TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 5 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: * * * Wartime Weapons Have No Place in Self Defense, Brief Argues * * * Today, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell led a multistate amicus brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in support of Cook County, Illinois, which is continuing to defend its assault weapons ban from  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 5 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a coalition of 19 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief in support of Cook County, Illinois' assault weapons ban. The brief, filed in Viramontes v. County of Cook, urges the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a lower court's ruling that the law is consistent with the Second Amendment. "As part   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 5 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * Raoul, Multistate Coalition Supports FDA's Denial of Flavored Vape Products, Highlighting the Importance of Federal Action to Support States' Efforts to Address Youth Vaping * * * Attorney General Kwame Raoul, with a coalition of 19 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) decision to deny certain companie  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 5 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following statement on Sept. 4, 2024: * * * Attorney General Kwame Raoul today issued a statement following another tragic mass shooting at an American school. The shooting follows the Labor Day shooting deaths of four individuals riding the Blue Line train in Chicago. "Once again, we grieve lives needlessly lost to gun violence. On Monday in Chicago, we were shocked by the shooting of passengers riding a train. To  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 5 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * 'Nudges' plus a little extra staff support help pediatricians deliver secure gun-storage program * * * If it takes a pediatrician less than one minute per visit to talk to parents about how to securely store their firearms and offer a free cable lock, why do only 2 percent of doctors report routinely doing so? Turns out, they might just need a "nudge" and a l  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Sept. 5 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: EVANSTON, Ill. - Northwestern University's Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction (CMQT) has received a new $14.5 million reinvestment from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), extending the center's funding for another four years. Since its founding in August 2020, CMQT researchers made significant progress into understanding quantum transduction, the exchange of information between quantum systems. F  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 5 (TNSres) -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * UChicago part of partnership to pave the way for safe, powerful, sustainable batteries * * * The U.S. Department of Energy has selected Argonne National Laboratory to spearhead the Energy Storage Research Alliance (ESRA), one of two new Energy Innovation Hubs. This energy innovation hub unites top researchers from three national labs and 12 universities, including the University of Chicago, to   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 5 (TNSres) -- The University of Illinois Chicago campus issued the following news release: A cellular link between obesity and atrial fibrillation -- a heart condition that afflicts over 33 million people worldwide -- presents a promising target for new therapies, researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago report. Obesity is among the leading causes of atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm that can lead to heart failure and stroke. But scientists stil  more