NEW YORK, Nov. 1 [Category: Law/Legal] -- 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: ATLANTA The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Georgia, and Southern Poverty Law Center filed an emergency lawsuit to safeguard the voting rights of Cobb County voters. Cobb County admitted that they had failed to mail out more than 3,000 abs  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (TNSres) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following report on October 30, 2024 by Gregory C. Allen and Georgia Adamson entitled "The AI Safety Institute International Network: Next Steps and Recommendations." Here is the overview: * * * On November 21 and 22, 2024, technical artificial intelligence (AI) experts from nine countries and the European Union will meet for the first time in San Francisco. The agenda: starting the next phase of inte  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 2 -- The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2024: ATLANTA, GEORGIA -- Today, a group of Filipino immigrant nurses filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against their former employers, TGS Healthcare Solutions, a health care staffing agency; Compleat Rehab & Sports Therapy Center, Kare Partners; and their related entities. The nurses are represented by the Asian American Legal De  more

PASADENA, California, Nov. 1 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Imagine one day in the future hiring a robot to come clean your home. To accomplish its prescribed task, the robot would need to navigate a potentially extremely cluttered environment, avoid or interact in a safe way with any people or pets moving in the space, and manage to clean and organize a variety of objects. This would likely involve interacting with other machines, and the robot would need   more

NEW YORK, Nov. 1 [Category: Law/Legal] -- 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: ATLANTA Following an emergency lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Georgia, and Southern Poverty Law Center, a judge has ordered Cobb County election officials to take immediate corrective action to protect the voting righ  more

KENNESAW, Georgia, Nov. 2 (TNSres) -- Kennesaw State University issued the following news release: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that obesity is prevalent in more than 40 percent of U.S. adults. To combat this, Kennesaw State University assistant professor Liang Zhao aims to use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to explore health determinants that lead to obesity in rural areas. Zhao's research, supported by a $51,747 National Institute  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 1 [Category: Medical] -- The American Cancer Society issued the following news release: November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and the American Cancer Society urges discussing lung cancer screening with a doctor DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in both men and women, aside from skin cancer, and stands as the overall leading cause of cancer death in the United States. According to the American Cancer Society (ACS),  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 2 (TNSres) -- Mercer University issued the following news: * * * Editor's Note: This story was written by Kedrick Williams, D.H.A., M.P.H., a senior rural health project manager for the Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center at Mercer University School of Medicine. * * * Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center Maternal Health Observership Program graduates presented their research projects at the Georgia Maternal Health Summit held on Sept. 24 at the Sam Nunn Atlanta Fe  more