BOONE, North Carolina, Nov. 8 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2024: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Today, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia held Lexington Coal Company in contempt for the third time for the company's ongoing refusal to address the environmental damage caused by its coal mining operations in Appalachia. For years, Lexington Coal Company has discharged toxic pollutants like selenium and other ions into nearby streams fro  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2024: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned racist messages sent to Black students and others in numerous states, telling them they were selected to be enslaved and to pick cotton on a plantation. Alabama law enforcement authorities are investigating after Black college students received raci  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2024: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a hate crime charge brought against a man who allegedly assaulted a woman at a sporting goods store in North Carolina. Joshua Smith, 37, was charged with assault by pointing a gun, assault on a female, second-degree trespassing and ethnic intimidatio  more

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina, Nov. 5 -- Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, issued the following agency statement on Nov. 4, 2024: * * * Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, affirms the essential role of science in promoting the health, security, and prosperity of the United States and the world. Science drives innovation, strengthens the economy, safeguards public health, and addresses emerging global challenges. Since 1886, Sigma Xi has supported scientists and e  more