ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 3 [Category: Transportation] -- The American Trucking Associations issued the following news release: The American Trucking Associations and ATA Moving and Storage Conference are marking National Moving Month and the start of peak moving season by sharing tips to help consumers select a reputable mover and avoid potential scams. Over 6,200 complaints were filed with the Federal Moter Carrier Safety Administration's National Consumer Complaint Database in 2023. While m  more

SYDNEY, Australia, May 3 -- The Australian Human Rights Commission issued the following news release: Two of Australia's most famous legal eagles are set to team up to prosecute the case for an Australian Human Rights Act at an historic two-day forum in June during the Vivid Sydney festival. Eminent international jurist and former High Court judge Michael Kirby and leading international human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson (who represents Julian Assange) will tag team at the Free + Equal Huma  more

LONDON, England, May 4 -- The British Film Institute issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: The GREAT 8 showcase, which presents new UK feature films from some of the UK's most exciting first and second-time filmmakers to international distributors and festival programmers, has announced eight new projects for this year's edition, taking place in the run-up to this year's Cannes Marche. Now in its seventh year, the 2024 GREAT 8 showcase is funded and produced by the BFI and the Brit  more

ITHACA, New York, May 3 -- Cornell University issued the following news: A new pocket guide makes it easy to explore Cornell Botanic Gardens--both the areas close to the Nevin Welcome Center and its ranging 3,800 acres of natural areas, arboretum, and gardens. It is one component of a multi-media, visitor-experience package designed for both a digital-friendly generation of visitors and those who are more comfortable with print media. Their purpose is to make Cornell Botanic Gardens, its plant   more

MALDEN, Massachusetts, May 4 -- Educational Theory, a journal from the Philosophy of Education Society and John Dewey Society that says it serves as a forum for scholarship and debate in the foundations of education, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2024 edition (Vol. 74, Issue 2): ORIGINAL ARTICLES: * Portrayals of Snow and Hermeneutics as an Early Childhood Educational Theory SYMPOSIUM: A CROSS-NATIONAL DIALOGUE ABOUT EDUCATION AND PEDAGOGY. GUEST EDITORS: D  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 3 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Five Penn State professors have been named Evan Pugh University Professors, an elite and prestigious distinction conferred by the University on only 79 faculty members since the establishment of the designation in 1960. The five professors newly bestowed with the University's highest faculty honor, effective July 1, are: Reka Albert, distinguished professor of physics and biology, Eberly Colle  more

AMENIA, New York, May 4 -- Grey House Publishing issued the following news release: Medical & Health Care Books & Serials in Print, now in its 47th edition, is the go-to source for bibliographic information on the thousands of highly specialized health science and allied health titles published or distributed in the United States. This three-volume, 5,650-page edition offers users immediate access to over 120,000 ISBNs comprising over 110,000 entries from over 15,000 publishers. This new editi  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Today in a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) questioned Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland over reports that her agency has met with foreign dark-money groups that actively fund left-wing environmental initiatives. "Is it common practice at your department to meet with dark-money groups off the books and conceal it from the public?" asked Se  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The House Education and the Workforce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-445) on a joint resolution (H.J.Res. 116), which provides for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5 of the U.S. Code of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act". The report was advanced by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, on April 5, 2024. * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) M  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 4 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: By Sian Wilkerson Author-therapist and motivational speaker Ronnie Sidney II will achieve a longtime dream during Virginia Commonwealth University's spring commencement celebrations this month. Sidney, who received a master's degree in social work from VCU in 2014, will serve as the keynote speaker at the Accessibility Achievement Ceremony. The May 6 event, which is one of the Office of Multicultural Stud  more

NEWARK, Delaware, May 4 -- The Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, a peer-reviewed journal that says it aims at improving engagement and achievement among literacy learners ages 12 and older from the International Literacy Association, published research articles on the following topics in its May/June 2024 edition (Vol. 67, Issue 6): ARTICLES: * High-interest books, choice, and independent reading: Piloting a reading program with male adolescents in Chile * Solidarity, agency, and lea  more

MILTON, England, May 4 -- Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, a peer-reviewed journal that says it (description), published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 46, Issue 1 edition: Note: * Back to the future: The Family Law Amendment Act 2023 (Cth) Articles: * 'Swim, swim and die at the beach': family court and perpetrator induced trauma (CPIT) experiences of mothers in Brazil * Lawyers' encounter with parents subjected to elder abuse by their adult offspring with   more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: In response to today's April jobs report, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: "Today's jobs report shows that thanks to President Biden, the economy continues to grow from the bottom up and middle out with 15 million jobs created since he took office. Under President Biden's leadership, unemployment has remained under 4% for the longest stretch in over 50 years, workin  more

LONDON, England, May 4 -- Leisure Studies, a peer-reviewed journal from the Leisure Studies Association that says it analyses the creation and consumption of leisure, including sport, travel and tourism, hospitality, digital media, events, heritage and the arts, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 43, Issue 2 edition: Research Article: * Everything is awesome! Lego(R) Serious Play(R) (LSP) and the interaction between leisure, education, mental health and wellbeing   more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: MAGA Republicans stooped to new lows this week with their extremism, hypocrisy, chaos, and -- as President Biden would call it -- malarkey. In case you missed it: Donald Trump endorsed prosecuting women who get an abortion, bragged about overturning Roe, and said states should be allowed to monitor pregnancies; Trump threatened political violence if he loses in November and promised pardons for violent Jan  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, May 4 (TNSres) -- The Maryland State Education Association issued the following legislative update on May 3, 2024: THIS MONTH IN ANNAPOLIS Governor Sign Bills to Protect Freedom to Read, Strengthen Profession With educators, bill sponsors, and legislative leaders beside him on April 25, the governor signed the Freedom to Read Act into law and made Maryland one of the first states to lead against politicized attacks from extremist activists seeking to ban books and deny st  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- George Washington University issued the following news: WASHINGTON (May 3, 2024)- Chinese leader Xi Jinping will visit Europe for the first time in five years this week. The tour is to reestablish Chinese foreign relations after Covid-19 pandemic. Jinping and his team will start in France before continuing to meet with leaders from Hungary and Serbia. Experts at the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University are able to provide commentary,   more

MIDDLEBURY, Vermont, May 3 -- Middlebury College issued the following news: Middlebury President Laurie L. Patton has announced she will be leaving Middlebury in January 2025 to become president of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Patton took office on July 1, 2015, and has served as the institution's 17th president, and is the first woman to hold the position since Middlebury's founding in 1800. Middlebury is a global educational institution comprising undergraduate and graduate schoo  more

STANFORD, California, May 4 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following remarks on May 3, 2024, by President and CEO John C. Williams at the Hoover Institution Monetary Policy Conference: * * * As prepared for delivery Introduction Good afternoon. It's wonderful to be back at Stanford--especially with John Taylor chairing this panel. John was my advisor during my studies here, and he hired me as his research assistant in the early '90s. It was an extraordinary privilege to h  more

NEW YORK, May 3 -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release: Maria Konnikova and Nate Silver are both journalists who moonlight as high-stakes poker players. On their new weekly podcast "Risky Business" -- out May 16, 2024 from Pushkin Industries and iHeartPodcasts -- they will bring their analytical framework to everything from politics to poker to everyday decisions. Put simply: "Risky Business" is a show about making good decisions. Listeners can hear the official trailer now, here (htt  more

MILTON, England, May 4 -- The Nordic Journal of Human Rights, a peer-reviewed journal, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 42, Issue 1 edition: Editorial: * Introduction: Legal Mobilization in Nordic Civil Society Research Articles: * An Unlikely Rights Revolution: Legal Mobilization in Scandinavia Since the 1970s * Collective Legal Mobilisation: Exploring Class Actions in Sweden and Canada * Cultural Heritage and Legal Mobilisation After Terror: July 22 and t  more

SAVANNAH, Georgia, May 4 -- Operation HOPE issued the following news: Pinky Cole Hayes, renowned entrepreneur, 2023 TIME100 Next honoree, and founder of Slutty Vegan and Bar Vegan, gave an inspiring commencement speech for the Savannah State University 2024 graduating class, and surprised the graduates with a very special gift. In collaboration withOperation HOPE and One Million Black Businesses (1MBB), Pinky Cole will give every graduate of Savannah State University a membership to 1MBB and th  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 29 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Jefferson Cowie Jefferson Cowie, James G. Stahlman Professor of History at Vanderbilt University, was recently honored with a 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship--in part, in anticipation of his upcoming project, tentatively titled Crosswinds of a Common History, which will take a visionary approach to historical nonfiction. Cowie has been widely celebrated for writing that explores societal and economic class structure  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, May 4 -- Milwaukee Area Technical College issued the following news: Dr. Morna Foy had herself a full, fruitful and fun day at Milwaukee Area Technical College. Dr. Foy, president of the Wisconsin Technical College System which oversees the state's 16 technical colleges, changed a tire with her bare hands in MATC's state-of-the art automotive center, shot baskets with an award-winning men's basketball player, and feasted on food prepared by Culinary Arts students. "Like   more

SYRACUSE, New York, May 3 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: Fourteen Syracuse University students and alumni have been named as 2024 recipients of awards through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Five students were also chosen as alternates. This is the largest number of U.S. Student Fulbright recipients that Syracuse University has had in one year. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program funds a range of awards that include English teaching assistantships (ETA) and study/research  more

LONDON, England, May 4 -- Reed Smith, a law firm, issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: Global law firm Reed Smith today announces that its aviation practice won the 'Finance & Legal Team of the Year' award at the eVTOL Insights 2024 Advanced Air Mobility awards on May 2 in Montreal. This win builds on an already successful past 12 months for the team. Earlier this year, London-based partner Richard Hakes became the first-ever attorney in private practice to be named in eVTOL Insig  more

LONDON, England, May 4 -- Research in Mathematics Education, a peer reviewed journal from the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 26, Issue 1 edition: Research Articles: * A teacher's positioning of a multilingual learner in the first month of the academic year * "Math cleverly disguised as/with string": experienced weavers' engagement with mathematics * Topic specificity of students' conceptual and procedur  more

TUSCON, Arizona, May 4 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks to the press on May 3, 20214, at the Tucson Emergency Communications Center by Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Tucson Mayor Regina Romero: * * * SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It's a great pleasure for me to be in Tucson today. We spent some time this morning at our Western Passport Center, which is doing incredible work connecting Americans with the world by providing that little blue book, th  more

LAREDO, Texas, May 3 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M International University, a member of the Texas A&M University System, issued the following news release: Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) assistant professor of Communication Dr. Arthur D. Soto-Vasquez recently concluded a spring book talk tour representing his co-editors and authors at institutions of higher learning across the United States. Dr. Soto-Vasquez shared information and insight on the group's new book "Migrant World Making," pu  more

MILTON, England, May 4 -- Transport Reviews, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features all aspect of transport, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 44, Issue 3 edition: Editorial: * Transit-induced gentrification and displacement: future directions in research and practice Articles: * Driver fatigue in taxi, ride-hailing, and ridesharing services: a systematic review * The role of personal motives in determining car ownership and use: a literature review *  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, May 4 -- The Naval War College issued the following news: The U.S. Naval War College (NWC) hosted the 10th iteration of its Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Symposium onboard Naval Station Newport, May 2-3. The symposium, themed "Advancing Gendered Security in a Complex World: Hard Power, Smart Power, Soft Power," aimed to foster a shared understanding of the complex and dynamic global security environment through examination of women's influence and experience as stakeh  more

EDMOND, Oklahoma, May 3 -- The University of Central Oklahoma issued the following news release: The University of Central Oklahoma Foundation recently received a donation from the Herland Sister Resources, an Oklahoma City-based nonprofit, of $120,000 to support both a new endowed scholarship fund and the work of The Center at UCO, which includes the UCO's Women's Research Center and BGLTQ+ Student Center. The UCO Foundation matched the scholarship fund, totaling $50,000. Herland Sister Reso  more

LUSAKA, Zambia, May 4 -- The U.S. Embassy in Zambia posted the following news: The United States government through the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) program, has committed $1.16 million (approximately 31 million kwacha) to support an expansion of a Model Library for Youth and a Center for Training and Administration to train Zambians in library science and provide professionally-guided library services for young people. The Lub  more

WOLVERHAMPTON, England, May 4 (TNSres) -- The University of Wolverhampton issued the following news release: The University of Wolverhampton is exploring endometriosis at an educational event designed to shine a spotlight on the condition. Endometriosis is the name given to the condition where cells similar to the ones in the lining of the womb (uterus) are found elsewhere in the body. In the UK, around 1.5 million women and those assigned female at birth are currently living with the conditi  more

MILTON, England, May 4 -- Voice and Speech Review, a peer-reviewed journal that says it publishes work about voice and speech training for stage, film, television and radio, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 18, Issue 1 edition: Editor's Note: * Exploring the Range of Voice Research Articles: * Flexibility in Range and Registration in Jazz Singing * Vocal Awareness and K-12 Education: A Qualitative Research Study * Voice Load in a Music Student Teacher: A Qu  more

TORONTO, Ontario, May 3 (TNSres) -- The University of Toronto issued the following news: By Jelena Damjanovic In 2019, a world championship marathon in Doha was scheduled at midnight to avoid the blistering sun. That same year, athletes at the Rugby World Cup in Japan waded through knee-high water to reach the pitch after Typhoon Hagibis dropped 240 mm of water over Tokyo - the wettest storm on record in Japan. From no-snow winters to sweltering summer heat, the sporting world is feeling the  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing on May 3, 2024, by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre: * * * Q: Oh, my goodness. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Oh, my goodness. I wonder why. Good afternoon, everybody. Q: Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Happy Friday. Don't say things don't get exciting in here sometimes. I really -- there's no introduction that really is needed here. I have a special guest, as you can see. Mark Hamill has decided to join us on  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 4 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: By Jim Shelton Two Yale faculty members have been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Sociologist and physician Nicholas Christakis and chemist James Mayer are among 120 new members elected to the academy, which was established by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 and charged with providing independent,  more