ARCATA, California, April 18 -- The California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt issued the following news: More than 758 Lumberjacks have served as Peace Corps Volunteers, ranking Cal Poly Humboldt No. 6 in the medium-sized enrollment category. Through service, the Peace Corps equips alumni with adaptive leadership, intercultural competence, and problem-solving skills highly valued by employers across federal, state, and local governments, nonprofits, and the private sector. The Peace Co  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following statement: * * * On Thursday, former President Donald Trump was unsuccessful in his attempt to halt a series of lawsuits that accuse him of instigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection. In 2021 the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law sued the former president Stop the Steal, the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, and other organizations in Smith v. Trump, on behalf of a group of Capitol Police offi  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and civil rights attorneys Mike Laux and Austin Porter Jr. filed an amended complaint and accompanying motion for preliminary injunction against Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the state of Arkansas on behalf of Arkansas State Conference of the NAACP, two Little Rock teachers and two students attending the historic C  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's U.S. Mint issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: The United States Mint (Mint) will open sales for rolls and bags of 2024 Kennedy Half Dollar coins beginning on April 23 at noon EDT. Available product options include the following: PRODUCT CODE ... PRODUCT OPTION ... MINT MARK ... PRICE 24KA ... 200-Coin Bag ... P and D ... $147 24KB ... Two-Roll Set ... P and D ... $34.50 Both product options contain circulating qu  more

SCHENECTADY, New York, April 17 -- Union College issued the following news: For more than 50 years, Robert (Bob) Saltzman '69 has been on a quest to uncover the truth about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Texas, on Nov. 22, 1963, while riding in a car with his wife, First Lady Jackie Onassis and Texas Gov. John Connally. Lee Harvey Oswald was immediately charged with the killing. Two days later, local nightclub owner Jack Ruby fatally shot Oswald. T  more