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Almost 900,000 Americans are missing out on valuable funds as they have yet to claim their 2020 tax refund. Taxpayers have until May 17 to file to recoup more than $1 billion in unclaimed refunds, the Internal Revenue Service announced.  Typically there is a three year deadline to claim refunds before the cash becomes property of the US Treasury. 

The progressive mayor only backed off when Huesca's sister threatened to 'make a scene', according to Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara, who revealed the behind-the-scenes saga in an interview with Chicago Sun Times. On Monday, hundreds of people attended funeral services for the fallen officer Huesca, who was shot and killed during a brutal carjacking while on his way home from work last week. But Mayor Johnson, who initially said he would attend the funeral in the schedule released Sunday night, notified reporters at the last minute that he would not be present. The change came after Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza wrote in an early morning post on X that Huesca's mother asked her to tell Johnson that 'he was unwelcome' at the funeral.

Heartbreaking surveillance footage shows the cruel moment a puppy was abandoned by a car in a California parking lot before desperately trying to chase down its owners.  The three-month-old German Shepherd pup is seen being dropped out of a car door at the Country Living Mobile Home Park in Fresno on Thursday. The sweet black dog with pointy ears first looks around in confusion before watching the vehicle speed away. 

The Department of Homeland Security revealed that it sent over 200,000 migrants on a controversial parole program to 45 cities across the US between January and August 2023. Another 1.6million migrants are waiting to get into the country via this same program, DHS claims. The policy, which was enacted in October 2022, allowed limited numbers of migrants who had not entered the country illegally to fly directly into America. Under fire Secretary Mayorkas says the program led to reductions in people from those nations illegally crossing the border.

George Santos put on lipstick, a wig and a red feather boa as he brought out his drag persona for the first time in nearly a decade. The disgraced former New York congressman released his first five videos to a Cameo account for his character 'Kitara Ravache' after users paid between $275 and $350 for the personalized messages. Santos announced on Monday he was bringing Kitara 'out of the closet' after 18 years for a 'limited time.'

The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it has canceled $6 billion in student debt owed by those who attended the Art Institute chain of colleges across the US between January 2004 and October 2017. Numerous legal actions have accused the college of using 'pervasive' methods to entice students, including using one-time student Serena Williams ' multi-million dollar salary as a means to skew the average wage of alumni. 'This institution falsified data, knowingly misled students, and cheated borrowers into taking on mountains of debt without leading to promising career prospects at the end of their studies,' President Joe Biden said in a statement.

Charlotte Kates, a major figure in the pro-Palestine movement in colleges for over two decades, has been a constant presence at anti-Israel encampment at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. The New Jersey native is the international coordinator of Samidoun Prisoners Solidarity Network, a group with ties to the PFLP that is listed in Israel as a terror group and banned in Germany as such. Kates was seen on Friday in Vancouver praising the terrorist attack by Hamas, which left 1,700 Israelis dead and sparked the war in Gaza, where 30,000 Palestinians have reportedly been killed. 'We say today, long live October 7!' Kates yelled outside the Vancouver Art Gallery, calling the attack a show of 'beautiful, brave and heroic resistance of the Palestinian people.' 

Chaos ensued deep into the night on campus at UCLA as pro and anti-Israel protesters clashed in scenes that devolved into 'all-out brawls' which also saw a firework thrown into a crowd of people. This mayhem mirrored scenes seen at college campuses across the country, including at Columbia University in New York City, where after activists ignored pleas to dismantle their camps, the police were forced to move in and arrest students. The violence at UCLA began when a group of pro-Israel activists showed up on campus with the intention of removing the anti-Israel and pro Palestine camp.

NEW Roger Ver, the so-called 'Bitcoin Jesus', who allegedly raked in millions of dollars selling his stash of Bitcoin, was arrested in Spain this weekend for fraud charges and ducking capital gains taxes. He allegedly made $240 million on a bitcoin sale in 2017 without paying a nickel of taxes.

Alicia Paans, 31, is a trans graduate student and member of the University of Michigan's women's water polo club team. Her participation has sparked outrage on social media. Paans is on the roster for this year's national championship and is noted to have scored goals in the 2023 championship tournament. The Collegiate Water Polo Association allows transgender athletes who identify as female to compete in the women's league or the co-ed league.

Travis Kelce's over-the-top behavior at an event in Las Vegas over the weekend was too much for even his girlfriend Taylor Swift to handle - according to a celebrity lip reader. Jackie Gonzalez, a deaf TikTok star who regularly shares her lip readings of celebrity conversations, weighed in on Taylor's response to her boyfriend's conduct at his teammate Patrick Mahomes' The 15 and Mahomies Foundation Golf Classic gala on April 27. In one clip, Travis, 34, take the microphone while on stage and belts out 'Viva Las Vegas!' while Taylor, who's seen in the audience, turns her head and reveals a sheepish expression.

Baby Eli and Easton Reed were born on Easter Sunday and were diagnosed days later with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, which was discovered after doctors conducted routine testing. Now, the baby boys need medication that costs $2.1 million each.

Sienna Miller stunned fans as she showcased her incredible figure in a £3,900 gown at a star-studded birthday party, just four months after giving birth to her second child.  The fashionista, 42, and her boyfriend Oli Green, 27, welcomed their first child together, a baby girl, in January. Sienna also has a daughter Marlowe, 10.  Sienna [pictured right with Annie Doble and Camille Charriere] joined the likes of make-up artist Charlotte Tilbury and models Poppy Delevingne and Cora Corre at Lady Lola Bute's 25th birthday party, held at the family's Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute. 

Jerry Seinfeld was joined by his family during the premiere of Unfrosted, which took place at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood on Tuesday evening. The 70-year-old comedian was accompanied by his wife Jessica, 52, as well as their daughter Sascha, 23, and sons Julian, 21, and Shepherd, 18, during his time on the red carpet of the event. The performer - who recently discussed the effects of the 'extreme left' on comedy - was also pictured next to a performer dressed up as a Pop-Tart and was unable to spare a ticket for the toaster pastry.

Clips shared on social media showed how major highways in the Kingdom were overrun by devastating floodwater that cascaded down typically dry and rocky outcrops to flood the cities below. Residents were seen abandoning their cars in the street to run to safety in Qassim - one of the worst hit areas, as other partially submerged vehicles tried to plough through feet of standing water. A thunderstorm also engulfed Qassim overnight, dumping incessant rainfall on the province for around seven hours. The flooding was so severe that several residents were trapped in their homes.

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society say they found the Adella Shores after it went missing on May 1, 1909, in Whitefish Point, Michigan. Adella Shores was found more than 40 miles northwest of Whitefish Point in over 650 feet of water. Footage taken of the wreckage show the large wooden appears to have remained largely intact in the water.

A small ranching community in Colorado has torn itself apart as newly-released wolves have butchered an astonishing amount of cattle in just days. Conway Farrell, a rancher from Grand County, about 30 minutes outside of the Rocky Mountains, said his father discovered a dead calf on Sunday, the fifth cattle lost in 11 days. Now, Farrell said tensions have risen between ranchers and Colorado Park and Wildlife officers in the town. 'We see them in the grocery store and everybody is sitting there trying to act fake and like we are all happy, yet what's going on behind the scenes every day is as disturbing as heck,' he said.

There's Something About Miriam was one of the most controversial reality TV shows of the early 2000s. The cruel twist of the show was that the contestants weren't told that Miriam was transgender and hadn't undergone gender-affirming surgery until after the winner was announced. Some have gone on to forge interesting careers since the show, with winner Tom Rooke - then a lifeguard - branching out into acting (left), while Scott Gibson (right) even dated Kerry Katona and Dominic Conway (centre) made headlines for sleeping with his comrade's wife. Here, FEMAIL explores what happened to the There's Something About Miriam contestants after the show aired.

Queen Mary and King Frederik posed for a snap with Princess Benedikte on her 80th birthday at Frederick VIII's Palace, in Amalienborg, one day after being accused of photoshopping their first official royal portrait. The Danish royals shared the family portrait on their official Instagram page on Tuesday, which featured Queen Margrethe , 84, (front right) beside her two younger sisters Princess Benedikte, 80, (front centre) and Queen Anne Marie of Greece , 77. (front right) Mary, 52, and Frederik, 55,(back row centre) had invited Benedikte and family to a birthday lunch in Frederick VIII's Palace, where she was born and raised.

This is the dagger disguised as a hairbrush which was used by a female assassin dubbed 'Churchill's favourite spy' in the Second World War. Maria Krystyna Janina Skarbek (pictured) was the first and longest-serving female special agent working for Britain during World War II. She is said to be the inspiration behind the character of sultry spy Vesper Lynd in Ian Fleming's first 007 novel, Casino Royale, which was published in 1953. After Poland was overrun by Germany and the Soviet Union in September 1939, Krystyna worked for the Special Operations Executive throughout the war using the pseudonyms of Christine Granville and Pauline Armand. 

Entirely designed and built domestically, the Fujian is considerably larger and more advanced than China's two existing aircraft carriers - the Shandong, commissioned in late 2019 and based on the Liaoning, a Soviet-era carrier which China bought second-hand from Ukraine. Displacing some 80,000 tonnes of water and measuring a whopping 1036 feet (316 metres) in length, the gargantuan craft features a full-length flight deck with an advanced catapult-launch system for jets - and, in a not-so-subtle gesture, takes its name from the Chinese province opposite democratically governed Taiwan. Able to carry up to 40 fighter jets - plus anti-submarine helicopters, drones and other transport - it is cast as a rival to the USS Gerald Ford, the world's most advanced aircraft carrier and the pride of America's Navy.

Gary Sokolov's father Lali, a Slovakian Jew, was forced to work as the tattooist at the Nazis' death camp in occupied Poland. It was in that role that he met his future wife Gita, when she stood before him terrified as he tattooed a number on her arm. Lali and Gita (top right, and bottom right with Gary) were separated in 1945 but found each other by chance after the war and went on to marry before having son Gary in 1961 following their emigration to Australia. 

With her model good looks, A-list friends and flair for flirty fashion, at first glance Lady Lola Bute is your typical young aristocrat.  Described by Tatler as one of the nation's 'ultimate it-girls' Lola, 24, who is the daughter of the late John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute and fashion designer Serena Bute, spends her summers in Ibiza, and is often snapped at celebrity parties. She recently wowed in an Alessandro Fran gown on the Vanity Fair Oscar's red carpet. But beneath the glitz and glamour is tremendous pain. Lola, who recently celebrated her early 25th birthday in a huge bash at her family seat Mount Stuart House, is completely sober, having witnessed first hand what can happen with a life of excess. In 2019, she lost her boyfriend Kai Schachter to suicide. Just six months later her best friend IIa Scheckter died of a suspected accidental overdose. A year later she was caught in scandal when she broken lockdown rules, and months after her father passed away from cancer.After her boyfriend died she sought help for 'unhealthy coping mechanisms'. From here, Lola cleaned up her act and set up an charity to help those struggling with mental health and addiction.

Arrogance, from Puyallup, Washington, first met Zyion at a barbecue years ago, not knowing he had just been released from prison, but was immediately intrigued by him. 'I was like "who is that chocolate drop?"' the 33-year-old recalled. 'I'm like, "oh I need him, I'm going to get him."' But their love story was slow to start as the pair did not strike up a conversation until a few weeks after they met.

Frosty has a rare genetic condition that means its black patches are much lighter than other killer whales, giving it its all-white appearance. The four-year-old whale was spotted on Monday off the coast of Newport Beach in California. Video of the encounter shows passengers gasping 'in awe' as the whales swim up to and frolic around the boat.

A Mets fan earned cult hero status on Tuesday night as he downed nine hot dogs and nine beers during $1 hot dog night - before being removed by security. The fan apparently garnered attention during the Mets' 4-2 home win over the Cubs as he tallied his beer and hot dog consumption on a shirt that humorously read 'Bad Day to be a Glizzy.' And towards the end of the game, things got a bit out of hand as the fan's fellow Mets supporters started hurling hot dogs at him - leading security to remove him from Citi Field.

Footage shows the growling lion mounting the lioness as a group of tourists in South Africa watches on, with some covering their eyes while others whip out their phones to film the mating action going on above their heads. The drivers appear completely nonplussed while the jeep shakes from side to side as the lions get to business. But the tourists seem more impressed than the lioness, since she quickly fell onto her side while the lion was moving on top of her. He looks dejected as the chuckling tourists beneath them continue to film through the metal grille.