CANTON, Ohio, Aug. 4 -- The National Football League issued the following news: By Eric Edholm, Lead Draft Writer Now that most NFL teams have transitioned to practicing with pads, the true training camp battles can begin in earnest. Here are 12 veteran players who might be in danger of losing their starting roles in 2023. Davis Mills Houston Texans QB This one can't be much of a surprise given where the Texans drafted C.J. Stroud (No. 2 overall). The question is more of whether Mills can e  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 4 -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2023: Amtrak announced today the launch of its latest connecting bus service, linking New Bedford and Worcester to Providence Station. Customers can connect to Amtrak trains at Providence Station serving the Northeast Corridor, including Boston, New Haven, New York and more, as well as more than 500 destinations nationwide. "Amtrak's latest connecting bus servic  more

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio, Aug. 4 -- Antioch University Midwest issued the following news: By Stefanie Paredes Last year, Linda Drake Gobbo retired as Associate Provost for Antioch University New England, and her colleagues marked her retirement with memories and celebration of her many contributions. This May, the accolades continued as she was named a Life Member of NAFSA. This latest achievement comes from her work "advancing international education and exchange," the central aim of NAFSA, which  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis (Both R-WY) joined U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and 36 of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urging the withdrawal of its latest set of proposed power plant regulations that will force the closure of coal and gas-fired power plants. The proposal would kill good paying jobs across Wy  more

SEATTLE, Washington, Aug. 4 -- Boeing, an aerospace company and a manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems, issued the following news release: Isabel Jiang, 17, is this year's winner of Genes in Space, a biology-based research competition co-sponsored by Boeing [NYSE: BA]. The announcement was made at the International Space Station Research and Development Conference in Seattle. Jiang's experiment will be performed by astronauts aboard the ISS U.S. National   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and 37 other Republican senators called on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Regan to withdraw the EPA's latest set of proposed power plant regulations that will force the closure of coal and gas-fired power plants. "In direct conflict with West Virginia v. EPA, this proposal requires generation shifting from  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2023: A federal grand jury in Bridgeport returned a superseding indictment yesterday charging an additional three alleged members and associates of the "Exit 8" street gang in New Haven with conspiring to engage in a pattern of racketeering activity, including drug trafficking, murder, and attempted murder, as well as related offenses. The gran  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: A convicted felon has pleaded guilty in connection with firearm and drug offenses that occurred in 2019 and later possessing a variety of firearms and narcotics while on pre-trial release for the charged offenses. Christian Soares, a/k/a "Eazy," 30, of Brockton, pleaded guilty on July 27, 2023 to two counts of being a felon in possession of a  more

GROTON, Connecticut, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STEVEN COLLAZO, 32, of Groton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his involvement in a conspiracy to receive large quant  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2023: A Maine man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with a fentanyl trafficking operation that spanned across northern New England. Douglas Morris, 33, of Bangor, Maine, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 100 g  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on July 31, 2023, Glendon Parrish-Cambell, 23, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III to a sentence of 42 months' imprisonment and a 3-year term of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, cocaine  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: A Worcester man has been sentenced in federal court in Springfield for drug and firearm offenses. Rodney Hall, 38, was sentenced on July 29, 2023 by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to 75 months in prison and four years of supervised release. On Feb. 2, 2023, Hall pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribut  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ORLANDO JIMENEZ, 48, of Yonkers, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl. According to   more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 4 -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2023: Inflection Network (IN), an innovative new sports podcast network from renowned sports journalist Michael Smith and veteran entertainment attorney Terrence Williams, proudly announces its official launch in collaboration with iHeartMedia's iHeartPodcasts, the No. 1 podcast publisher globally according to Podtrac. The new podcast network will debut with season three of listener favorite "Comeback Stories  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 4 (TNSres) -- Monash University issued the following news: An expert review of very preterm babies (born two or more months early) has found that while most now survive, the rate of developmental problems is too high, largely due to brain injury and disrupted brain development. Monash University researcher Professor Peter Anderson, from the School of Psychological Sciences, contributed to the expert review, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Aug. 4 -- National Grid, an electricity and natural gas delivery company, issued the following news release on Aug 03, 2023: National Grid today announced that Lisa Wieland will join National Grid as President of its New England business, and sit on the Group Executive Committee, further strengthening National Grid's leadership team and reinforcing its credentials as a leader in the energy transition. Lisa will report to National Grid CEO John Pettigrew. She joins the co  more

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts, Aug. 3 -- The New England First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2023: The New England First Amendment Coalition and the ACLU of Rhode Island called on the Warwick City Council to recognize the public's freedom of speech after a resident was recently escorted out of an open meeting by police. During the public comment period of the Council's July 17 meeting, Warwick resident Robert Cote was barred from speaking and escorted out of the  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * NH Nonprofits, Including Houses of Worship, to Receive More than $2.1 Million in Grants to Increase Safety * * * Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined Senator Maggie Hassan (NH), a senior member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (NH), and Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) in announcing more than $4.8 million for the State Homeland Secu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are among 39 Republican Senators urging Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to withdraw his agency's unlawful "Clean Power Plan 2.0," a plan that will effectively shut down affordable and reliable energy and intensify the energy shortage the United States is already facing. The demand is made   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., are among 39 Republican Senators urging Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to withdraw his agency's unlawful "Clean Power Plan 2.0," a plan that will effectively shut down affordable and reliable energy and intensify the energy shortage the United States is already facing. The demand is made in a  more