WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * 187 Members of Congress File Brief to Support Conversion Therapy Bans at SCOTUS * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39), Congressional Equality Caucus Vice Chair & House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Rep. Ted Lieu (CA-36), and Senator Jeff Merkley (OR) filed an amicus brief to urge the United States Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of Colo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: * * * 302nd AW aerial firefighting aircraft repositioned to Idaho, stats for Colorado, Wyoming * PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) -- A C-130 Hercules from the Air Force Reserve's 302nd Airlift Wing repositioned to Idaho Aug. 25 to continue support for western wildfires. The wing has been providing aerial firefighting support in Colorado and Wyoming since Aug. 9.  In support of the National Interagency Fire Center,  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Case Seeks Applicants For Nominations For Appointments To Our Nation's Service Academies For The 2026 Incoming Class * (Washington, DC) - U.S. Representative Ed Case (HI-01) is seeking qualified applicants for his Congressional nomination to our nation's four service academies: the U.S. Military Academy (West Point/Army); U.S. Naval Academy(Annapolis/Navy); U.S. Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs/Air For  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Reserve System is reviewing an application concerning the ownership of an Illinois-based bank holding company and its subsidiary. The application was filed under the Change in Bank Control Act. The filing indicates that the Lenore M. McCarter Declaration of Trust, Snowmass, Colorado, aims to maintain its voting shares of FNBC of LaGrange Inc., Illinois. This would, in turn, allow the trust to indirectly retain shares in FNBC Bank and Trust, a community  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Government Accountability Office has granted a request from Perimeter Security Partners LLC, of Brentwood, Tennessee, for reimbursement of its protest costs. The request stemmed from a protest Perimeter Security Partners filed against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which had awarded a contract for maintenance services to Low Voltage Wiring Ltd., of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The contract involved services for access control points at 19 Army installations in the No  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas, Colleagues File Brief Calling on SCOTUS to Uphold Constitutional Conversion Therapy Bans * Yesterday Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Co-Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, joined 187 of his colleagues, including Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39), Congressional Equality Caucus Vice Chair & House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Rep. Ted Lieu (CA-36), and  more

MANCHESTER, England, Aug. 27 (TNSjou) -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: * * * Blood test detects ovarian cancer with high accuracy, study finds A new blood test pioneered by diagnostics company AOA Dx (AOA) can detect ovarian cancer in symptomatic women with high accuracy a study by researchers from the Universities of Manchester and Colorado has found. Published in the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) journal Cancer Research Communications, th  more

ROBINS AFB, Georgia, Aug. 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * UPDATE: 302d AW Aerial Firefighting Aircraft Repositioned to Idaho, Stats for Colorado, Wyoming * * Published Aug. 26, 2025 * By 302d AW Public Affairs * 302d Airlift Wing PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. -- One aircraft from the Air Force Reserve's 302d Airlift Wing repositioned to Idaho Aug. 25 to continue support for western wildfires. The wing has been providing aerial firefight  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, Aug. 27 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * The Walt Disney Company Announces 100 Exclusive National Hockey League Games Across ABC, ESPN, ESPN+, and Hulu Beginning October 7 * * All Games Streaming Live in the ESPN App * Stanley Cup Final Returns to The Walt Disney Company in 2026 * ESPN Opening Night Tripleheader: Chicago Blackhawks at Florida Panthers, Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Rangers, Colorado   more