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WASHINGTON — The National Book Festival resumes in person this Labor Day weekend after being a virtual-only event during the height of the COVID pandemic. The much-anticipated event returns to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Saturday, Sept. 3... Read More

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Honda Motor Company and LG Energy Solution announced Monday that they plan to build a $4.4 billion electric vehicle battery factory in Ohio. Though the companies have yet to designate a location for the facility, they said... Read More

WASHINGTON — The president and treasurer of a super PAC active in a Puerto Rican election in 2020 was sentenced today to 14 months in prison for scheming to lie to the Federal Election Commission about the true identities of... Read More

WASHINGTON — After months of back and forth with former President Donald Trump and his lawyer, the Justice Department felt it had “probable cause” to believe top secret and other classified documents were still being kept at Trump’s Florida residence,... Read More

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Air Resources Board approved a sweeping measure on Thursday that prohibits the sale of new internal combustion vehicles in the state by 2035, a vote that some believe could dramatically accelerate the nation’s transition toward... Read More

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Pharma giant Moderna sued Pfizer and BioNTech on Friday, claiming that their popular COVID vaccine was copied from groundbreaking science Moderna performed. In a statement posted on its website, Moderna said Pfizer and BioNTech infringed on patents... Read More

WASHINGTON — The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has issued new guidance directing that by 2026 all federally funded research results be made freely available to the public without delay, effectively ending the ability of scientific journals... Read More

WASHINGTON — Americans’ online lives are growing at a rapid pace, especially as everyday needs like health care and education can be met more easily through the internet. Despite government spending to the tune of $65 billion to ensure equal... Read More

DETROIT — Residents of the Detroit area suggested Thursday during a congressional hearing that the Biden administration take care of “environmental racism” before celebrating its recent successes against climate change. They are concerned about manufacturing and hazardous waste processing plants... Read More

PALM BEACH, Fla. — A federal magistrate judge on Thursday said he would release a heavily redacted version of the affidavit the FBI used to convince him to green light a search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home. “I... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission is launching an investigation into how the country’s top cellphone providers use geolocation data. “Our mobile phones know a lot about us. That means carriers know who we are, who we call, and where... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Wind Energy Technologies Office of the U.S. Department of Energy is seeking information that could lead to future funding for better technologies to keep bats from flying into wind energy turbines. The potential impacts on bats are... Read More

WASHINGTON — Energy from renewable resources, including the sun, wind and heat trapped under the ground provided more than 25% of the nation’s power during the first six months of 2022, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported on Thursday. At... Read More

WASHINGTON — In the days since a leaked whistleblower complaint alleged Twitter misled its users and government officials for more than a decade on safety and security features, its CEO Parag Agrawal, is facing questions from Congress. The whistleblower is... Read More

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Five entities, including local governments and school districts, will share in $1.8 million in funding to make their public buildings more energy efficient, the Washington State Department of Commerce announced Thursday. “Buildings are the second largest contributor... Read More

WASHINGTON — As Americans inch closer to the November midterm elections, the actual process comes to peoples’ minds more often, including tech companies that reach out with resources to help get people registered and spread the word to cast ballots.... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday said it has finalized a rule turning the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration policy into a federal regulation. According to White House officials, the regulation would “preserve” the DACA program, which to... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden capped a busy day at the White House Wednesday by announcing he’s appointed Kimberly Cheatle to be the next director of the Secret Service. In announcing the appointment, Biden lauded Cheatle’s “long and distinguished career... Read More

WASHINGTON — As Congress contemplates sweeping oversight legislation to cryptocurrency, industry leaders are welcoming those potential guardrails. It’s important to “strike the right balance of acting quickly in the United States to establish this clarity and also the appropriate guardrails... Read More

WASHINGTON — Environmentalists are pressing their case that natural gas is not clean energy with a lawsuit in Washington, D.C., and a petition to the Biden administration. In one example, Washington Gas Light Co. is defending itself against a first-of-its-kind... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will announce today that he is canceling $10,000 in student loan debt for individuals earning $125,000 or less per year and extending the pandemic-related moratorium on repayment of loans for all borrowers through the end... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission asked a federal judge on Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a nonprofit loyal to former President Donald Trump that accused the agency of violating the Administrative Procedures Act. The 45Committee Inc., sued... Read More

LIVERMORE, Calif. — Americans used 97.3 quadrillion British Thermal Units of energy in 2021, an increase of about 5% from 2020, a new analysis from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory shows. However, both 2020 and 2021 annual energy consumption totals... Read More

WASHINGTON — With the White House reportedly poised to announce plans to cancel a significant amount of student debt on Wednesday, the Education Department revealed it has approved more than $1 billion in student debt relief through its public service... Read More

WASHINGTON — A former Twitter executive made a whistleblower complaint earlier this summer that the company is misleading the government and its users about security on the social media platform. The allegations stem from a 2011 settlement Twitter made with... Read More

NEW YORK — American lawyers and journalists who visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London are suing the Central Intelligence Agency for what they call "an extraordinary campaign of illegal spying" against them. They said in... Read More

WASHINGTON — Lensmaker Essilor has agreed to pay $16.4 million to resolve allegations it caused claims to be submitted to Medicare and Medicaid that violated federal anti-kickback statutes.  Essilor, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, manufactures, markets and distributes optical lenses and... Read More

ROCHESTER, Minn. — A rare genetic disease called Familial Adenomatous Polyposis is being researched by professionals at Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine in order to stop deaths from colorectal cancer.  “Colorectal cancer is... Read More

WASHINGTON — Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, asked the Food and Drug Administration Monday to authorize COVID booster shots that target the omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants for people aged 12 and older. The request came less than a... Read More

ATLANTA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and several state health departments have begun investigations into an outbreak of E. coli infections believed to be tied to sandwiches from Wendy’s fast-food restaurants. As of Tuesday morning, 37 people... Read More