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Faster IRS offering better picture on looming debt 'X-date' 05/05/2023 12:15am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� That big infusion of cash that Congress approved last year to shape up the beleaguered IRS is having an unexpected side benefit. The funding increase has helped the agency to catch up on processing new and backlogged tax returns. And that, in turn, has allowed federal bean-cou Bolsonaro home searched as Brazil probes fake vaccine cards 05/03/2023 03:27pm • BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) ��� Brazil���s Federal Police searched former President Jair Bolsonaro���s home and seized his phone Wednesday in what they said was an investigation into alleged falsification of COVID-19 vaccine cards. Several other locations also were searched and a half dozen people faced a Editorial Roundup: United States 05/02/2023 05:07pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: April 26 The Washington Post on a U.S. Supreme Court code of ethics It was never realistic to expect that Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. would go before Congress for a clobbering over Supreme Court ethics rules. But citizens are ent Review: Japan bestseller ���Honeybees��� is an ode to creatives 05/01/2023 11:41am • ���Honeybees and Distant Thunder��� by Riku Onda (Pegasus Books) The Yoshigae music competition will never be the same after this year���s pianists push the boundaries of the art form, leaving judges to wonder if a particular contestant is a gift from the music gods or a ticking bomb. Riku Onda���s McLaughlin nabs IndyCar win at Barber over Grosjean 04/30/2023 08:22pm • BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) ��� Scott McLaughlin was once again racing Romain Grosjean for a potential win. That's where the similarities to their last run-in ended. McLaughlin got a late opening to surge past Grosjean, took advantage of it and was scarcely challenged the rest of the way Sunday at Barber Types of Savings Accounts 04/30/2023 08:00pm • Since the early 1800s, Americans have been depositing money in dedicated savings accounts. Now, of course, savers in the U.S. enjoy a number of options for storing money -- everything from a traditional savings account and a certificate of deposit to a money market account. Here's an overview of the Pope voices willingness to return Indigenous loot, artifacts 04/30/2023 04:04pm • ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) ��� Pope Francis said Sunday that talks were underway to return colonial-era artifacts in the Vatican Museum that were acquired from Indigenous peoples in Canada and voiced a willingness to return other problematic objects in the Vatican���s collection on a case-by-case b Pope in Hungary meets with Ukrainian refugees, Russian envoy 04/29/2023 12:06pm • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ��� Pope Francis plunged into both sides of Russia's war with Ukraine on Saturday, greeting some of the 2.5 million Ukrainian refugees who have fled across the border to Hungary during a public prayer service and then meeting privately with an envoy of the Russian Orthodox Chu Q&A: 6lack returns to music after prioritizing mental health 04/28/2023 10:11am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� 6lack was on a hot streak, dishing out Grammy-worthy work and being featured on songs with music���s elite including Elton John, Calvin Harris and J Cole. But while the singer-rapper was riding high, he neglected one important element: His mental health. As a result, 6lack���s r What is the latest on Netanyahu's corruption trial? 04/27/2023 02:19am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial has resumed after a month-long break, refocusing the spotlight on the long-serving leader's legal woes after a wave of protests over his government's plan to overhaul the country's judiciary. Netanyahu is charged with f Harry Belafonte, activist and entertainer, dies at 96 04/25/2023 03:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Harry Belafonte, the civil rights and entertainment giant who began as a groundbreaking actor and singer and became an activist, humanitarian and conscience of the world, has died. He was 96. Belafonte died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at his New York home, his wife Pamela b For this Black mom, Ralph Yarl could have been her son 04/24/2023 04:58pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� On April 13, the nightmare that I'd worried about ever since we moved into our neighborhood came true. That was the day that I learned 16-year-old Ralph Yarl was shot after mistakenly ringing a doorbell at the wrong house while trying to pick up his younger brothers from a Monte Schulz pens new book 'Metropolis,' sets record straight about his 'Peanuts' father, Charles M. Schulz 04/24/2023 01:58pm • Hear our full chat on my podcast ���Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.��� Monte Schulz wants to set the record straight about his father, the late "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz. He said that David Michaelis' 2007 biography "Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography" was largely a work of ficti Struggling Bed Bath & Beyond files for bankruptcy protection 04/23/2023 08:12pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Bed Bath & Beyond ��� one of the original big box retailers known for its seemingly endless offerings of sheets, towels and kitchen gadgets ��� filed for bankruptcy protection, following years of dismal sales and losses and numerous failed turnaround plans. The beleaguered home Dame Edna creator Barry Humphries dies in Sydney at 89 04/23/2023 06:59pm • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) ��� Tony Award-winning comedian Barry Humphries, internationally renowned for his garish stage persona Dame Edna Everage, a condescending and imperfectly-veiled snob whose evolving character has delighted audiences over seven decades, has died. He was 89. His death in the S