Dozens of spring breakers across two popular beach destinations ended up in handcuffs over the weekend as authorities continue to crack down on the mayhem wreaking havoc up and down the Sunshine State’s shores. Fort Lauderdale logged nine arrests related to spring break over the weekend, bringing the total number of arrests for the season to 47, a police department spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital. Officials with the Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco also issued 12 new notices to appear to spring breakers, resulting in a total of 29 notices being handed out since the season began. The arrests vary in severity from trespassing and open container charges to assault and battery, according to data provided by the department.MIAMI BEACH LOOSENS SPRING BREAK RESTRICTIONS, AIMS TO DRAW CALMER CROWDSSeveral hours up the coast, authorities in Daytona Beach conducted a total of 75 beachside arrests, including 12 felony arrests and 15 arrests related to narcotics, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office told Fox News Digital. The decline in arrests comes as both spring break destinations are cracking down on rowdy college students after videos from both locations showed chaotic scenes and violence plaguing the sandy shores. Last week, the City of Daytona Beach declared a state of emergency stemming from authorities making over 100 arrests, according to FOX 35.MOST SEARCHED US SPRING BREAK DESTINATIONS FOR THIS YEAR, WITH SOME SURPRISES”Daytona Beach should no longer position itself as a spring break destination,” Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young said. “It is not a decision against tourism, but a decision against unsanctioned high-risk activity that strains resources, disrupts our community and places unnecessary demands on public safety personnel.”The move came after several unauthorized beach “takeover events” organized on social media wreaked havoc on the spring break hot spot. FLORIDA DEPUTIES MOCK ROWDY SPRING BREAKERS WITH NCAA-STYLE SCOREBOARD AS ARRESTS SURGE”We’re focusing on that core area with the kids that are out there underage drinking, smoking weed, all that stuff, so that we have tools to be able to get them off the street,” Young added.GOT A TIP?The event led to 133 arrests throughout Volusia County, including 84 in Daytona Beach and 49 in New Smyrna Beach. Additionally, a video of thousands of bathing suit-clad spring breakers frantically fleeing from the beach after hearing what was believed to be gunshots went viral last weekend, though authorities have since revealed the noise was actually made by water bottles being crushed.FOLLOW US ON XThe incident unfolded during a takeover event hosted online, with officials now vowing to prosecute anyone who organizes an unsanctioned gathering in the area. “We’re going to be the first county — and my attorneys are working on it now — we are coming after you financially,” Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said in a news conference earlier this week, according to FOX 35.GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL”And if I could come after you criminally, I would. So, don’t sit behind a keyboard in Georgia or Orlando or wherever and think you’re going to do these truck events and these takeover events, because it’s not going to happen. There is a way to do business. Get permits and do things the right way.” In Fort Lauderdale, video obtained by the New York Post shows the moment a group of college students began pummeling a man around 3 a.m. outside Dicey Riley’s Irish Pub in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday.CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWSThe clip shows roughly half a dozen spring breakers kicking the unidentified man as he falls to the ground. The group then continues to pummel the man as a group of witnesses look on.However, the individual later appeared to recover from the fight and left the area before authorities could speak with him, FLPD said.Both cities have since implemented curfews for individuals under the age of 18 in an attempt to calm the chaos as officials are pointing to a strain on local resources. “It’s not like these folks RSVP,” Young said, according to FOX 35. “So it’s somewhat of a guessing game as to how many people are actually showing up, and we do our best to make sure we have resources out there, but truth be told, with the amount of people that were in town this weekend, I literally have, have about 222 sworn officers.”
Critic slams Chicago’s ‘revolving door’ as Loyola student killing sparks outrage
As the suspect in the killing of Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman heads to court, scrutiny is growing over the policies her family said left the accused in a position to commit the crime. Jose Medina-Medina, the 25-year-old Venezuelan national charged with Gorman’s murder, entered the U.S. illegally under the Biden administration before being apprehended and released into the country, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Sunday.DHS also confirmed that Medina had been previously arrested for shoplifting in Chicago.Veteran Chicago reporter William J. Kelly called the killing “the single most avoidable loss of life” in Chicago’s history Monday on “Fox & Friends” and claimed Medina had been arrested multiple times for “deportable offenses.” He slammed Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s catch-and-release approach to migrant crime while praising the work of the Chicago Police Department (CPD).FOUR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS LINKED TO MS-13 INDICTED FOR ALLEGEDLY MURDERING 14-YEAR-OLD BOY IN MARYLAND PARK”This suspect never should have been in the country to begin with… And God bless the CPD, the Chicago police, because they have been arresting this guy, despite the fact that Mayor Johnson is endlessly telling them not to touch the illegals, not to detain them, not to turn them over to ICE,” he said.Kelly argued the mayor has no good answer for his decisions that led to what he called a “revolving door.” And although Medina is now behind bars, his apprehension brought Kelly no great comfort.”Guess what? There are thousands of Jose Medinas that are in a revolving door that’s going by, going around so fast… that I’m surprised that they’re not flying out of the jail, because this is exactly the policies that got Sheridan Gorman killed,” he said.GRIEVING VIRGINIA MOTHER TELLS FAR-LEFT PROSECUTOR ‘DO YOUR JOB’ AFTER DAUGHTER STABBED TO DEATHGorman’s family released a statement in which they excoriated “the policies and failures that allowed this individual to remain in a position to commit this crime” after multiple arrests.”Sheridan was 18. She had her entire life ahead of her… All of that was taken in a moment, and there is no way to repair the loss,” the statement read in part.Simply walking near her campus was an ordinary act, they wrote, refusing to allow her murder “to be dismissed as ‘wrong place, wrong time.’ This was not random misfortune. This was a violent and preventable act.”Gorman’s family demanded complete accountability, rejecting the idea of “second chances that put others at risk.””When systems fail — whether through release decisions, lack of coordination, or unwillingness to act — the consequences are not abstract. They are real. And in our case, they are permanent.”Fox News Digital Matt Finn, Emma Bussey and Bill Melugin contributed to this report.
Parkinson’s risk increases with exposure to common chemical, study suggests
A pesticide commonly used in America’s food supply has been linked to Parkinson’s disease, new research suggests.A UCLA study published in the journal Springer Nature Link suggests that exposure to chlorpyrifos could increase the risk of the neurological disease.The chemical is often used on agricultural products like soybeans, fruit and nut trees, broccoli, cauliflower and other row crops, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.EARLY PARKINSON’S COULD BE DETECTED DECADES BEFORE SYMPTOMS WITH SIMPLE BLOOD TESTThe study compared 829 people with Parkinson’s to 824 people without the disease over a 45-year period, focusing on their proximity to chlorpyrifos.The researchers also conducted mouse experiments, where mice inhaled the pesticide as humans would for 11 weeks. Experiments were also carried out on zebrafish to study cell-level brain damage.In humans, the study revealed that long-term exposure to chlorpyrifos led to more than a 2.5 times higher risk of Parkinson’s.In mice, exposure to the pesticide caused movement problems similar to Parkinson’s symptoms, loss of dopamine-producing neurons, increased brain inflammation and build-up of harmful proteins.Zebrafish suffered brain cell death and damage linked to failure in the cell’s “cleanup system,” according to the study press release.Dr. Jeff Bronstein, director of the Movement Disorders Program at UCLA and professor of neurology and molecular toxicology, noted that previous human studies also suggested an association between chlorpyrifos exposure and Parkinson’s.TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ”[We were] surprised that the mechanism of toxicity was apparent in both mice and zebrafish,” he said. “We rarely find such consistent results in different animal models.”The researcher emphasized that the association between pesticide exposure and Parkinson’s was “very strong,” and the longer someone was exposed, the higher the risk became.”People should avoid exposure to CPF and similar pesticides (organophosphates) by not using them in their home, eating organics, and washing fruits and vegetables before eating them,” Bronstein advised.The study did have some limitations, the researchers acknowledged, primarily that it was observational, meaning it shows an association but cannot prove causation.CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIESIt also estimated exposure based on participants’ locations, and did not measure diet, indoor exposure or personal lifestyle behaviors. Additionally, the results of the animal models can’t be translated directly to humans.There was also the possibility that chlorpyrifos was used along with other chemicals, which means it could be difficult to measure its specific impact, the study noted.Chlorpyrifos is used to control different kinds of pests, like termites, mosquitoes and roundworms, among crops, according to the National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC) at Oregon State University.People can be exposed to the pesticide by breathing it in or by consuming contaminated food or water.In 2021, the EPA banned the use of chlorpyrifos on food crops, but a federal appeals court overturned that decision in 2023, allowing its use to resume on some crops while regulators revisit the rule.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTERIn January 2026, the EPA issued an update outlining plans to move forward with a rule that would ban most uses of chlorpyrifos.”Chlorpyrifos is subject to registration review, a process required under FIFRA (the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act) in which registered pesticides are comprehensively evaluated every 15 years against current safety standards and the latest scientific evidence,” the EPA said in a statement sent to Fox News Digital.”EPA is currently developing a revised human health risk assessment for chlorpyrifos as part of that review, and will consider this study alongside any other relevant submissions. Where the science calls for stronger protections or tolerance revocations, EPA will act without hesitation and without delay.”Fox News Digital reached out to several manufacturers of the chemical for comment.Corteva, an Indiana agrichemical company formed in 2019 through the merger of Dow Chemical and DuPont, announced in 2020 that it would end production of chlorpyrifos within the year, citing declining sales.In April 2022, the German chemical company BASF requested the cancellation of its pesticide registrations for products containing chlorpyrifos. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER”BASF does not manufacture chlorpyrifos and does not have any pesticide registrations issued by the U.S. EPA for chlorpyrifos-containing products,” the company told Fox News Digital. No products from Corteva or BASF were included in the study linking chlorpyrifos to Parkinson’s disease.
Senate hopeful with deep Dem ties slapped with scathing complaint targeting alleged family payout ‘scheme’
FIRST ON FOX: A watchdog is urging the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to investigate Nebraska Senate hopeful Dan Osborn, alleging he is improperly steering campaign funds for personal use to nearly half-a-dozen of his relatives, including around a quarter-million-dollars to his wife alone, through his principal campaign committee and a web of political action committees.Last month, Fox News Digital reported on Osborn’s spending that has come under scrutiny, showing that north of $370,000 had been disbursed to his wife, daughter, sister-in-law, and to himself through his campaign and a web of political action committees. A complaint filed with the FEC Monday by conservative watchdog Americans for Public Trust, is now calling on the FEC to investigate Osborn’s spending, and lays out even more relatives receiving money from Osborn’s campaign plus another consulting firm his wife works at that has been receiving funds. In total, the complaint says Osborn, his wife Megan, daughter Georgia, sister-in-law Jodi, second sister-in-law Bridget and brother-in-law James have received $434,734.42.Fox News Digital reached out to the Osborn campaign with questions about the payments, but many of them went unanswered. However, a campaign spokesperson did tell Fox News Digital that the campaign “is fully compliant with all FEC rules.”FIVE SLEEPER RACES THAT COULD UPEND 2026 – FROM THE ALLEGHENIES TO THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT “We haven’t received any formal complaints, but what you describe are baseless, nuisance allegations designed to slow Dan’s momentum as he’s tied with Pete Ricketts in four straight polls,” the spokesperson said. While paying family members with campaign money is not necessarily a violation of campaign finance law, concerns have been raised about whether Osborn’s payments to his family members have followed the campaign finance laws that must still be adhered to, such as that the pay must be at fair-market value, it must be strictly for campaign services, must be transparently reported and must not be used for personal expenses, meaning expenses incurred irregardless of the ongoing campaign, like housing costs. Entities not controlled and operated by candidates can deal in what is called “soft money,” or money that does not need to comply with federal limits. However, that money cannot then be controlled by the candidate to help him directly with his campaign. Money from entities controlled by candidates, often referred to as “hard money,” must follow the FEC’s limits and other rules.Americans for Public Trust is accusing Osborn of using an end-around to funnel money to his relatives, including from a now-defunct campaign. They cite the fact that Osborn’s Working Class Heroes Fund (WCHF), which he launched in 2024, has a “join the movement” button that routes users to a form so they can be contacted by a different PAC called the League of Labor Voters. They also cite the involvement of Osborn’s custodian of records for his failed 2024 Senate campaign, Brandon Philipczyk, who was also listed as such in Statement of Organization for Osborn’s WCHF and LLV until just a few days ago.Americans for Public Trust is alleging that these are not truly outside groups — they are effectively part of Osborn’s operation — and therefore shouldn’t be raising or spending money in ways that function like an end-around to bypass federal limitations.SQUAD-BACKED PROGRESSIVES HIT WITH ‘COLD SHOWER’ AS MODERATES WIN ILLINOIS PRIMARIES”Despite being established, financed, maintained, or controlled by federal candidate Dan Osborn and his agents, WCHF and LLV have solicited, received, directed, transferred, or spent funds that do not comply with FECA’s contribution limitations, source prohibitions, and reporting requirements, including receiving contributions from individuals in excess of $5,000 and receiving funds from prohibited sources,” the complaint letter to the FEC states.Osborn’s wife, Megan, who reportedly was a former bar manager, has raked in around a quarter-million dollars from Osborn’s campaign and a web of political action committees tied to him. In some cases, Megan has gotten money directly from her husband’s campaign and in other cases she has received it from two firms, one called Independent Campaigns LLC, which Megan has a one-third ownership stake in, and Dark Forest LLC, which official candidate disclosures show Megan gets compensation from. Just two days after Independent Campaigns was set up, Osborn’s WCHF made its first $50,000 payment to the firm, according to local Nebraska news outlet the Lincoln-Journal Star. Thus far, per the FEC complaint, Independent Campaigns has received nearly $200,000 from Osborn and WCHF and another PAC called the League of Labor Voters (LLV), which Americans for Public Trust also alleges is controlled by Osborn.In total, per the Americans for Public Trust complaint letter, Osborn’s wife has been able to rake in close to $300,00 for herself for things like “strategy consulting” and work reimbursements. Osborn’s daughter Georgia, a part-time dancer who Osborn says still needs help paying her bills, was given $4,200 between when Osborn’s first 2024 campaign lost, and before launching his 2026 bid. The money was for “assistant services” from the then-dormant campaign. Osborn’s sister-in-law, Jodi, received $1,400 for “treasurer services” from WCHF at the end of 2025, according to campaign disclosures which also show that she is listed as WCHF’s Treasurer.GOP OVERPERFORMS IN VIRGINIA SPECIAL ELECTION, FUELING EARLY MOMENTUM TALK IN BLUE-TRENDING STATEMeanwhile, the group also points to a $2,500 payment to Osborn’s brother-in-law, who served as treasurer of Osborn’s 2024 committee, as part of what it calls a broader pattern of family-linked payments that should be scrutinized for bona fide services and fair-market rates.”Perhaps the Osborn family is teeming with previously undiscovered, dynastic political talent, akin to the Kennedys or Roosevelts,” the Americans for Public Trust letter to the FEC says. “Or perhaps Mr. Osborn has realized his ability to funnel large amounts of unchecked campaign cash to his own family.”Caitlin Sutherland, Executive Director of Americans for Public Trust, added that Osborn “has become too comfortable blurring the lines between family, fortune, and campaign finance law.””Osborn has engaged in various tactics — including utilizing a defunct campaign account — to enrich members of both his immediate and extended family,” Sutherland continued. “In addition to lining the pockets of his close relatives, who appear to lack any notable professional campaign experience—Osborn is racking up federal campaign finance violations by orchestrating a scheme that seemingly finds him illegally running and controlling multiple federal PACs.” Besides questions about how Osborn is paying himself and his loved ones, critics of the candidate have also balked at his decision to run as an Independent. Osborn has indicated he has no plans to caucus with either major party if elected and says on his website that, as an Independent, he is “uniquely positioned” to get things done in Congress. Meanwhile, speaking at a town hall, Osborn reportedly told Nebraskans that if his bid as an Independent didn’t work out, “there’s only one party I would caucus with.”When pressed on which political party he was speaking of, Osborn replied: “Not (Republican) Pete Ricketts’s party,” according to the audio reviewed by Nebraska news organization The Plains Sentinel. However, Osborn’s decision to cash in on national Democratic Party support, including utilizing the party’s main fundraising platform, ActBlue, have led to questions about how independent he really will be.In December, Osborn was slammed for hiring an anti-cop staffer seen at an anti-police event featuring severed pig heads, and the agency creating Osborn’s ads, Fight Agency, was also behind ads for the Zohran Mamdani, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, and other Democrats. One of the firm’s leaders said they were struck by Osborn’s “over performance” in 2024, leading him to surmise “that Democrats need to run a lot of different kinds of campaigns.”The consulting firm co-owned by Osborn’s wife, Independent Campaigns, has also worked with Democrat candidates. FEC filings show Nathan Sage, a Democrat running for Senate in Iowa, has paid thousands to Osborn’s wife’s consulting firm.
‘I’ll kill him’: Convicted man back in custody after threatening Trump, then demanding pardon
An Oregon man is back in police custody after threatening to “kill the president” in a slew of text messages to his probation officer.Diedrich Holgate, 47, was convicted and sentenced last July after making threats on social media and placing several direct calls to the U.S. Secret Service Washington Field Office, threatening to kill then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and then-President Joe Biden.In a June 2024 call to the Secret Service, Holgate said, “I have the right to kill the president.””I will kill everyone,” Holgate said, according to the federal indictment. “The president is going to die. I don’t care if it is Trump or Biden. I will hang everyone for treason.”MAN ACCUSED OF PLOTTING TRUMP ASSASSINATION CLAIMS IRAN FORCED HIM TOTwo months later, Holgate called the field office again, threatening to “hang his a** for treason” and saying that no one was safe from him, including the First Lady and Supreme Court justices.Holgate was released from custody on January 21 and was ordered to live in a halfway house.Just weeks after being released from prison, Holgate’s probation officer filed a petition to revoke his probation for several violations, including continued death threats toward the president.NEW MEXICO MAN JAILED FOR THREATENING TRUMP ON SOCIAL MEDIA”Holgate has made multiple threatening statements via text message to his probation officer,” the petition alleged. “Probable cause has been established that a violation of supervised release has been committed.”Holgate sent his probation officer several text messages that included “Trump’s gonna fkn pardon me or I’ll kill him!!!!””You’re with me or You’re a traitor & infidel that’s taken the Mark of the beast. & Hell? That won’t last forever. Second death. You’ll be erased,” Holgate wrote in another message to his probation officer.A magistrate judge ruled in a preliminary hearing that there was probable cause to believe Holgate violated the conditions of his release. In addition to making threats, Holgate failed to report to a meeting with his probation officer and left the halfway house. He also violated house rules by smoking a vape.Holgate will remain in custody until his next hearing is scheduled on March 26.He was previously convicted in 2018 for sending threatening voicemails to two Texas judges in Travis County.
ICE Detains Illegal Alien in San Francisco Airport as Leftist Mob Melts Down (VIDEO)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained an illegal alien from Guatemala Sunday night at San Francisco International Airport, triggering a full-blown meltdown from the leftist mob.
According to multiple eyewitness videos now circulating online, federal agents moved in swiftly at SFO to apprehend a woman suspected of being in the country illegally.
What followed was a scene all too familiar in Democrat-run strongholds: a chaotic mob screaming at law enforcement, filming every second, and attempting to interfere with a lawful federal operation.
Footage shows San Francisco Police Department officers forming a perimeter around ICE agents as they carried out the detention.
Despite clear efforts to maintain order, agitators in the crowd shouted demands for badge numbers, hurled accusations, and attempted to obstruct the operation.
At the center of the chaos, the woman, seen resisting, was ultimately placed into a wheelchair by plainclothes federal agents.
Handcuffs appeared to be visible as she struggled, while a young child walked beside her, crying, a heartbreaking image that activists immediately seized on to fuel outrage online.
According to a Reddit post that posted the video:
“Very tired from traveling so this post will be rushed and might be kinda messy. Was leaving SFO around 10:30PM last night 3/22 when I heard yelling and saw a huge crowd of people. There were at least a dozen San Francisco police officers and a ridiculous amount of people gathered in a circle, some recording or talking on the phone.
When I got closer, I saw a woman kneeling on the ground next to a couch/bench with a little girl and the police officers were basically surrounding her, facing away so seemingly keeping the crowd away/hiding her from the crowd.
I asked a woman what happened, and she said she was there from the very beginning and saw it all. There were apparently two men in black + wearing backpacks who ran up and grabbed her passport, shoved her(?) and were keeping her there.
She seemed to not know for sure, but she suspected that they were ICE agents and the police officers were there to protect them. I could see at least one of these men talking with police officers. Just a few minutes later, I heard yelling again and when I looked back, people were running up and filming while police officers were trying to keep them away.
I saw the same woman as before now in a wheelchair in a very uncomfortable position (seemingly being shoved into it) and the small girl walking alongside her and crying. The two men in black were pushing the wheelchair/walking with her and there were a small group of officers/airport workers(?) going with her as well.
People were yelling that she was being taken from her family, telling her to hug her kid, damning the ICE agents, etc. I wasn’t really sure what was happening, so I filmed a video on my phone at a bad angle(I’ll try to attach it). Afterwards, I asked a couple people if they knew what happened and they kinda confirmed it was ICE and they took her away for “questioning”.
Does anyone have more information on what happened or any different angles? There were people much closer than me who definitely got better videos, so hopefully those come out soon.
I was already tired from traveling and was obviously not expecting to see something like this. I really hope her and her family are going to be okay. I’d like to hear if anyone has more info or if anyone else was there who saw/heard something I didn’t.”
DHS told Fox News that the viral incident at SFO airport involved ICE arresting a Guatemalan family that had been under a deportation order since 2019.
DHS statement to FOX:
“This arrest occurred BEFORE ICE officers were even deployed to airports to bolster TSA efforts to help American travelers who are facing hours long lines across the country.
“On March 22, 2026, ICE officers arrested Angelina Lopez-Jimenez and Wendy Godinez-Lopez at the San Francisco International Airport. The family has an outstanding final removal order of removal from an immigration judge since 2019.
“While being escorted to the international terminal for processing, Lopez-Jimenez attempted to flee and resisted law enforcement officers. ICE is working as quickly as possible to repatriate the family unit to their home country of Guatemala.”
BREAKING: DHS tells @FoxNews that this viral incident at SFO airport last night involved ICE arrests of a family Guatemalan illegal immigrants who have had a deportation order since 2019, and one of the females tried to flee while being escorted for processing. Happened before… https://t.co/dn0p5saJbN
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) March 23, 2026
The San Francisco Police Department was quick to distance itself from immigration enforcement, a predictable move given the city’s sanctuary status.
“Consistent with our City Charter, state law, and SFPD department policy, we do not assist in the enforcement of civil federal immigration laws,” SFPD said in a statement.
However, they admitted officers were on scene after responding to a 911 call and were present to maintain public safety, effectively acting as a buffer between federal agents and an increasingly hostile crowd.
San Francisco International Airport spokesperson Doug Yakel acknowledged the incident in a statement to SFGATE:
“We understand federal officers were transporting two individuals on an outbound flight when this incident occurred… We believe this is an isolated incident and have no reason to suspect broader enforcement action at SFO.”
“The airport’s role is to ensure the safe and efficient operation of the facility for all passengers and staff.”
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Another video:
Radical activists are screaming at ICE agents during a detention of a woman who’s in the country illegally.
She had a young child with her and claimed it was her daughter, but couldn’t provide any documentation.
Situations like this are exactly why agents have to verify… pic.twitter.com/4A0KwIlKTW
— Jammles (@jammles9) March 23, 2026
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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Matches BTS’s Longest-Charting Single
KPop Demon Hunters sees “How It’s Done” reach 32 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, tying one of the longest runs for a K-pop hit in American history.
1.3 Million Taxpayers May Be Owed a Refund From 2022. Here’s How to Claim It Before the Deadline
If you didn’t file your 2022 taxes, you may be owed a refund of hundreds — even thousands — of dollars, but the deadline to claim that money is fast approaching.
More than 1.3 million taxpayers have yet to submit their 2022 taxes, which were due on Tax Day in April 2023. As a result, the IRS is holding approximately $1.2 billion worth of unclaimed refund money with an expiration date of April 15.
“By not filing a tax return, taxpayers stand to lose more than just their refund,” the IRS wrote in a Friday alert about the upcoming deadline.
The typical unclaimed tax refund is nearly $700, the agency said, and that’s not including refundable tax credits for 2022. That year, for instance, the earned income tax credit was worth up to $6,935, and the advance child tax credit could add as much as $1,500 per child to the refund.
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How much money the IRS may owe you
The median unclaimed tax refund amounts to $686 per person (excluding tax credits). However, the IRS won’t be sending this money out automatically. If you are owed an old tax refund, you will need to file back taxes to claim it before the deadline.
Those back taxes for tax year 2022 must be postmarked by April 15 of this year. Missing this deadline means that your refund will disappear; once a tax refund goes unclaimed for three years it officially “becomes property of the U.S. Treasury,” according to the IRS.
The states with the largest 2022 tax refunds waiting to be claimed include:
Massachusetts: $786
Hawaii: $784
North Dakota: $774
New York: $757
West Virginia: $756
How to claim your 2022 tax refund in 2026
To claim your tax refund, you will need to file back taxes for 2022. According to the IRS’s website, you can “file your past due return the same way and to the same location where you would file an on-time return.” One notable exception is IRS Free File, which does not support filing back taxes.
Some tax software programs will allow you to file previous years’ tax returns but may require you to print out your returns and file by mail (or purchase a version of the program for the year you need to file).
For in-person assistance, the IRS’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program may be able to help. Through VITA, community centers, libraries and other local organizations provide legit, free tax help, including filing back taxes at some locations. Tax professionals at brick-and-mortar tax prep companies, such as H&R Block or Jackson Hewitt, can help you, as well.
In short, filing back taxes will likely take a little more leg work than filing the current year’s taxes.
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Here’s what you need to do:
Gather your income information. Review your documents to determine what you have and what is missing for 2022. The specific documents needed will depend on the type of income received that year, such as W-2s for employee wages, 1099-MISCs or 1099-NECs for gig or contract work, and 1099-INTs and 1099-DIVs for interest or dividend income.
Request your tax transcript for missing income information. If you can’t find all your 2022 tax information, you can obtain your tax transcript for free from the IRS. Simply create or log in to your IRS account online and request a wage and income transcript, which will include the W-2 or 1099 information you need to complete your return.
Use the correct forms for your return. When filing your back taxes, make sure that you are using the correct year’s form. You may need 2022’s 1040, 1040-SR or 1040-NR forms. These are searchable in the IRS’s form archive.
Mail your return to the proper IRS location. After completing your 2022 tax return, you will need to sign and mail it to the appropriate IRS location. The mailing address for your return depends on where you live. If the IRS has sent you specific filing instructions by mail, follow those.
For further assistance with your back taxes, you can call the IRS’s toll-free number, 800-TAX-FORM, or visit a local taxpayer assistance center.
Keep in mind that even if you are owed a 2022 tax refund, it might not result in a payment. The government may first put your refund toward outstanding tax bills from other years, unpaid child support payments or past-due debts.
And if you owe the IRS money from 2022, you might need to pay penalties on top of the past-due amount.
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‘It Could Get Bad for Disney’ if Probe Finds It’s Using DEI to Discriminate, FCC Chair Says
While other media companies are abandoning discriminatory Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies, Disney appears to be continuing practices that could result in severe penalties, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr says.
Chairman Carr issued the warning in a Pod Force One interview with Host Mirada Devine, discussing how, during the Biden Administration, the FCC pumped “millions and millions” into promoting DEI ideology in an effort that distracted the FCC from its true mission.
“That had real, practical consequences. So, Day One, we came in and we ended the FCC’s promotion of DEI,” Carr said, noting how the policies enacted under the previous administration were unjustifiably punitive, redundant and counterproductive. They even inhibited efforts to bring high-speed internet to the public, he explained.
Companies, like Disney, that continue to cling to DEI ideology could face a range of penalties, including loss of their licenses, if they discriminate against employees based on race and gender, Chairman Carr said:
“Disney, which owns ABC: there’s been some really concerning evidence that has come to light that Disney DEI practices, that they were effectively discriminating against people, based on race and gender.
“We’re still looking at that, we’ll allow them to make their case, we have an open mind on it. But, we do have an investigation going on right now into Disney’s DEI practices.”
“And it could get bad for Disney, depending on what the facts show,” Chairman Carr said.
Currently, the evidence appears to suggest racial discrimination, Carr explained:
“There is evidence that they were creating internal promotions, internal work groups – again, siloing and dividing people based on race and gender.
“And, again, the evidence indicates, and there may be counter-evidence out there, that you had promotion opportunities, or you were judged, on how much you were promoting people based on skin color.”
“That is something that is really invidious that I thought that, as a country, we had stopped doing 60, 70, 80 years ago,” Carr said. “And, I’m glad we’re getting back to treating everyone, regardless of skin color, regardless of any other protected characteristics, based on their merits. That’s how it should be.”
“And, to be honest, it looks like they’re taking a pretty big hit at the box office; you see them pushing some of that stuff. It’s just not resonating with people,” Carr said. Meanwhile, family-friendly and pro-America content has proven to be extremely popular with the public, he said.
“Again, it’s sort of a symptom of what I view the broader media ecosystem being out of place,” Carr said.
“New York and Hollywood have never really been known for having the pulse of the cross-section of the country, but it got worse in the late twenty-teens and the early 2020’s, where we saw this significant explosion of DEI and woke ideology. And it was just fully embraced – hook, line and sinker – by New York and Hollywood.”
Still, there appears to be a “course correction” taking place with other businesses regulated by the FCC and in the country, as a whole, Chairman Carr said.
Colombian Air Force C-130 Cargo Plane Carrying 110 Soldiers Crashes: Report
Colombian Air Force C-130 Cargo Plane Carrying 110 Soldiers Crashes: Report
Dramatic footage circulating on X appears to show a Colombian military Hercules C-130 transport aircraft crashing shortly after takeoff from Puerto Leguízamo in southern Colombia. The cause of the crash remains unknown, and Colombian authorities have not yet released an official casualty count.
Local outlet Blu Radio reported that 110 Colombian soldiers were on board at the time of the C-130’s straight-out departure from the airport in the remote Amazon border region near Peru.
En un video aficionado quedó captado el momento exacto en el que un avión Hércules de la Fuerza Aeroespacial Colombiana (FAC) se precipitó a tierra solo instantes después de haber despegado del aeropuerto de Puerto Leguízamo, en el departamento del Putumayo. #VocesySonidos pic.twitter.com/HvbXwwR1cS
— BluRadio Colombia (@BluRadioCo) March 23, 2026
Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez said military units had already reached the crash site but noted that “the exact number of victims and the causes of the crash have not yet been determined.”
Sánchez’s translated X post:
Additional footage from the crash area has also surfaced on X.
Atención: Un avión Hércules de la @FuerzaAereaCol se accidentó saliendo de La Tagua, Putumayo. 110 soldados iban a bordo. Ya han sido rescatados 20 militares heridos. Situación en desarrollo. Vía @BluRadioCo pic.twitter.com/Jgb4tw74aP
— Ricardo Ospina (@ricarospina) March 23, 2026
#ATENTOS. Cerca de 100 personas iban a bordo de aeronave siniestrada en zona rural del Putumayo este 23MAR. El hecho fue confirmado por Min/Defensa Pedro Sánchez, quien indicó que el avión transportaba tropas de la Fuerza Pública y que aún se desconocen las causas del siniestro. https://t.co/oVJhzXgiY5 pic.twitter.com/jdhQ1RlAXw
— Colombia Oscura (@ColombiaOscura) March 23, 2026
The Colombian Aerospace Force operates a small Hercules fleet, comprising older C-130B models and newer C-130H variants, with a total inventory estimated at roughly 9 aircraft. The loss of the transport plane represents a meaningful hit to airlift capacity.
Neither local media nor the government has provided clarity on whether the troops were engaged in a training mission, routine transport, or deployment tied to the escalating border crisis with Ecuador.
The crash comes just one week after Ecuador’s Interior Minister John Reimberg deployed 75,000 troops in the South American country to combat drug cartels, while Colombian President Gustavo Petro warned that Ecuador’s campaign was spilling over and that Colombia was being “bombed.”
🚨¡OPERACIÓN “PODOCARPUS”: DESTRUCCIÓN DE 129 CAMPAMENTOS DE MINERÍA ILEGAL Y AFECTACIÓN ECONÓMICA DE $3 MILLONES A LAS MAFIAS PARA RECUPERAR TOTALMENTE ESTE TERRITORIO!🚨
➡️Con un gran despliegue militar, durante nueve días de operaciones sostenidas en el Parque Nacional… pic.twitter.com/acae76SmhX
— Ministerio de Defensa Nacional del Ecuador (@DefensaEc) March 16, 2026
Latest geopolitical report from the region:
“We’re At War”: Ecuador Deploys 75,000 Troops, Launches Anti-Cartel Missile Strikes; Colombia Warns “We’re Being Bombed”
The absence of evidence so far is foul play, well, at least in the initial reporting. But given rising tensions between Colombia and Ecuador and the broader crisis over the last week, the region warrants close monitoring.
Tyler Durden
Mon, 03/23/2026 – 15:05