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Federal report finds steady rise in hate crimes at schools
The Justice Department found that schools were the third most common location for reported hate crimes to occur in the US.
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As tax season begins, the IRS faces a monumental task: Digitizing a billion pieces of paper
One of the problems is that the IRS has not had the technology to digitize a paper tax return or form. Instead, an IRS employee manually enters each digit from the form into the agency’s system – a process that resulted in transcription errors on about 22% of paper returns in 2021.
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Authorities say they’ve made arrests in the killings of 6 people found in a southern California desert | CNN
Authorities say they have made multiple arrests after six people were found dead in a southern California desert last week.
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Massachusetts man arrested on charge of threatening to bomb local synagogue, kill members, federal officials say | CNN
Federal law enforcement officials arrested a Massachusetts man on a charge of threatening to bomb a local synagogue and kill its members, the US Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts said Monday.
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Joe Biden is not coming for your gas stove | CNN Business
The US Energy Department announced new energy efficiency standards for ovens and stoves, and the big takeaway is: Not much is changing.
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Violent crime prompts State Department travel warning for the Bahamas | CNN
“Gang-on-gang violence has resulted in a high homicide rate primarily affecting the local population,” the advisory reads.
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Revered by Hitler, this painter fell out of favor. Now the art world is taking notice again | CNN
When Caspar David Friedrich died in poverty in 1840, he was almost forgotten by the contemporary art world. As his 250th birthday approaches, his reputation is reaching new heights — and the anniversary year is likely to propel it into the stratosphere.
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CAIR records ‘staggering’ 3,578 complaints of bias in the US since October 7 | CNN
This represents a 178% increase in complaints compared to a similar period the previous year, the organization said.
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FBI and Justice Department use court order to try to disrupt Chinese hacking targeting US infrastructure | CNN Politics
The FBI and Justice Department have used a court order to address vulnerabilities in thousands of internet-connected devices that are at the center of a Chinese hacking campaign targeting sensitive US critical infrastructure
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Undercover Israeli troops dressed as medical staff kill three militants in West Bank hospital raid, officials say | CNN
Israeli troops dressed as medical staff raid West Bank hospital and kill three militants, officials say
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