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The Trump administration may have shuttered Direct File — the IRS’s short-lived experiment in tax-preparation software — but it doesn’t mean you have to pay to file your taxes. There are plenty of ...

IRS Direct File, a free online system for filing federal taxes, has been scrapped for 2026. Almost 300,000 people used IRS Direct File in 2025. So, are they out of luck, along with millions of others ...

The Justice Department released a portion of the Jeffrey Epstein files to meet the Friday deadline established in a congressional bill with a series of downloadable files related to the convicted sex ...

This coal plant in central Pennsylvania, once the largest in the state, was shuttered in 2023 after powering the region for over 50 years. Earlier this year, wrecking crews blasted the plant’s cooling ...

After two separate data breaches that led to the theft of highly sensitive customer information last year, Dallas-based AT&T agreed to settle a class action lawsuit by paying those affected a total of ...

The deadline to file a claim for money from the $177 million AT&T class action settlement is coming up. AT&T agreed to the settlement to resolve a lawsuit that accused it of failing to protect ...

For the hundreds of communities who’ve been saddled with data centers in recent years, the bulky fixtures are sources of unbearable noise, soaring energy prices, and plenty of electrical fires. Add ...

AT&T customers are eligible to receive compensation from the telecommunications giant as part of a $177 million settlement over two data breaches last year. AT&T notified millions of customers that ...

Most startups don't die because they lack vision but because they misread early signals. Lack of demand is why 42% of startups fail, and it’s a problem that founders can spot before launch. Quibi is a ...

Data centers are proliferating in Virginia and a blind man in Baltimore is suddenly contending with sharply higher power bills. The Maryland city is well over an hour’s drive from the northern ...

The window to file a claim for the two AT&T data breaches that happened in 2024 is quickly closing. Last year, AT&T announced that the company experienced two data breaches. In the first one, account ...