Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is leading a group of lawmakers calling for an investigation into how some of the largest tax prep companies allegedly illegally shared sensitive customer data with Google and Meta, CNBC reported. A seven-month congressional investigation found evidence that TaxSlayer, H&R Block, TaxAct, and other tax prep firms sent names, phone numbers, email…
A city in Germany was forced to deploy snowploughs after it was hit by a freak summer storm. Reutlingen was coated in a foot of hail after being hit by extreme weather on Saturday. It comes just weeks after the continent was hit by sweltering weather that caused outbreaks of wildfires and families seeking shelter…
A child was injured at an Orlando-area theme park after falling from a roller coaster, which has since been temporarily closed, officials said Friday. The child, described as a 6-year-old, was hospitalized after he apparently fell Thursday afternoon from the Galaxy Spin ride at Fun Spot America, near Kissimmee, fire officials said. “Units arrived to…
A court-ordered re-enactment of the 2018 Parkland, Florida, mass shooting, which left 17 people dead inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, will occur Friday using live ammunition as part of a lawsuit against a former sheriff’s deputy accused of failing to act during the massacre, authorities said. Broward County Public Schools confirmed the re-enactment in…