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The Internal Revenue Service has halted a popular service that once provided a free option for taxpayers to file their taxes directly with the IRS. The program, Direct File, was launched by the U.S.

Reading officials say the city’s lead hazard reduction program is gaining momentum, but more participation is sought. “Lead exposure, especially in older homes with deteriorating lead-based paint, is ...

If only they were robotic! Instead, chatbots have developed a distinctive — and grating — voice. Credit...Illustration by Giacomo Gambineri Supported by By Sam Kriss In the quiet hum of our digital ...

READING, Pa. – During its Committee of the Whole meeting Monday night, members of the administration updated Reading City Council on its lead remediation program. Community Development Director David ...

Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman who was acquitted in the case of her boyfriend’s death this year, filed a lawsuit alleging that she was framed for the murder in a cover-up plot to keep authorities ...

WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service is officially ending Direct File, the free, government-run tax-filing pilot program that the Biden administration started last year. Instead, the Trump ...

Taxpayers in 25 states will need to find a new way to file their taxes in 2026 as the IRS has shut down the free Direct File option. Details are limited, but the IRS has confirmed the program launched ...

The new program, Direct File, helped low- and moderate-income taxpayers file their returns more easily, and had been expanding. By Tara Siegel Bernard The Internal Revenue Service is shutting down its ...

Microsoft says that the File Explorer (formerly Windows Explorer) now automatically blocks previews for files downloaded from the Internet to block credential theft attacks via malicious documents.

It started as a friendly challenge between brothers. Jack and Quinn Hughes decided to see who could read more books during the course of a hockey season. During that competition Jack devoured 50 books ...

Starting in autumn quarter 2025, the University will begin a multi-year restructuring of the undergraduate writing program, which had previously run concurrently with the humanities Core sequence.