CUPERTINO, California, Sept. 2 -- Apple, a provider of consumer electronics, computer software and online services, issued the following news release on Sept. 1, 2021: Apple today announced that it is working with several states across the country, which will roll out the ability for their residents to seamlessly and securely add their driver's license or state ID to Wallet on their iPhone and Apple Watch. Arizona and Georgia will be the first states to introduce this new innovation to their re  more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 3 (TNSOps) -- Utah State University issued the following news: As Utah State University begins its first largely in-person semester since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the university's Case Containment team is diligently at work tracking positive cases and limiting student exposure to help minimize impact on classes and activities. "We want to be in person as much as we possibly can," said Ellis Bruch, USU's director of emergency management. "We do have some parameters  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine issued the following news release on Sept. 2, 2021: Attorney General Karl A. Racine, along with Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, today led a bipartisan coalition of 25 attorneys general urging Congress to amend the First Step Act and extend critical resentencing reforms to individuals convicted of the lowest-level crack cocaine offenses. The attorneys general are calling on legislators to take this needed step in the   more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 4 (TNSAwa) -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Utah State University Research on Math Interventions for Students With Disabilities Receives CLD Must Read Award Kaitlin Bundock, assistant professor in Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling in the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services at Utah State University, was recently awarded the 2021 Council for Learning Disabilities Must Read Award. Every year, the Council for Learnin  more

LOGAN, Utah, Aug. 27 (TNSOps) -- Utah State University issued the following letter by President Noelle E. Cockett: Dear Students, Faculty and Staff, Just before noon today, the Utah Board of Higher Education issued a letter encouraging USHE colleges and university presidents to consider requiring COVID-19 vaccines for their students. Utah State University officials are now working on an implementation plan for USU campuses. Vaccination will be required no later than the beginning of spring sem  more

LOGAN, Utah, Aug. 27 (TNSOps) (TNSOps) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Zach Schumm All wasps can sting, right? Well, not exactly. While we tend to group them all into the stinging insect category, paper wasps, yellowjackets and aerial yellowjackets (hornets) do most of the stinging. These wasps are in a single-insect family (Vespidae) with ovipositors or egg-laying organs modified into stingers. Of all the species of wasps, over 99% of them do not have an actual stinger.  more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 1 (TNSMon) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Matt Jensen Utah State University electrical engineering student Jason Powell took top honors and a $10,000 cash prize at this year's Small Satellite Conference student paper competition. Jason Powell's paper describes the interaction of small spacecraft with the space environment. Even though there is no atmosphere in space, satellites and other spacecraft develop an electrical charge relative to the space e  more