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WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Thursday concluded that the pop artist Andy Warhol infringed on a photographer’s copyright when he used her work as the basis for a portrait of Prince that appeared in Vanity Fair magazine. In... Read More

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced $251 million for carbon capture and storage projects in seven states, aiming to reduce planet-warming pollution from power plants and other industrial facilities. The announcement represents a vote of confidence by the government in... Read More

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has highlighted efforts by Republican governors and statehouses across the country to embrace proposals limiting the rights of transgender people, signing new restrictions as he moves closer to a presidential bid. The restrictions are spreading quickly despite criticism from... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden 's reelection campaign is vowing to hold the states that won him the White House in 2020 but also compete in places it lost like North Carolina and increasingly Republican-dominated Florida, providing what it says are “a... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department indicted a Russian citizen Tuesday prosecutors accused of ransomware campaigns that netted him and his conspirators about $200 million in stolen payments. The victims were mostly in the United States. They included nonprofits, hospitals and... Read More

BOSTON — The use of enteral probiotics among infants with very low birth weight has been found to lower their risk of necrotizing enterocolitis, though it appears to have far less of an impact on either sepsis or mortality, according... Read More

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s Republican-led Legislature voted Tuesday night to ban most abortions after 12 weeks, overriding Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s previous veto of the measure. In a pair of party-line votes, the North Carolina General Assembly voted 72-48... Read More

WASHINGTON — Vigorous exercise does not appear to increase the risk of death or life-threatening arrhythmia for people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a rare, inherited heart disorder, according to a new study. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, also called HCM, affects about one in... Read More

WASHINGTON — Information technology officials urged the Senate Tuesday not to overlook the dangers of artificial intelligence as they try to use it to improve the efficiency of government and industry. During two Senate hearings, corporate, government and academic leaders... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Well News has been named a finalist in two categories of this year's Dateline Awards from the D.C. Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Each year, the D.C. Chapter honors excellence in journalism by print, digital... Read More

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Daniel Cameron won the Republican primary for Kentucky governor on Tuesday, becoming the first major-party Black nominee for governor in the state’s history and setting up a November showdown with Democratic incumbent Andy Beshear. Cameron, the... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Tuesday he's curtailing his upcoming trip to the Indo-Pacific, scrapping what was to be a historic stop in Papua New Guinea as well as a visit to Australia for a gathering with fellow leaders of the so-called... Read More

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats maintained their narrow Pennsylvania House majority Tuesday by winning a special election and along with it continued control over how the chamber will handle abortion, gun rights and election law legislation. Heather Boyd won a... Read More

WASHINGTON — The importance of religion and regular church attendance to most Americans continues to decline according to a new poll from the Public Religion Research Institute, “Religion and Congregations in a Time of Social and Political Upheaval.” “Churches are... Read More

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A man charged with attacking two staffers for Rep. Gerry Connolly with a baseball bat in his district office is also being charged with a hate crime, accused of damaging a car and chasing a woman in... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is ready to discuss the debt ceiling with congressional leaders at the White House in a high-profile session with reverberations across the globe as early outlines of a potential deal begin to emerge from painstakingly slow negotiations. Raising... Read More

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — The Bureau of Land Management on Monday announced that competitive oil and gas lease sales in Michigan and Louisiana will be held online on Thursday, June 29, 2023.  The agency will offer one parcel in Michigan... Read More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to review a dispute over whether Congress can get access to documents surrounding former President Donald Trump’s lease of a government building he turned into a posh Washington, D.C., hotel. The House... Read More

FAIRFAX, Va. — An individual armed with a baseball bat attacked two congressional staff members on Monday in the district office of longtime Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly. “This morning, an individual entered my district office armed with a baseball bat... Read More

WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm told lawmakers on Capitol Hill last week that the U.S. could start repurchasing oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve once one last sale mandated by Congress is carried out next month. "And it's at... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a 2020 decision by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that resulted in Teva Pharmaceuticals being found liable for $235 million for infringing on a GlaxoSmithKline... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear two cases dealing with patent eligibility, rejecting Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar’s call for the justices to bring “much-needed clarification” to an area over which federal appeals courts have repeatedly disagreed... Read More

WASHINGTON — There will be no meeting between President Joe Biden and congressional leaders over the debt ceiling on Friday after they mutually agreed to give staff more time to work out the framework of a deal. Biden, House Speaker... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced Thursday the nation's banks will be required to replenish the backup funds depleted by two recent big bank failures. The FDIC made the announcement on the same day the Government Accountability Office... Read More

SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — Thousands of women living in rural, eastern Maryland have few options when they're looking for someone to deliver their babies. The local hospital doesn't have an obstetrics doctor on staff so most women in this region,... Read More

WASHINGTON — A change of opinion by the Justice Department this week saved one of its attorneys from a subpoena by a congressional committee investigating crime in Washington, D.C. The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating why crime... Read More

WASHINGTON — House Republicans passed their border protection bill in a 219-213 vote on Thursday, just hours before President Biden is about to end the use of the COVID-19 health emergency as a means to bar illegal immigrants from entering... Read More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a transexual woman who fled her native country of Guatemala due to alleged gender violence and death threats can appeal her removal from the U.S. in a federal appeals court. Leon... Read More

WASHINGTON — When it comes to energy permitting reform, it sounds like even the president is looking to Sen. Joe Manchin’s, D-W.Va., proposal as a starting place for discussion.  As the United States looks to build infrastructure projects and other... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a California ballot initiative that barred the sale of pork produced in other states unless the sow was housed in humane conditions allowing for free movement. The decision of the court was... Read More