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US federal tax brackets are projected to rise by 3.2% in 2027, allowing Americans to earn more before moving into higher tax rates, according to estimates from Bloomberg Tax. The Internal Revenue Service has not yet published its inflation-adjusted brackets, which it usually announces in October or November. The projections indicate a larger increase than the 2.7% adjustment applied for the current tax year. The annual changes are intended to limit so-called bracket creep, in which workers receiving pay rises in line with inflation can be pushed into higher tax bands without an increase in their real spending power. How…

US Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has claimed that an internal investigation found Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar married her brother in an attempt to bring him into the United States. Mullin said the man was Ahmed Elmi, whom Omar married for a second time, and claimed he now lives in London. “We know that she married her brother to try to bring him into the United States,” he said. Omar has consistently denied the allegation. She has since married for a third time and is now the wife of political consultant Tim Mynett. Speaking to conservative commentator Benny Johnson, Mullin…

A rare diplomatic meeting between Iran and the Gulf states has raised hopes of a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, after weeks of deadlock over the vital energy route. Foreign ministers from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman – are due to meet Iran’s foreign minister on Monday. The gathering would be the first of its kind since the United States and Israel launched their war on Tehran. It comes as Oman and Iran seek backing for an agreement intended to manage shipping through the strait temporarily.…

Police in Mountlake Terrace, Washington, are searching for a man accused of inappropriately touching two girls near Mountlake Terrace High School on Thursday, 10 September. Officers received two reports in quick succession of a man grabbing the girls’ private areas, according to the City of Mountlake Terrace. A further report made later that day concerned a similar incident on Wednesday, 9 September. Police said the man reportedly approaches young girls and asks for directions to a grocery shop before asking them for a hug. He has been described as a Hispanic man in his 30s, with a heavier build and…

Three Blue Ducks Burradoo, a new farm-to-table restaurant near Bowral in the Southern Highlands, has opened with a seven-course menu priced at $210 and a kitchen team drawn from some of Australia’s best-known restaurants. The fine-dining restaurant occupies a restored 1823 farmhouse at Burradoo Park Farm, an agritourism development that opened at Easter. It is the Three Blue Ducks group’s most ambitious project to date. Former Quay head chef Troy Crisante runs the kitchen alongside Rhys Connell, who held senior positions at Sepia. Three Blue Ducks co-founder Darren Robertson, who spent eight years at Tetsuya’s and rose to head chef,…

Residents in a Utah county are mounting opposition to the Stratos data centre project, which could become the biggest data centre campus in the United States. The development is being built in the county, where the scale of the proposed campus has prompted growing backlash from local people. CBS News reporter Riley Callanan is reporting on the dispute and the concerns surrounding the Utah data centre project.

Stevie Bingham, 48, and her daughter, Scotlynd Schulick, allege that their holiday was ruined after they stopped for a meal at Obica Mozzarella Bar on Madison Avenue in New York. The pair said the incident occurred during what had been a “magical vacation”.

Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, the stories of people who narrowly avoided being in or near New York’s World Trade Centre continue to emerge — including those of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, former senator Mitt Romney and property leaseholder Larry Silverstein. On the morning of September 11, 2001, 19 al-Qaeda hijackers seized four commercial aircraft. Two were flown into the Twin Towers in Lower Manhattan, another struck the Pentagon and a fourth crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers fought back. Nearly 3,000 people were killed. In New York, both towers collapsed within two hours of…

Federal agents and the Bureau of Indian Affairs searched a Red Lake Nation child welfare facility in northern Minnesota on Thursday, as part of an ongoing investigation. The FBI search at the Red Lake Nation child welfare facility took place at Ombimindwaa Gidinawemaaganinaadog, formerly known as Red Lake Family and Children Services. No arrests were made, authorities said. FBI supervisory special agent Matthew Vogel confirmed that agents had executed a search warrant at the tribal building but declined to disclose what prompted the operation. The US Attorney’s Office for Minnesota also confirmed the warrant, while saying it could not comment…

Eddie Dunbar won the 19th stage of the Vuelta a España as Enric Mas moved closer to victory in the Spanish Grand Tour. The result gave Irishman Dunbar a stage triumph, while Mas strengthened his position in pursuit of a home win.