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IRS is ending unannounced visits to taxpayers to protect worker safety and combat scammers 07/24/2023 11:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) �� The Internal Revenue Service said Monday it is ending its decades-old policy of making unannounced home and business visits, in an effort to help keep its workers safe and to combat scammers who pose as IRS agents. Effective immediately, revenue agents will no longer make unpl

WTOP staffer shares personal memories of Tony Bennett: He was 'Mr. B' to me 07/24/2023 04:51pm • I��ve gotten way out of the habit of sharing anything too deeply personal on the internet. But so many people �� global leaders, U.S. presidents past and present, artists, fans and peers �� have been posting amazing tributes, heartfelt stories, accolades and superlatives about the singular nation

HealthStream: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 07/24/2023 04:40pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) �� NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) �� HealthStream Inc. (HSTM) on Monday reported second-quarter net income of $4.1 million. The Nashville, Tennessee-based company said it had profit of 13 cents per share. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analyst

India's Parliament rocked by protests for a third day over ethnic violence in remote state 07/24/2023 07:21am • NEW DELHI (AP) �� India's Parliament was disrupted for a third day Monday by opposition protests over ethnic clashes in a remote northeastern state in which more than 130 people have been killed since May. Opposition lawmakers carried placards and chanted slogans outside the Parliament building as

Scholarships have helped displaced Afghan students find homes on university campuses across the US 07/23/2023 05:50pm • DALLAS (AP) �� As the Taliban swept back into power in Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, Fahima Sultani and her fellow university students tried for days to get into the Kabul airport, only to be turned away by gun-wielding extremists. ��No education, just go back home,�� she recalled one shout

Scholarships have helped displaced Afghan students find homes on university campuses across the US 07/23/2023 05:48pm • DALLAS (AP) �� As the Taliban swept back into power in Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, Fahima Sultani and her fellow university students tried for days to get into the Kabul airport, only to be turned away by gun-wielding extremists. ��No education, just go back home,�� she recalled one shout

O'Hearn has pinch RBI single in 9th, Orioles beat Rays 6-5 after blowing 5-run lead 07/22/2023 08:12pm • ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) �� Ryan O'Hearn had a pinch-hit RBI single in the ninth inning and the AL East-leading Baltimore Orioles rebounded after blowing a five-run lead to beat the Tampa Bay Rays for the second time in three days, 6-5 on Saturday. The Orioles, who have won 11 of 14, took a one

Fargo officer killed in ambush remembered as 'brave young man' 07/22/2023 05:20pm • Jake Wallin was once a small boy who sought comfort in the arms of family, terrified of fireworks that lit up the sky. On Saturday, the Fargo police officer was remembered for growing up to be a military veteran and dedicated officer whose ��final act of valor�� was staring down the face of a man

Thousands protest mob assault of women who were paraded naked in remote Indian border state 07/22/2023 02:59pm • NEW DELHI (AP) �� Thousands of people, mostly women, held a massive sit-in in India��s violence-wracked northeastern state of Manipur on Saturday to demand the immediate arrest of anyone who took part in the harrowing May assault of two women who were paraded around naked and molested by a mob in

'Barbenheimer' arrives as moviegoers flock to a Mattel-mushroom cloud double feature 07/21/2023 09:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) �� Waves of pink-clad moviegoers passed under cardboard palm trees on the frenzied first day of ��Barbenheimer.�� After a feverish drumbeat propelled forward by a mushroom cloud of memes, the most anticipated day on the year��s movie calendar finally arrived as ��Barbie�� and

'Help me' sign leads to rescue of kidnapped Texas girl in Southern California 07/21/2023 09:12pm • LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) �� A 13-year-old girl kidnapped in Texas and sexually assaulted was rescued in Southern California when passersby saw her hold up a ��help me�� sign in a parked car, police and federal authorities said. The rescue occurred July 9 in Long Beach, south of Los Angeles, when o

Former Spokesman-Review editor arrested and accused of paying girls for sexually explicit images 07/21/2023 08:45pm • SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) �� A former Washington state newspaper editor was arrested on allegations of paying girls in exchange for sexually explicit images. Steve Smith, 73, was executive editor of The Spokesman-Review in Spokane from 2002 to 2008. Washington State Patrol detectives arrested Smith Thurs

A Nevada woman who hired a hitman using bitcoin to kill her ex-husband gets five years in prison 07/21/2023 08:40pm • RENO, Nev. (AP) �� A Nevada woman who admitted to hiring a hitman on the internet for $5,000 in bitcoin to kill her ex-husband ��and make it look like an accident�� was sentenced to five years in prison. Kristy Lynn Felkins, 38, of Fallon, Nevada, pleaded guilty in March to a charge of murder-for

The feds team up with law enforcement to disconnect illegal robocalls 07/21/2023 07:39pm • Are you one of the many people dealing with annoying robocalls? Tremyl Proctor of Silver Springs, who was a telemarketer years ago, finds herself on the other end of those dreadful calls. "I just let it ring. It's just too much. I can't manage those calls and work at the same time. It's really

Man who ambushed Fargo officers likely had bigger and bloodier attack in mind, attorney general says 07/21/2023 05:47pm • FARGO, N.D. (AP) �� The heavily armed man who ambushed Fargo police officers investigating a fender bender last week likely had a bigger and bloodier attack in mind, with at least two fairs taking place at the time in and around North Dakota's largest city, authorities said Friday. Mohamad Barakat