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A new Inspector General's report shows that as the IRS slashed its auditing ranks last year, collection of unpaid taxes fell.

Karen Bleier

AFP

Business

The IRS slashed its staff. One result? More taxes going uncollected

Scott Horsley

The IRS slashed its auditing staff last year — but the move may have backfired as tax collections from enforcement efforts plummeted, an Inspector General report shows.

Flowers and a candle lie in front of a portrait of slain investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia during a vigil outside the law courts in Valletta, Malta, Oct. 16, 2018.

Jonathan Borg

World

A jury in Malta acquits a businessman in the killing of reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia

The Associated Press

Damage is seen at a building that Iranian media said was hit in a U.S. strike in Kuhestak, southern Iran, early Wednesday.

Masoud Mohammadi

Tasnim News Agency via AP

World

Iran fires on its Gulf neighbors, retaliating for U.S. strikes after a monthlong lull

The Associated Press

Lauren Frayer

NPR

World

Greetings from the Royal Pavilion, a stunning reminder of India in southern England

Lauren Frayer

KCCU U.S. NEWS

Eva Marie Uzcategui for NPR

New immigration court tactic leads to huge lines and chaos in Miami

Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

Chaos unfolds at the Miami immigration court after judges are assigned mega master calendars, hearings where judges see more than 100 immigrants at once.
Understanding the tech giants' oversized influence in American schools

Terry Gross

Big tech companies like Apple and Microsoft use devices, training and conferences for teachers and students to embed in schools. The New York Times' Natasha Singer discusses the impact in Coding Kids.
Paige Taylor White

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AFP via Getty Images

New lawsuits claim OpenAI execs put image ahead of safety in Canadian mass shooting

Shannon Bond

The suits say that recommendations to alert police about the alleged shooter were nixed by OpenAI's global affairs team, led by veteran political strategist Chris Lehane. OpenAI denies the claims.
Heather Diehl

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Getty Images

ICE detainee dies just hours after he was admitted into detention

Vanessa Romo

Lianyong Wei's death marks the 57th death of an immigrant detainee held in the care of the government since the start of President Trump's second term. Twenty-four of those have occurred since Jan. 1.

KCCU Community Focus Podcast

Community Focus-Lawton Community Theatre's Hunchback of Notre Dame

Two members of the Lawton Community Theatre stopped by the studio to discuss their 74th season, opening THIS weekend, and their take on a Victor Hugo and Disney favorite.Katie Veenhuizen is directing, and Kat Frye-Davies is starring as Clopin in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.