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2025 tax season starts Jan. 27. Here’s how to file for free newsthirst.

Pra-chid | Istock | Getty Images Expanded free filing options for 2025 For the 2025 season, Direct File, the IRS’ free tax filing program, will be open to eligible taxpayers in 25 states. That’s up from 12 states for the 2024 season. This year, participating states include Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Maryland,…

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Black boxes on crashed South Korean plane cut out before impact, inquiry finds | South Korea plane crash newsthirst.

Flight data and cockpit voice recorders on the Jeju Air plane that crashed in South Korea in December, killing 179 people, stopped recording about four minutes before the airliner hit a concrete structure at Muan airport, the transport ministry said. Authorities investigating the disaster, the worst plane crash on South Korean soil, plan to analyse…

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Temperature falls to -18.7C in north Scotland, a 15-year low for UK | UK weather newsthirst.

Friday was the coldest January night in the UK in 15 years after temperatures plummeted to -18.7C in a hamlet in northern Scotland, the Met Office said. Altnaharra, in the Highlands, first recorded the temperature at 10pm Friday night, with the freezing conditions lasting well into Saturday morning. It is the coldest January overnight temperature…

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Insurance stocks sell off sharply as potential losses tied to LA wildfires increase newsthirst.

In this aerial view taken from a helicopter, burned homes are seen from above during the Palisades fire near the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California on January 9, 2025.  Josh Edelson | Afp | Getty Images Insurers exposed to the California homeowners’ market sold off sharply Friday as the devastation caused by the…

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Stormy, hot weather forecast for most of Australia with flash flooding risk in NSW and Queensland | Australia news newsthirst.

A stormy and hot weekend is in store for most of Australia with tempestuous weather continuing in the north and along the east coast, while some parts of the country swelter through dry conditions and severe heatwaves. Central and south-east Queenslanders were warned that widespread severe thunderstorms on Saturday may bring large hail, damaging winds…

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