The Internal Revenue Service is facing an even bigger backlog for this tax season than it did a year ago, with delays creating “unprecedented financial difficulties” for taxpayers, according to a report released Wednesday. The National Taxpayer Advocate, an independent watchdog within the agency, found that delays in processing paper …

Kim Kardashian made headlines for wearing an iconic Marilyn Monroe dress to the Met Gala this year – and more than a month later, her outfit is still causing a stir online, with some people speculating that she damaged the dress. Ripley’s Believe It or Not, which loaned the dress …

Incarcerated lawyer Michael Avenatti pleaded guilty Thursday to four counts of wire fraud and a tax-related charge in a federal court case in Southern California accusing him of cheating his clients out of millions of dollars. Avenatti made the plea during a court hearing in Santa Ana. Prosecutors said the …

A suburban Chicago man charged in the drowning deaths of his three young children left a note for his estranged wife saying, “If I can’t have them, neither can you,” prosecutors said Wednesday. The note was mentioned during a bond hearing for Jason E. Karels, 35, of Round Lake Beach, …

Inflation is coming for your summer travel plans. It is even deterring some Americans from taking trips during the so-called season of “revenge travel” to make up for postponed vacations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rising prices for domestic travel are making trips too costly for some consumers and are driving …

Rudy Giuliani, one of Donald Trump’s primary lawyers during the then-president’s failed efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, must now answer to professional ethics charges, the latest career slap after law license suspensions in New York and the District of Columbia. The Office of Disciplinary Counsel, the …

Residents of Centerville had become more vigilant over the past three weeks as authorities searched for a murderer who had killed on behalf of Mexican drug cartels and who stabbed and injured the driver of a prison transport bus last month when he escaped custody not far from their small …

You’ll have no trouble buying burgers at McDonald’s. But ice cream? That’s another story, as correspondent David Pogue discovered at one franchise’s drive-through. “I’m sorry,” he was told, “we actually don’t have any ice cream at the moment.” Broken McDonald’s ice-cream machines have become a national punchline. This past week, …

Washington — As lawmakers at the state and federal level mount renewed efforts to enact stricter gun control laws in response to the latest mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the Supreme Court is poised to issue its most significant Second Amendment ruling in more than a decade. The decision from …

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Biden administration is aiming to lead the international bloc opposed to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine into a broader coalition to counter what it sees as a more serious, long-term threat to global order from China. In a speech outlining the administration’s China policy Thursday, Blinken laid out …