WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) announced new hires and staff changes in his office. Grant Auman joined the Crapo office as Staff Assistant and D.C. Office Manager. Grant first joined the Crapo office as an intern in June. He previously completed an internship for U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-Nebraska). Grant graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with degrees in political science, economics and Spanis  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: The Senators recommended Tiffany Rene Johnson to President Biden, who nominated her in July Johnson will be a judge for the Northern District of Georgia Johnson's nomination was voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee in November Senator Reverend Warnock: "Tiffany Johnson's temperament, discernment, and legal wisdom are exemplary. I'm elated to have voted to confirm her to serve as the next judge  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release: A Wake Forest man was sentenced to 96 months in prison for dealing fentanyl in Raleigh. On September 23, 2024, Michael Anthony Weidner pled guilty two counts of distribution of a quantity of fentanyl. According to court documents and other information presented in court, Michael Weidner, 31, sold cocaine, and fentanyl and Adderall pills from October   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock recommended Tiffany Rene Johnson to President Biden, who nominated her in July Sen. Ossoff helped advance Johnson's nomination through the Senate Judiciary Committee in November Today, the U.S. Senate confirmed U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock's nominee, Tiffany Rene Johnson, for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. In July,  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, issued the following news release: A new analysis finds that the stress of being a caregiver is associated with an increased risk of developing high blood pressure in 21- to 44-year-old Black women, a group known to have a higher prevalence of the condition compared with women of other racial and ethnic groups. Caregiving has been linked by past studies to high blood pressure, also  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 9 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association issued the following news release: CHICAGO James W. Lewis of fondly remembers trips to the public library in his hometown of New Bern, North Carolina. As a preschooler, Mr. Lewis' parents would take him to the library, housed in the historic John Wright Stanly House. From those early memories to his more recent involvement serving on the Board of Trustees of the District of Columbia Public Library, Mr. Lewis h  more