NEW YORK, April 12 -- The Interactive Advertising Bureau issued the following news: Over the past five years, podcasting has proven its potential as one of the fastest growing digital channels, providing brands influential and intimate ways to connect with audiences. On May 9, IAB will bring together brands, agencies, and media buyers to the 2024 IAB Podcast Upfront to get an exclusive preview of the latest and most innovative podcast programming with announcements from top podcast talents. The  more

NEW YORK, April 9 -- The Jewish Museum issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: The Jewish Museum's 38th Annual Purim Ball, held at The Plaza on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, raised a record $3.45 million for the Museum. Approximately 1,250 guests were in attendance for the festive dinner and the After Party hosted by the Jewish Museum's Young Patrons. This year's Purim Ball honored William D. Zabel, a pioneering attorney and champion of human and civil rights, who was recognized for his c  more

NEW YORK, April 10 -- The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: The ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) and the New York City Police Department (NYPD) today are announcing that more than 5,000 animal victims of suspected cruelty have been treated since the inception of their unprecedented partnership 10 years ago, and more than 28,000 NYPD officers have been trained to effectively recognize  more

NEW YORK, April 11 -- Action Against Hunger issued the following news release: It's been one year since civil war broke out in Sudan, and the crisis has caused one of the world's biggest displacement crises. Over 8.5 million Sudanese have been forced to flee their homes, and 1.8 million have crossed borders, including into South Sudan and Chad. The war continues to rage on, forcing people to seek shelter and safety in countries ill-equipped to respond to take on the emergency. Chad is especial  more

NEW YORK, April 10 (TNSres) -- The Anti-Defamation League issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: * * * New partnership will provide Masa fellows and alumni with tools to manage anti-Semitism * * * The Masa Israel Journey, a leading provider of immersive travel experiences, and ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced a new partnership to combat antisemitism in Jewish communities. This partnership will launch at an event in Jerusalem for Masa gap year program fellows, dur  more

NEW YORK, April 11 -- The Anti-Defamation League issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today welcomed the introduction of the Countering Antisemitism Act--the most comprehensive antisemitism initiative to be introduced in Congress--which will implement the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism and make permanent its critical policies and infrastructure. "The U.S. Jewish community is facing the worst crisis of antisemitism that we have se  more

NEW YORK, April 11 -- The Anti-Defamation League issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Today, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) released its first Campus Antisemitism Report Card assessing incidents, Jewish life on campus and university policies and administrative actions related to combatting antisemitism and protecting Jewish students. The Report Card reviewed 85 schools and assigned grades from A through F, to give campus leadership, parents, students, alumni and stakeholders   more

NEW YORK, April 12 (TNSres) -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release: One year after fighting broke out between rival factions of Sudan's military, the conflict in Sudan has had catastrophic impacts on almost every aspect of day-to-day life in the country. The ongoing fighting has resulted in significant loss of life, with over 14,700 people killed and almost 30,000 injured. More than 8.2 million people have fled their homes since the conflict started on April 15,  more

NEW YORK, April 12 -- The American Jewish Committee issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: American Jewish Committee (AJC) and Touro University's Lander College for Women (LCW) today wrapped their second annual collaboration on a unique program that equips female Jewish Orthodox college and high school students with advocacy skills to stand up for Israel and the Jewish community at a time when anti-Zionist and antisemitic activity has surged at many schools and campuses. The prog  more

NEW YORK, April 9 -- The American Council of Learned Societies issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) today announced an expansion of the eligibility requirements for the ACLS Fellowship Program. Starting this coming academic year, in the 2024-25 competition, the program will accept applications from eligible scholars across all career stages, from recent PhDs through senior scholars, working in every sector of the academy and beyond  more

NEW YORK, April 11 -- The American Jewish Congress, an organization that says it works to defend Jewish interests at home and abroad through public policy, advocacy, legislation and the courts, issued the following statement on April 10, 2024: * * * Following the introduction of the "Countering Antisemitism Act," Daniel Rosen, President of the American Jewish Congress, released the following statement: "The American Jewish Congress applauds the announcement of the "Countering Antisemitism Act  more

NEW YORK, April 13 -- The American Kennel Club issued the following news release: The American Kennel Club (AKC), a not-for-profit organization, the world's largest purebred dog registry and leading advocate for dogs, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Professional Grooming Credential (PGC) from the World Pet Association (WPA). The PGC measures foundational knowledge, safety, and technical skills of groomers, and is the only nationwide grooming industry credential. The successful pa  more

NEW YORK, April 9 -- AmfAR-the Foundation for AIDS Research issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, welcomes the announcement Monday that Francisco Ruiz will take over as Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP). Ruiz has previously served in roles with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, and the National Latino AIDS Action Network. As Directo  more

NEW YORK, April 11 -- Physicians for Human Rights issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Recent state supreme court decisions in Arizona and Florida that uphold dangerous and draconian abortion bans seriously threaten the health of pregnant people and represent the latest attack on reproductive justice in the United States, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) said today. "PHR's research shows that from Louisiana to Oklahoma to Texas to Idaho and beyond, pregnant patients are facing  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, April 9 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following news on April 8, 2024: Freelancers, if you are planning on attending Health Journalism 2024 in New York City this June, we strongly recommend that you carve out the morning of Friday, June 7 for PitchFest. We have lined up an impressive group of 20 editors and counting, including editors from The New York Times, Scientific American, Science and AARP. They want to hear your carefully crafted pitche  more

NEW YORK, April 11 -- The Association for Computing Machinery issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today named Avi Wigderson as recipient of the 2023 ACM A.M. Turing Award for foundational contributions to the theory of computation, including reshaping our understanding of the role of randomness in computation, and for his decades of intellectual leadership in theoretical computer science. Wigderson is the Herbert H. Maass Professor  more

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Illinois, April 9 [Category: Computer Technology] -- CompTIA issued the following news release: DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. -- Get ready to be electrified by a keynote session featuring award-winning tech journalist and best-selling author Kara Swisher at CompTIA ChannelCon 2024. Swisher is the host of On with Kara Swisher and co-host of the Pivot podcast with Scott Galloway. She is editor-at-large at New York Magazine, and co-founder of the technology website Recode, and tech confere  more

NEW YORK, April 12 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: Belarus has hit a new low in its targeting of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. As of today, the definition of pornography under Belarusian law will include depictions of same-sex relationships as well as transgender people. The Culture Ministry recently amended its decree on "erotic materials" to classify "homosexualism, lesbian love" and the "desire to live and be seen by others  more

NEW YORK, April 9 -- The Family Equality Council issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: On Sunday, April 7, the University of South Carolina's women's basketball team won the NCAA National Championship. Ahead of the championship game, South Carolina's head coach Dawn Staley made comments in support of transgender athlete inclusion in sports when she was pressed by a media member on the topic. Her remarks came ahead of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) vot  more

NEW YORK, April 10 -- The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law issued the following news release on April 9, 2023: Three Jewish defense organizations today submitted a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against Ohio State University, alleging that the university has failed to address the severe discrimination and harassment of Jewish and Israeli students following the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel, which fostered "a hostile antisemi  more

BROOKLYN, New York, April 11 -- Brooklyn Museum issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: On Tuesday, April 9, 2024, the Brooklyn Museum celebrated its thirteenth annual Brooklyn Artists Ball, as hundreds of guests from the art world and beyond gathered to honor renowned artist and activist Titus Kaphar. The Museum's largest annual fundraiser, the Brooklyn Artists Ball this year raised $2.8 million, which will be critical in supporting renowned special exhibitions, reimagined collect  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate an alleged anti-Muslim attack targeting a woman at a subway station as a hate crime. A man allegedly threw a can at the 22-year-old victim while shouting "f--ing Muslims." "We urge law enforcement authorities to investigate t  more

NEW YORK, April 11 -- CancerCare issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: As it celebrates its 80th anniversary this year, CancerCare(R), the leading national nonprofit organization providing free, professional support services to anyone affected by cancer, is excited to announce its 2024 National Gala (https://secure.everyaction.com/tjhjO99FMk6NUx5iXLzZDQ2) on Wednesday, April 17, at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City. In addition to marking eight decades of providing help and  more

NEW YORK, April 13 -- Caring Across Generations, an organization of family caregivers, care workers, disabled people and aging adults, issued the following news release: Care champions alongside advocates, elected officials, families, older adults, disabled people, early childhood educators, and care workers gathered in D.C. for a week of action calling on leaders to pass comprehensive care and paid leave legislation. Caring Across Generations' Executive Director Ai-jen Poo opened up a rally at  more

NEW YORK, April 13 -- The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following news release: In response to the report just filed by the court-appointed monitor in the landmark case, Floyd v. City of New York (https://ccrjustice.org/home/what-we-do/our-cases/floyd-et-al-v-city-new-york-et-al), stop-and-frisk attorneys issued the following comments: "The monitor's report erroneously asserts that there are diminished racial disparities in stops of Black and Latinx New Yorkers by New York Police  more

AMHERST, New York, April 11 -- The Center for Inquiry issued the following news release: CSICon, the long-running conference for scientists, skeptics, and critical thinkers presented by the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI), will feature a star-studded collection of presenters this October 24-27. The weekend-long event will include appearances by two of the world's best-known and most beloved science communicators: Brian Cox (Thursday, October 24) and Neil deGrasse Tyson (Friday, October   more

NEW YORK, April 9 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following statement on April 8, 2024: Today, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Chief Executive Officer Ambassador Mark D. Wallace and CEP President Frances F. Townsend released the following statement to mark six months since October 7. "Yesterday marked six months since the Jewish people suffered its worst catastrophe since the Holocaust when 1,200 men, women and children were slaughtered in cold, calculating blood. The pain has not   more

NEW YORK, April 12 -- The CFA Institute, an association of investment professionals, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, announces that of 13,619 candidates worldwide who sat for the Level III CFA Program exam in February 2024, 49 percent have passed. All candidates will be notified of their results today. Margaret Franklin, CFA, President and CEO, CFA Institute comments: "Congratulations to all of today's suc  more

NEW YORK, April 11 -- The Clearing House issued the following news release: The CHIPS network, the largest private-sector high-value clearing and settlement system in the world, which is operated by The Clearing House, successfully migrated to the ISO 20022 message format on the April 8 banking day. The adoption of the ISO 20022 message format by the CHIPS network enhances the efficiency of payments processing; allows participants and end-user customers to glean value from enriched data content  more

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, April 6 (TNSres) -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) chemists have created a new collection of molecular compounds and begun testing them as potential leads in the search for new drugs. Among these molecules, they found several that show promise for development as antibiotics and cancer therapies. Sounds like a eureka moment? Well, sort of. But it's more a case of hard chemistry made simple. The new   more

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, April 12 -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: When it comes to biology, details matter. If a drug isn't designed to perfectly hit its target, down to a single atom, it may utterly fail. That's where structural biologists come in. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has one of the world's leading experts. CSHL Professor & HHMI Investigator Leemor Joshua-Tor specializes in the use of cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). This Nobel-prize-wi  more

YONKERS, New York, April 11 -- Consumer Reports issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Consumer Reports praised the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today for issuing a final rule (https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-finalizes-first-ever-national-drinking-water-standard) limiting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. The EPA's rule establishes the first enforceable limits for PFAS chemicals, which is a landmark step forwar  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 9 -- The Simon Wiesenthal Center issued the following news: The Southern District of New York dismissed on Friday a $4.8 billion defamation lawsuit filed in October by Louis Farrakhan and Nation of Islam ("NOI") against the Simon Wiesenthal Center ("SWC") and Rabbi Abraham Cooper, SWC's Associate Dean & Global Social Action Director, as well as the Anti-Defamation League and its CEO Jonathan Greenblatt. Farrakhan and NOI claimed that SWC was defaming them because   more

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, April 9 -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: Plant biology and science education are in Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's (CSHL's) DNA. Recently, two CSHL plant scientists brought their expertise from the lab to the White House lawn for an event hosted by First Lady Jill Biden. Since 2022, the White House's annual "EGGucation" Roll has used fun Easter-themed activities to teach kids about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (  more

ASHBURN, Virginia, April 12 -- The National Recreation and Park Association issued the following news release: The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) is proud to announce Dan Buettner as the opening keynote speaker for the 2024 NRPA Annual Conference. Buettner is an explorer, National Geographic Fellow, award-winning journalist and producer, Netflix host, and New York Times bestselling author. He discovered the five places in the world -- dubbed blue zones hotspots -- where people  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 9 -- The Public Library Association, a division of the American Library Association, issued the following news release: The Public Library Association (PLA) has announced the results of its 2024 election. Members elected Dr. Brandy McNeil, Deputy Director, Branch Programs and Services, The New York (N.Y.) Public Library, to the office of 2025-2026 PLA president. Dr. McNeil will serve a three-year term beginning this June, including one-year stints as president-elect (20  more

ALBANY, New York, April 11 -- Environmental Advocates of New York issued the following statement on April 10, 2024: * * * On Wednesday April 10, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the first-ever federal limits on toxic PFAS in drinking water. The regulations published today require water utilities nationwide to test for six PFAS chemicals and clean up their drinking water if harmful levels are detected. PFAS are a class of over 9,000 man-made chemicals whose widespread use  more

NEW YORK, April 11 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following statement on April 10, 2024, by Maria Doa, senior director for chemicals policy: * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued national drinking water standards for several harmful per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as "forever chemicals." These PFAS are highly toxic at very low levels, are associated with cancers, liver and heart toxicity and can harm pregnant women and the develo  more

NEW YORK, April 13 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following statement on April 12, 2024, by Rosalie Winn, director and lead counsel for methane and clean air policy: * * * Oklahoma and allied states filed a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today seeking to stay the Environmental Protections Agency's recently finalized methane standards for the oil and gas sector - safeguards that will reduce tens of millions of tons of climate-damaging methane and other   more

NEW YORK, April 9 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: Two years since President Nayib Bukele announced a "war against gangs" in El Salvador, the country has gone through rapid change. Agustin, not his real name, was 16 when Bukele made the announcement. When Human Rights Watch researchers met him a year-and-a-half later he had already personally experienced the country's quick turn from being gang-ridden to, increasingly, a police state. Agustin first su  more

NEW YORK, April 10 -- The American Kennel Club issued the following news release: The American Kennel Club is pleased to announce the annual election of officers. In accordance with the Charter and Bylaws of The American Kennel Club, the following Executive Officers were re-elected at the April 2024 Board of Directors Meeting: * Dennis B. Sprung - President and Chief Executive Officer * Gina M. DiNardo - Executive Secretary * Theodore E. Phillips, CPA - Chief Financial Officer Mr. Sprung is  more

NEW YORK, April 12 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Today, Environmental Defense Fund and The Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union, together with a group of other environmental nonprofit organizations, sent an open letter to global marine engine manufacturers calling for greater transparency on the emissions of nitrous oxide and ammonia from ammonia-powered engines. "Complete and transparent information on emissions from ammonia-power  more

NEW YORK, April 12 -- Everytown for Gun Safety issued the following statements on April 11, 2024: * * * Today, the Department of Justice and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) finalized a new rule (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/04/11/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-new-action-to-implement-bipartisan-safer-communities-act-expanding-firearm-background-checks-to-fight-gun-crime/) implementing the historic Bipartisan Safer  more

NEW YORK, April 11 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: (Paris, April 11, 2024) - Racial profiling by French police violates international human rights law, five French and international groups said in a complaint filed today with the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). Although in France the Council of State recognized in October 2023 that racial profiling by the police is not limited to "isolated cases," the government has ta  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Free Press, an advocacy group that is part of the media reform or media democracy movement, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: On Tuesday, Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-New York) filed a discharge petition calling for debate and a floor vote on her legislation, the Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act, that would provide an additional $7 billion to save a successful broadband-subsidy initiative. The Federal Communications Commission, which administers  more

NEW YORK, April 9 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: (Beirut, April 9, 2024) - Children in Gaza have been dying from starvation-related complications since the Israeli government began using starvation as a weapon of war, a war crime, Human Rights Watch said today. Doctors and families in Gaza described children, as well as pregnant and breastfeeding mothers, suffering from severe malnutrition and dehydration, and hospitals ill-equipped to treat them. Co  more

NEW YORK, April 12 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: Click to expand Image (Tbilisi, April 12, 2024) - The Georgian government should withdraw permanently its plans to reintroduce so-called "foreign agent" legislation, Human Rights Watch and five labor rights organizations and trade unions said in a statement released today. The bill would require foreign-funded nongovernmental organizations, media and trade unions to register as "agents of foreign infl  more

NEW YORK, April 12 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: In early February, a 30-year-old Jewish student was hospitalized following an attack by a fellow student at Berlin's largest public university, Freie Universitat Berlin. Berlin's authorities treated the attack as politically motivated antisemitic violence and attributed it to the impact in Europe of the escalation in the Israel-Palestine conflict. In response to the attack, Germany's antisemitism comm  more

NEW YORK, April 12 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: Click to expand Image Plenary session in the Bundestag in Berlin, January 12, 2022. (c) 2022 ddp images/Sipa via AP Images (Berlin, April 12, 2024) - Germany's parliament on April 12, 2024, passed a landmark law that allows transgender and non-binary people to modify their legal documents to reflect their gender identity through an administrative procedure based on self-identification, Human Rights   more

NEW YORK, April 11 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that many governments around the world did not meet public healthcare spending benchmarks amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Human Rights Watch said today. The new information indicates possible violations of countries' obligations to the human right to health. WHO's Global Health Expenditure Database, released in December 2023, shows that most governme  more

NEW YORK, April 10 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: Greece's highest administrative court, the Council of State, has declared unconstitutional a 2021 amendment that barred the Hellenic Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE), an independent body which oversees surveillance powers, from informing citizens of state surveillance on "national security" grounds. Until March 2021, those under government surveillance could request information   more

NEW YORK, April 13 -- The Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy organization that says it is committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide, issued the following news release: Background The landscape of abortion access in the United States continues to shift rapidly in the wake of the Supreme Court's June 2022 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated the federal constitutional right to abortion. Since  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 9 [Category: Education] -- The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities issued the following news release: The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities has reaffirmed its commitment with NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises to further expand the Telemundo Academy to five new markets for 2024-2025, bringing hands-on experience, access and professional knowledge to Latino students pursuing media industry careers. The program with HACU will connect Telemun  more

CENTER CITY, Minnesota, April 13 (TNSres) -- Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: In a new memoir, Broken Open, to be published this September as a follow-up to the New York Times-bestselling Broken from 2006--William C. Moyers reveals that in the midst of his 30-year recovery from illicit drugs and alcohol, and a successful career as a national recovery advocate and fundraiser for the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, he experienced a multi-year "ru  more

NEW YORK, April 9 -- The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights issued the following news release: Last week, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, The Southern Center for Human Rights, and the University of Dayton Human Rights Center filed a petition before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) requesting a Department of Justice investigation into the 2023 murder of Manuel Esteban Paez Teran (known as "Tortuguita"), an environmental activist who was killed by police while peacefully protesti  more

NEW YORK, April 9 -- The Interactive Advertising Bureau issued the following news on April 8, 2024: Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) congratulates Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-05) on releasing their joint bipartisan federal privacy legislation proposal. "IAB's over 700 members, including major brands, publishers, agencies, and ad tech firms, are counting on a national data privacy law to replace an increasingly complex patchwork of state laws, raising cos  more

NEW YORK, April 13 -- The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee issued the following news release: As two conflicts and rising antisemitism take their toll on the global Jewish community, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is ensuring that Jews around the world are able to come together and celebrate Passover, which begins the evening of April 22 and concludes on April 30. JDC is providing Passover camping, cultural events, and mental health activities in Israeli citi  more

NEW YORK, April 8 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: India's general elections are scheduled to begin on April 19, 2024, and last six weeks. The results are to be announced on June 4. Voters will elect 543 members for the lower house of Parliament for five-year terms. The party or coalition of parties that wins a majority of seats will nominate a candidate for prime minister and form a government. What are India's human rights obligations around the 2024  more

NEW YORK, April 8 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: (New York) - Voters in India will cast their ballots in a six-week general election beginning April 19, 2024, amid concerns that Indian authorities exert considerable control over the digital ecosystem that can make for an uneven playing field, Human Rights Watch said in a question-and-answer document released today. The party or coalition of parties that wins a majority of 543 seats in the lower house   more

NEW YORK, April 9 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: India's Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to the activist Shoma Sen nearly six years after she was arrested in 2018 on politically motivated allegations of supporting a Maoist insurgency. "We do not find prima facie commission or attempt to commit any terrorist act," the judge said. Sen is among 16 activists, lawyers, and academics arrested in relation to violence that broke out in Bhima Koregaon v  more

NEW YORK, April 13 (TNSres) -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release: A new report produced by Cash Consortium of Sudan has revealed the importance of cash programming in Sudan to avert further loss of life owing to hunger in Sudan. More than one in three people are suffering from acute hunger in Sudan, making it one of the worst hunger crises in the world. Conflict as the primary driver, has forced farmers to abandon their lands, disrupted markets, led to massive  more

NEW YORK, April 11 -- JDRF, a non-profit dedicated to funding type 1 diabetes research, issued the following statement on April 10, 2024: * * * JDRF is aware that, unfortunately, individuals are having trouble filling their prescriptions for 10mL Humalog, 10mL Insulin Lispro, and 10mL Novolog vials. It is unacceptable that some members of our community have had to face an additional hurdle to get this life-saving medication in their usual formulation. We have been in contact with Eli Lilly, t  more

NEW YORK, April 11 -- The Jewish Council for Public Affairs issued the following statement on April 10, 2024: * * * Today a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers in Congress introduced the Countering Antisemitism Act to address the rise in antisemitism since Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel on October 7. Among other provisions to address antisemitism on campus, ensure robust Holocaust education efforts, and address online antisemitism, the bill would establish the position of a National Co  more

NEW YORK, April 11 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: Dear High Representative Borrell, Dear EU Foreign Ministers, One year on from the start of the conflict in Sudan on 15 April 2023, and as the Foreign Affairs Council meets on Sudan on 22 April 2024, our organizations call on the European Union and its member states to take urgent, strategic and concrete steps to respond to the massive cost on civilians of the dramatic human rights and humanitarian cr  more

NEW YORK, April 11 -- Access Now, an organization that says it defends and extends the rights of people and communities at risk, issued the following joint statement on April 10, 2024, with eight organizations: * * * We, the undersigned civil society organizations, welcome the United States-led United Nations (UN) General Assembly resolution "Seizing the opportunities of safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence systems for sustainable development." Stakeholders far from UN grounds   more

NEW YORK, April 12 -- Access Now, an organization that says it defends and extends the rights of people and communities at risk, issued the following joint statement on April 11, 2024, with 16 organizations: * * * On 10 April 2024, the European Parliament adopted the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, a package of reforms expanding the criminalisation and digital surveillance of migrants. Despite civil society organisations' repeated warnings, the Pact "will normalise the arbitrary use of im  more

NEW YORK, April 9 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: This submission is presented on behalf of Human Rights Watch and Transitional Justice Working Group, addressing developments since the third cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) in its 33rd session. Summary The Covid-19 pandemic posed unprecedented challenges to governments worldwide, testing their capacity to uphold human righ  more

NEW YORK, April 10 -- The Lawfare Project, an organization that provides legal counsel and services, issued the following news release on April 9, 2023: Today, The Lawfare Project -- together with Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP -- filed a lawsuit against Cooper Union in New York City on behalf of ten Jewish students. The Complaint alleges that Cooper Union failed to adequately address the surge in antisemitism on campus following the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel, which led to a terrifyi  more

NEW YORK, April 10 -- The National Institute for Reproductive Health issued the following news release on April 9, 2023: The National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH) strongly condemns the Arizona State Supreme Court decision today, which will effectively ban all abortions when it goes into effect, reverting Arizona back to a Civil War-era abortion ban. Abortion access in Arizona is currently limited by a 15-week ban. "Everyone should be able to control their bodies, lives, and future  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 9 -- The American Library Association issued the following news release: Loida Garcia-Febo, International Library Consultant, Brooklyn, New York has been awarded the ALA Medal of Excellence Award. This annual award, presented by the American Library Association (ALA) and sponsored by OCLC recognizes creative leadership of high order, particularly in the fields of library management, library training, cataloging and classification, and the tools and techniques of librari  more

NEW YORK, April 12 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: Click to expand Image Abdoulaye Maiga, Malian minister of territorial administration, speaks at the COP27 UN Climate Summit, November 8, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (c) 2022 AP Photo/Peter Dejong (Nairobi) - Mali's transitional military government should immediately reverse its suspension of political parties and associations, Human Rights Watch said today. The suspension violates both Malian l  more

NEW YORK, April 10 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on April 9, 2024, to Bloomberg Opinion: * * * The Four-Day Work Week Is Decades Away By Allison Schrager - Senator Bernie Sanders' bill mandating a 32-hour week over the next few years would be harmful to the economy. Billionaires and Bernie Sanders agree on at least one thing: They see a four-day work week in America's future. Hedge fund manager Steve Cohen is investing in golf courses because he an  more

NEW YORK, April 10 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on April 9, 2024, to Commentary.org: * * * Fraudband for Everyone! By James B. Meigs Everybody loves infrastructure. It's one of the few things Democrats and Republicans agree on these days. When Joe Biden came into office touting plans to spend more money than any president in history, Republicans wisely pushed back. Except when it came to "infrastructure." Republican votes were key to putting Biden'  more

NEW YORK, April 10 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the Daily Wire: * * * Trouble at the Fed: Investigation into Lisa Cook's Academic Record Raises Questions By Christopher F. Rufo and Luke Rosiak Lisa D. Cook is one of the world's most powerful economists. She taught economics at Harvard University and Michigan State University and served on the Obama administration's Council of Economic Advisers before being appointed, in 2022, to the Federal Rese  more

NEW YORK, April 10 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on April 8, 2024, to Fox News: * * * Here's Why Guys Assaulting Women on TikTok Will Probably Get Away with It By Hannah E. Meyers - Until NY fixes its laws, more women will be randomly punched in the face It's all over TikTok: pretty, young women are getting punched in the face in seemingly random attacks on the streets of New York City. The latest incident occurred on Wednesday in Chelsea, leaving   more

NEW YORK, April 11 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the Institute for Family Studies: * * * Fewer High School Seniors See Marriage in Their Future By Robert VerBruggen In a brief new paper, sociologists Joanna R. Pepin and Philip N. Cohen highlight a new and worrisome trend: Fewer high-school seniors think they will get married one day, per the Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey. Fewer of them think they'd make a good spouse, too. These trends are   more

NEW YORK, April 7 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the New York Post: * * * As NY Lawmakers Bust the Budget, Cash-Cow Wall Street Is Moving to Greener Pastures By Nicole Gelinas As the Legislature slouches into its second week past the April 1 deadline to pass a $233 billion or so budget for fiscal year 2025, disagreements are over non-spending issues, such as housing, and whether to add spending. Nobody is asking: Where does the money come from?   more

NEW YORK, April 11 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on April 10, 2024, to Vital City: * * * Saved by the Camera By Nicole Gelinas - New York should use its red-light and speed cameras to prevent deadly crashes. In early March, a tow-truck driver fatally crushed a woman crossing the street in the crosswalk in Brooklyn. It was not the first time this vehicle had caused a deadly crash: The same truck had run over and killed a woman in Queens, also in th  more

NEW YORK, April 10 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on April 9, 2024, to the Wall Street Journal: * * * Trump, RFK Jr. and the Disillusioned Black Voter By Jason L. Riley - Working-class minorities are less concerned with identity politics than they are with the economy. When Sen. Ted Kennedy ran for president in 1980, his nephew Robert F. Kennedy Jr. served as a campaign surrogate. According to "The Kennedys: An American Drama," a 1984 biography of t  more

NEW YORK, April 9 -- The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center issued the following news release: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is proud to announce that Jeffrey A. Drebin, MD, PhD, has been named President-Elect of the American Surgical Association (ASA) for 2024. An internationally recognized surgeon-scientist and the Chair of MSK's Department of Surgery, Dr. Drebin has decades of experience as a world-class surgical oncologist specializing in pancreaticobiliary, upper gastroi  more

NEW YORK, April 11 -- Moms Demand Action, a part of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Today, Everytown and its grassroots networks of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action released the following statements applauding the Colorado legislature for passing critical gun violence prevention legislation. SB24-066 (Sullivan) would require credit card companies and other financial institutions that process payments to develop a code specifically for   more

NEW YORK, April 9 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: (Bangkok) - The Myanmar military has abducted and forcibly recruited more than 1,000 Rohingya Muslim men and boys from across Rakhine State since February 2024, Human Rights Watch said today. The junta is using a conscription law that only applies to Myanmar citizens, although the Rohingya have long been denied citizenship under the 1982 Citizenship Law. Rohingya described being picked up in nighttime   more

NEW YORK, April 11 (TNSres) -- The National Multiple Sclerosis Society issued the following news: The National Multiple Sclerosis Society has recently committed $16.4 million in multi-year funding to launch important new MS research projects. This is part of the Society's ongoing effort to align the global MS research community around the most promising areas outlined in the Pathways to Cures roadmap to stop MS, restore function and end MS. The new projects include 9 new research grants and 31  more

NEW YORK, April 12 (TNSres) -- The National Multiple Sclerosis Society issued the following news: A new study of 248 women with MS showed that those who had taken highly effective disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) had a greater risk of developing abnormal cell changes in the cervix, the lower end of the womb. This study suggests that check-ups and screenings may help to catch and treat these cell changes before they develop into cancer. Background: Research has shown that women whose immune s  more

NEW YORK, April 13 (TNSres) -- The National Multiple Sclerosis Society issued the following news: A nationwide online survey of 1177 adults with MS shows that many experience the often severe muscle tightness, called spasticity, daily and unpredictably. A majority raised the conversation about spasticity-related symptoms with their physicians themselves, and wished they had done it sooner. Background: Spasticity refers to feelings of stiffness and a wide range of involuntary muscle spasms (sus  more

NEW YORK, April 8 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: "They don't love us," 17-year-old Kenji M. told me in 2012. He was speaking of staff at the childcare institution where he lived in Tokyo. "Many of the staff seem like they take care of us only because it's their job." Kenji had lived in institutions since age 3. He was identifying a problem underpinning Japan's system for providing care to children whose parents were unable or unwilling to do so: it h  more

NEW YORK, April 5 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release: * * * New guide provides invaluable insights for food companies seeking a more strategic approach to drive climate impact. * * * As the spotlight grows on greenhouse gas emissions from the food and agriculture sector, an innovative guide co-authored by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Deloitte was released today to empower food companies to more efficiently and strategically accelerate progres  more

NEW YORK, April 8 (TNSres) -- The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center issued the following news release on April 7, 2024: New data presented today by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) researchers show an experimental approach to treating pancreatic cancer with the messenger RNA (mRNA)-based therapeutic cancer vaccine candidate, autogene cevumeran, continues to show potential to stimulate an immune response that may reduce the risk of the disease returning after surgery. New result  more

NEW YORK, April 11 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: Click to expand Image The freed students of the LEA Primary and Secondary School in Kuriga at the state government house in Kaduna, Nigeria, March 25, 2024. (c) 2024 Habila Darofai/AP Photo (Abuja) -Ten years after the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Nigerian authorities have failed to put in place and sustain crucial measures to provide a secure learning environment for every child,   more

BROOKLYN, New York, April 13 -- The National Student Nurses Association issued the following news release: The National Student Nurses' Association (NSNA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Kenya D. Williams, EdD, MBA, MSN, RN, RP, CAE, FNYAM as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Dev Persaud, MA, as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective April 1, 2024. The Board of Directors recognized Dr. Williams' educational pedigree, which includes two graduate degrees focusing on business and human  more

BROOKLYN, New York, April 13 -- The National Student Nurses Association issued the following news release: The National Student Nurses' Association (NSNA) 72nd Annual Convention - ELEVATE: Dreams Make the Impossible Possible - took place April 3-7, 2024, at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, FL. Participants included over 2,100 students, speakers, faculty members, consultants, and exhibitors. On Saturday, April 6, results of elections for the 2024-2025 Board of Directors and  more

NEW YORK, April 10 -- The New York City Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on April 9, 2023: New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) today announced that combined New York Yankees and New York Mets regular home games are expected to generate over $950 million in economic impact for New York City over the course of the 2024 season. New York Yankees home games are expected to generate an economic impact of $606 million over the course of the 2024 regula  more

NEW YORK, April 11 -- The New York City Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) today announced that combined New York Yankees and New York Mets regular home games are expected to generate over $950 million in economic impact for New York City over the course of the 2024 season. New York Yankees home games are expected to generate an economic impact of $606 million over the course of the 2024 regula  more

NEW YORK, April 9 -- The New York City Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on April 8, 2023: New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), the Tech Talent Pipeline within the Mayor's Office of Talent and Workforce Development (NYC Talent) and the Tech Incubator at CUNY Queens College (TIQC) today announced the launch of NYC Node, an applied learning program and New York City's first investment in blockchain infrastructure to run the blockchain node housed at   more

NEW YORK, April 13 -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: At today's hearing on New York City's lawsuit against the bus companies that Texas Governor Greg Abbott hired to transport new arrivals to the city, the court granted the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) the ability to appear as amicus curiae, or "friend of the court," on the unconstitutionality of Mayor Adams' actions and participate in future arguments in the case. "It's just as u  more

NEW YORK, April 9 -- Parliamentarians for Global Action issued the following news: Sweden's new direction for development assistance includes a strong focus on democracy and human rights and combatting norms and values that stand in the way of gender equality. Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), the largest international, cross-party, membership-based organization comprised of - and governed by - individual members of parliament, will be organizing a dialogue in the Swedish Parliament to   more

NEW YORK, April 10 -- PEN America issued the following news release: PEN America will convene an array of vital voices in literature from around the globe in the 20th anniversary PEN World Voices Festival, held May 8-11 in New York City--concentrated in Greenwich Village--and May 8-18 in Los Angeles. With 100 writers in more than 35 events, the festival celebrates the power of literature both to transport and galvanize, initiating conversation between writers from more than 25 countries to ex  more

NEW YORK, April 12 -- PEN America issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: PEN America announced today that Vietnamese author, journalist and dissident Pham Doan Trang will receive the 2024 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award on May 16 at the organization's annual literary gala. The PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award is given each year to a jailed writer of conscience. Last year's conferral of the award to imprisoned Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi kicked off a global c  more

NEW YORK, April 7 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: Click to expand Image Sebastian Duterte, currently the mayor of Davao City, delivers a speech at a campaign rally in Davao City, the hometown of his father, then-President Rodrigo Duterte, May 10, 2019. (c) 2019 Kyodo via AP Images (Manila) - The mayor of Davao City in the Philippines, Sebastian Duterte, recently declared a new "war on drugs," suggestive of the abusive campaign of his father, former   more

NEW YORK, April 10 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following news release on April 9, 2023, nine organizations: Today, a consortium of nationally renowned civil rights organizations, legal organizations, and a law firm filed an extraordinary writ petition in the Supreme Court of California challenging the state's death penalty statute as racially discriminatory and unconstitutional under the Equal Protection guarantees of the California Constitution. This is the first time a petition of this  more

NEW YORK, April 10 -- Robin Hood, an organization that says it focuses on fighting poverty, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Robin Hood, New York's largest local poverty-fighting philanthropy, today announced three grand prize winners of FUEL for 50, the three-year $10 million initiative to support learning and development for young children living in poverty through programs focused on their caregivers. Chances for Children, FamilyCook Productions, and Forestdale have advanc  more

NEW YORK, April 12 -- The Rockefeller Foundation issued the following news release: The Rockefeller Foundation announced that Eason Jordan has been named Senior Vice President, Connected Leaders. Mr. Jordan's new position will focus on growing, engaging, and energizing the Foundation's network of convenings and fellows to advance partnerships and alliances that amplify action in support of its mission to promote the well-being of humanity. He joins The Rockefeller Foundation at a time when the   more

NEW YORK, April 12 -- Roosevelt Institute, an organization that focuses on corporate and public power, labor and wages and the economics of race and gender inequality, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: The Roosevelt Institute today announced the 2024 cohort of think tank fellows, poised to enrich the progressive policy community with a breadth of voices and expertise. Throughout their fellowship, this group will tackle critical challenges confronting both our economy and demo  more

NEW YORK, April 9 -- The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project issued the following news release on April 8, 2023: Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy and civil rights group, demands Amazon end all uses of "Just Walk Out," a biometric surveillance software that tracks customers' movements and purchases in stores. Amazon announced it will be phasing out its use of "Just Walk Out" in Amazon Fresh grocery stores, but will keep the technolog  more

NEW YORK, April 10 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: Women's tennis has advocated for women's rights since before Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in the "battle of the sexes" 50 years ago. The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) was a prime mover behind Title IX, the U.S. law that gave millions of women and girls equal opportunities in sport and education. Despite this legacy, management of the WTA announced this week that the women's flagship finals are  more

NEW YORK, April 9 (TNSres) -- Scholars at Risk issued the following news release: Scholars at Risk celebrates the release of wrongfully imprisoned conservationist Niloufar Bayani and the news that she has been reunited with her loved ones. Ms. Bayani was arrested in January 2018 on charges of espionage while conducting field research on asiatic cheetahs, and she was sentenced to 10 years in prison in January 2019. Ms. Bayani was held in Evin Prison, where she found ways to continue her academ  more

NEW YORK, April 8 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: Click to expand Image Bassirou Diomaye Faye delivers his inaugural speech after being sworn in as Senegal's president in Dakar, Senegal, April 2, 2024. (c) 2024 AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui (Nairobi) - Senegal's newly elected president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, should make protecting and promoting human rights a priority during his presidency, both within Senegal and regionally, Human Rights Watch said i  more

NEW YORK, April 10 -- The Anti-Defamation League issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Three Jewish defense organizations today submitted a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against Ohio State University, alleging that the university has failed to address the severe discrimination and harassment of Jewish and Israeli students following the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel, which fostered "a hostile antisemitic environment that is now p  more

NEW YORK, April 10 -- The New York City Bar Association issued the following statement on April 9, 2024: * * * The New York City Bar Association has long followed with mounting concern the situation of the lawyers, prosecutors, and judges of Turkey./1 Marking April 5 as Lawyers' Day in Turkey, the New York City Bar joins the international community in paying tribute to Turkish lawyers and condemning the ongoing grave challenges to the independence, and the safety and security, of lawyers, pros  more

NEW YORK, April 11 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls to the United Nations General Assembly on violence against women and girls in sport. This submission covers sexual and gender-based violence in sport in Mali, Haiti, and Afghanistan; child abuse in sport in Japan; and sex testing of women athletes. HRW Submis  more

NEW YORK, April 8 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Bhutan Introduction Human Rights Watch submits the following information regarding Bhutan's human rights record since its 2019 Universal Periodic Review (UPR), including efforts towards implementation of recommendations Bhutan supported, as well as continuing concerns relating to recommendations Bhutan noted, and information ab  more

NEW YORK, April 9 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: The Texas Military Department is constructing a massive new "Forward Operating Base" outside of the border community of Eagle Pass to house up to 1,800 national guard members. The base is part of the state's multibillion-dollar anti-migrant program, Operation Lone Star. Satellite imagery of the site examined by Human Rights Watch shows the massive clearing of land. A video I shot earlier this month sho  more

NEW YORK, April 10 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: (Bangkok) - Thailand's Constitutional Court will rule on a petition that could result in dissolving the country's main opposition party and banning its leaders from politics, Human Rights Watch said today. The Move Forward Party (MFP), which won the largest number of seats in the May 2023 general elections, faces politically motivated allegations of high treason. The Constitutional Court ruling, expec  more

NEW YORK, April 11 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: (Bangkok) - The Thai government's decision not to forcibly return 19 children to Myanmar should be expanded to include all refugees from Myanmar, Human Rights Watch said today. On March 12, 2024, officials from Thai immigration and the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security took 19 Myanmar children, ages 5 to 17, from Wat Sawang Arom School in Lopburi province in central Thailand and brough  more

NEW YORK, April 12 -- The American Kennel Club issued the following news release: The American Kennel Club (AKC), a not-for-profit organization, the world's largest purebred dog registry and leading advocate for dogs, is excited to announce AKC DNA + Health. This new test combines genetic health and traits testing with AKC DNA identification, creating a powerful tool for breeders. "At the AKC, we're always looking for tools to help our responsible breeders in their journey to breed the best qu  more

MAHWAH, New Jersey, April 11 -- The Andrew Goodman Foundation issued the following news release: On April 4, 2024, New York Senator Leroy Comrie introduced New York Senate Resolution 2197, a historic gesture to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the tragic murders of civil rights activists Andrew Goodman, James Earl Chaney, and Michael Schwerner. This resolution, which also names The Andrew Goodman Foundation (AGF) and Andrew's brother David Goodman, marks a significant moment of remembrance a  more

NEW YORK, April 11 -- The Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants issued the following news release: The Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC), the global professional association representing excellence in executive search and leadership advisory, is pleased to welcome Potrero Group as a new member. The firm's acceptance follows a rigorous vetting process to ensure quality standards and alignment with the AESC Code of Professional Conduct. "AESC   more

NEW YORK, April 11 -- The Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy organization that says it is committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide, issued the following news release: The Guttmacher Institute has joined a powerful amicus brief (https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-726/306189/20240328153230027_23-726%20and%2023-727%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf) calling on the US Supreme Court to affirm that the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)   more

NEW YORK, April 9 -- The New York Public Library issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: The New York Public Library and Teen Vogue announced today the grand prize winner of the Library's National Teen Writing Contest which asked teens across the country to answer the question, "Why is the freedom to read important to you?" Tara Isabel Lago, an undergraduate from Staten Island, won for her essay, "The Luminosity of Reading." In addition to publication in Teen Vogue, Lago received a   more

NEW YORK, April 11 -- The New York Public Library issued the following news release: * * * The World Literature Festival will launch a citywide celebration of the rich diversity of language and culture in New York with a wide variety of programming, including author talks and panels, book recommendations, and more during NYC's Immigrant Heritage Week. * * * The New York Public Library, in honor of NYC Immigrant Heritage Week (April 14-20), will kick off its fourth annual World Literature Fes  more

NEW YORK, April 13 -- The Skin Cancer Foundation issued the following news release: The Skin Cancer Foundation will launch its annual mobile education and screening program, Destination Healthy Skin, on Sunday, April 21, in Kansas City, Kansas. The program serves the Foundation's mission to save and improve lives by educating the public about the importance of skin cancer early detection and effective sun protection. Inside the Destination Healthy Skin RV, local volunteer dermatologists provide  more

NEW YORK, April 13 -- PEN America issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: PEN America today announced legendary playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner among the career achievement honorees for its 2024 PEN America Literary Awards, hosted by Academy Award-nominated writer and comedian Jena Friedman. The event, April 29th at 7:30pm ET at The Town Hall in New York City (123 W 43rd St), marks the 60th annual awards honoring writers from emerging voices to notables of contemporary lit  more

NEW YORK, April 9 -- The Insurance Information Institute issued the following news release: U.S. insurers paid out $1.12 billion in dog-related injury claims in 2023 according to the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) and State Farm. In addition to the potential for physical or emotional harm, dog bites can be financially costly. Janet Ruiz, director of strategic communications at the Triple-I, reported that in 2023, the number of dog bite and related injury claims was 19,062, an incre  more

NEW YORK, April 12 (TNSres) -- The Insurance Information Institute issued the following news release: The economic drivers of the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) insurance industry are now growing faster than the nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and are expected to gain further momentum in the event of Federal Reserve monetary rate cuts, according to the Insurance Information Institute's (Triple-I) latest Insurance Economics Outlook. "We've been forecasting that P/C underwriting growth would  more

NEW YORK, April 11 -- United Against Nuclear Iran issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: On Wednesday, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace called on U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to deny a visa for Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, a card carrying member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and his delegation ahead of an anticipated visit to New York next week. Amir-Abdollahian, who will reportedly attend a meeting  more

NEW YORK, April 8 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: The North Korean human rights movement won a significant victory on April 4 when the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a resolution ensuring continued scrutiny of North Korea's atrocious rights record. The resolution renews the mandate of the UN special rapporteur on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and asks the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Right  more

NEW YORK, April 10 -- The Union for Reform Judaism issued the following news: As humanity struggles to address the worsening climate crisis, the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), the largest denomination in North American Jewish life, has taken a landmark step to encourage positive climate action through the Movement's investment strategies. In a newly adopted resolution, the URJ has committed to "till and tend the earth," as the Book of Gensis teaches, by divesting the organization's pensions an  more

NEW YORK, April 11 -- The Vera Institute of Justice issued the following statement on April 10, 2024: * * * This week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed regulations that will prevent people from being automatically denied admission into HUD-subsidized housing based solely on their conviction histories. The Vera Institute of Justice (Vera) applauds former HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge, Acting Secretary Adrianne Todman, and the Biden-Harris administration for its   more

NEW YORK, April 13 -- Waterkeeper Alliance issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: Today, the Biden administration's Bureau of Land Management (the Bureau) released its final oil and gas leasing rule (https://www.blm.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2024-04/BLM-Fluid-Minerals-Leasing-FinalRule.pdf). The rule contains welcome and decades-overdue fiscal reforms and provides discretionary guidance for best land stewardship practices, but falls short of managing a climate-compatible declin  more

BRONX, New York, April 11 (TNSres) -- The Wildlife Conservation Society issued the following news release: A new study reveals compelling evidence that forests certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) in Gabon and the Republic of Congo harbour a higher abundance of larger mammals and critically endangered species, such as gorillas and elephants, compared to non-FSC certified forests. The research was led by Utrecht University with support from WWF and the Wildlife Conservation Society   more

NEW YORK, April 11 -- The World Jewish Congress issued the following statement on April 10, 2024: * * * Reacting to the introduction of the Countering Antisemitism Act by Sens. Jacky Rosen and James Lankford and Reps. Kathy Manning, Chris Smith, Brian Fitzpatrick and Randy Weber, World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder issued the following statement: "The legislation introduced today is a critical step toward addressing antisemitism in the United States and around the world. American  more

NEW YORK, April 8 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: On Saturday, Zambian police summoned a Catholic priest, Fr. Andrew Chewe Mukosa, for "interviews" at the Copperbelt Police Headquarters on April 9. The summons, which was posted online, indicated that the priest was being sought for "the purpose of investigations," but provided no information regarding the subject of the investigation. Click to expand Image Fr. Andrew Chewe Mukosa. Source: Radio Icen  more