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WASHINGTON —The Supreme Court has delayed resolving a South Carolina redistricting case for so long that a lower court has been forced to step in, saying on Thursday that a congressional district it previously ruled was racially gerrymandered can be used in this year’s election.Last year, a federal court ruled that the Charleston-area district held …

United States legislation promoting the semiconductor industry and public basic research “CHIPS Act” redirects here. For other uses, see Chips Act. CHIPS and Science Act Other short titles CHIPS Act of 2022 Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act Supreme Court Security Funding Act of 2022 Long title Making appropriations for Legislative Branch for the …

Thousands of books from some of Australia’s most celebrated authors have potentially been caught up in what Booker prize-winning novelist Richard Flanagan has called “the biggest act of copyright theft in history”. The works have allegedly been pirated by the US-based Books3 dataset and used to train generative AI for corporations such as Meta and …

Mr. Jeff Olson, president and CEO of Dakota Credit Union Association, claims in his letter to the editor (Dec. 10: “Credit Card Competition Act would harm consumers and access to credit”) that the “Credit Card Competition Act” being considered by Congress is a threat to consumers. Nothing could be further from the truth. Swipe fees …

Film students at the Academy of Interactive Education (AIE) in Canberra are now able to use technology seen on productions such as The Mandalorian and Thor: Love and Thunder. Key points: The AIE’s StageCraft course is the first to exist in the world The technology displays backgrounds that move as the camera does Teacher Dan …

Nonstop activity this year in Washington, DC, will keep health care interests and especially pharmaceutical manufacturers busy as they work to understand and implement provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which features provisions to hold down out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs in Medicare and limit what the government pays as well. On September 7, …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 18, 2022 Contact: [email protected]   Gov. Whitmer Directs Health Insurance Companies to Help Lower Health Insurance Costs for Michiganders Under Inflation Reduction Act LANSING, Mich. — Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer sent a letter directing the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) to require Michigan health insurance companies to reduce …

Authors of the bill said your reproductive health information can be sold to the highest bidder, turned over to the government and weaponized against you. SAN DIEGO — Two San Diego County Supervisors are calling on the county to join the effort to pass federal protections for data related to reproductive health.  Congresswoman Sara Jacobs …

Congressional Democrats are on the verge of passing their most significant health-care legislation in more than a decade, delivering a major victory to President Biden, who has made tackling the high price of care a key plank of his domestic agenda. If signed into law, the party’s long-stalled economic package would prevent huge spikes in …

Manhattan: Re “Was it suicide by cop?” (July 11): Mayor Adams’ call for the expeditious release of the body camera footage from the two fatal police shootings last weekend “to see what cops are up against” is disingenuous at best. The NYPD routinely releases selective footage without delay when it serves its own purposes. The …