PHOENIX, Arizona, March 28 -- The Arizona Democratic Party issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Yesterday, Kari Lake balked at the "prospect of turning over information" in the defamation case against her and her nonprofit filed by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, raising questions for Arizonans about what she is hiding. Reports since Lake's "surprise court filing" have raised questions about why "Lake's filing came right before the case entered the discovery phase - th  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 (TNScapv) -- The Institute of Museum and Library Services issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: The Institute of Museum and Library Services is pleased to announce 30 finalists for the 2024 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. The National Medal is the nation's highest honor given to museums and libraries that demonstrate excellence in service to their communities. Since 1996, the award has honored more than 200 institutions that demonstrated extrao  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- NASA issued the following news release: During his fourth mission to the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Don Pettit will serve as a flight engineer and member of the Expedition 71/72 crew. After blasting off to space, Pettit will conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations to help prepare crew for future space missions. Pettit will launch on the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft in September 2024, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey  more

TUCSON, Arizona, March 28 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: Elizabeth George leaped into the air and lingered. When her feet finally touched down, she pushed up and spun three times before returning gently to Earth. Such ballon - a term in dance meaning light-footedness - would normally be impossible on Earth, she said, especially while donning a roughly 20-pound, pressurized spacesuit. Her near weightlessness was the product of engineering that allowed her to fe  more

TUCSON, Arizona, March 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * A new view of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way revealing its magnetic field structure suggests that the processes by which black holes feed and eject jets into their surroundings may be universal among black holes despite vast differences in size and mass. * * * A new image from the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, which includes researchers and telescopes   more

TUCSON, Arizona, March 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * The observations help astronomers refine their theories about the processes involved in planet formation and shed light on what our sun did when it was very young. * * * By taking advantage of the dust-penetrating capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope's infrared instruments, designed and built in part by University of Arizona scientists, astronomers have obtained the first direct  more