IRS, activist lawyers to clash in court over tax preparer rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government’s first effort to regulate tens of thousands of tax return preparers will be tested on Tuesday when the Internal Revenue Service squares off in court against a libertarian law firm.
Slide in illicit U.S. immigration stalls, maybe reversed: study
(Reuters) – The sharp decline in the number of unauthorized immigrants in the United States that accompanied the 2007-2009 recession has bottomed out, and the number could be on the rebound again, according to a new study released on Monday.
Five dead, including three children, in Texas murder-suicide: police
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A family of five, including three children, was found dead in their north Texas home, all shot in an apparent murder-suicide, authorities said on Monday.
Liberal NYC Democrat wins Obama’s backing in mayoral race
NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Monday threw his support behind New York mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio, lauding his fellow Democrat’s commitment to “an economy that works for all” and a “bold, courageous” plan to lift more New Yorkers…
Americans say they’re creatures of simple, solo exercise habits
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Exercise trends come and go as step aerobics yield to interval training, weight machines are tossed for medicine balls and Pilates falls in and out of fashion.
Insight: Chamber of Commerce turns to small courts for big wins
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has long used a small team of lawyers on the U.S. Supreme Court, seeing the top court as a key battleground for business interests.
Son of Cleveland kidnapper describes horror he felt at father’s crimes
New York (Reuters) – The son of Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro has described in detail for the first time the horror that overwhelmed him after his father’s crimes were revealed to the world.
Protesters decry neo-Nazi plans to run North Dakota town
BISMARCK, North Dakota (Reuters) – Hundreds of demonstrators turned out in the tiny North Dakota town of Leith on Sunday to protest plans by an American Nazi group to move in and take over the local government.
Body of suspected flood victim found in rural New Mexico
(Reuters) – The body of an elderly man who went missing during a flash flood was believed found by a hiker in rural western New Mexico, authorities said on Sunday.
Three killed in multiple shooting in western Michigan
(Reuters) – Three people were killed, including a 20-year-old woman who was shot and then struck by a car, and four injured in a shooting in western Michigan, authorities said on Sunday.
