WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following news release on July 7, 2021: Amtrak is contracting with California-based Siemens Mobility Inc.to manufacture a new fleet of up to 83 multi-powered modern trains that will be leveraged for state and northeast services, with further options for up to 130 additional trains to support Amtrak growth plans. The new fleet will offer modern rail amenities that better serve Amtrak customers. "These new trai  more

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R44846) on Updated July 6, 2021, entitled "The Growing Gap in Life Expectancy by Income: Recent Evidence and Implications for the Social Security Retirement Age". The report was written by domestic social policy specialist and deputy assistant director Sharmila Choudhury, income security specialist Katelin P. Isaacs, social policy analyst Zhe Li and research assistant Isaac A. Nicchitta. * * * Summary   more

AUGUSTA, Maine, July 8 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Governor Janet Mills has signed into law LD 1619, which prohibits new offshore wind projects in State waters. The prohibition preserves State waters for recreation and fishing - where up to 75 percent of Maine's commercial lobster harvesting occurs - and cements into law Maine's priority of locating offshore wind projects in Federal waters in the Gulf of Maine. The new law comes after Governor Mills last mo  more

NEW YORK, July 8 (TNSOps) -- The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship issued the following news release: Over the last eight weeks, middle- and high-school students across the country participated in "Shark Tank"-style pitch competitions, presenting business plans to panels of elite judges in the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge series, a sequence of regional pitch competitions that determine the top young entrepreneurs who qualify to enter NFTE's N  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, July 8 (TNSJou) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: A new study demonstrates that lobsters can detect low-frequency sound and suggests that anthropogenic noise could affect lobsters. The study comes out at a time when the construction of more offshore wind farms, with their associated underwater pile driving noise, is being considered in New England. The paper, "Sound detection by the American lobster (Homarus americanus)," foun  more