GREENSBORO, North Carolina, May 29 -- The American Baseball Coaches Association issued the following news: * * * 2025 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. II All-Region Teams Announced The 2025 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. II All-Region teams and Regional Players of the Year have been announced in all eight regions. The teams are voted on by members of the American Baseball Coaches Association and the process is led by the ABCA NCAA Div. II All-America & Coach of the Year Committee. The Chair of the ABCA NCAA  more

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Illinois, May 29 -- The Joint Commission, an organization that says it assists public health agencies, health care organizations, health ministries and others to improve the quality and safety of patient care, issued the following news release: * * * Advocate Health and The Joint Commission Advancing Quality and Safety for Patients and Communities CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, and OAKBROOK TERRACE, Illinois - Advocate Health and The Joint Commission have announced a collaborati  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 29 [Category: BizFinancial Services] (TNSres) -- Bank of America, a financial institution, posted the following news release: * * * BofA Report: 60% of Homeowners and Prospective Buyers Uncertain About the Housing Market - A Three-Year High CHARLOTTE, NC - Uncertainty among current homeowners and prospective buyers is at a three-year high, with 60% saying they can't tell whether now is a good time to buy a home or not, compared to 48% two years ago, according to  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 28 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * Compassion Makes Employees More Resilient When Employers Behave Badly New research finds that the more compassionate people are, the better able they are to deal with broken promises in the workplace. Specifically, the study suggests that compassion makes employees tougher: more emotionally resilient, higher performing, and less likely to seek new work when they feel their empl  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 28 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * Huge sea-urchin populations are overwhelming Hawaii's coral reefs As coral reefs struggle to adapt to warming waters, high levels of pollution and sea-level rise, ballooning sea-urchin populations are threatening to push some reefs in Hawaii past the point of recovery. The phenomenon is described in a new study that uses on-site field work and airborne imagery to track the hea  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 28 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * Solitonic Superfluorescence Paves Way for High-Temperature Quantum Materials A new study in Nature describes both the mechanism and the material conditions necessary for superfluorescence at room temperature. The work could serve as a blueprint for designing materials that allow exotic quantum states - such as superconductivity, superfluidity or superfluorescence - at high temp  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries released the following testimony by Tom Leonard, mayor pro tem at North Topsail Beach, from a May 20, 2025, hearing on the Town of North Topsail Beach Coastal Barrier Resources System Map Amendment Act (H.R. 1885): * * * Chairwoman Hageman, Ranking Member Hoyle, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony today on H.R. 1885, a bill to revise the boundaries of   more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Tillis Stands Up for Military Children with Disabilities WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Thom Tillis recently introduced the Care for Military Kids Act, legislation that ensures servicemembers can maintain critical health care coverage and medical services for their children, regardless of where their service takes them. "Military families make immense sacrifices for our nation, and ensuring their   more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * With Federal Disaster Aid Almost Exhausted, Members of Congress from North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, and Georgia Urge Trump Admin. to Submit New Funding Request to Congress Today, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) led a group of 11 bipartisan lawmakers from North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, and Florida in urging the Trump administration to take immediate action to prevent disaster recovery  more