CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 16 -- Brighthouse Financial issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2025: * * * Brighthouse Financial Announces Preferred Stock Dividends and Related Depositary Share Distributions Brighthouse Financial, Inc. ("Brighthouse Financial" or the "company") (Nasdaq: BHF) announced today that on September 25, 2025, holders of record as of September 10, 2025 (the "Record Date") of (i) its depositary shares (the "Series A Depositary Shares" (Nasdaq: BHFAP)), each   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Condemns Distribution of Antisemitic Propaganda in North Carolina * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the distribution of antisemitic hate propaganda in North Carolina. According to media reports, antisemitic flyers promoting hateful conspiracy theories and   more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Aug. 16 -- The Center for Responsible Lending issued the following news release: * * * DC Circuit Reverses CFPB Injunction In response to news reports that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will be allowed to continue with its plans to lay off more than 1,000 employees at the watchdog agency following a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in NTEU v. Vought, Mike Calhoun, president at the Center for Responsible Lending, issued the following  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 16 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: * * * Duke Energy seeks to extend operations for another 50 years at Bad Creek, supporting unprecedented growth in the Carolinas * For more than three decades, the pumped storage hydro station in South Carolina has performed a vital role as the largest "battery" on the company's system * Effort supports the intent of South Carolina leaders to address growth by continuing to operate proven electricity capacit  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Aug. 16 (TNSjou) -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Light-and-Sound-Based Thermometer Helps Gold Nanoparticles Destroy Cancer By Michaela Martinez By combining high-res imaging tools with light-absorbing nanostars, researchers can more precisely treat cancerous tumors Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a method to more precisely heat up gold nanoparticles to target and destroy cancerous tumors. Using im  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 16 -- Fox Rothschild, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Fox Rothschild Lawyers Win Verdict for Inmate in Malicious Prosecution and Due Process Claims Federal civil jury finds prison guard liable for malicious prosecution in retaliation for inmate's refusal to act as a 'snitch' and hearing officer's refusal to hear his plea of innocence * A Fox Rothschild pro bono litigation team led by Ashley Barton Chandler and Lucas Nelson secured a civi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The Government Accountability Office has denied a protest filed by Tech Systems Inc. (TSI), of Apex, North Carolina, concerning a contract for uniform alteration services. The U.S. Marine Corps awarded the contract to TDNA Technologies Inc. dba Hartwood Consulting Group, of Stafford, Virginia. TSI, the incumbent contractor for the services, challenged the Marine Corps's evaluation of its own technical proposal, the evaluation of Hartwood's past performance, exchanges the   more

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, Aug. 15 -- The University of North Carolina-Asheville issued the following news: * * * UNC Asheville to Pause Proposed South Campus Development and Establish Millennial Campus Development Commission The University of North Carolina Asheville today announced it will pause its current negotiations for the recently announced development on a portion of its Millennial Campus while it continues its vetting of that project and establishes a Millennial Campus Development C  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Aug. 15 -- The University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health issued the following news: * * * Mobile health smart messaging could lead to safer drinking choices Every year, millions of young people risk serious harm from excessive alcohol consumption. Avoiding alcohol can be difficult while in college, among friends or in other social settings, but experts at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health believe a mobile phone app could pl  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Aug. 16 -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * UNC Health to Open Freestanding Emergency and Urgent Care Facilities New model for immediate care will reduce costs for patients, and improve access * CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - UNC Health plans to open a network of freestanding facilities with emergency departments and urgent care clinics under one roof. This is a new model for immediate medical care in North Carolina and   more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Aug. 16 -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Robles, Lazear Awarded HHMI Gilliam Fellowship UNC School of Medicine third-year PhD student Celeste Robles and PhD advisor Helen Lazear named in 2025 cohort of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Gilliam Fellows Program. * The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) selected 30 graduate students for the 2025 cohort of the Gilliam Fellows Program, representing 2  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- WNCSource, a non-profit organization based in Hendersonville, North Carolina, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) urging the agency to withdraw a notice that reinterprets "federal public benefit" under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), warning it will create eligibility barriers for children and their families. WNCSource cites the potential consequences of HHS's rei  more