Americans are receiving larger tax refunds on average in the 2026 filing season than last year, though taxpayers are filing at a slower pace in the first few weeks than they were a year ago. The latest IRS tax filing data was released by the agency on Friday and showed that as…

Tax filing season is underway and scammers are looking to take advantage of unsuspecting taxpayers through a variety of ever-evolving scams seeking money and personal information. The International Association of Better Business Bureaus warns that tax scams typically originate with a phone call and tend to fall into two categories. In one,…

Discount retailer Dollar Tree is opening new stores in increasingly affluent areas as it seeks to attract higher-income customers who spend more at the store per trip, a new report finds. An analysis by Bloomberg News found that 49% of new Dollar Tree stores opened in the last six years were located…

White House Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing Peter Navarro touted what he called a “Goldilocks economy” under President Donald Trump while promising Americans the “biggest rebate” in U.S. history. “When Americans get those rebate checks on tax day, that’s going to be the biggest rebate and broad-based in American…

Gas prices have surged in California in recent weeks as the state’s supply is constrained due to recent reductions in refining capacity. The price of gas rose 40 cents in about two weeks, with the average price of gas across the state of California at $4.58 a gallon – an increase…

Fast-food giant Wendy’s will close hundreds of its U.S. restaurants as it looks to focus on value and boost lagging sales in the domestic market. In the October through December quarter, the fast-food giant reported same-store sales, or sales at restaurants open for at least one year, declined 11.3% in…

X experienced a widespread outage early Monday, leaving thousands of users unable to access the social media platform. According to Downdetector, a website that tracks service disruptions based on user reports, complaints surged to more than 41,000 around 8:40 a.m. ET, far above the typical baseline level.Reports had first begun…

Logan Paul’s big bet on Pokémon appeared to have paid off Sunday night. The WWE star and social media influencer broke a world record when he sold his 1998 Japanese Pikachu Illustrator, graded as a PSA gem mint 10, for more than $16.4 million. It was the only card of…

For millionaire business owner Frederic Lepoutre, the decision to move his family from the South Florida coast to Texas Hill Country wasn’t just about a change of scenery — it was a lesson in efficiency. While building a custom home in a place like Broward County can be a years-long…

More than 191,000 Aroeve air purifiers have been recalled after dozens of overheating incidents and one reported fire, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The recall affects approximately 191,390 units of Aroeve brand air purifiers, regulators said.”The air purifiers can overheat and ignite, posing fire and burn…