WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- The National Football League Players Association issued the following news release: Damar Hamlin has been named this season's Week 18 NFLPA Community MVP after he hosted his fourth annual holiday toy drive benefiting 750 kids in his home state of Pennsylvania. Dressed as Santa Claus, the Buffalo Bills defender distributed more than 2,000 toys, 50 bikes and hundreds of books while taking pictures and signing autographs for the waves of children who filed into the local gym  more

KENOSHA, Wisconsin, Jan. 6 -- Carthage College issued the following news: Carthage Athletics proudly welcomes Matt Popino as the new head coach for the Firebirds' football team. Popino brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record of success to the Carthage College program. During his five seasons on the coaching staff at Endicott College, an NCAA Division III program in Massachusetts, Popino played a pivotal role in the Gulls' football excellence. In that span, Endicott secured thre  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Jan. 6 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2024: The Mills Administration today announced the availability of $500,000 in grant funds to support local co-working spaces, remote workers, and Maine communities through the Remote Worker Welcome Program, a workforce development initiative of the Governor's Maine Jobs and Recovery Plan. Administered by the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development, the Remote Worker Welcome Program  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Jan. 6 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following radio address: From day one, my Administration has been guided by the belief that to grow our economy, we have to invest in our greatest asset: the people of Maine. Recently, we got some new data that shows that our strategy is working. Hello, this is Governor Janet Mills and thank you for listening. The United States Bureau of Economic Analysis released data recently that shows that Maine is leading New England in eco  more

LONDON, England, Jan. 6 (TNSres) -- The National Institute for Health Research issued the following news: A new antibody treatment to protect babies against a common winter virus could reduce hospitalisations by more than 80%, according to an international trial. The HARMONIE trial is a collaboration between global pharmaceutical company Sanofi, its partner AstraZeneca and the NIHR. It involved 8,058 babies aged under 12 months from the UK, France and Germany. The babies were either in or appr  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 6 (TNSres) -- Reproductive Equity Now, an organization that says it advances reproductive justice and eliminates barriers to safe and legal abortion care, issued the following agency statement on Jan. 5, 2024: * * * Reproductive Equity Now President Rebecca Hart Holder released the following statement today after the Massachusetts Department of Public Health issued guidance outlining and reminding (https://www.mass.gov/news/maintaining-integrity-accessibility-and-tr  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Jan. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Dajuan Williams, 31, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced in the United States District Court on January 4, 2024, following his guilty plea to drug trafficking and money laundering charges described in counts 1 and 4 of the October 5, 2021 superseding indictment. Chief United States District  more