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Tax season is more stressful this year for filers and IRS workers alike, because of new tax law changes and the partial government shutdown that has left the agency with roughly half its normal staff. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Shutdown Squeezes IRS Workers Just As The Tax-Filing Season Is About To Start
Yo-Yo Ma (shown here performing in Washington, D.C., last year) surprised unsuspecting Indians in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday with an impromptu roadside performance. Larry French/Getty Images for SiriusXM hide caption
Nick Sandmann, a student from Covington Catholic High School, stands in front of Nathan Phillips, a Native American, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Kaya Taitano/Social Media/Reuters hide caption
Lawsuit Alleges Migrant Children Are Used To Catch Other Undocumented Immigrants
In Venezuela, Opposition Leader Juan Guaidó Declares Himself Interim President
Atlanta Airport Prepares For Super Bowl Travelers As Shutdown Continues
DNA, the ninth album of the Backstreet Boys, is due out Jan. 25. Dennis Leupold/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Backstreet Boys On Fatherhood, Addiction And New (Grammy-Nominated) Music
A Number Of Heads Of State Are Absent At This Year's World Economic Forum
If A Recession Hits, Washington Would Have Few Options To Fight It
When a former patient died from a lethal combination of methadone and Benadryl, Dr. Ako Jacintho got a letter from the state medical board. Whitney Hayward/Portland Press Herald/Getty Images hide caption
California Doctors Alarmed As State Links Their Opioid Prescriptions to Deaths
Director Bryan Singer Faces New Scrutiny Over Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct
Etchings on the federal courthouse in Boston acclaim a well-administered justice system, but many working in the building say that is getting harder, given the continuing federal shutdown. Tovia Smith/NPR hide caption
'Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied' As Government Shutdown Affects Federal Courts
Federal Panel Considering Recommendations For Mandatory National Service
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