WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news on May 21, 2024: By C. Todd Lopez, DOD News At the Pentagon today, the Defense Department recognized the top-level performance of more than two dozen department and service employees who work in the sexual assault prevention and response community. * * * I am in awe of each of you who bring this work to life; you play a critical role in tackling one of the department's toughest challenges. ... This can be really d  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, May 21 -- The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs posted the following news release: A $175,000 grant awarded by Gov. Kay Ivey will enable a Sumter County company to expand and provide additional jobs. The Community Development Block Grant will support infrastructure needed for Southwest Paper Sales Inc., to expand and add 20 employees over the next three years. Located in Livingston's North Industrial Park, Southwest Paper Sales already employs 117 people  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on May 20, 2024, by Director Rosie Hidalgo at the Conference on Crimes Against Women: * * * As Prepared for Delivery Good morning! I want to thank Jan Langbein and Becky Park for their amazing dedication and for bringing us all together for this important conference. I want to extend my deep gratitude to each of you here today for your hard work and service and the commitment to continue learning from one ano  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The National Endowment for the Arts issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: Washington, DC and New York, NY -- The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) announced today the winners of the 2023-2024 Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge, an opportunity for high school students to develop and showcase musical compositions that could be a part of a musical theater production. The winning songwriters will come to New   more

DETROIT, Michigan, May 21 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on May 19, 2024, at a campaign event at the Huntington Place Convention Center: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, Rev. AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years! Four more years! THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Please, have a seat. I don't feel tired. I feel inspired. (Applause.) Hello, Detroit. My name is Joe Biden, and I'm a lifetime member of the NAACP. (  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 22 -- The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum issued the following news release on May 20, 2024: The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation today announced that Ruby McIntee, a U.S. Citizen and senior at the High School of Dundee in Dundee Scotland, has won the national John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest for High School Students. The winning essay describes how former U.S. Representative Vito Marcantonio (New York 18th District) courageously oppo  more