CANTON, Ohio, July 16 [Category: Sports] -- The National Football League posted the following news: * * * 2025 NFL MVP: One candidate from each AFC team * Since Adrian Peterson received MVP honors in 2012, the past 12 winners of the Associated Press award have been quarterbacks. QBs have dominated the accolade since its inception in 1957, earning 49 nods in the past 68 years -- and the disparity has been even more slanted toward the position since the turn of the millennium. But the chance  more

SEATTLE, Washington, July 17 -- Amazon issued the following news: * * * Amazon Literary Partnership Announces 2025 Literary Grants By Al Woodworth, Senior Manager, Amazon Literary Partnership Amazon awards $1 million in funding to 99 literary nonprofits across the country that support writers and connect them with their readers. Since 2009, Amazon Literary Partnership has provided more than $18 million in funding to local, regional, and national organizations across the country that empower  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, July 17 (TNSjou) -- Duke Health issued the following news release: * * * New Technique Could Increase Infant Heart Transplant by 20% Duke Health performs world's first on-table heart reanimation for infant transplant * DURHAM, N.C. - Duke Health has pioneered a world's-first technique that could expand by up to 20% the donor pool for pediatric heart transplants in the U.S. -- offering new hope to families on the waitlist. The New England Journal of Medicine is publi  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 17 -- Gov. Kelly Ayotte, R-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 15, 2025: * * * Governor Ayotte Signs 101 Bills into Law CONCORD, NH - Today, Governor Kelly Ayotte signed the following bills into law: * HB 25 - making appropriations for capital improvements * HB 57 - relative to the standards applicable to bail in criminal matters * HB 82 - relative to the regulation of various occupations * HB 85 - relative to temporary licensure for stude  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Mark Takano, D-California, ranking member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on July 16, 2025: * * * Senate Sends Veteran Homeowner Foreclosure Relief, Homelessness Prevention Bill to President Trump's Desk Today, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), Ranking Member Mark Takano (D-Calif.), and Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Ranking Member Richard Blumentha  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on July 16, 2025: * * * Senate Sends Veteran Homeowner Foreclosure Relief, Homelessness Prevention Bill to President Trump's Desk Today, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), Ranking Member Mark Takano (D-Calif.), and Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.  more

ORONO, Maine, July 16 -- The University of Maine System issued the following news release on July 15, 2025: * * * University of Maine System to lead state in accelerating adult degree completion with new applied 90-credit bachelor's programs UMS Trustees gave approval today for four of Maine's public universities to pilot 90-credit applied bachelor's degree programs that promote Mainers' economic mobility and address critical workforce needs in the state, including in public administration a  more