Lawmakers are urging the IRS to scrap its deal with ID.me, the face-recognition company that promises to verify taxpayers’ identities with a selfie. Four congressional Democrats wrote to IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig on Monday urging the agency to pause its use of facial-recognition technology for taxpayers logging into their IRS.gov accounts, …

When four teenage girls were murdered in an Austin, Texas, yogurt shop in 1991, a heartbroken city was left searching for answers. No one imagined that more than 30 years later, the case would remain unsolved.  But now, thanks to new advances in DNA technology, there is renewed hope that …

Stocks rose in early trading on Wednesday as investors were cheered by strong earnings from Alphabet and the company’s plan to split its stock for the first time since 2014. The gains come after the market rose on Tuesday as markets try to bounce back from January’s slide.  The broad-based …

A bill pushed by Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis that would prohibit public schools and private businesses from making White people feel “discomfort” when they teach students or train employees about discrimination in the nation’s past received its first approval Tuesday. The state Senate Education Committee approved the bill that …

Nearly five months after the shooting death of 8-year-old Fanta Bility, three police officers in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania, were charged in connection with her death.  Following a grand jury investigation, officers Devon Smith, Sean Dolan and Brian Devaney were each charged with voluntary and involuntary manslaughter and 10 counts of …

Some of America’s most elite colleges face a lawsuit accusing them of fixing prices, minimizing financial aid for students and inflating their cost of attendance to maintain their reputation for exclusivity. The litigation, filed Sunday in federal court in the Northeast District of Illinois, alleges that 16 schools colluded to …

In a tearful admission, actress Drew Barrymore opened up about her struggle of dating as a single parent.   “I don’t know how to date with kids, you know. I’m not there yet. I have two young girls, [ages 7 and 9] and I’m like, I don’t want to bring …

Chris Noth has been fired from the CBS drama “The Equalizer” amid allegations of sexual assault by two women in 2004 and 2015.  “Chris Noth will no longer film additional episodes of The Equalizer, effective immediately,” CBS and Universal Television said in a joint statement to CBS News. Noth, who …

Police in Virginia say the discovery of four bodies at two different locations in the state are the work of a serial killer who used a shopping cart to transport his victims’ bodies after meeting them on dating sites.  At a press conference Friday, Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis dubbed …

Surrounded by lawmakers of both parties and Vice President Kamala Harris, Joe Biden celebrated the biggest win of his presidency so far, signing into law the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill last month. “It’s a big deal,” the president said, a reference to something he had said more than a …