NEWBERRY, South Carolina, Aug. 31 (TNSPer) -- Newberry College issued the following news: Newberry College's esports program has found a new head coach in Ruben Benitez. Benitez previously served as a coach at Uptime Esports in Hanover, Massachusetts, a youth esports club. Before that, he was an esports coach and "League of Legends" team captain for Georgia Southern University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in public relations in 2019. Benitez is passionate about effective communication  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 31 (TNSOps) -- The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) issued the following news release: On Monday, August 30, 2021, the ballot tabulation of the New England Local election was conducted. Following are the results of the election. Those positions that required a balloted election are listed with an asterisk*. For complete balloted election results, CLICK HERE: https://www.sagaftra.org/files/sa_documents/2021SAG-AFTR  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 31 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Leonard C. Boyle, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2021: Leonard C. Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Ramsey E. Covington, Acting Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that MARK PAGANI, 60, of Bolton, waiv  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 31 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2021: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Elise Warren, 55, of Walnut Creek, has been reappointed to the State 911 Advisory Board, where she has served since 2019. Warren has been Chief of Police for the City of Clayton since 2018. She held several positions at the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office from 1990 to 2018, including Deputy Sheriff, Sergea  more

KILLINGTON, Vermont, Aug. 31 (TNSOps) -- The Conservation Fund issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2021: The Conservation Fund, in partnership with the National Park Service (NPS), announced today the protection of 629 acres surrounding the Appalachian National Scenic Trail (AT) in Killington. The property has been conveyed to NPS from The Conservation Fund thanks to funding from the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). In addition to securing the immediate viewshed and d  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 31 (TNSOps) -- The Massachusetts Bar Association issued the following news release: Attorney Thomas M. Bond has been elected president of the Massachusetts Bar Association for the 2021-22 membership year, which begins on Sept. 1. In his year as president, Bond will lead the bar's efforts to strengthen its role as a partner to members of the legal profession, with a focus on diversity and inclusion. "If you're a lawyer in Massachusetts, there is no better home for yo  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (TNSJou) -- Mount Sinai Hospital issued the following news release: The anticoagulant edoxaban may be just as effective as warfarin for preventing heart attack or stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who undergo transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), according to a large-scale international study led by Mount Sinai. The ENVISAGE-TAVI AF trial is the largest to investigate an edoxaban-based strategy in this patient population compared with warfarin, which i  more

CLAREMONT, New Hampshire, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2021: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) met with Mayor Charlene Lovett, station host volunteers, and city officials to discuss the local economy and visit the Claremont Amtrak Station which resumed service last month. The bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which Rep. Kuster helped advance last week, includes a $66 billion investment in American railroads, with $22 billion  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Aug. 31 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Sierra Palmer, an undersea warfare analyst in the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport's Undersea Warfare Engineering and Analysis Department, has won the Society of Women Engineers 2021 Helen Martha Sternberg Award. The award is given annually to a female mathematician, computer scientist or computer engineer who has been working at NUWC Division Newport between six months and two years  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 31 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news release: As scientists prepare for crewed research missions to nearby planets and moons, they've identified a need for something beyond rovers and rockets. They need accurate weather forecasts. Without them, any trip to the surface may be one dust storm away from disaster. A new Yale study helps lay the foundation for more accurate, otherworldly forecasts by taking a phenomenon related to Earth's jet stream   more