First The IRS Took Your Money, Then They Lost Your Info

Tax return information for about 100,000 U.S. taxpayers was illegally accessed by cyber criminals over the past four months, U.S. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of data thefts that have alarmed American consumers.

From February to May, attackers sought to…

Powerful Storms Kill 16 in Texas and Oklahoma

Torrential rains have killed at least 16 people in Texas and Oklahoma, including four in Houston where floods turned streets into rivers and led to about 1,000 calls for help in the fourth-most populous U.S. city, officials said on Tuesday.

The death toll is set to rise…

Cleveland Officer Found Not Guilty in Deaths of 2 Unarmed People

A Cleveland police officer was found not guilty on Saturday of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting deaths of an unarmed man and a woman who were killed after a high-speed car chase in 2012.

Judge John O’Donnell said Officer Michael Brelo, 31, acted reasonably in shooting the two…

Family Scams $187M From Cancer Charity

A Tennessee man and his family used much of the $187 million it collected for cancer patients to buy themselves cars, gym memberships and take luxury cruise vacations, pay for college tuition and employ family members with six-figure salaries, federal officials alleged Tuesday in one of the largest charity…

9 Killed In Biker Gang Shootout

Nine people were killed on Sunday when a simmering feud among rival biker gangs boiled over at a sports bar in Waco, Texas, resulting in gunfire and a full-blown battle in the parking lot, police said. 

The clash took place at Twin Peaks Sports Bar and Grill in a…