WASHINGTON, March 6 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * 150 Businesses, Groups Urge N.C. Governor to Rein in Fossil Fuel-Friendly Duke Energy DURHAM, N.C. -- More than 150 environmental, social justice, faith and youth organizations and businesses from across the country called on North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein to confront Duke Energy Corp.'s expansion of planet-warming fossil fuels and obstruction of renewable energy solutions.   more

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, March 7 -- High Point University issued the following news release: * * * HPU Extends Contracts for Both Basketball Coaches Huss and Banbury led the men's and women's teams to second consecutive Big South titles. HIGH POINT, N.C., March 6, 2025 - High Point University announced today it has extended contracts for men's and women's basketball coaches Alan Huss and Chelsea Banbury. Both coaches guided HPU to a second consecutive Big South Conference regular-season c  more

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina, March 5 [Category: Industrial Materials] -- MEMA, The Vehicle Suppliers Association posted the following news release: * * * MEMA Statement on Temporary Pause of Auto Tariffs on Canada and Mexico Washington, D.C. - The Administration has announced a pause on the 25% IEEPA tariffs on automobile products from Canada and Mexico that comply with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) requirements, providing additional time for discussions on trade policy and supply  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, March 5 [Category: Sports] -- The National Junior College Athletic Association posted the following news release: * * * NJCAA Featured - Indian Hills Women's Wrestling Mar 05, 2025 The NJCAA is running a 2024-25 school year featured series on some of the organization's biggest sports storylines. Centerville, IA-- Women's Wrestling was announced as an emerging sport within the NJCAA in 2020. The sport has seen over 26 new programs across 11 states. Over 200 stude  more

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina, March 7 -- Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, issued the following news release: * * * Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society Relaunches Emotional Support Program Through Happy Partnership Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, an internationally renowned society of science and engineering, announces a renewed partnership with Happy: Frictionless Mental Health--a groundbreaking, proactive emotional support solution designed to  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, March 6 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Southern Environmental Law Center posted the following news release: * * * Southern leaders defend federal investments critical for clean energy, conservation, and safety projects WASHINGTON -- Southern business leaders and local officials held a briefing today titled "How Federal Investments Are Creating Economic Opportunity, Safety, Resilience, and Jobs in the South" to update congressional offices from across the countr  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 7 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: * * * Research Identifies Key Antibodies for Development of Broadly Protective Norovirus Vaccine AUSTIN, Texas -- Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the National Institutes of Health, have discovered a strategy to fight back against norovirus, a leading cause of gastroenteritis worldwide. Their new study,   more