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Income Tax Deadline Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the annual income tax filing deadline in the United States. April 15, 2026, is the deadline to file 2025 income tax returns. In fiscal year 2024, the IRS amassed more than $5.1 trillion in gross tax collections. Where Do The Taxes Go? (Source: Center on Budget

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An electronic drug test uses a laser to scan for narcotics

These common drug tests lead to tens of thousands of wrongful arrests a year, experts say. One state is fighting back

By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Bird poop scraped off a man’s car appeared on a drug test as cocaine. A toddler’s ashes registered as methamphetamine or ecstasy. And a great-grandmother’s medicine tested positive for cocaine – spawning a 15-month legal nightmare, forcing her to refinance her home, and spurring a new state law that

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Fifteen people were injured

More than a dozen injured after vehicle hits parade-goers during Louisiana celebration

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Fifteen people were injured, some seriously, after a vehicle struck multiple pedestrians during the Louisiana Lao New Year Festival parade in rural Louisiana on Saturday, the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office said. The driver of the vehicle is in custody, and the preliminary investigation determined the incident “does not appear

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Trump’s new budget seeks TSA privatization. Here’s what that could mean for airport security screening

By Alexandra Skores, Tami Luhby, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump wants the Transportation Security Administration to turn over more airport security screening to private companies, according to his new 2027 budget proposal released Friday. The issue gained traction in recent weeks as many airports across the country saw long lines at checkpoints

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Artemis II crew sleeping bag configurations are tested in the Orion spacecraft mock-up at Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Artemis II officially begins its journey to the moon

CNN, NASA, NASA VIA YOUTUBE, CANADIAN GOVERNMENT By Jackie Wattles, Ashley Strickland, Asuka Koda, Lily Hautau and Elise Hammond Merritt Island, Florida (CNN) – Four astronauts on the Artemis II mission are on their way to journey around the moon after successfully conducting the translunar injection burn, or TLI. “Humanity has once again shown what

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Virginia Tech Shootings Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the shootings at Virginia Tech in April 2007, one of the deadliest mass shootings in US history. Twenty-three-year-old Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people on the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, before taking his own life. Cho was a senior at

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of philanthropist, best-selling author and NBA Hall of Fame center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Personal Birth date: April 16, 1947 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. Father: Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, transit police officer and jazz musician Mother: Cora Alcindor,

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Antony Blinken Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Personal Birth date: April 16, 1962 Birth place: Yonkers, New York Birth name: Antony John Blinken Father: Donald Blinken, investment banker and US ambassador to Hungary Mother: Judith (Frehm) Pisar, UNESCO Special Envoy for Cultural

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