WESTPORT, Connecticut, Dec. 15 -- Save the Children issued the following statement: * * * In response to gunmen attacking a secondary school in northwestern Nigeria, Save the Children's Acting Country Director in Nigeria Shannon Ward said: "We are deeply concerned about the safety and wellbeing of the children who have been abducted by suspected gunmen in Katsina State in North West Nigeria. Hundreds of students appear to remain missing. Schools should be a place of safety and learning, but i  more

NORWALK, Connecticut, Dec. 18 -- The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued the following news release on Dec. 17: The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) today announced the availability of the 2021 GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy (Taxonomy), the 2021 SEC Reporting Taxonomy (SRT), and the 2021 XBRL US DQC Rules Taxonomy (DQCRT), collectively, referred to as the "taxonomies." The 2021 Taxonomy contains updates for accounting standards and other recommended improvements. The 2021  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 15 -- AAA Greater Hartford, an affiliate of AAA Club Alliance, issued the following news release: AAA is expecting more than 60,000 emergency rescue calls this winter - just in the Greater Hartford area alone - calls that will pose greater risk and more complex because of COVID-19. With that in mind, and with the potential for an extreme weather event this week, AAA is reminding motorists that now is the time to make sure your vehicle is winter road ready so you won'  more

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, Dec. 17 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following statement: * * * The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Christiana Holcomb regarding the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights' revised letter of impending enforcement action issued Monday that informs the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference that the recent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court regarding Title VII does not change the agency's de  more

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 18 (TNSPer) -- AmeriCares issued the following news release: Americares, the health-focused relief and development organization, has welcomed Stephanie Kauffman as its new deputy development director, strategic partnerships. In this role, Kauffman is responsible for scaling the growth of corporate, foundation, individual and public fundraising initiatives, as well as cultivating strategic partnerships. Kauffman will lead the organization's partnerships growth strate  more

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, Dec. 19 -- The Center for Medicare Advocacy issued the following news release: The incoming Biden administration has vowed to improve health care, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has taken a particularly harsh toll on older Americans and people with disabilities. On December 17, 2020, the Center for Medicare Advocacy (the Center) submitted a comprehensive Transition Memorandum to members of the Presidential Transition team, detailing a number of mea  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 18 (TNSRes) -- The Connecticut Business and Industry Association issued the following statement on Dec. 17: * * * "November brings the first monthly job declines since April, stalling the state's recovery from the historic losses of March and April," CBIA president and CEO Chris DiPentima said today. "The latest employment report shows that the state's economy is on a knife's edge. Colder weather and the surge in COVID-19 cases is playing havoc across a number of i  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 19 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: All-Star Transportation's buses have been unlawfully idling in communities across Connecticut and flooding neighborhoods with harmful air pollution. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) has notified the company of its intent to sue for these violations. "Children deserve to play outdoors and ride the bus without being poisoned by toxic vehicle exhaust," said Heather Govern, Director of CLF's Clean  more

NORWALK, Connecticut, Dec. 15 -- The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued the following news release: The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) today issued a proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU) intended to address inconsistency and diversity in practice related to the accounting for revenue contracts with customers acquired in a business combination. Stakeholders are encouraged to review and share input on the proposed ASU by March 15, 2021. Current GAAP provides guidance   more

WEST HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 16 (TNSPer) -- The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators issued the following news on Dec. 15: IACLEA President Eric M. Heath announced today the appointment of L. Angela Webb to serve as IACLEA Director at Large through June 2021. Director Wayne James vacated this position, due to leaving his job at Indiana University. IACLEA appreciates his many contributions. Director Webb serves as Director of Police Services/Public Safety and C  more

NEWTOWN, Connecticut, Dec. 19 -- The National Shooting Sports Foundation issued the following news release: The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturing Institute, Inc.(R) (SAAMI(R)) reminds manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers they must discontinue the use of ORM-D labeling for shipping sporting ammunitions via surface transport after Dec. 31, 2020. The change in labeling requirements, rendered by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), aligns shipment of sporting amm  more

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 17 -- SoldierStrong, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing advanced medical technologies to veterans, issued the following news on Dec. 16: Delivering on its commitment to assist soldiers taking a significant academic step into their future by filling in voids left by the Post-9/11 GI Bill, the national nonprofit SoldierStrong announced the 2020 recipients of its scholarship initiative, SoldierScholar, today. "SoldierStrong realized early on that higher ed  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Qatar Foundation International issued the following news on Dec. 14: Georges Chahwan's extraordinary life as an educator has taken him from teaching Arabic at universities in France, and Lebanon - where he is from - to creating Arabic immersion programs in Jordan, Oman, and Morocco, and currently to Choate Rosemary Hall, a private boarding school in Wallingford, Connecticut, where he is the Director of the Arabic and the Middle East Studies (AMES) program and Chair of the  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Dec. 19 -- Save the Children issued the following statement on Dec. 18: * * * Migrants, especially children, should not be treated as criminals, Save the Children urged on International Migrants Day. Migrant children, many of whom have travelled thousands of miles and endured harrowing and life-threatening events, should be treated humanely and in a manner that encourages acceptance, not alienation. The global nonprofit issued its warning today, after recent demonstrati  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Dec. 19 -- Save the Children issued the following statement on Dec. 18: * * * The roll out of COVID-19 vaccines in high-income countries is threatening to disrupt fair access to vaccines for all, Save the Children warned in a statement today. Even as some of the first waves of vaccines are now being reserved for all countries, governments of wealthier countries should not hoard the limited initial supply of available vaccines, Instead they must ensure a distribution bas  more