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The IRS promises to repay outstanding student loans for employees, but more than 1,000 of them cheated the terms of the agreement, according to a new audit by the tax agency's inspector general.

Like a lot of young children, Matthew Shifrin loved building Lego sets. But because he was blind, Shifrin had to rely on friends and family to help him complete his creations - sometimes bribing them with tea to get them to come by his house.

A top European official warned Monday that attacks on Iranian energy facilities and other civilian infrastructure would be "illegal," a not-so-subtle message to President Trump as the U.S. commander in chief threatens devastating strikes.

Rising household electricity prices and controversy over data centers are reshaping low-profile elections for control over utilities that build power plants and power lines - and then bill people for the cost.

An airstrike early Monday struck a residential building in a city southwest of Iran's capital, Tehran, killing at least 13 people, Iranian media reported.

The aim of Tehran's decades-long pursuit of a nuclear bomb was always twofold -- the mullahs wanted to threaten Israel, but they also wanted to warn the U.S. and the rest of the world that attacking Iran would come at a cost no adversary would be ...

President Trump early Sunday issued a profanity-laden warning to Iran, saying U.S. forces will target power plants and bridges if the Islamic republic does not open the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping.

Aid groups are warning that the war in the Middle East has upended their ability to get food and medicine to millions of people around the world in need, and that the suffering will deepen if the violence continues.

More than 90% of lifeguards, bartenders, cashiers and postal workers now have college degrees, according to a report that finds too many graduates chasing too few jobs that require their advanced level of education.

Gina Maria's Pizza, a Twin Cities chain that served Minnesota communities for half a century, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation -- the final chapter for a chain that shuttered its last four restaurants without warning last fall.