BEVERLY HILLS, California, Aug. 28 -- The Ad Council issued the following news release: * * * As students go back to school, the American Lung Association and the Ad Council inspire parents to talk to their kids about the risks of vaping * * * NEW YORK, NY (AUGUST 27, 2024) - Today, the American Lung Association and the Ad Council are launching a new national campaign to help parents of kids 10-14 years old understand that they're the best person to talk to their children about the dangers o  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Common Sense Media issued the following news release on Aug. 27, 2024: * * * Common Sense Media's reviews of Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity caution that real-time search features may mislead young users into thinking responses are fact-based * * * Today, Common Sense Media published a new set of reviews that assess the ethical use, transparency, safety, and potential risks of popular AI chatbots, including Google's Gemini and Anthropic's Claude,  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- The Goldwater Institute issued the following commentary on Aug. 27, 2024: * * * Goldwater Urges Federal Court to Strike Down California's Restrictions on Telehealth By Patrick Bailey Imagine having a rare medical disorder or being a physician with a highly specialized practice devoted to the treatment of patients with unique, sometimes debilitating or life-threatening conditions. Now, imagine that you're a patient who can't communicate with your physicia  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 27 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Missoula, MT Two federal agencies today announced plans to appeal a court decision that found their Flathead National Forest Plan illegal. In March, a district court found that the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service did not lawfully examine the impacts to federally protected grizzly bears and bull trout when the agencies greenlit their road building plan for the nat  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Growth Energy, a trade association that represents ethanol producers, issued the following news release on Aug. 27, 2024: Growth Energy, the nation's largest biofuel trade association, submitted new comments to the California Air Resources Board (https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/) (CARB) today, criticizing the board's latest updates to California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) for unfairly singling out American biofuels in a way that will make it hard for them to generate credit  more

LONG BEACH, California, Aug. 28 -- Port of Long Beach issued the following news on Aug. 27, 2024: * * * EFFORT TO BROADEN OPPORTUNITIES TO MORE FIRMS EXCEEDS GOAL BY 15% * * * A commitment by the Port of Long Beach to include more small businesses among its vendors and contractors continues to be extraordinarily successful, broadening access to port-related construction and professional services contracts. Last fiscal year, almost 42% of Port funds spent on eligible contracts through the Po  more

SANTA MONICA, California, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Aug. 27, 2024, to War on the Rocks: * * * Don't Ever Invade China: Xi Jinping Prioritizes Border, Coastal, and Air Defense By Shanshan Mei and Dennis J. Blasko Just as the U.S. National Defense Strategy lists homeland defense as the first priority (PDF) (https://media.defense.gov/2022/Oct/27/2003103845/-1/-1/1/2022-NATIONAL-DEFENSE-STRATEGY-NPR-MDR.PDF) of the Department of Defense, China's na  more

SANTA MONICA, California, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary on Aug. 27, 2024: * * * Cultivating the Magic Sauce for Surviving Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest By Mahshid Abir I read Bobby Grams' touching commentary (https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.005444) about his experience as a bystander with a smile on my face--and hope. I have heard this story first hand from Bobby and his wife Karen and cannot help but think how every part of the chain of s  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 [Category: National Defense] -- The Military Officers Association of America issued the following news: By MOAA Staff MOAA National serves in an advisory capacity for state-specific issues such as income tax exemption and state-level education benefits. Please contact your local MOAA council as state legislation must originate at the state level. Plans to reintroduce legislation exempting some or all uniformed services retirement pay and survivor benefits from state taxes  more