SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 1 -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Oregon, and several partner organizations filed a friend-of-the-court-brief (https://www.aclu.org/documents/ninth-circuit-cell-phone-abandonment-amicus-hunt) today in the Ninth Circuit Court o  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 1 (TNsres) -- The State Bar of California issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: The State Bar published its 2023 digital annual report (https://annualreport.calbar.ca.gov/2023-digital-annual-report/preface) today, which focuses on its accomplishments and challenges in a year when budgetary and staffing constraints impacted operations and when transparency and accountability took center stage. "2023 was a remarkable, challenging, and transformative y  more

OAKLAND, California, June 1 (TNScapv) -- The Center for Environmental Health issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: For the past three years, the Center for Environmental Health (CEH), a nonprofit watchdog, has engaged in legal action against more than 100 clothing companies whose socks contained high levels of the toxicant known as bisphenol A or BPA. Today, CEH celebrates a historic, legally binding agreement with 30 companies, including Hanes and Asics, who will reformulate and e  more

LOS ALAMITOS, California, June 1 -- The IEEE Computer Society issued the following news: As the preeminent event for research and development (R&D) in the hot topic areas of computer vision, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), augmented, virtual and mixed reality (AR/VR/MR), deep learning, and related fields, the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Conference (https://cvpr.thecvf.com/) historically has not been a gathering point for the artistic community, but this y  more

SANTA MONICA, California, June 1 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the National Interest on May 31, 2024: * * * North Korea's October Surprise: A Nuclear Weapons Test? By Bruce W. Bennett Some in the United States worry that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un could carry out an October surprise by doing a nuclear weapon test just before the U.S. presidential election this year. Could Kim do that? We don't know, but he certainly has a number of reasons for doing s  more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 1 -- The Simon Wiesenthal Center issued the following statement on May 31, 2024: * * * Following President Biden's announcement of the terms of an Israeli-led proposal releasing all the hostages and an end to the fighting, the Simon Wiesenthal Center released the following statement: * Since the October 7th mass murder of Israelis by invading Hamas terrorists, it is Israel that has been viciously and unfairly attacked by the international community. * Once again  more