NEW YORK, May 3 -- The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Today, 21 civil rights groups, led by the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), Amnesty International USA, New York Civil Liberties Union, The Legal Aid Society, Surveillance Resistance Lab, Fight for the Future, and the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law at NYU Law, launched a public advocacy campaign to "Ban The Scan" in New York State. Submitting a sign-on l  more

NEW YORK, April 30 -- Access Now, an organization that says it defends and extends the rights of people and communities at risk, issued the following news release: From Algeria to Syria, governments have no right to prevent access to information for millions of students and beyond. Through the #NoExamShutdown campaign, Access Now, the Internet Society (ISOC), and SMEX are continuing the fight to end internet shutdowns during national secondary and high school exams in the Middle East and North   more

NEW YORK, May 3 -- The American Council of Learned Societies issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards (https://www.acls.org/2024-acls-open-access-book-prizes/). Supported by Arcadia, these prizes recognize and reward the authors and publishers of exceptional, innovative, and open access humanities books published from 201  more

NEW YORK, May 3 -- The Anti-Defamation League issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law today announced that they submitted a formal complaint against the University of Massachusetts Amherst with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) alleging that the university has failed to address the severe discrimination and harassment of Jewish and Israeli students, which fostere  more

NEW YORK, May 4 -- The American Jewish Committee issued the following statement on May 3, 2024: * * * AJC New Jersey Regional Director David Levy released the following statement in reaction to the agreement made between Rutgers News Brunswick Campus administration and protest encampment leaders. "I am appalled by the capitulation of President Holloway, Chancellor Conway, and Rutgers University to the protesters illegally encamped on the Rutgers New Brunswick Campus. As the husband of a Rutge  more

NEW YORK, April 30 -- The American Kennel Club issued the following news release: The American Kennel Club (AKC), a not-for-profit organization, the world's largest purebred dog registry and leading advocate for dogs, is pleased to announce the winners of the recently concluded sixth season of the AKC Agility League. Team champions were named in each of the eight divisions. The AKC Agility League is sponsored by Purina Pro Plan, YuMove and AKC Pet Insurance. The League offers three 12-week lo  more

NEW YORK, May 1 -- The American Kennel Club issued the following news release: The American Kennel Club (AKC), a not-for-profit organization, the world's largest purebred dog registry and leading advocate for dogs, is pleased to announce the launch of the National Owner-Handled (NOHS) Regional events this Fall. The timing for this pilot program aligns with the 2025 AKC NOHS Finals qualifying period - September 2024 to September 2025. These regional gatherings will be structured like the NOHS F  more

NEW YORK, May 3 (TNSres) -- The Alliance for Downtown New York issued the following news release: Lower Manhattan office leasing showed an improvement over the same quarter in 2023, according to the Alliance for Downtown New York's Q1 report on the neighborhood's real estate market. However, leasing lagged 35% behind the five-year average and 18.9% behind the post-pandemic average. The quarter also marked the first time in a year that positive absorption has been created, with more office space  more

NEW YORK, May 1 -- The Spencer Educational Foundation, a group that focuses on funding the education of tomorrow's risk management and insurance leaders, issued the following news: The Spencer Educational Foundation, a premier organization dedicated to fostering the growth and development of future risk management and insurance leaders, will celebrate its annual Funding Their Future Gala in New York City on Thursday, September 12, 2024. This highly anticipated event will take place at the iconi  more

YONKERS, New York, May 1 (TNSres) -- Consumer Reports issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: * * * More Than a Quarter Find Serious Mistakes Consumer Reports and WorkMoney call on credit bureaus to ensure reports are accurate and offer tips to consumers who find mistakes * * * A new joint investigation by Consumer Reports and WorkMoney (https://www.consumerreports.org/money/credit-scores-reports/serious-mistakes-found-in-credit-reports-a1061511185/) found that almost half of c  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 [Category: Energy] -- The American Clean Power Association issued the following news release: Partnership spotlights the clean energy industry's commitment to the fast-growing transferable tax credit market New York, NY / DC (May 2, 2024) -- Today, the American Clean Power Association (ACP) announced a new partnership with sustainable finance technology company Crux to make clean energy tax credit transfers more accessible to the clean energy industry. Starting today, ACP's 8  more

NEW YORK, April 30 -- The American Jewish Congress, an organization that says it works to defend Jewish interests at home and abroad through public policy, advocacy, legislation and the courts, issued the following statement on April 29, 2024: * * * American Jewish Congress President Daniel Rosen, Chairman Jack Rosen, Vice President Dr. Munr Kazmir, and Secretary Dr. Ben Chouake released this statement in response to reports about possible ICC actions against Israel: "The American Jewish Cong  more

NEW YORK, May 4 -- The American Jewish Congress, an organization that says it works to defend Jewish interests at home and abroad through public policy, advocacy, legislation and the courts, issued the following news release: The American Jewish Congress joins Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) in urging Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to take action regarding the troubling rise of antisemitism on American college campuses. As the Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP  more

NEW YORK, May 2 -- The American Kennel Club issued the following news release: The American Kennel Club (AKC) is pleased to announce that Tara Martin Rowell has been hired as an Executive Field Representative. She will start June 3rd, 2024. "Tara brings a broad background as a successful Maltese AKC Breeder of Merit, expertise as an All-Breed Professional Handler with many Best In Show titles and top winning dogs as well as a presenter of Judges Educational Seminars, Junior Handling Seminars,   more

NEW YORK, May 3 -- The American Kennel Club issued the following news release: The American Kennel Club (AKC), a not-for-profit organization, the world's largest purebred dog registry and leading advocate for dogs, is pleased to honor the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) K-9 Unit with the AKC Canine Officer Program Award. The AKC Canine Officer program was designed to recognize the extraordinary work that dogs in a public service role for government agencies perform on daily basis to keep our nation  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Americans for Tax Reform issued the following commentary: * * * Congestion Tax Highly Unpopular in New York By Alex Ramey An overwhelming majority of New York voters oppose the new $15 "congestion toll" that is set to take effect in June. According to a Siena College survey (http://chrome-extension/gphandlahdpffmccakmbngmbjnjiiahp/https:/scri.siena.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Final-SNY0424-Crosstabs.pdf), 63% of voters oppose the toll, with only 25% supporting it.   more

NEW YORK, May 3 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: Earlier this week, the Special Criminal Court (SCC) of the Central African Republic issued an arrest warrant for former president Francois Bozize. He is charged with crimes against humanity allegedly committed between February 2009 and March 23, 2013, by the Presidential Guard and other security services at the Bossembele military training center, referred to as "Guantanamo," north of the country's capita  more

NEW YORK, May 3 -- The Asia Society issued the following news release: The government of Japan has awarded the prestigious Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon to Daniel Russel, Vice President, International Security and Diplomacy at Asia Society Policy Institute, for contributions to promoting cooperation between the United States and Japan in the field of diplomacy. This honor is awarded to non-Japanese citizens who have "distinguished achievements in their field of endeavor."   more

NEW YORK, May 2 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: (Taipei) - Today, marking World Press Freedom Day, Human Rights Press Awards in Asia announced the 2024 winners and runners-up. The seven categories of awards are administered by Human Rights Watch, the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, and the foreign correspondents clubs in both Thailand and Taiwan. Among the top winners are reporting on the rising  more

NEW YORK, May 2 -- The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: This May, the ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) will celebrate the fourth annual Adopt a Horse Month to help more equines find loving homes. Through the ASPCA Right Horse program, the ASPCA works alongside over 100 adoption and industry partner groups nationwide to massively increase horse adoption in the United States. "Last yea  more

NEW YORK, May 3 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: For many Afghans, the country's armed conflict has never ended. The armed group Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP) attracted worldwide attention in March when it attacked the Crocus City Hall in Moscow, killing at least 143 people and injuring many others. Since emerging in Afghanistan in 2015, the group has carried out a bloody campaign mostly targeting Shia-Hazara mosques and schools and other f  more

NEW YORK, May 1 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: (Sydney) - The Australian government should include human rights vetting provisions in all bilateral security force cooperation agreements, Human Rights Watch said in a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties. The committee is reviewing a proposed agreement between Australia and Fiji for defence cooperation. "The Australian military should not support, train, or appoint to it  more

NEW YORK, May 2 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: (Berlin, May 2, 2024) - Azerbaijani authorities should immediately free a prominent human rights defender, Anar Mammadli, and drop the charges against him, the Human Rights House Foundation said this week in a statement signed by Human Rights Watch and 28 other groups. Mammadi was arrested on April 29, 2024, on bogus "smuggling" charges amid an escalating crackdown on independent voices. Mammadli, who is  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today denounced the University of Buffalo, The New School, New York University and Stony Brook University administrations for the arrests of students peacefully protesting for the end of the Palestinian genocide. CAIR-NY also called on the   more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), a leading Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, denounced Columbia University and City College of New York (CCNY) for calling on the NYPD to arrest student protesters condemning the ongoing genocide in Palestine and calls upon the Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, to drop all charges against  more

NEW YORK, May 1 -- The Center for Human Rights in Iran issued the following news release: Atena Farghadani, a 37-year-old cartoonist and civil rights activist, should be immediately released from Tehran's Evin Prison, where she was taken after being arrested outside Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's compound and tortured in the custody of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). "Farghadani is an artist, an activist, and a woman, all of which make Isl  more

NEW YORK, May 2 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) invites you to an online discussion on Tuesday, May 14, 2024 to discuss the publication of Screwed: Britain's Prison Crisis and How to Escape It, by CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson. Professor Ian Acheson will be interviewed about his latest publication by CEP Advisor Liam Duffy. Published on April 11, Screwed has been described as "pithy, provocative and justifi  more

NEW YORK, April 30 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release: New York, N.Y. / Berlin, Germany - The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) invites you to a webinar to discuss the latest developments around the white supremacist Active Club network in the U.S. and Europe. Active Clubs are arguably the largest and fastest growing violent extreme-right network with more than 100 groups in North America and Europe. The underlying strategy was developed in the U.S. in 2020 with t  more

NEW YORK, May 1 -- The CFA Institute, an association of investment professionals, issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, announces today the results for the Certificate in Investment Performance Measurement (https://www.cfainstitute.org/en/programs/cipm) (CIPM) examinations, which were administered during the period 16-31 March 2024. Of 179 candidates who sat for the Level I CIPM examination in March, 30 percent h  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, May 3 -- The Chesapeake Bay Program issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: The Chesapeake Bay Program announced today that the seven jurisdictions that make up the Chesapeake Bay watershed-Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia-continue to make progress in reducing the amount of nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment pollution that is flowing into the Chesapeake Bay. Under the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Dail  more

NEW YORK, May 2 -- The National Urban League issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Leaders of the nation's legacy civil rights organizations today came together to endorse the Freedom to Learn campaign and join Professor Kimberle Crenshaw, Co-Founder and President of the African American Policy Forum in rejecting the effort to suppress Black history and our nation's history, roll back more than half a century of hard-won civil rights victories, and undermine the ultimate ideal of th  more

NEW YORK, May 3 (TNSres)(TNScapv) -- Waterkeeper Alliance posted the following news release on May 2, 2024: Today, the Environmental Integrity Project, Waterkeeper Alliance, and Center for Biological Diversity sent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a notice of intent to sue for its failure to issue national reports on water quality, which is a key requirement of the federal Clean Water Act. The landmark 1972 law requires EPA to report on the condition of America's streams, rivers, lake  more

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, May 3 (TNSres) -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: Women's health is often talked about in terms of major, life-altering events like pregnancy and menopause. A new study from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) underscores the importance of considering everyday occurrences' impact on women's well-being. CSHL researchers have made a surprising discovery involving urinary tract infections (UTIs). The scientists found that UTIs in mice ca  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 30 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America issued the following news release: Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif., Baton Rouge, La. and Fairbanks, Alaska Top Lists of Year-over-Year Rise in Industry Employment While New York City and Decatur, Ill. See Worst Job Loss Total & Rate for the Year Construction employment rose in 234, or 65 percent, of 358 metro areas between March 2023 and March 2024, according to an analysis by the Assoc  more

NEW YORK, May 3 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Ahead of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today announced the launch of CPJ's journalist safety chatbot, which equips journalists with safety information on their phones via WhatsApp. The tool will expand the reach and usability of CPJ's suite of safety tools tailored for elections, protests, and digital and physical safety, among other areas. Th  more

NEW YORK, May 4 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) was joined by press freedom supporters to ring the opening bell Friday at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square in commemoration of World Press Freedom Day. The bell ringing ceremony was led by Kristina Ayanian, host at Nasdaq Listings. Ahead of the bell ringing, Jacob Weisberg, CPJ's board chair, spoke about the importance of the press to democr  more

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, April 30 -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: Leaders from two of New York's preeminent bioscience and healthcare institutions came together at Carnegie Hall to acknowledge the signing of an update to their affiliation agreement initiated in 2015. The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory-Northwell Health affiliation aims to bring cutting-edge biology research to the bedside of tens of thousands of cancer patients in diverse communities across th  more

NEW YORK, April 29 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: Dear Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Fonzone: We are writing to request that you publicly release any unclassified written guidance that the Office of Legal Counsel has issued regarding the conditions under which the U.S. government can lawfully support the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation of atrocities such as those recently committed in Sudan's Darfur region.1 The signatory organization  more

OYSTER BAY, New York, May 1 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York approved an agreement binding the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to evaluate whether industrial shellfish dredging in the Congressman Lester Wolff Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge conflicts with wildlife protection. The agreement follows a lawsuit (https://earthjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/oysterbay_complaint_april2023.pdf) f  more

NEW YORK, May 2 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following statement on May 1, 2024, by Andrew Lentz, director of federal affairs for agriculture policy: * * * "Congress is making good progress on a bipartisan farm bill agreement that gives farmers, ranchers and foresters the stability and assurance they rely on to produce the world's food and fiber, but there is still more work to be done. While the House and Senate agriculture committees' farm bill proposals have significant diff  more

NEW YORK, April 29 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: We all have an interest in supporting people who are pressing governments to meet their obligations on climate change, whether they are protesting in the street, bringing cases to court, or even carrying out civil disobedience. Yet, as the climate crisis worsens, the civic space for climate protests is shrinking. Instead of focusing on meeting their commitments to reduce climate change, governments ar  more

NEW YORK, May 3 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Today, Colorado's Air Pollution Control Division published the final 2024 Intensity Verification Protocol -- a document providing guidance to oil and gas producers on how to comply with the state's GHG Intensity Verification Rule that the Air Quality Control Commission adopted last year. The Verification Rule sets requirements for measurement, reporting and verification of emissions designed to h  more

NEW YORK, May 3 -- The Episcopal Relief and Development issued the following news release: Episcopal Relief & Development, in partnership with the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, is responding to immediate needs caused by the Shenandoah Valley Wildfires in March. Over a hundred fires broke out as a result of downed power lines according to reports, burning through more than 7500 acres across Shenandoah County, Page County, Shenandoah National Park and Valley and Fort Valley. People were evacuat  more

NEW YORK, April 29 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: The undersigned organizations express their grave concern for the lives of minor defendants particularly the two young men, Yousif Al-Manasif and Ali Al-Mubaiouq, who are at imminent risk of execution in Saudi Arabia following confirmed information that the Specialized Criminal Court of Appeal (SCCA) has upheld their death sentences. Their cases were therefore referred to the Supreme Court which will r  more

BROOKLYN, New York, May 4 -- The National Student Nurses Association issued the following news release: The National Student Nurses' Association (NSNA) is pleased to introduce Ethan R. Slocum as the 2024-2025 NSNA President. The election results were announced on April 6, 2024, during the NSNA 72nd Annual Convention in Lake Buena Vista, FL. Mr. Slocum is a student nurse at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland, OH. Currently, Mr. Slocum wor  more

NEW YORK, May 2 -- Everytown for Gun Safety issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund released its latest round of endorsements of Moms Demand Action volunteers running for office across the country -- underscoring the growing power of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action volunteers as candidates for office themselves. "Moms Demand Action volunteers have a proven track record of fighting tooth and nail to keep their communities safe,  more

NEW YORK, April 30 -- The Family Equality Council issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Today, the Biden Administration finalized a rule that requires Title IV-E/IV/B foster care agencies to ensure all foster care placements are free from harassment, mistreatment, or abuse and requires Title IV-E/IV-B agencies to ensure designated placement are available to meet the needs of LGBTQI+ youth in care. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) issued a draft rule in September  more

NEW YORK, May 4 -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: Friday marks the conclusion of a years-long fight to stop construction of the Williams Northeast Enhancement Project (NESE), a new fracked gas pipeline that would have been built in New York Harbor along the coast of Staten Island, Coney Island, and the Rockaway Peninsula, to supply gas to National Grid. On April 10th, the pipeline company announced that they would no longer seek federal permits for th  more

NEW YORK, May 2 -- The Foundation Fighting Blindness issued the following news release: The Foundation Fighting Blindness, the driving force in the global development of treatments and cures for blinding diseases, is hosting its annual Night for Sight gala on Thursday, May 9th at 6 p.m. ET at The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers in Manhattan. Night for Sight will present the prestigious Visionary Award to Stephen Rappoport, CEO of L'Amy America and Noah Katz, President and CEO of PSK Supermarkets. N  more

NEW YORK, May 3 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: (Paris) - French President Emmanuel Macron should lay out consequences for the Chinese government's crimes against humanity and deepening repression during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Paris, Human Rights Watch said today. Xi's visit on May 6-7, 2024, will mark 60 years of diplomatic relations between France and the People's Republic of China, and will likely focus on Russia's invasion of Ukrai  more

ITHACA, New York, May 2 -- Boyce Thompson Institute issued the following news: * * * By Aaron Callahan On April 23rd, Georg Jander, a professor from the Boyce Thompson Institute, addressed an audience in the offices of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. In a compelling presentation titled "The Next Agricultural Revolution: Targeted Gene Editing Using CRISPR," Jander outlined the transformative potential of CRISPR technologies in agriculture. Two other speakers   more

NEW YORK, April 30 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: (Berlin, April 30, 2024) - The German government is falling short in protecting Muslims and people perceived to be Muslims from racism amid rising incidents of hate and discrimination, Human Rights Watch said today. The absence of a working definition of anti-Muslim racism and a lack of official data on incidents and of investment in institutional support for victims are among the impediments to an eff  more

NEW YORK, May 3 -- The Rockefeller Foundation issued the following statement on May 2, 2024: * * * On April 18th, during the 2024 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Boards of Governors of the World Bank (WB), we convened a ministerial of governments, the United Nations, the African Union, and philanthropies to discuss how to build a stronger, more responsive global financial system to respond to escalating climate and development challenges. With the Bridgetown I  more

NEW YORK, May 2 (TNSres) -- Girl Scouts of the USA issued the following announcement on May 1, 2024: The vast majority of girls ages 5-13 experience loneliness--and the feeling intensifies with age. This is just one of the compelling findings from new research by Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA), the largest girl-serving organization in the world. The study reveals that as girls grow older, feelings of loneliness increase and, in turn, confidence decreases. But there's encouraging news: the data   more

NEW YORK, May 3 -- The Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy organization that says it is committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide, issued the following statement on May 2, 2024, by Director of Global Policy Irum Taqi: * * * The Guttmacher Institute, a leading research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) globally, welcomes the focus of the 57th session of the Commission on Population and Develop  more

NEW YORK, May 3 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: (New York) - Human Rights Watch will present a podcast twice a month starting May 6, 2024, that will explore human rights hotspots around the world through the eyes and ears of people on the front lines. Rights & Wrongs will take listeners behind the scenes of in-depth Human Rights Watch investigations. Human Rights Watch researchers work in more than 100 countries across the globe, producing dozens of   more

NEW YORK, May 4 -- The New York Immigration Coalition issued the following statement on May 3, 2024: * * * Today, the Biden administration announced that active Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients would soon be able to enroll in the Affordable Care Act's health insurance. According to the Centers for Medicine and Medicaid Services, the new rule will result in an estimated 100,000 newly eligible DACA recipients enrolled in a healthcare plan. This decision follows the previ  more

NEW YORK, May 1 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: "Historic," said the activist Haris Azhar, describing Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruling in March to revoke three false news and defamation clauses from the country's 1946 criminal code. The judges wanted to protect human rights, he said, and they found that the code's vague definition of "fake news" could be used to punish legitimate criticism of the government. Azhar and Fatia Maulidiyanti, anot  more

NEW YORK, May 4 (TNSfact) -- The Insurance Information Institute issued the following issue brief on May 2024: * * * Flood - State of the Risk Flood is no longer an "untouchable" risk for private insurers. More to the point, data suggests insurers see it as a growing area of opportunity. That's good news for homeowners who understand the evolving nature of flood risk. For decades, FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) was practically the only available option. Improved data, analysi  more

NEW YORK, May 1 -- Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: News reports today indicated that the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is recommending to President Biden that cannabis be reclassified as a Schedule III drug and to recognize the medicinal uses of the drug. This follows an IAVA-led letter from veterans groups earlier this year that urged the administration to reclassify cannabis in order to get veterans greater access to t  more

NEW YORK, April 30 -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release: The IRC is launching a new crowdsolving challenge in partnership with Wazoku and SeaFreight Labs. The challenge is called "Improving Health Provider Hand Hygiene" and calls on applicants to propose new or improve existing solutions to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). View the Challenge today! (https://irc.community.wazoku.com/challenge/4e5d116dd6a84286b43349fbd22c71b5?utm_medium=pr&utm_so  more

NEW YORK, May 3 -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: The International Rescue Committee joins 250 organizations for today's Global Day of Action urging global policymakers, including the Biden Administration, to end the arms transfers that could be used to violate international humanitarian and human rights law in Gaza. The IRC urges the administration and legislators to listen to humanitarian organizations operating on the ground, including th  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 2 -- The American Bankruptcy Institute issued the following news release: ABI announces that Jolene Wee of JW Infinity Consulting, LLC (New York) has been elected to ABI's Board of Directors. An ABI member since 2019, Wee served on ABI's Subchapter V Task Force, was a special projects leader of ABI's Financial Advisors & Investment Banking Committee, has been an advisory board member of ABI's Mid Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop and ABI's Mid-Level Professional Development  more

NEW YORK, May 2 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: (Nairobi) - Kenyan authorities have not responded adequately to flash floods resulting from heavy rains, Human Rights Watch said today. The floods have left at least 170 people dead; displaced more than 200,000; destroyed property, infrastructure, and livelihoods across the country; and exacerbated socioeconomic vulnerabilities. Kenya's government has a human rights obligation to prevent foreseeable harm  more

NEW YORK, April 30 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news: The Legal Defense Fund, The Antiracism and Community Lawyering Practicum at Boston University School of Law, and the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, filed an amicus brief (https://www.naacpldf.org/wp-content/uploads/Brief-of-Amici-Curiae-PAvLee-Submitted.pdf) with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in support of a Black man named Derek Lee, who is serving a mandatory life without parole (LWO  more

NEW YORK, May 2 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: Lebanese authorities and the European Union must respect their obligations under international law and not forcibly return refugees to Syria as long as the conditions for safe, voluntary and dignified returns are not met, eight civil society organizations said today ahead of European Commission President Ursula von Der Leyen's visit to Beirut. In recent months, the Lebanese government has advocated for   more

NEW YORK, April 30 (TNScapv) -- The International Refugee Assistance Project issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: In a new letter sent today, more than 100 organizations call for "Congress to urgently introduce and pass legislation and for the President to support reinstating funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)." The organizations write that, "[f]ailing to do so would be a moral stain on this Administration and Congress's legacy." As the letter details,  more

NEW YORK, April 30 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following news release: The Manhattan Institute (MI) is pleased to announce that Phil Gramm, the late Robert Ekelund, and John Early have won the 20th annual Hayek Book Prize for their book The Myth of American Inequality: How Government Biases Policy Debate, (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022). The authors will receive a $50,000 award and Gramm will deliver the annual Hayek Lecture in New York City on May 28. Gramm, Ekelund, and Early's book,  more

NEW YORK, May 3 (TNSres) -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following news release: * * * Without caps on federal funding, taxpayers will continue to absorb surging costs of states' Medicaid mission creep * * * Over the last two decades, Medicaid spending has exploded, from $205 billion in 2000 to $683 billion in 2019. As senior fellow Chris Pope notes in a new Manhattan Institute report, the surge in spending owes much to the growing use of waivers from the program's standard rules; waiv  more

NEW YORK, May 3 -- Metropolitan Opera issued the following news release: Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts's The Hours, with a libretto by Greg Pierce, returns to the Met stage for eight performances starting Sunday, May 5, following its sold-out world-premiere production last season. The Hours is the first Met commission to be performed in consecutive seasons in almost 100 years. Nominated for a 2024 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for Days of Wine and Roses, Kelli O'  more

NEW YORK, May 1 -- The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center issued the following news release: Victoria Blinder Awarded Funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Victoria Blinder, MD, FASCO, medical oncologist, was awarded funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) on behalf of the Alliance NCTN Foundation . The inaugural funding awards from the PCORI will support patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research on cancer, heart fail  more

NEW YORK, April 30 -- The National Institute for Reproductive Health issued the following news release: The New York State Assembly enacted the 2024-2025 state budget, which codified the Reproductive Freedom and Equity Program (RFEP) and included an additional $1 million dollars in funding for the program -- bringing total funding to $26 million, a move reproductive freedom advocates celebrated. The RFEP will provide grants to abortion providers and abortion funds to support access to care. Th  more

NEW YORK, May 4 -- The National Kidney Foundation issued the following news release: TIME has included the co-chairs of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF)/ American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Task Force on Reassessing the Inclusion of Race in Diagnosing Kidney Diseases, among its first-ever list of the 100 most influential people in global health. The magazine recognized Cynthia Delgado, MD, FASN and Neil R. Powe, MD, FASN for their efforts to correct racial bias in the algorithm used to dia  more

NEW YORK, May 2 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: When Nepal's Finance Minister Barshaman Pun presents the budget on May 28, he has an opportunity to extend the country's Child Grant program. Doing so would advance the economic and social rights of Nepali children, helping families across the country. The Child Grant, also known as the child nutrition grant, is a proven Nepali success story. The program involves monthly payments to families with childre  more

NEW YORK, May 3 -- The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship issued the following news on May 2, 2024: The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson's G-Unity Foundation announced their collaboration to support aspiring entrepreneurs at the NFTE Entrepreneurial Spirit Awards gala on May 1, 2024, in New York City. This partnership aims to empower young people with the entrepreneurial skills and knowledge they need to succeed in today's competitive world. "The G-U  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 4 -- The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute issued the following news release: The Northeast chapter of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) has named Sarah Patrie, PE, as its new executive director. In her new role, Patrie will advance PCI's marketing, technical, and educational efforts in New England and New York State. Before joining PCI's Northeast chapter, Patrie was vice president of transportation services at the Associated General Contractors (AGC  more

NEW YORK, May 2 (TNSres) -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: Widespread mistreatment and harassment by law enforcement continues to sow doubt and mistrust of police among LGBTQ+ people, according to a new analysis (http://aclu.org/policingprogress), despite LGBTQ+ people also facing higher rates of crim  more

NEW YORK, May 3 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: The Nigerian military authorities said this week they had completed investigations into an erroneous Army airstrike in Tundun Biri Community, Kaduna state, which killed 85 people and injured dozens more in December 2023. Two officers have been indicted over the attack and will face court martial with the military's disciplinary process. While this announcement may mark progress towards accountability, au  more

NEW YORK, May 2 -- The New York City Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) today announced its Executive Committee has approved the NYC Catalyst Fund's (NYCCF) first two proposed investments. The committee authorized commitments of up to $4 million to Harlem Capital and up to $7 million to Maycomb Capital. Both fund managers are headquartered in New York City and have missions that align with the NYCC  more

NEW YORK, May 2 -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following statement on May 1, 2024: * * * Last night, City College of New York (CCNY) and Columbia University officials authorized the NYPD to enter campus, where they arrested nearly 300 pro-Palestine student demonstrators. In response, the New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following statement, attributable to Executive Director Donna Lieberman: "Universities should be engines of inquiry, dialogue, and creativity. Instead,   more

NEW YORK, May 2 -- OPERA America issued the following news release: OPERA America is pleased to announce the recipients of the new NYC Opera Grants: Support for Small-Budget Companies. This granting initiative aims to provide flexible operating support to help small New York City opera companies innovate, produce, and engage audiences and their communities. A total of $195,000 has been awarded to 10 opera companies across the city. The recipients of the grants are: * Amanda + James (Manhattan  more

NEW YORK, May 3 -- The Partnership to End Addiction issued the following statement on May 2, 2024: * * * Partnership to End Addiction and our Board of Directors mourn the loss of Dr. Herbert Pardes, a trailblazer in mental health care and a longtime esteemed board member in supporting and advancing our mission to end the addiction crisis. His leadership at top institutions left an incredible legacy. Dr. Pardes was a tireless champion for destigmatizing addiction, and his impact will endure. "  more

NEW YORK, May 3 (TNSres) -- The New York Public Library issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: The New York Public Library announced today that Patricia Evangelista is the winner of its 2024 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism for her book Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country. Patricia Evangelista came of age in the aftermath of a street revolution that forged a new future for the Philippines. Three decades later, faced with mounting inequal  more

NEW YORK, May 2 -- PEN America issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: PEN America mourns the death of prolific author and longtime friend of PEN Paul Auster, who died on Tuesday at age 77. Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America, said the following: "In addition to shaping the worldviews of generations of Americans through his bracing and beloved novels, Paul Auster was a writer's writer, consistently standing in solidarity with authors in China, Iran, Russia and around the world who wer  more

NEW YORK, May 4 -- PEN America issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: The 2023 Freedom to Write Index, released today by PEN America, shows that Iran continues to be the world's second-largest jailer of writers, second only to China. While the number of incarcerated writers has decreased from a high of 57 in 2022 to 49 in 2023, the continued detention of writers, many linked to activities associated with the Woman Life Freedom movement, highlights the persistent suppression of free e  more

NEW YORK, May 1 -- PEN America issued the following news release: Russian journalists Konstantin Gabov and Sergey Karelin were recently detained on charges of participating in an extremist organization. They each face sentences of two to six years in prison. "As Russia closes itself off from the rest of the world, journalists are risking their lives to report independent news to help people understand what is happening in the country. We are particularly concerned that Gabov and Karelin have b  more

NEW YORK, May 2 -- PEN America issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: PEN America today released its annual Freedom to Write Index, recording the highest number of jailed writers around the globe since the Index launched five years ago. There were 339 writers from 33 countries jailed in 2023, an increase of 62 writers compared to 2022 and 101 more than in 2019. War and conflict significantly impacted writers in 2023, as the crackdown on free expression in Israel and Russia resulted   more

NEW YORK, May 1 -- Parliamentarians for Global Action issued the following news: On April 23, PGA Board member Senator Emilio Alvarez Icaza convened several legislators in the Senate of Mexico to introduce the work of the organization and to encourage them to become PGA members. Ms. Monica Adame, Secretary-General of PGA, joined the meeting in the Senate and expressed our gratitude for the opportunity to provide an overview of our advocacy and the importance of having Mexican members. Senator  more

NEW YORK, May 3 (TNSres) -- Physicians for Human Rights issued the following news release: * * * PHR files expert report in support of the complaint, detailing Russia's "widespread and systematic" attacks on health facilities and workers in Syria * * * A new complaint filed at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee accuses the Russian government of perpetrating a deliberate and deadly bombardment of a hospital in Syria. If successful, the complaint could mark the first time Russia is  more

NEW YORK, May 3 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news on May 2, 2024: Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) issued a statement roundly and unequivocally condemning the rising civil and human rights violations against peaceful protesters across the U.S. and issued a letter calling for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to conduct an immediate investigation into the treatment of peaceful protesters and for the Department of Education (DOE) to safeguard students' con  more

NEW YORK, May 2 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: Around the world, journalists who have been forced to flee their countries have continued to report on their homelands, exposing ongoing human rights violations while living in exile. Today, May 3, is World Press Freedom Day. But independent media faces increasing threats from abusive governments and armed groups worldwide. In 2023, Reporters Without Borders reported a surge of requests for help from jou  more

NEW YORK, May 2 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: Governments concerned about autonomous weapons systems - so-called killer robots - should urgently act to start negotiations on a new international treaty to ban and regulate them, Human Rights Watch said today. Such weapons would select and use force against targets based on sensor processing rather than human inputs. "The world is approaching a tipping point for acting on concerns over autonomous weapo  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Kerry Kennedy, president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, today announced the winners of the 2024 Ripple of Hope Awards: Lin-Manuel Miranda, songwriter, actor, director, and producer; Antonio Neri, president and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise; John W. Rogers, Jr., chairman and co-CEO of Ariel Investments; and Tom Wilson, chair, president, and CEO of The Allstate Corporation. The laurea  more

NEW YORK, May 4 -- The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy and civil rights group, warns that the massive hack of Outabox--a leading facial recognition firm used for age verification at bars, clubs and casinos--shows the danger of the technology. Hackers claiming to be former employees published "Have I Been Outaboxed," a website allowing visitors to   more

NEW YORK, April 30 -- The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy and civil rights group, welcomes a provision of New York State's recently passed budget banning the MTA from using facial recognition for fare enforcement. The civil rights group called this a major win for its Ban The Scan coalition, renewing the coalition's call for a full ban on facia  more

NEW YORK, April 29 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: (Beirut) - Saudi Arabia's court of appeal in April 2024 approved death sentences for two Saudi men for protest-related crimes allegedly committed as children, Human Rights Watch and 26 other organizations said today in a joint statement. Saudi authorities should immediately halt executions for child offenders. Saudi Arabia's Specialized Appellate Court upheld the death penalty sentences for Yousif al-  more

LARCHMONT, New York, May 4 -- Save the Sound issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: Earlier this week, Save the Sound attorneys opposed a proposal that threatens to undermine New York State climate goals. Save the Sound Staff Attorney Jessica Roberts submitted comments (https://www.savethesound.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024.04.29_STS-Comments-on-DPS-Assessment-002.pdf) challenging the conclusions of the New York State Department of Public Service's (DPS') Assessment of Need for  more

NEW YORK, May 2 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Today, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander announced that the New York City Employees' Retirement System (NYCERS) will use its shareholder power to vote against Amin Nasser, CEO of Saudi Aramco, for a seat on the board of BlackRock, and is urging other shareholders to do so as well. In an exempt solicitation filed with the SEC, the NYC Comptroller's office writes to fellow shareholders that they do not belie  more

NEW YORK, May 1 (TNSres) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: * * * Wells Fargo Breaks Norms By Not Sharing Preliminary Shareholder Voting Results At AGM * * * Today, two major U.S. banks, Citigroup and Wells Fargo, held their annual general meetings (AGMs), where shareholders voted on investor proposals calling for greater transparency on human rights policies and climate-related political lobbying. This shareholder season builds on years of growing pressu  more

NEW YORK, May 4 -- The Sikh Coalition issued the following statement on May 2, 2024: * * * Today, the Sikh Coalition issued the following statement on recent college campus protests, the police response to said protests, and the state of the discourse around these issues: "The Sikh Coalition is deeply disturbed by the surge of draconian responses to protests on college campuses across the nation. As a civil rights organization, we fundamentally believe in the rights of all people to demonstra  more

WHITE PLAINS, New York, April 30 -- The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers issued the following commentary on April 29, 2024: * * * Embracing Innovation, Nurturing Talent, and Fostering Diversity By Renard Jenkins As we enter spring, I'd like to take a moment to reach out to the members of this great Society regarding my presidential platform. At the beginning of 2023, I introduced key components for my presidential platform that would set the stage for the work to be accompl  more

NEW YORK, April 29 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: (Nairobi) - The reappearance in a South Sudan court of a former refugee who had been forcibly disappeared more than a year ago points up the urgent need to reform the National Security Service (NSS), Human Rights Watch said today. South Sudan authorities should urgently put an end to the agency's arbitrary arrests and detentions of critics, activists and members of civil society, some of which constitu  more

NEW YORK, May 2 (TNScapv) -- The Mercy Corps issued the following statement on April 30, 2024, with 19 organizations: * * * NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME/WASHINGTON - Escalating conflict is driving record levels of gender-based violence, displacement and hunger in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), threatening to push the country to the brink of catastrophe without urgent international action. Decades of conflict and the resulting humanitarian emergency have already exhaus  more

NEW YORK, May 2 -- The New York Immigration Coalition issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: A statewide coalition of more than thirty organizations has announced support for an "Enhanced Automatic Voter Registration (AVR)" bill. The legislation, led by Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris (S8572) and Assemblymember Karines Reyes (A9732) would build on recent efforts to modernize the state's election system and improve New York's substandard participation rate in elections   more

NEW YORK, April 29 -- The Insurance Information Institute issued the following news release: Fires resulting from lightning strikes cause 3% to 5% of all U.S. commercial property insurance claims, accounting for billions annually in covered payouts to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), according to the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) and the Lightning Protection Institute (LPI). "A lightning strike can have a significant impact on a business - especially a small business," sa  more

ALBANY, New York, May 2 -- Susan G. Komen, an organization that says it addresses breast cancer on fronts such as research, community health, global outreach and public policy initiatives, issued the following news: Susan G. Komen(R), the world's leading breast cancer organization issued the following statement on the elimination of the $2.5 million funding increase for the Cancer Services Program (CSP) in final FY25 budget approved by Governor Kathy Hochul. The $2.5 million increase was includ  more

NEW YORK, May 2 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: (Berlin, May 3, 2024) - Tajik authorities should immediately confirm the detention and whereabouts of and release the opposition activist Sukhrob Zafar, Human Rights Watch, Norwegian Helsinki Committee, and International Partnership for Human Rights said today. Based on a media report and reports from reliable sources, Zafar was forcibly disappeared while in Turkiye in March 2024, despite holding officia  more

NEW YORK, May 1 -- Teach For America issued the following news release: In an effort to support the needs of its teachers facing increased financial stress. Teach For America (TFA) has enhanced its teacher training program to feature personal finance as a key component. TFA has committed to provide free financial wellness training and support for 3,500 current TFA teachers through a collaboration with The Jump$tart Coalition (Jump$tart) supported by a $550,000 grant from Charles Schwab and its   more

NEW YORK, April 30 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: Hearing: "Factories and Fraud in the PRC: How Human Rights Violations Make Reliable Audits Impossible" Testimony: Jim Wormington, Senior Researcher and Advocate on Corporate Accountability, Human Rights Watch Dear Congressman Smith, Senator Merkley, honorable Members of the Commission, thank you for the invitation to appear before you today. The Car Industry Illustrates the Links between Global Supp  more

NEW YORK, May 2 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: Thailand's Senate election slated for June will not undo the legacy of military rule but will obstruct the restoration of democratic rule. The current Senate, appointed by the military junta in power from 2014 to 2019, expires on May 11. The Election Commission is now setting up regulations and procedures to elect 200 new senators from 20 social and professional groups, with 10 members from each group. T  more

NEW YORK, May 1 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: (Bangkok) - The Thai government should urgently bring to justice officials responsible for the deaths and injuries of scores of ethnic Malay Muslim protesters in Tak Bai district in 2004, Human Rights Watch said today. A failure to do so will call into question Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin's pledge to strengthen the rule of law in Thailand. On April 25, 2024, lawyers representing the victims and their  more

NEW YORK, May 4 -- The Education Trust-New York issued the following statement on May 3, 2024: * * * In response to the Hochul Administration's fiscal year 2025 budget, Arlen Benjamin-Gomez, executive director of The Education Trust-New York, issued the following statement: "The Enacted Budget marks a crucial milestone with New York's first investment in literacy instruction aligned to the science of reading, alongside the introduction of a Universal Free Application for Federal Student Aid (  more

NEW YORK, May 3 -- The Lawfare Project, an organization that provides legal counsel and services, issued the following news release: The Lawfare Project has joined the law firm Held & Hines LLP and Deborah J. Blum, Esq. in a lawsuit against UC Coachways, Inc. for their failure to transport Jewish and Israeli passengers from across the United States to The March for Israel in Washington D.C. on November 14, 2023. Held & Hines filed the initial complaint in Federal Court in the Southern District   more

NEW YORK, May 2 -- The Trust for Public Land issued the following news release: Trust for Public Land (TPL) is pleased to announce the appointment of Tamar Renaud as the New York State Director. With over 25 years of experience in championing large-scale programs to improve health and wellbeing, particularly for the most underserved communities, Renaud brings an immense amount of leadership and passion to TPL's mission of connecting all New Yorkers to the outdoors. Diane Regas, President and C  more

LINCOLN, Massachusetts, May 3 -- Trustees of Reservations issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Massachusetts- and New York-based artist Tomashi Jackson, recipient of the 24th Rappaport Prize, will present her Rappaport Lecture at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, Mass. The event is free and open to the public. Established in 2000 and endowed in perpetuity in 2010, the prize was established by The Phyllis and Jerome Lyle Rappaport Foundatio  more

NEW YORK, May 3 -- The New York Public Library issued the following news release: Two NYPL employees were recognized by Library Journal in its 2024 Movers & Shakers awards: Associate Director of Adult English Language and Literacy Steven Mahoney, who was named a Community Builder, and Director of Young Adult Programs & Services Siva Ramakrishnan, who was named a Change Agent. They are among a group of 50 library workers nationwide recognized for their achievements over the past year. "We're ve  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The U.S. Conference of Mayors issued the following news on May 3, 2024: Today, President Biden awarded former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In celebration of this distinguished honor, below is a statement by Tom Cochran, CEO and Executive Director of The United States Conference of Mayors: "Today, President Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg. Mayor Bloomberg served as mayor of  more

NEW YORK, April 29 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: (Beirut) - Emirati authorities are holding an unfair mass trial that has raised serious due process concerns, Human Rights Watch said today. The trial includes many defendants held in prolonged solitary confinement, which may amount to torture. In December 2023, while hosting the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), Emirati authorities brought charges against at least 84 defendants in ret  more

NEW YORK, May 2 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: (Kyiv, May 2, 2024) - Russian forces appear to have executed at least 15 Ukrainian soldiers as they attempted to surrender, and possibly six more who were surrendering or who had surrendered, since early December 2023, Human Rights Watch said today. These incidents should be investigated as war crimes. "Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, its forces have committed many heinous war crimes," sai  more

NEW YORK, May 1 -- UNITE HERE, a labor union for workers in the hotel, gaming, food service, manufacturing, textile, distribution, laundry, transportation and airport industries in the U.S. and Canada, issued the following news release: * * * Union Contracts Expired or Set to Expire for 40K Workers; UNITE HERE Calls for Hotels to Raise Standards for Guests and Workers, Protect Against Cuts to Services and Amenities * * * Thousands of hotel workers across the U.S. and Canada will protest on M  more

NEW YORK, May 3 -- United Against Nuclear Iran issued the following news release: In March, the Qatar Armed Forces "hosted and organized" the biannual Doha International Maritime Defense Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX) that paradoxically featured major U.S. defense contractors alongside U.S.-sanctioned Iranian officials and entities, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) - a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) responsible for the deaths of hundreds of U.S. m  more

ALBANY, New York, April 30 -- United University Professions issued the following news release: United University Professions, America's largest higher education union, rallied today with SUNY Fredonia students, faculty and staff, and community leaders to loudly call for fair funding for the college and 18 other SUNY campuses with multimillion-dollar deficits. More than 200 people attended the noontime event, held at Dods Grove on the SUNY Fredonia campus. Speakers included UUP President Fred K  more

NEW YORK, May 1 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: (Mexico City) - The administrations of US President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador are forcing thousands of people seeking asylum in the US to wait for months in Mexico, exposing them to danger, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 68-page report, "We Couldn't Wait: Digital Metering at the US-Mexico Border," details how the Biden and Lopez Obrador administr  more

NEW YORK, May 4 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: Alligator-shaped vegan chocolates are on the way from PETA to Marc Jacobs in thanks for the luxury fashion brand's kind decision to ban the use of skins from crocodiles, lizards, ostriches, snakes, and other wildlife in its collections. The move comes after PETA shared exposes with the company that documented the appalling conditions that reptiles and other animals used by the fashion industry are   more

NEW YORK, May 2 -- Waterkeeper Alliance issued the following news release: Waterkeeper Alliance applauds the actions of The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to reverse some of the worst impacts of the previous administration's changes to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations, which require federal agencies to assess the health, economic, and environmental impacts of proposed federal actions in the decision-making process. "NEPA is foundational to our countr  more

BRONX, New York, April 30 -- The Wildlife Conservation Society issued the following news release: The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Library and Archives, based at the Bronx Zoo, is proud to announce the completion of its Shelby White and Leon Levy Film Initiative. Sponsored by the Leon Levy Foundation, this monumental project allowed WCS to assess and inventory more than 1,600 historical film reels. With the digitization of nearly 100 of these reels, WCS opens a window into the past, all  more