MONTERREY, California, July 11 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: Ahead of his performance on July 12 at the California Rodeo Salinas, PETA sent a letter today to musician Keith Urban urging him to cancel the show and stop promoting rodeos, in which cows (including calves), horses, and other animals are terrorized, injured, and often killed. Because Urban has ignored earlier pleas to cut ties with cruel rodeos, PETA also sent the si  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release: The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) filed a federal civil rights complaint on July 5 with the U.S. Department of Education against the University of California, Los Angeles' (UCLA) David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) for allegedly violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. CAIR-LA has called for an investigation into DGSOM's tre  more

DUARTE, California, July 11 (TNSres) -- City of Hope issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: * * * Research published in Science Translational Medicine advances therapies to regenerate beta cells as a potential new treatment for diabetes * * * LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK -- In preclinical studies, a team of researchers from City of Hope(R) in Los Angeles and Mount Sinai Health System in New York reports new findings on a therapeutic combination that regenerated human insulin-produci  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 11 -- SEMI, an association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the electronics industry, issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: SEMI, the industry association representing the global electronics design and manufacturing supply chain, and the SEMI Foundation, which drives the SEMI workforce development program, today announced that leaders from the Women's Success Network (WSN) of EMD Electronics received the 2024 SEMI Foundation Excellence in   more

PASADENA, California, July 11 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: Rustle, rustle! Scurry, scurry! As this new video shows (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ_3Kv86S20), when PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman heard noises signifying that a rat had taken up residence in her attic, she didn't reach for any horrifically cruel "pest" control methods. Instead, Reiman set up Ring cameras, and the delightful footage she captured gave not only a rem  more

SANTA MONICA, California, July 11 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary on July 10, 2024, to Domestic Preparedness: * * * Five Key Domains of Incident Management By Aaron Clark-Ginsberg Throughout the United States, incident management is often closely associated with the Incident Command System (ICS), the National Incident Management System (NIMS), and other federal doctrine. However, effective incident management is not necessarily about alignment with doctrine. Instead, it is a  more

LA JOLLA, California, July 11 (TNSres) -- The Scripps Research Institute issued the following news: * * * Study by Scripps Research scientists suggests future therapies for opioid and alcohol addiction. * * * Even years after they have recovered, a person who once struggled with alcohol or opioid addiction can relapse--and that relapse is more likely to occur during particularly stressful times. Now, Scripps Research scientists have identified an area of the brain that plays a key role in st  more

LA JOLLA, California, July 11 (TNSres) -- The Scripps Research Institute issued the following news: * * * A set of neurons identified by Scripps Research scientists influence the start of eating and drinking. * * * Do you grab a fork and take a first bite of cake, or say no and walk away? Our motivation to eat is driven by a complex web of cells in the brain that use signals from within the body, as well as sensory information about the food in front of us, to determine our behaviors. Now, S  more