By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The IRS announced it is ramping up audits of wealthy taxpayers by 50%. Thousands of new employees will be hired to help with the endeavor, while improved AI systems will assist in selecting which millionaires and businesses to audit. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to
Continue Reading Analysis by Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s governing Conservative Party suffered heavy losses in local elections, a sign that they could be in real trouble when the country holds a general election at some point later this year. With around a third of the results declared, the loss of more than 100 seats on
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, Alisha Ebrahimji and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Madelyn Gamble’s journey to graduation at Indiana University has been bookended by forces beyond her control. Gamble spent freshman year taking online university courses amid the Covid-19 surge. She didn’t meet anyone in her graduating class until sophomore year. And now protests in response
Continue Reading By Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman, Zeena Saifi and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A prominent surgeon in Gaza has died in an Israeli prison after being held for more than four months, according to Palestinian prisoners’ groups, which decried his death as part of a “systematic targeting” of health care workers. Dr. Adnan Al-Bursh, head of orthopedics
Continue Reading By Sandi Sidhu and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Concerns are growing for a trio of missing tourists, including a US citizen, as Mexican authorities question three people in connection with their disappearance. A vehicle, tents, and a cell phone were found during an ongoing search in the area where the men were last seen, according to Mexican
Continue Reading By Antoinette Radford, Sana Noor Haq and Abdel Qadder Al-Sabbah, CNN (CNN) — “Whoever stays until the end, will tell the story. We did what we could. Remember us.” Dr. Mahmoud Abu Nujaila scrawled these farewell words in blue ink on a whiteboard in Al-Awda Hospital, in Jabalya, on October 20, according to Médecins Sans
Continue Reading By Jeremy Diamond, Sebastian Shukla, Mohammad Al-Sawalhi, Abeer Salman and Kareem Khadder, CNN (CNN) — The last time Mona Awda Talla saw her daughter Shahed alive, she was leaving the house to go buy her some cake, wearing pink pants. The 10-year-old stopped to play foosball with her friends beside the cake shop in Gaza’s
Continue Reading CNN By Jeremy Diamond, Sebastian Shukla, Mohammad Al-Sawalhi, Abeer Salman and Kareem Khadder, CNN (CNN) — The last time Mona Awda Talla saw her daughter Shahed alive, she was leaving the house to go buy her some cake, wearing pink pants. The 10-year-old stopped to play foosball with her friends beside the cake shop in
Continue Reading By Brammhi Balarajan, Jillian Sykes, Caroll Alvarado and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A former nurse who killed at least three patients and tried to kill more than a dozen more at nursing facilities across Pennsylvania has been sentenced to life in prison, the state’s attorney general said. But the family of one of her
Continue Reading KABC, CNN By Shimon Prokupecz, Mark Morales and Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — At Tuesday’s pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University and The City College of New York, 282 people were arrested, according to the New York Police Department. Of the 112 people arrested at Columbia, 32 (or 29%) were not affiliated with the university, according to
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy and Marc Stewart, CNN Wenchang/Hong Kong (CNN) — China launched an uncrewed lunar mission Friday that aims to bring back samples from the far side of the moon for the first time, in a potentially major step forward for the country’s ambitious space program. The Chang’e-6 probe – China’s most complex robotic
Continue Reading By Shimon Prokupecz, Mark Morales and Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — At Tuesday’s pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University and The City College of New York, 282 people were arrested, according to the New York Police Department. Of the 112 people arrested at Columbia, 32 (or 29%) were not affiliated with the university, according to an NYPD
Continue Reading By Jim Sciutto, Eric Levenson and Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — The family of slain University of Idaho student Kaylee Goncalves on Thursday expressed their frustration at the pace of the murder trial for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing their daughter and three other students. “This case is turning into a hamster wheel
Continue Reading By Mohammad Al-Sawalhi, Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder, Ibrahim Dahman and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of Palestinian children eagerly lined up for a meal in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, as aid workers unloaded huge saucepans of stew and rice from parked trucks under the bright sun. CNN footage from the distribution site in
Continue Reading CNN By Mohammad Al-Sawalhi, Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder, Ibrahim Dahman and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of Palestinian children eagerly lined up for a meal in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, as aid workers unloaded huge saucepans of stew and rice from parked trucks under the bright sun. CNN footage from the distribution site
Continue Reading By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! The Internal Revenue Service plans to ramp up audit rates of wealthy taxpayers and large corporations. The audit rate of people earning more than $10 million will increase by 50%, and the agency intends to triple the audit rates of companies with assets over $250
Continue Reading CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! The Internal Revenue Service plans to ramp up audit rates of wealthy taxpayers and large corporations. The audit rate of people earning more than $10 million will increase by 50%, and the agency intends to triple the audit rates of companies with assets over
Continue Reading By Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — Emotional support animals registrations in the United States reached 115,832 last year, by an industry group’s count. But in the eyes of reptile rescuer Joie Henney, there’s only one: “Wally Gator” – his “gentle” certified emotional support alligator. And now, Wally has gone missing – far from home. While
Continue Reading By Julen Chavin (CNN) — A violent hailstorm wreaked havoc on vineyards in Chablis in the famous French wine region of Burgundy Wednesday evening, delivering another weather blow to already hard-hit local Chardonnay winemakers. Huge hailstones, ranging from the size of a ping pong ball to the size of a lime, rained down on north Burgundy,
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN | Photographs by Octavio Jones for CNN (CNN) — The end of April is about to be the busiest week of Lauren Groff’s life. In the span of a few days, the acclaimed author is set to share the stage at New York’s Lincoln Center with Margaret Atwood, where they’ll discuss
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