WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * 'Champion Women' Feature: Grit and Determination of Trailblazers Who Pursued the American Dream * WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States has consistently proven to be a land of opportunity and a beacon of hope for hundreds of millions of people over nearly 250 years. The stories of five women - former U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, Claudia Puig, Leslie Sanchez,  more

MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida posted the following news release: * * * Five Men Indicted in Nationwide Refund and Payment Processing "Glitch" Scheme A federal grand jury in Miami has returned a 22-count indictment charging five men in connection with a novel nationwide fraud and money laundering scheme that exploited payment processors and financial technology systems to generate millions of dollars in bogus refunds. Michael   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Cammack Replaces Stolen Flags at Newberry Veterans Memorial * Newberry, FL -- U.S. Congresswoman Kat Cammack (FL-03) joined Newberry city officials--Mayor Tim Marden, City Manager Jordan Marlowe, and City Commissioner Mark Clark, a Marine veteran--to present replacement flags for the city's Veterans Memorial, following the theft of the original flags. In early August, the American and service bran  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: * * * Donald Trump and Republicans' Government Shutdown Will Make Health Care More Expensive for Latinos Arrow * As Donald Trump and Republicans inch closer to a government shutdown, they're putting over 22 million Americans at risk of skyrocketing premiums. That's on top of the more than 15 million Americans who will lose health care thanks to Trump's billionaire-first budget bill. UnidosUS estimate  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, Sept. 24 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * ESPN Announces Network Schedule for Third Annual ACC/SEC Men's and Women's Basketball Challenge, Dec. 2-4 * * Men's Challenge highlights 10 teams in ESPN's Way-Too-Early Top 25, including No. 2 Florida at No. 12 Duke, No. 25 North Carolina at No. 9 Kentucky, No. 7 Louisville at No. 11 Arkansas and No. 24 NC State at No. 14 Auburn * Women's Challenge features 12 te  more

BOCA RATON, Florida, Sept. 25 (TNSjou) -- Florida Atlantic University, a component of the state university system in Florida, issued the following news: * * * Single Drug Shows Promise to Treat PTSD, Pain, and Alcohol Misuse By Gisele Galoustian About 12 million adults in the United States are affected by PTSD, impacting between 4% and 8% of the adult population - and up to 30% of military personnel and veterans. Strikingly, 63% of veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder also suffer fro  more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, Sept. 25 -- FIS, a financial technology company, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2025: * * * FIS Acquires Amount to Deliver Unified Digital Account Origination, Empowering Financial Institutions to Accelerate Growth and Simplify Banking Key facts: * Acquisition of Amount strengthens FIS' account origination position with a market-leading unified solution with embedded AI functionality for deposits, lending, and card solutions to support consumers and sma  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 25 -- Florida State University issued the following news: * * * FSU welcomes Armenian educators to campus through project funded by U.S. Department of State By Kelsey Klopfenstein This month, Florida State University welcomed officials from the Armenian State University of Economics (ASUE) as part of a growing partnership to enhance entrepreneurship education. The collaboration, funded by a U.S. Department of State grant awarded to FSU's Jim Moran College of En  more

MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida posted the following news release on Sept. 23, 2025: * * * Jury Convicts Man of Attempted Assassination of President Donald J. Trump and Assault of a Federal Law Enforcement Officer A federal jury today convicted Ryan Wesley Routh, 59, of Hawaii, for attempting to assassinate President Donald J. Trump when he was a major presidential candidate in a planned sniper attack at Trump International Golf  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida posted the following news release: * * * MADISON MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE Willie Frank Hicks, Jr., 42, of Madison, Florida, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The plea was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. U.S. Attorney Heekin said: "  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Media Advisory: Rep. Diaz-Balart to Host Service Academy Day at U.S. Southern Command * Miami, FL - Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-26) will host his 18th annual Service Academy Day on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. at U.S. Southern Command. (link is external) On this day, representatives from the U.S. Naval, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Military, U.S. Merchant Marine, and U.S. Coast G  more

LAUREL, Maryland, Sept. 24 [Category: Science] -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory posted the following news release: * * * NASA Launches IMAP Mission to Study the Heliosphere and Better Understand Space Weather * Into a Sun-soaked sky above the Florida coast, NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) was launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the agency's Kennedy Space Center at 7:30 a.m. EDT. IMAP will study the heliosphere, the Sun's magneti  more

MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 25 -- Miami-Dade County Public Schools issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2025: * * * A New Kind of Campus: M-DCPS Unveils Unique K-8 School and Workforce Housing Facility Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday in the Brickell area to unveil Southside Preparatory Academy's innovative new seven-story building, located on county-owned land. The facility now houses middle school grades and includes workforce housing fo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NRL's CCOR-2 Set to Boost Space Weather Forecasting Capabilities * The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's Compact Coronagraph-2 (CCOR-2) launched at 7:30 a.m. EDT on September 24 onboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) observatory from NASA - Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida.  CCOR-2, designated as the primary instru  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida posted the following news release: * * * PANAMA CITY FELON PLEADS GUILTY TO NARCOTICS AND FIREARMS CHARGES Matthew Lee Keith, 41, of Panama City, Florida, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The plea was announced by   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida posted the following news release: * * * PENSACOLA FELON CHARGED WITH DRUG AND FIREARM OFFENSES Marcel Kamill Mickles, 49, of Pensacola, was indicted by a federal grand jury this week on charges of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. John P. Heekin, U  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida posted the following news release: * * * PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Tre'Veonce Ezekiel Sanders, 19, of Pensacola, was indicted by a federal grand jury this week charging him with possession of a machinegun, possession of an unregistered firearm, and possession with intent to distribute marijuana. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the charges toda  more

ORLANDO, Florida, Sept. 25 -- The Plastics Industry Association issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2025: * * * Plastics Industry Association Partners with Keep Orlando Beautiful for Local Cleanup Event The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) partnered with Keep Orlando Beautiful, to conduct a community cleanup event at Eagle Nest Park during the Association's second annual National Plastics Conference in Orlando, Florida. The event was a collaboration through the Community   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Salazar, Leaders in Miami Discuss Immigration Solutions and Growing Support for the Dignity Act of 2025 * MIAMI, FL -- Today, U.S. Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27) brought together leaders from Miami's religious, veteran, and community organizations for a roundtable on current immigration challenges and to highlight the growing bipartisan support behind the Dignity Act of 2025. As  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 24 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following readout of his meeting on Sept. 22, 2025, with Reps. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Florida, and Jonathan Jackson, D-Illinois, members on the Subcommittee on Africa, and Congo President Felix Tshisekedi on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly High Level Week: * * * Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Commit  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Ashley Brooke Moody, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Moody Applauds E3 Snapback Sanctions on Iran, Urges European Leaders to Sustain Pressure to Achieve Permanent Dismantlement of Iran's Nuclear Program U.S. Senator Ashley Moody, along with 49 senate colleagues, is applauding Jean-Noel Barrot, the French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Johann Wadephul, German Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Yvette Cooper, British Secret  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Ashley Brooke Moody, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Moody Secures Passage of Legislation that Permanently Ends Certain Improper Government Payments and Cuts Waste Senator Ashley Moody secured the Senate passage of the Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act. This bipartisan-supported legislation cosponsored by Senator Moody permanently allows the Department of the Treasury to access certain death records maintained by the Socia  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Rick Scott Joins Colleagues on Chloe Cole Act to Protect Innocent Children from Gender Ideology * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Rick Scott joined Senator Marsha Blackburn and their colleagues in announcing the Chloe Cole Act to officially prohibit the mutilation of children under the disguise of gender ideology and offer detransitioners, like Chloe Cole, with opportunities for legal action a  more

ST. BONAVENTURE, New York, Sept. 25 -- St. Bonaventure University issued the following news release: * * * Kimberly DeSimone's manuscript accepted for ABR Conference Dr. Kimberly DeSimone's manuscript "Adam as the First Failed Leader: A Feminist-Epistemological Reframing of Genesis Through Leadership Theory" has been accepted for presentation at the Academy of Business Research Conference in Marathon, Florida, Oct. 29-31. The work reexamines the Genesis story of Adam and Eve through leadersh  more

ST. BONAVENTURE, New York, Sept. 25 -- St. Bonaventure University issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2025: * * * Pruitt showcases groundbreaking sex offense grooming assessment at conference Dr. Doyle Pruitt, program director of the Master of Social Work program and associate professor of Social Work, presented on the assessment measure she and her colleagues developed at the annual Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abuse conference in Orlando, Florida, Sept. 15-17. The pre  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 [Category: Financial Services] -- America's Credit Unions posted the following news: * * * Supporting FOM expansion to provide more community access * In applying for an expanded field of membership (FOM), Dade County Federal Credit Union (DCFCU) seeks to increase access to services while showing the benefit of modern, flexible FOM expansion procedures. America's Credit Unions testified in support of DCFCU's request to expand its FOM to reach Florida's Palm Beach and Mon  more

BOCA RATON, Florida, Sept. 25 -- Florida Atlantic University, a component of the state university system in Florida, issued the following news: * * * The Runway at FAU Returns to the College of Business By Amber Bonefont The Runway at Florida Atlantic University will merge under the College of Business, a move designed to strengthen the synergy between entrepreneurship initiatives and the college's core mission. The transition includes not just The Runway accelerator, but also programs like  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Sept. 26 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * Two VHB Safety Projects Using AI Featured in Engineering Florida Fall 2025 Issue * Two VHB transportation projects were recently featured in an Engineering Florida story about how artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) are opening possibilities ac  more