WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Accuracy in Media issued the following news: * * * Iowa State LGBT center director finds 'loopholes' in anti-DEI law Iowa's new anti-Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion law hasn't put a stop to Iowa State University's agenda, as Accuracy in Media uncovered in a new hidden camera video. Dr. Susan Harper, the director of the ISU LGBT center told an AIM investigator, "We are finding the loopholes in the laws." But she said she is hesitant to even say that, pointing to for  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 11 [Category: BizTravel] -- Hyatt Hotels Corp., a hospitality company, issued the following news release: * * * Bunkhouse Hotels Check in to World of Hyatt: Soulful Stays Can Now Earn Points * From neon lights to live music nights, World of Hyatt members can now earn and redeem points at participating Bunkhouse Hotels and revel in one-of-a-kind experiences CHICAGO (August 11, 2025) Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced that World of Hyatt members can no  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * CBP officers seize more than $600K in cocaine at Hidalgo International Bridge * HIDALGO, Texas --U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers at the Hidalgo International Bridge, intercepted $647,000 worth of alleged cocaine concealed within a vehicle. "As this latest interception clearly illustrates, our frontline CBP officers co  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * CBP officers seize over $433K in methamphetamine at Laredo Port of Entry * LAREDO, Texas --U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers at the Laredo Port of Entry seized methamphetamine that totaled over $433,000 in street value. "I commend our CBP officers for their exceptional vigilance and commitment to safeguarding our nation  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 [Category: Computer Technology] -- The Computer and Communications Industry Association issued the following news release: * * * CCIA Files Amended Complaint to Strike Texas HB20 as an Unconstitutional Restraint of Free Speech * Washington - The Computer & Communications Industry Association and its co-plaintiff NetChoice filed a Second Amended Complaint today that lays out why Texas HB20, the social media law sharply criticized by the Supreme Court in 2024, violates the   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 11 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Common food bacteria could help make vitamins cheaper, greener * A new study reveals how Lactococcus lactis (L. lactis), a common food bacterium, regulates the production of a key precursor in vitamin K2 (menaquinone) biosynthesis. The bacteria produce enough of this precursor to support their growth while preventing toxic buildup. From right to left: Siliang Li, Jiangguo Zhang and Oleg Igoshin. Photo by Je  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Keith Self Introduces Bill to Improve Oversight of SNAP and Nutrition Outcomes * Congressman Keith Self introduced the SNAP Study Act of 2025. This bill would require the Secretary of Agriculture to submit an annual report to Congress on the state of food security and diet quality in the United States. The report would also analyze how legislative and executive changes to the Supplemental Nu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Cruz, Cornyn Bill to Exhume Alleged Serial Murderer from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Passes Senate * U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) released the following statements after their bill to require the U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota, an alleged serial murderer and convicted rapist, from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San  more

ROSEMONT, Illinois, Aug. 12 -- ISSA, a cleaning industry association, issued the following news: * * * Don't Miss the Debut of the Global Collegiate Sales Competition at ISSA Show North America Experience the future of sales in action at the first-ever Global Collegiate Sales Competition, launching at ISSA Show North America 2025. Over the course of two action-packed days, ten four-person student teams from leading colleges and universities--including UNLV, Virginia Tech, Ball State, Texas A  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration is proposing an amendment to the Class E airspace near George West, Texas. The change would affect the airspace around Live Oak County Airport and is prompted by the decommissioning of the Three Rivers very high frequency omnidirectional range (VOR). The VOR is being removed as part of a nationwide program to modernize air navigation systems. The proposal aims to adjust the boundaries of the Clas  more

WACO, Texas, Aug. 11 [Category: Sports] -- The American Football Coaches Association posted the following news: * * * Ferris State Starts 2025 at No. 1 * Fresh off their third national title in 2024, Ferris State is the preseason No. 1 team in the AFCA Division II Coaches Poll, presented by Hudl. The Bulldogs, who went 14-1 a year ago, will open the season against No. 9 Pittsburg State. The Gorillas went 8-3 in 2024 and lost in the first round of the playoffs to the preseason No. 2 team, Har  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 11 [Category: Education] -- The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities posted the following news release: * * * HACU to host virtual Emerging Leaders' Summit, August 29, 2025 * The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities will host a virtual Emerging Leaders' Summit for college students on August 29, 2025, from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. CT. Undergraduate and graduate students of all majors who are enrolled at a HACU-member institution can sign up to attend  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Justice Department Seeks to Shut Down Texas Tax Return Preparation Business for Claiming Fabricated Credits and Expenses * Note: view complaint here. The Justice Department filed a complaint today in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas to permanently bar Maxumus Tax LLC and its owner and tax return preparer James Carroll III from preparing tax returns for others. Maxumus Tax al  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 12 -- The Texas Association of School Boards issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2025: * * * Leadership TASB Class of 2026 Members Announced Austin-- The Texas Association of School Boards is pleased to announce the 32 school board trustees selected to participate in the Leadership TASB Class of 2026. The board members were chosen through a rigorous review process, which concluded with a committee made up of LTASB alumni recommending the class members and pres  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Legal Intervention Sought to Protect Chuckwalla National Monument * PALM DESERT, Calif. -- A coalition of Coachella Valley-based, state-wide and national groups followed the Ft. Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe, Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians and three other Tribal Nations in filing motions today to intervene in a lawsuit to defend the Chuckwalla National Monument. The   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 12 -- LPL Financial Holdings Inc., an investment advisory firm company, issued the following news release: * * * LPL Financial Kicks Off Focus 2025, Largest Gathering of Financial Advisors in Firm History SAN DIEGO - Aug. 11, 2025 - LPL Financial LLC, a leading wealth management firm, last night opened its annual flagship conference, Focus 2025, welcoming more than 10,000 financial professionals and industry leaders to the San Diego Convention Center. The three-day event m  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 12 -- Newmark Group posted the following news release: * * * Newmark Arranges Sale and Financing of 349-Unit Mid-Rise Multifamily Asset in Cedar Park, Texas Newmark announces the Company has arranged the sale and financing of The Alden at Cedar Park, a 349-unit core mid-rise multifamily asset in the fast-growing Cedar Park suburb northwest of Austin, Texas. Newmark Multifamily Capital Markets Vice Chairman Patton Jones and Managing Director Andrew Dickson represented the undis  more

WACO, Texas, Aug. 11 [Category: Sports] -- The American Football Coaches Association posted the following news: * * * North Dakota State Opens at No. 1 * North Dakota State is in a familiar spot as they open the 2025 season as the No. 1 team in the AFCA FCS Coaches Poll, presented by Hudl. The Bison will look to repeat as national champions after going 14-2 in 2024 and winning their 10 th title in the last 14 years. Last year's national runner-up, Montana State, start at No. 2. The Bobcats f  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * NREIP, ORISE interns present research at NAMRU San Antonio * OINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - Eight student interns enrolled in the Office of Naval Research's Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) and Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) presented their research to mentors, scientists and staff assigned to Naval   more

ADA, Oklahoma, Aug. 11 -- The Chickasaw Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news release: * * * Pennington Creek Capital Acquires Majority Stake in Rite in the Rain * ADA, Okla. - Pennington Creek Capital, LLC, a Dallas, Texas-based private equity firm wholly owned by the Chickasaw Nation, today announced a majority equity investment in Tacoma, Washington-based Rite in the Rain. "This investment in Rite in the Rain represents an important step in our   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 11 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Rice's dean of engineering and computing building new software infrastructure for evolutionary biology * Luay Nakhleh (Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University). Rice University computer scientist Luay Nakhleh, who also serves as the dean of the George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing, has received a $1.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation to build a powerful new software infrastruct  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 11 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Ripples of the future: Rice researchers unlock powerful form of quantum interference * Just as overlapping ripples on a pond can amplify or cancel each other out, waves of many kinds -- including light, sound and atomic vibrations -- can interfere with one another. At the quantum level, this kind of interference powers high-precision sensors and could be harnessed for quantum computing. Shengxi Huang is a c  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 3:25-cv-02101; N.D. Tex. filed Aug. 7, 2025) involving Bruce Cameron Conway: * * * On August 7, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges against Bruce Cameron Conway, a resident of Dallas, Texas, for insider trading in advance of the August 24, 2020 announcement that Cancer Genetics, Inc. would merge with a privately held biotechnology company. According to the SEC's co  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Moran Joins Colleagues in Introducing Bill to Modernize Weather Radio Emergency Alerts * Legislation expands the coverage and reliability of NOAA Weather Radio during natural disasters WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation - joined Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) in introducing the NOAA Weath  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall: We're Going to Make America Healthy Again * Senator Marshall Joins Newsmax to Discuss the MAHA Commission Report, The Texas Redistricting Fight, and Securing the Border Wichita - On Monday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined Newsmax's Wake Up America to discuss the Make America Health Again Commission report, the fight over Texas's redistricting efforts, and wh  more

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 12 (TNSjou) -- Southern Methodist University issued the following news: * * * SMU Researchers Uncover How Some "Glow-Stick" Molecules Work Better For Medical Imaging Study reveals mechanism behind bright chemiluminescent compounds used to see inside living tissue, potentially improving disease detection. * In a breakthrough that could significantly improve medical imaging techniques used to detect cancer and monitor treatments, SMU researchers have solved a decades-long   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 12 -- Texas A&M University, a component of the public university system in Texas, issued the following news from its agriculture program: * * * Private water well screenings set for Williamson County Aug. 21 -22 Residents invited to a free water well screening, results meeting following flooding By Kay Ledbetter The Texas Well Owner Network, TWON, is hosting a water screening event for Williamson County residents who may have had their private water wells inundated with   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 12 (TNSjou) -- Texas A&M University issued the following news: * * * Breakthrough Smart Plastic: Self-Healing, Shape-Shifting, and Stronger Than Steel A carbon-fiber plastic composite that heals itself like skin and reshapes under heat is set to revolutionize the aerospace, defense and commercial industries. By Zaid Elayyan Aerospace engineering and materials science researchers at Texas A&M University have uncovered new properties of an ultra-durable, recyclabl  more

IRVING, Texas, Aug. 11 [Category: BizMedia] -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release: * * * The CW Network Sets Broadcast Crews for 2025 ACC and Pac-12 College Football * Thom Brennaman Returns as Lead Play-by-Play Commentator for ACC Games Alongside Booth Analyst Will Blackmon and Sideline Analyst Wes Bryant Pac-12 Broadcast Team Includes Ted Robinson as Play-by-Play Commentator, Ryan Leaf as Booth Analyst, and Nigel Burton as Sideline A  more

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 11 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Transformational $3 million gift to advance women's heart health * DALLAS, Aug. 11, 2025 -- Cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer of women, according to the American Heart Association, claiming more lives each year than all forms of cancer combined. The American Heart Association, a relentless force changing the future of health for everyone everywhere, is working to  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Two Mexican Nationals Charged for Bribing State-Owned Energy Officials * An indictment was unsealed today in the Southern District of Texas charging two Mexican businessmen for their roles in an alleged bribery scheme to retain and obtain business related to Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), the state-owned oil company of Mexico, and PEMEX Exploracion y Produccion (PEP), PEMEX's wholly owned exploration  more

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 12 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * The secret lives of bacteria: How they evade viral attack UTSW study uncovers hundreds of 'phage defense' genes, could lead to new methods to fight infection * Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified more than 200 strategies used by bacteria to avoid viral infection. Their findings, published in Cell Host & Microbe, shed light on a microbial "  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse Demands Documents on Transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell to Minimum-Security Bureau of Prisons Facility Convicted sex trafficker and Jeffrey Epstein associate was transferred without explanation after unusual visit by Trump's Deputy Attorney General  * Late last week, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Courts Subcommittee, sent a letter to Fed  more

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 11 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Women who have been stalked may have a higher risk of heart disease, stroke Research Highlights: * Women who reported being stalked by a current/former partner or other persons were more likely to develop heart disease and stroke during 20 years of follow-up than those who did not report those events. * Among women who obtained a restraining order for protection, their  more