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Still haven't filed your taxes? Here's what you need to know

So far this tax season, the IRS has received more than 90 million income tax returns for 2022.
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Retail spending fell in March as consumers pull back

Spending at US retailers fell in March as consumers pulled back amid recessionary fears fueled by the banking crisis.
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Silicon Valley Bank collapse renews calls to address disparities impacting entrepreneurs of color

When customers at Silicon Valley Bank rushed to withdraw billions of dollars last month, venture capitalist Arlan Hamilton stepped in to help some of the founders of color who panicked about losing access to payroll funds.
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Not only is Lake Powell's water level plummeting because of drought, its total capacity is shrinking, too

Lake Powell, the second-largest human-made reservoir in the US, has lost nearly 7% of its potential storage capacity since 1963, when Glen Canyon Dam was built, a new report shows.
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These were the best and worst places for air quality in 2021, new report shows

Air pollution spiked to unhealthy levels around the world in 2021, according to a new report.
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Big-box stores could help slash emissions and save millions by putting solar panels on roofs. Why aren't more of them doing it?

As the US attempts to wean itself off its heavy reliance on fossil fuels and shift to cleaner energy sources, many experts are eyeing a promising solution: your neighborhood big-box stores and shopping malls.
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Look of the Week: Blackpink headline Coachella in Korean hanboks

Bringing the second day of this year's Coachella to a close, K-Pop girl group Blackpink made history Saturday night when they became the first Asian act to ever headline the festival. To a crowd of, reportedly, over 125,000 people, Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa and Rosé used the ground-breaking moment to pay homage to Korean heritage by arriving onstage in hanboks: a traditional type of dress.
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Scientists identify secret ingredient in Leonardo da Vinci paintings

"Old Masters" such as Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli and Rembrandt may have used proteins, especially egg yolk, in their oil paintings, according to a new study.
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How Playboy cut ties with Hugh Hefner to create a post-MeToo brand

Hugh Hefner launched Playboy Magazine 70 years ago this year. The first issue included a nude photograph of Marilyn Monroe, which he had purchased and published without her knowledge or consent.
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'A definitive backslide.' Inside fashion's worrying runway trend

Now that the Fall-Winter 2023 catwalks have been disassembled, it's clear one trend was more pervasive than any collective penchant for ruffles, pleated skirts or tailored coats.
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Michael Jordan's 1998 NBA Finals sneakers sell for a record $2.2 million

In 1998, Michael Jordan laced up a pair of his iconic black and red Air Jordan 13s to bring home a Bulls victory during Game 2 of his final NBA championship — and now they are the most expensive sneakers ever to sell at auction. The game-winning sneakers sold for $2.2 million at Sotheby's in New York on Tuesday, smashing the sneaker auction record of $1.47 million, set in 2021 by a pair of Nike Air Ships that Jordan wore earlier in his career.
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The surreal facades of America's strip clubs

Some people travel the world in search of adventure, while others seek out natural wonders, cultural landmarks or culinary experiences. But French photographer François Prost was looking for something altogether different during his recent road trip across America: strip clubs.
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Here's the real reason to turn on airplane mode when you fly

We all know the routine by heart: "Please ensure your seats are in the upright position, tray tables stowed, window shades are up, laptops are stored in the overhead bins and electronic devices are set to flight mode."
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They bought an abandoned 'ghost house' in the Japanese countryside

He'd spent years backpacking around the world, and Japanese traveler Daisuke Kajiyama was finally ready to return home to pursue his long-held dream of opening up a guesthouse.
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Relaxed entry rules make it easier than ever to visit this stunning Asian nation

Due to its remoteness and short summer season, Mongolia has long been a destination overlooked by travelers.
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The most beautiful sections of China's Great Wall

Having lived in Beijing for almost 12 years, I've had plenty of time to travel widely in China.
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Nelly Cheboi, who creates computer labs for Kenyan schoolchildren, is CNN's Hero of the Year

Celebrities and musicians are coming together tonight to honor everyday people making the world a better place.
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Donate now to a Top 10 CNN Hero

Anderson Cooper explains how you can easily donate to any of the 2021 Top 10 CNN Heroes.
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Iranian man arrested trying to enter Faslane nuclear base

An Iranian man has been arrested with a woman after trying to enter the Faslane naval base, home to the UK's nuclear-armed submarines.
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Civil case against Gerry Adams over IRA bombings withdrawn

A lawyer for the claimants said on Friday that proceedings would be "discontinued".
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Typical energy bill forecast to rise by £332 a year in July

Cornwall Insight says the recent surge in energy prices due to the Iran war is set to push up household bills.
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MI5 contractor who gave intelligence to foreign power 'was insane'

Juan Joseph, a former MI5 IT contractor, shared information with a foreign state but was found "not guilty by reason of insanity" by a jury.
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Coroner 'not satisfied' Hatton intended to take own life

Former boxing world champion Ricky Hatton was found "unresponsive" at his home in September.
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Traitors and Idris Elba help Comic Relief raise £30m

The annual charity telethon was hosted by Davina McCall and featured appearances from Idris Elba, Katherine Ryan and Catherine Tate.
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Killer 'should have been arrested before attacks'

The former Nottinghamshire Police Chief Constable Kate Meynell has given evidence to the Nottingham Inquiry.
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Thousands attend Europe's biggest Eid celebration

Birmingham's Small Heath Park attracts huge crowds as Muslims mark the end of Ramadan.
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Starmer most popular PM - in Toby Jug sales

Toby Jugs depicting Sir Keir outsold all other prime ministers in the Parliament shop in 2025.
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Hillsborough Law to be further delayed

The prime minister had promised to pass the legislation by 15 April 2025, to mark the 36th anniversary of the disaster.
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Reform UK suspends Scotland candidate over financial allegations

Scotland leader Malcolm Offord told BBC Radio Scotland that the party had "spent a lot of time on vetting" candidates
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Lab-grown food pipe offers new hope for young patients

UK scientists have grown fully functioning food pipes and successfully transplanted them into mini pigs, paving the way for human trials.
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Border security chief to step down after 18 months in the job

Martin Hewitt had been tasked with cutting the numbers trying to get to the UK in small boats.
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Greg James completes Comic Relief challenge, raising more than £4m

The Radio 1 host cycled 1,000km (630 miles) on a tandem bike over the course of eight days.
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British man accused of shooting partner in France

George Goodayle allegedly killed his partner Jayne Nicholson at their home in southwest France.
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Tailgating at football matches to become criminal offence

Entering a football match in England and Wales without a ticket will become a criminal offence under new laws.
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UK set for temperature rollercoaster as chilly nights follow warm days

March is a fickle time for temperatures in the UK and can see some huge swings from day to night.
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Woman who lost five family members in pier tragedy wants surviving daughter to 'live life'

Rioghnach McGrotty was four months old when she was rescued from a car that slid off a pier after a day at the seaside.
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The Salt Path author confirms she wrote secret first book - despite claiming to be debut writer

Raynor and Moth Winn published a book they hoped would help get them out of debt, the BBC confirms.
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I want to hold balance of power at next general election, says Zack Polanski

Green Party leader says thought of becoming PM is 'on his mind' and the aim of 30-40 MPs now feels "under ambitious".
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Taxpayers to fund clear-up of huge illegal waste dumps

The government says it will step in to clean up some of the biggest illegal rubbish tips in England.
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Natural History Museum takes top spot as UK's most popular attraction

The venue broke the record for the most visitors to any museum or gallery in a single year.
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Labour MPs threaten vote to show opposition to Mahmood's migration plans

Opponents are considering using parliamentary procedure to force a vote to highlight their concerns.
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'I feel so grateful to be alive,' Kent University meningitis survivor says

Annabelle Mackay, 21, has spoken to the BBC about her experience surviving meningitis.
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Parents of teen who died in 2025 call for more government support

Helen and Lee Draper lost their daughter Megan to meningitis in October 2025.
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Watch: Fire crews fight blaze near Glasgow Central Station

The dome of a neighbouring building has collapsed as ScotRail says no trains will operate in or out of the station on Monday.
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UK does not 'agree with Trump on every issue' - Cooper

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has hit back at President Trump's criticism of the UK response to the conflict in Iran.
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Sir Chris Hoy says terminal cancer diagnosis taught him how to live

The six times Olympic cycling champion says a "bucket list" is less important than learning to appreciate special small things "in the moment".
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Inside the world of preppers getting ready for society's collapse

From floods and fires to national security cyberattacks, how can you prepare for the worst?
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Sir John Curtice: Why Labour's Brexit focus has shifted from Leavers to Remainers

Will the pursuit of a closer relationship with the EU risk courting electoral disaster by alienating Brexit-backing voters?
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Weekly quiz: How did this man accidentally turn himself blue?

How much attention did you pay to what happened in the world over the past seven days?
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Thousands get meningitis vaccine as experts wait to see outbreak peak

The outbreak, which has killed two people, is thought to have originated at a Canterbury nightclub.
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My love of baking helps me deal with arthritis at age of 13

Lyla's passion for baking led her to appear on Channel 4's Junior Bake Off and spread awareness of the condition.
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How could AI change Scotland's public services?

Ministers forecast an explosion in AI and want to reap the benefits for services and the economy.
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'It's cow's milk or water' - children with allergies struggle to get alternatives at school

Children with allergies feel "excluded" as milk alternatives aren't routinely given at schools.
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Couple airlifted from home as heavy rain triggers mudslide in B.C.’s Fraser Valley

Heavy rains battering B.C. caused a mudslide in Coquitlam Thursday, forcing one couple to be airlifted out, and triggered two evacuation alerts in the Fraser Valley, along the Chilliwack River.
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Alberta’s 'Peterson law' leads lawyers' regulator to stop mandating Indigenous education course

The regulator for Alberta’s lawyers says it will no longer mandate Indigenous cultural competency training in advance of what Alberta Premier Danielle Smith calls the “Peterson law” coming into effect.
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Friend of Sikh student killed on Alberta highway recalls deadly daytime shooting

Birinder Singh was driving down the highway, hoping to see Alberta’s Rocky Mountains for the first time, when a bullet from a passing vehicle ended his life.
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Ontario looks to ban reselling tickets for more than original price

The Ontario government is planning to outlaw sky-high ticket resale prices, according to a news release. The move comes years after the province scrapped part of an anti-scalping law in 2019.
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2 men accused of fathering hundreds of kids banned from donating sperm in Quebec

Quebec's Superior Court has temporarily barred a man and his son from donating sperm after they were accused of fathering hundreds of children.
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7-year-old B.C. girl and her mother being held by U.S. immigration officials in Texas

Family and friends are expressing fears for a Penticton, B.C., woman and her daughter who have been detained by U.S. authorities in Texas and are currently in an immigration holding facility. Tania Warner — a 47-year-old who family say is legally in the U.S. on a worker's visa — and Ayla Lucas were stopped at a U.S. border checkpoint on their way back from a baby shower.
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Alberta to close supervised consumption sites in Calgary, Lethbridge at end of June

Nearly five years after first announcing its plans to close the supervised consumption site at the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre, the Alberta government set a date to close the site later this year and replace it with services more focused on recovery and treatment.
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B.C. premier faces pressure over proposed changes to landmark reconciliation framework law

The NDP government is meeting with First Nations groups over the changes it plans to make to the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, or DRIPA. Premier David Eby is facing pressure from Indigenous leaders to leave the law alone, and from Conservative politicians to scrap it entirely.
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Canadian company helping white supremacists fundraise from hateful livestreams

A Canadian streaming platform is helping white supremacists who have been kicked off mainstream social media continue to profit from hateful content, an investigation by CBC’s the fifth estate has found.
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Brandon Tobin killed his grandmother after a drug-induced seizure. A judge will soon decide his fate

Crown prosecutors are asking for a six-year prison sentence while the defence has countered with three to four, arguing Brandon Tobin didn't choose to kill his grandmother — he chose to use drugs, which led to her death.
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RCMP visit Edmonton offices of business at centre of Alberta health procurement probes

RCMP officers and vehicles were seen on Thursday at the west Edmonton offices of a businessman at the centre of multiple probes into the Alberta government's procurement practices.
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Coquitlam mudslide knocks out power as heaviest rainfall expected on parts of B.C.'s South Coast

Environment Canada says the heaviest rainfall from the "prolonged atmospheric river event" in parts of Metro Vancouver, the Sea-to-Sky region and western Vancouver Island is expected Thursday night into Friday morning.
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Yukon premier tables $82M deficit budget, blames previous government's spending

When Yukon Premier Currie Dixon tabled his government’s first full budget on Thursday, he put it bluntly: the territory is spending more than it can afford, leaving it in a “dangerous financial position.”
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U.S. man with 'good intentions' sentenced for human smuggling across Manitoba border

A Manitoba judge has handed a U.S. citizen a nearly three-year prison sentence after he admitted to smuggling a man into Canada near the Emerson border crossing.
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N.L. government expropriated this family's home 14 years ago for a highway. It sold the land instead

Hannah and Cyndie Stapleton said they were gobsmacked to discover a new home is being built where their former home once stood — over 13 years after it was expropriated. Now, Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Barry Petten says the department is developing a new land disposition policy.
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Hamilton set to have AHL team again as New York Islanders plan affiliate's move from Bridgeport, Conn.

Hamilton is set to be home to an American Hockey League team again. The NHL's New York Islanders plan to move their feeder team in Bridgeport, Conn., to the Ontario city, pending approval by the AHL.
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New trial ordered for former Quebec junior hockey player in sexual assault case

Quebec's Court of Appeal overturned Noah Corson's guilty verdict. He was orginally sentenced to two years less a day in prison for sexual assault of a minor under the age of 16.
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From Dhaka to St. John's, observing Ramadan is a labour of love for these friends

Observing the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in St. John’s, N.L. is a bit different than what this couple is used to back home in Bangladesh, but they’ve created new traditions with their children and friends — who they consider part of the family.
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2 men deported over alleged roles in extortions targeting Edmonton's South Asian community, police say

Edmonton police along with federal law enforcement deported two men for their connection to extortion schemes targeting business owners in the city's South Asian community. Similar criminal schemes have seen businesses burned across Edmonton in recent years.
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