BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 23 -- GBH, a multiplatform creator for public media, issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2024: * * * How an Assassination and a Corruption Scandal Finally Forced America to Reckon with the Role of the Vice President and the Rules of Succession * * * The American Vice President explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to its current position of enormous political con  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 19 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The convoluted "legalese" used in legal documents conveys a special sense of authority, and even non-lawyers have learned to wield it. * * * By Anne Trafton, MIT News Legal documents are notoriously difficult to understand, even for lawyers. This raises the question: Why are these documents written in a style that makes them so impenetrable? MIT cognitive scientists bel  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., introduced a resolution on June 12, 2024. The text of the resolution was released on Aug. 23. H. Res. 1295. A resolution expressing support for the designation of Sunday, June 16, 2024, as "Father's Day"; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction o  more