SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 14 -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release: * * * "Law & Order: Criminal Justice System" Explores The Rise of Terrorism in the United States in Season Two Premiering August 21 Produced by iHeartPodcasts, Universal Television and Wolf Entertainment, the new season explores the rise of terrorism in the U.S.--and how law enforcement evolved to confront it. * NEW YORK - iHeartPodcasts, the No. 1 podcast publisher globally according to Podtrac, Universal Televis  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 15 -- Accenture, a global professional services company, presented the following news release: * * * Accenture to Acquire CyberCX, Expanding Cybersecurity Capabilities in Asia Pacific Accenture will accelerate business growth and client cyber resilience with CyberCX's approximately 1,400 skilled cybersecurity professionals and AI-powered security platforms * NEW YORK and MELBOURNE; Aug. 14, 2025 - Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has agreed to acquire CyberCX, a leading privately-owned   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 [Category: BizMedia] -- Warner Bros. Discovery, a media and entertainment company, posted the following news release: * * * Actress and Comedian Retta Searches for More Spooky Digs in Season Two of HGTV's 'Scariest House in America' Premiering Friday, Sept. 19, at 9 p.m. ET/PT * The search for the country's most spine-tingling properties will continue when Retta, star of HGTV's Ugliest House in America, returns for six new episodes of the popular spinoff Scariest House in A  more

SANTA ANA, California, Aug. 15 -- Allied Universal, a security and facility services company that provides smart technology to deliver solutions to businesses, issued the following news release: * * * Allied Universal Acquires Mulligan Security IRVINE, Calif. - August 13, 2025 -- Allied Universal, the world's leading security and facility services provider, today announced its further expansion in the northeast region of the U.S. with the acquisition of Mulligan Security. For more than 30 ye  more

BINGHAMTON, New York, Aug. 15 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Anonymous donor provides $22 million gift to elevate Binghamton University Athletics Binghamton University today announced that it has received a game-changing $22 million gift from an anonymous donor to enhance scholarship support for its NCAA Division I athletics programs. The gift, one of the largest in University athletics history, will be matched by $11 million from the State of New York, creating a   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 [Category: BizConsulting] -- Assurant, a risk management solutions provider, issued the following news release: * * * Assurant Board of Directors Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.80 per Common Share * ATLANTA, August 14, 2025 -- Assurant, Inc. (NYSE: AIZ), a premier global protection company that safeguards and services connected devices, homes and automobiles in partnership with the world's leading brands, announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly   more

SYRACUSE, New York, Aug. 14 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Auxiliary Services Announces Next Steps in Office Refreshment, Vending Transitions * The University's transition to its new vending and office refreshment and coffee service provider is now complete. In the initial phase of the transition, announced in mid-May, Servomation, a Central New York-based vending services company, assumed operation of all existing campus vending equipment. Vending Services: New Pr  more

LYNDHURST, New Jersey, Aug. 12 [Category: BizMedia] -- Barnes and Noble, a retailer of content, digital media and educational products, posted the following news release: * * * Barnes & Noble Announces Annual Children's & Young Adult Book Awards Winners08/12/2025 * The Bakery Dragon by Devin Elle Kurtz Crowned Overall Winner New York, NY - August 7, 2025 - Barnes & Noble announced the winners of their annual Children's & YA Book Awards at a live event tonight hosted in New York City. The   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 15 -- Bitwise Asset Management, a crypto index fund manager in America, issued the following news on Aug. 14, 2025: * * * Bitwise Surpasses $15 Billion in Client Assets, Up 200% From October 2024 Bitwise Asset Management, a global crypto-focused alternative asset manager, announced today that the company recently surpassed $15 billion in client assets across its suite of more than 40 investment products. Alongside this milestone, Bitwise has expanded its team b  more

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, Aug. 15 -- Booking.com issued the following news: * * * Booking.com Launches Credit Card That Makes It Easier to Earn and Use Rewards for Travel Survey reveals Americans would give up alcohol, celebrating their birthday, and even sex for better travel rewards, with the Booking.com Genius Rewards Visa Signature Credit Card, powered by Imprint, making travel easier, no sacrifices required * New York, NY August 14, 2025 - With a mission to make it easier for everyon  more

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 14 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Building energy model offers cities decarbonization roadmap * A new software tool developed by Cornell researchers can model a small city's building energy use within minutes on a standard laptop, then run simulations to help policymakers prioritize the most cost-effective approaches to decarbonization. Using the City of Ithaca, New York, as a case study, the urban building energy model quickly mapped more tha  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 15 (TNSjou) -- Columbia University issued the following news: * * * One Universal Antiviral to Rule Them All? Taking inspiration from a rare mutation that makes people impervious to viral diseases, a Columbia researcher is developing a therapy that could bestow this superpower on the rest of us * For a few dozen people in the world, the downside of living with a rare immune condition comes with a surprising superpower--the ability to fight off all viruses. Columbia immunolog  more

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 14 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Creating safe medicinal molecules with sustainable electrochemistry * Cornell chemists have developed a way to use electrochemistry, a sustainable technique, to make chiral molecules, which occur in mirrored pairs, like human hands. Common in pharmaceuticals, chiral molecules are important to get right to be effective and safe. "Many drug molecules are chiral - like our hands, they look similar, but one could   more

BUFFALO, New York, Aug. 15 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: * * * First-of-their-kind 'AI + X' degrees to be offered at UB this fall Newly approved programs will prepare students to use AI in other disciplines, be offered in collaboration with new Department of AI and Society * BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The University at Buffalo will soon offer first-of-their-kind degree programs that combine the rapidly evolving field of artificial intel  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 15 -- Fox News Media, a business unit of Fox, issued the following news release: * * * FOX NEWS DIGITAL LEADS ALL NEWS AND BROADCAST BRANDS WITH UNIQUE VISITORS IN JULY 2025 FOX News Digital Surpasses Both CNN.com and CBSNews.com for First Time Ever in a Month FOX News' YouTube Channel Leads All News Brands in July * NEW YORK - FOX News Digital finished July with over 92 million desktop/mobile unique visitors leading both CNN.com (91 million desktop/mobile unique visitors) a  more

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, New York, Aug. 14 -- Bard College issued the following news release: * * * Graham Foundation Grants Awarded to Bard Faculty Olga Touloumi and Farah Alkhoury ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.--Bard College is pleased to announce that the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts has awarded two 2025 Grants for Individuals to support projects by Olga Touloumi, associate professor of architectural history, and Farah Alkhoury, architecture fellow at Bard, jointly with A  more

BUFFALO, New York, Aug. 14 [Category: BizFinancial Services] -- M&T Bank, a financial holding company, issued the following news release: * * * M&T Bank Corporation Announces Conference Call Dates to Review Quarterly 2027 Earnings * BUFFALO, N.Y., Aug. 14, 2025 -- M&T Bank Corporation ("M&T") (NYSE: MTB) announced today that it plans to host conference calls to review 2027 quarterly financial results on the following dates: * First quarter 2027 - Thursday, April 15, 2027, at 8:00 a.m. (ET  more

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 14 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Margaret Rossiter, historian of women in science, dies at 81 * Margaret Rossiter, the Marie Underhill Noll Emerita Professor of the History of Science in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and known worldwide for her studies of the history of women in science, died Aug. 3. She was 81. As a graduate student at Yale University in 1969, Rossiter was told by professors that, up until then, there had been no wo  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Mayor Adams Announces New Proposal to Further Support New Yorkers Struggling With Substance Use Disorder, Address Public Drug Use * August 14, 2025 Watch the video here at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5NKR-IBouI Mayor Adams Proposes "Compassionate Interventions Act" to Build on Successful Advocacy and Passage of Key Pieces in Adams Administration's Supportive Interventions Act That Now Helps Address   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 15 -- Morgan Stanley, a multinational financial services corporation, issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2025: * * * Morgan Stanley Investment Management Introduces Tax Optimized Portfolio Solutions to Increase Customization, Enhance Client Outcomes New York -- Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) announced today that its Wealth Strategies Group has introduced Tax Optimized Portfolio Solutions (TOPS), a tool that brings together a broad suite of tax management  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Most Pro-Housing Administration in City History: Mayor Adams Celebrates City Council Approval of Administration's Plan to Create Nearly 10,000 New Homes in Midtown South * August 14, 2025 Final Plan Includes 2,800 Permanently Affordable Homes in Central Manhattan Neighborhood, Will Transform 21 Blocks of Broadway Into Pedestrian-Friendly Promenade Historic Plan Also Invests Over $470 Million in Midtown S  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 15 (TNSbrep) -- New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2025: * * * DiNapoli: NYC Budget Is Balanced but Risks Loom As Fiscal and Economic Concerns Grow City Missed Opportunity to Boost Reserves and Should Identify Efficiency Savings to Mitigate Federal Cuts * New York City's adopted $119.7 billion fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget is currently balanced (including pre-payments) but there are significant concerns over fund  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 14 -- New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2025: * * * DiNapoli: State Pension Fund Valued at $283.9 Billion at End of First Quarter The estimated value of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (Fund) was $283.9 billion at the end of the first quarter of State Fiscal Year 2025-26, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today. For the three-month period ending June 30, Fund investments returned a  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 15 -- The New York State Department of Financial Services issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2025: * * * Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris Secures $2 Million Cybersecurity Settlement with Healthplex, Inc. Healthplex's Cybersecurity Failures Enabled an Email Phishing Attack to Expose Customers' Sensitive Personal Data * New York State Department of Financial Services Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris announced today that Healthplex, Inc. (Healthplex) will pa  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 15 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2025: * * * PSC Cuts Central Hudson's Rate Request Commission Adopts Multi-Year Joint Proposal Supported by the Company, Department Staff, and Large Industrial Customers * ALBANY -- The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) today adopted a joint proposal establishing three-year electric and gas rate plans for Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation (Centr  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 15 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2025: * * * PSC Dramatically Reduces National Grid's Rate Request Commission Adopts Multi-Year Joint Proposal Roundly Supported by Company, Department Staff, Consumer Advocates, Trade and Labor Groups, and Large Industrial Customers * ALBANY -- The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) today adopted a joint proposal establishing three-year electric and gas   more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 15 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2025: * * * Major Enforcement Case Resolved as Central Hudson Admits Regulatory Violation in Natural Gas Explosion Case, Pays $5 Million Penalty Company Also Enhances Gas Safety Protocols * ALBANY -- The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) today adopted the terms and conditions of a joint settlement agreement to resolve all alleged violations committed by  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 15 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2025: * * * National Fuel Gas Agrees to Pay $700,000 to Resolve Regulatory Enforcement Action in Natural Gas Explosion Case NFG Shareholders Agree to Pay $700,000 for Ratepayer Benefit * ALBANY -- The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) today adopted the terms and conditions of a joint settlement agreement to resolve all alleged violations committed by Na  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 14 -- The New York State Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2025: * * * State Department of Transportation Introduces Mural Design Concepts as Part of the Transformative Interstate 81 Project The City of Syracuse's Rich History and Vibrant Neighborhoods Helped Inspire Concepts Being Shared for Community Feedback View the Concepts Here (https://webapps.dot.ny.gov/business-loop-81-mural-concepts) * New York State Department of Tr  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 14 -- The New York Department of State issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2025: * * * New York Department of State Announces Completion of Town of Grand Island's Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan Plan Establishes a Long-Term Vision for the Revitalization of the Town's Waterfront Builds on Previous State Efforts to Enhance Access and Recreation Along the Niagara River * The New York Department of State (DOS) today announced the completion and approval o  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 15 -- New York Life Insurance, a mutual life insurance company, issued the following news release: * * * New round of grants announced to support grieving youth Eleven organizations have each been awarded a $10,000 Grief Reach Community Education grant to fund local events that train professionals to better support bereaved children in their communities. NEW YORK -- The New York Life Foundation, in collaboration with the National Alliance for Children's Grief (NACG), proudly   more

WHITE PLAINS, New York, Aug. 15 -- The New York State Power Authority issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2025: * * * New York Power Authority Receives Prestigious International Asset Management Certification, Meeting New, Rigorous Standards Largest State Public Power Producer's Utility Operations Practices Recognized Under Updated 2024 International Asset Management Standard * WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--The New York Power Authority (NYPA) today announced that it has achieved a coveted   more

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 12 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Philanthropic support accelerates infrastructure for the future of structural biology * A new $5 million initiative, funded by the Astera Institute, aims to make diffuse scattering - a signal in X-ray crystallography that reveals protein dynamics - accessible to the public and the broader scientific community. The Cornell participants include chemists Nozomi Ando and Steve Meisburger. Experimental work will be c  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 [Category: BizMedia] -- Warner Bros. Discovery, a media and entertainment company, posted the following news release: * * * REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER August 15 Episode Lineup * REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER continues FRIDAY, AUGUST 15 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/7:00-8:00 p.m. PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max. Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show continues with its opening monologue, one-on-one interviews with notable gue  more

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 14 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Researchers build first 'microwave brain' on a chip * Cornell researchers have developed a low-power microchip they call a "microwave brain," the first processor to compute on both ultrafast data signals and wireless communication signals by harnessing the physics of microwaves. Detailed Aug. 14 in Nature Electronics, the processor is the first true microwave neural network and is fully integrated on a silicon  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 [Category: BizReal Estate] -- Savills Inc., a real estate firm, issued the following news release: * * * Results for the half year ended 30 June 2025 * Summary results: H1 2025 H1 2024 Change Revenue PS1,127.8m PS1,063.2m 6% Underlying profit before tax* PS23.3m PS21.2m 10% Reported profit before tax PS15.8m PS8.9m 78% Underlying basic earnings per share* 11.7p 12.1p (3%) Reported basic earnings per share 6.8p 6.1p 11% I  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 15 (TNSjou) -- Rockefeller University issued the following news: * * * Immunotherapy drug eliminates aggressive cancers in clinical trial Over the past 20 years, a class of cancer drugs called CD40 agonist antibodies have shown great promise--and induced great disappointment. While effective at activating the immune system to kill cancer cells in animal models, the drugs had limited impact on patients in clinical trials and caused dangerously systemic inflammatory responses, lo  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 15 (TNSrep) -- Skanska, a construction and development company, issued the following news release: * * * Skanska USA Building Releases Summer 2025 Construction Market Trends Report, Delving into Tariffs and State of the Industry NEW YORK, NY - Skanska, a leading global construction and project development firm, has released its Summer 2025 Construction Market Trends Report (https://interactive.usa.skanska.com/skanska/2025-summer-construction-market-trends/p/1). Leveraging its C  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 [Category: BizMedia] -- NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast, posted the following news: * * * Telemundo Deportes Ahora FAST Channel Launches Telemundo announces the launch of Telemundo Deportes Ahora, its 24/7 Spanish-language Sports FAST channel, debuting today August 14 initially on Peacock, Xumo Play, the NBC News FAST hub and Telemundo.com, with some content livestreaming on YouTube. Telemundo Deportes Ahora will roll out on additional platforms over the coming months.  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Transcript: Mayor Adams Participates in Fireside Chat at Manhattan Institute on Quality of Life Vision as Part of "End the Culture of Anything Goes" Campaign * August 14, 2025 Reihan Salam: Mayor Adams, it's no secret that you haven't always seen eye-to-eye with the state legislature in Albany. You have persuaded state lawmakers to move when it comes to involuntary commitment in a big significant victory t  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 [Category: BizMedia] -- NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast, posted the following news: * * * Universal Horror Unleashed in Las Vegas Officially Opens * August 14, 2025 There's a new Jack in town. Universal Horror Unleashed, the first-ever year-round horror experience created by the masters of horror at Universal Destinations and Experiences, is now open in the AREA15 District in Las Vegas. Set in an abandoned production warehouse filled with haunting stories and char  more

BUFFALO, New York, Aug. 15 (TNSjou) -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: * * * Breaking the habit: Study says shifting minds may be key to shifting behaviors BUFFALO, N.Y. - Social norms and behavioral rules, even when outdated, are often resistant to change, but a recent paper by two University at Buffalo philosophers argues that lasting shifts might be achieved by redirecting the effort to change away from the troublesome norms thems  more

BUFFALO, New York, Aug. 15 (TNSjou) -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: * * * Study: Scientists reengineer enzyme to study diseases via sugar patterns on the surface of cells The advancement lays the groundwork for creating a library of sugar-recognizing proteins that may help detect and treat diverse illnesses * BUFFALO, N.Y. - Sugars known as glycans form dense envelopes around cells. But they're often ignored in biological invest  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 14 -- Vanderbilt University posted the following news: * * * Vanderbilt University expands public programming in NYC with Fall 2025 Faculty Lecture Series * Building on the success of its inaugural public programming in Chelsea, Vanderbilt University today announced the next chapter of its faculty lecture series at Vanderbilt University - New York City. This fall, the university will invite New Yorkers and the Vanderbilt community to explore the intersections of mu  more