after a pair of former players sued the NFL over the treatment of Black retirees in the league's $1 billion concussion settlement, hundreds of men whose medical tests were rescored to eliminate race bias now qualify for awards. … [Read more...] about More Black NFL retirees win dementia cases in rescored tests

Former President Donald Trump's lawyer says the president and his family were able to watch much of the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago from New York because a closed-circuit television system was still on. … [Read more...] about Trump and family watched FBI search from N.Y. on closed-circuit TV: Lawyer

A growing majority of Americans want restrictions on vapes and nicotine in cigarettes, according to a new Gallup poll. … [Read more...] about Gallup poll: Most Americans support restricting vapes, nicotine