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Artist William Stoehr says he wants his portraits to show that addiction affects everyone, and to prompt the sort of conversations that people began having about HIV/AIDS decades ago.

An Artist And A Scientist Take On The Stigma Of Addiction

The nation's top addiction scientist has teamed up with a prominent artist to let people know that substance use disorder is a disease, not a moral failure.

Vice President Harris and her husband Douglas Emhoff tour the Institut Pasteur in Paris on Nov. 9.

Why Vice President Harris is in France this week

While in Paris, Vice President Harris will get facetime with about two dozen world leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron.

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with President Biden prior to the U.S.-Russia summit at the Villa La Grange in Geneva on June 16.

The White House wants to focus on China, but Russia continues to be a distraction

President Biden has worked to focus his foreign policy on China. But provocations from Russia keep pulling him away.

Emily Sweeney of the United States reacts after a training run at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics. She would crash in a later race, breaking her neck and back. Her recovery and return to the Olympics has been a long but important mission for her.

U.S. luge racer Emily Sweeney's return to the OIympics is a story of survival

"I think the more important part of my story for myself at least is that I'm still here," said U.S. luger Emily Sweeney, who suffered a devastating crash at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

Part of the group forming the new organization (L - R): Maso Kibble, Diamond Anthony, Jessica Kallup, Manny Frank-Lampon, Rich Frank-Lampon, André Henson aka Alzei Barbei Mizrahi, Elicia Gonzales, Jamaal Henderson, Abdul-Aliy Muhammad.

Philly's Pride March returns this week with new organizers and focus

A new group of mostly Black and brown LGBTQ organizers are throwing the Pride March in Philadelphia on June 5, trying to rebuild the event into something more welcoming — and more revolutionary.

Ari Wegner is nominated for an Academy Award. If she wins for <em>The Power of the Dog</em>, she'll be the first woman to take the best cinematographer Oscar.

'The Power of the Dog' cinematographer Ari Wegner might make Oscars history

Wegner would be the first woman to win the Academy Award for cinematography. She says a highlight of the project was filming the lead actor as he improvised a key emotional moment in the story.

Supercamera: More Pixels Than You Know What To Do With

Scientists are developing new gigapixel cameras that take extremely high-resolution images with astonishing detail. Who needs to see the world with this kind of super-eye?

U.S. life expectancy hits a new high as deaths from overdoses and COVID fall

An American born in 2024 can expect to live to be 79, on average. But people in other wealthy countries can expect to live longer.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is embarking on an effort to draft legislation that would put guardrails around rapidly evolving artificial intelligence.

Congress wants to regulate AI, but it has a lot of catching up to do

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is trying to lead an effort to craft groundbreaking legislation to install safeguards around artificial intelligence. But lawmakers have a lot to learn.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19, 2023.

Antony Blinken meets China's Xi in a bid to ease soaring U.S.-China tensions

In footage released by China's state broadcaster, Xi is heard to say "The two sides have agreed to follow through on the common understandings President Biden and I have reached in Bali."

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