WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 [Category: National Defense] -- The Military Officers Association of America issued the following news: After three years of above-average increases in military retirement pay and Social Security benefits, falling inflation figures point to a 2025 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) far below what recipients may have come to expect. This year's 3.2% COLA hike was well below the last two annual increases of 8.7% and 5.9%, respectively. But aside from those years, it still ranks   more

DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 9 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release: Former U.S. Surgeons General under Democratic and Republican administrations, Regina Benjamin, M.D., MBA, and Jerome Adams, M.D., MPH, are urging the Biden administration to prohibit the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, a move that would save lives in Black communities and others targeted by the tobacco industry. "As former U.S. surgeons general, we call on the Bide  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 9 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Robert A. Sherman, senior counsel at global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP and former U.S. ambassador to Portugal, spoke at the University of Massachusetts Lowell event, "US-Portugal and US-EU Relations: A Conversation with Ambassadors Francisco Duarte Lopes and Robert A. Sherman," Jan. 26. The event was presented by the school's Saab Center for Portuguese Studies and Department of Political Stud  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- The National Gallery of Art issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: The National Gallery released today the second episode of our West to East video series. Mapping the Unknown tells the story of Houston-based artist Rick Lowe (b. 1961) and Project Row Houses, his community arts project. This cross-country video series documents contemporary artists whose work explores connections to their local communities and to the nation at large. Through interviews and exte  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The America First Legal, a civil rights organization, issued the following news release: * * * America First Legal Investigates * * * Last week, America First Legal (AFL) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Defense Information Systems Agency, part of the U.S. Department of Defense, to understand the secretive Presidential Information Technology Committee (PITC) created by former President Barack Obama. Why was this secretive committee created?   more