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Commercial flights at Manassas airport? City leaders are optimistic 06/28/2023 08:36am • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner��InsideNoVa.com��and republished with permission. Sign up for��InsideNoVa.com���s free email subscription��today. Commercial passenger flights could soon be taking off from Manassas. The Manassas City Council is considering a proposal from airp Threats of impeachment and censure used to be rare. In this Congress, they're becoming routine 06/28/2023 08:02am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� House Republicans have held it over Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for months. Attorney General Merrick Garland is facing it too. And President Joe Biden seemingly isn���t far behind. Driven by the demands of hard-right members, Republicans in the House are threat More than half a million left Germany's Catholic Church last year as abuse scandal swirls 06/28/2023 07:36am • BERLIN (AP) ��� More than half a million people formally left the Catholic Church in Germany last year, significantly higher than the previous record as the church wrestles with a long-running scandal over abuse by clergy and with calls for far-reaching reform. The German Bishops' Conference said We What is a Therme? Massive spa resort considering DC site aims to be 'antithesis to the metaverse' 06/28/2023 05:29am • Last month, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced D.C. had inked a deal with a company seeking to build a massive $500 million complex in the District. No, it���s not for a new Commander���s stadium or swanky hotel. The agreement is with an Austrian-based company that hopes to build an indoor spa and 4 things you need to know about marijuana retail sales in Maryland 06/28/2023 04:45am • On July 1, Maryland joins D.C. and Virginia in legalizing recreational marijuana ��� but unlike those other jurisdictions, a regulated and functional retail market for marijuana will also open up. "It's going to be extremely busy," said Brandon Barksdale, the co-CEO of Remedy, a marijuana dispens California man gets prison for nearly $9M phony cow manure-to-green energy investment scheme 06/27/2023 09:09pm • FRESNO, Calif. (AP) ��� A California man is going to prison for running a cow dung-to-green energy scheme that authorities say was a load of manure. Ray Brewer, 66, of Porterville was sentenced Monday to six years and nine months in federal prison in a years-long scam that bilked investors out of California's new budget covers $32 billion deficit while extending tax credits for film industry 06/27/2023 08:11pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� California lawmakers approved a $310.8 billion budget on Tuesday that closes a nearly $32 billion budget deficit while also extending a lucrative tax break for the state's iconic film and television industry. The nation's most populous state has had combined budget surplu Expenses You Can Eliminate in Retirement 06/27/2023 08:00pm • Once you're no longer working, you'll have time to enjoy plenty of leisure activities in retirement. You can expect your budget to change during this time, as health care costs increase or you take on new hobbies. Luckily there are also some expenses you will no longer need to cover in retirement, w North Carolina GOP bars promotion of certain beliefs in state government, 1 of 6 veto overrides 06/27/2023 07:44pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ��� North Carolina's GOP-dominated legislature swept six bills into law Tuesday with veto overrides, including one barring promotion of certain beliefs in state government workplaces that some lawmakers liken to critical race theory and another placing new limits on wetlands prote A blistering heat wave is turning up the pressure on Texas' power grid 06/27/2023 06:39pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� On another 100-degree day in Texas, Sean Whitaker lingered outside a Dallas cafe after polishing off an iced coffee, having switched off the power to everything back home except his refrigerator. ���That's the reason I'm out," said Whitaker, 52, finding shade at a patio table New Jersey casinos want 10 more years of internet gambling, but NJ may only approve for 2 more 06/27/2023 06:09pm • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) ��� New Jersey's casinos want to expand the state's tops-in-the-nation internet gambling market for another 10 years, but state lawmakers may only approve it for an additional two years. A state Assembly committee approved a bill Tuesday that originally would have allowed online c 'Rage giving' prompted by the end of Roe has dropped off, abortion access groups say 06/27/2023 05:37pm • The ��� rage giving ��� did not last. Abortion access groups who received a windfall of donations following the Supreme Court���s overturning of Roe v. Wade one year ago say those emergency grants have ended and individual and foundation giving has dropped off. After the Dobbs decision, some major Virginia legislative leaders say budget talks break down, future steps uncertain 06/27/2023 05:33pm • Top Virginia legislators said Tuesday that talks in Richmond about the long-running partisan impasse over updates to the state budget have broken down and negotiators have been sent home. Barry Knight, the Republican chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and George Barker, co-chair of t Prosecutors want to dismiss some charges for former Atlanta official in corruption case 06/27/2023 04:17pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Federal prosecutors plan to ask a judge to dismiss convictions for wire fraud and to resentence a former high-ranking Atlanta city official who is currently serving a 14-year prison sentence stemming from an investigation into corruption at City Hall, according to a court filing. Mi IMF officials and Pakistan's prime minister hint at deal on $6 billion bailout 06/27/2023 02:24pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� A senior official with the International Monetary Fund and Pakistan's prime minister indicated Tuesday a deal could soon be reached on a much-needed $6 billon bailout package for the impoverished south Asian country. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif spoke with Kristalina Georgieva,