WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2025: * * * Banking Committee Democrats Call for Statutorily Required Hearing with Acting CFPB Director Vought "Despite his sweeping and illegal actions for the last ten months to shut down the CFPB, Vought has yet to testify before Congress in his role as Acting Director ... The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 8 [Category: BizFinancial Services] -- Circle Internet Financial, a financial technology firm, issued the following news release: * * * Bybit and Circle Forge Strategic Partnership to Advance Global USDC Adoption * DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, December 8, 2025 Bybit, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, today announced a strategic partnership with an affiliate of Circle Internet Group, Inc. ('Circle') (NYSE:CRCL), a global financi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 7 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute issued the following news release: * * * Chemo-free Regimens Show Promise, Could Redefine Care for B-Cell Lymphomas * Dana-Farber studies of chemo-free, targeted-immunotherapy combinations show rapid, deep responses and potential for time limited care in B cell lymphomas Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are advancing chemo-free regimens that pair immunotherapy with targeted therapies to tre  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 7 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute issued the following news release: * * * Childhood leukemia care puts one in three families at risk of poverty * Dana-Farber-led study shows families develop food, housing insecurity or income loss during cancer treatment Families fighting childhood leukemia often battle another hardship: poverty. Researchers at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center show that one in three fa  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 9 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2025: * * * CLF Joins Legal Fight to Defend New Bedford Victory Community defeated this polluting trash facility once - and we intend to do it again * This fall, New Bedford residents won a major victory when the city's Board of Health rejected a proposed waste transfer station from South Coast Renewables (formerly Parallel Products). But the company has appealed that decision. Cons  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Casar, Senator Warren, Congressman Auchincloss, Senator Markey Demand That Trump Administration Return Deported Student and Cease Threatening Her Family * WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts), Congressman Jake Auchincloss (D-Massachusetts), and Senator Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) sent a letter demanding the Trump administration allow th  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 9 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Court Rejects Trump Ban on New Wind Energy Projects Decision is a victory for clean energy and the rule of law * A federal judge has rejected the Trump administration's government-wide ban on new wind energy projects. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and nine other environmental groups filed a legal brief in May in State of New York v Trump in support of the effort by states and indust  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Convicted Felon Sentenced to Nearly Seven Years in Prison for Second Firearm Offense * BOSTON - A Rockland, Mass. man was sentenced on Dec. 3, 2025 in federal court in Boston for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Lamont Boswell, 40, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to 83 months in prison to  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 8 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Court Orders Trump Administration to Release Records of Secret Group That Wrote Report Attacking Climate Science * BOSTONA federal court ruled in a hearing today that the Trump administration must release records related to the Climate Working Group (CWG)the secretly created group that wrote a widely-discredited report now at the center of administration atta  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 8 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Court Strikes Down Trump Administration's Reckless Wind Energy Permitting Ban * (WASHINGTON - Dec. 8, 2025) Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts struck down the Trump administration's federal permitting ban on wind energy projects, a Day One Executive Order halting a vital source of clean affordable energy benefitting millions of people. The challeng  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 7 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute issued the following news release: * * * Dana-Farber Cancer Institute drives deep remissions in Waldenstrom's with targeted, time limited therapies * Early phase results from Dana Farber suggest chemo free, time limited strategies may reduce the need for lifelong treatment in Waldenstrom's Building on decades of leadership in Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute inves  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 8 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute issued the following news release: * * * Dana-Farber Study Highlights the Need for Faster, More Accurate Diagnosis of Rare Cancer * A new study from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute finds that patients with NUT carcinoma (NC), an aggressive squamous cell lung or head and neck cancer, often face delays in diagnosisdelays that can prevent them from receiving the right treatment or joining clinical trials. The  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Dominican National Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Tens of Thousands of Fentanyl Pills * BOSTON - A Dominican national unlawfully residing in Dorchester pleaded guilty on Friday in federal court in Boston to his role in a large-scale fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. Anderson Ernesto Andujar Echavarria, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to dist  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 8 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Dry January Benefits * When all the joyful celebrations of the holiday season are over, you may be left feeling in need of a health reset. Maybe you're considering Dry Januaryeither eliminating or cutting back on alcohol for the first month of the year. Sarah Wakeman, MD, Mass General Brigham senior medical director for substance use disorders, describes Dry January as a t  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 8 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Early Relapse Predicts Poor Outcomes in Aggressive Blood Cancer * Global study led by Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute researchers finds patients whose cancer returns within 12 months have worse survival but may benefit from early use of non-chemotherapy treatments. Mature nodal T-cell lymphoma is a type of rare and aggressive blood cancer. Limited data make it diffic  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Dec. 9 -- The University of Massachusetts issued the following news: * * * Education Doctoral Candidate Li Hou Publishes Two New Books in China and the UK Li Hou, a doctoral candidate in the College of Education's Language, Literacy & Culture (LLC) program and an ENGLWRIT 112 instructor in the UMass Amherst Writing Program, has released two new books in 2025. Under the pen name of Lan Xiaoxiu, Hou has written "Pin Hun: Understanding the Emotional Lives of Chinese Wome  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 [Category: Political] -- The U.S. Public Interest Research Group posted the following news release: * * * First-ever National Clothing Swap Day combines festive cheer with environmental action Seasonal swap events in cafes, libraries, breweries, private homes show alternative to holiday consumerism * DENVER - The inaugural National Clothing Swap Day, coordinated by the nonprofit groups Environment America and PIRG, took place with events across the country on Saturday, D  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 8 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Fremman Capital and Chequers Capital Enter Into a Put Option Agreement to Acquire Bertin Technologies * The Paris Private Equity team advised Fremman Capital, a pan-European investment firm, on the signing of a put option agreement, together with Chequers Capital, for the acquisition of Bertin Technologies from FCDE and BNP Paribas Developpement. Founded in 1956 and indep  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Gang Members Indicted for Interstate Drug Trafficking Conspiracy * BOSTON - Two previously convicted gang members have been indicted by a federal grand jury on drug and firearm charges. At the time of the alleged offenses, the defendants were on federal supervised release and state probation for prior drug and firearm offenses, respectively. Stanley Ea  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 9 -- Harvard University issued the following news: * * * Templeton Foundation awards $1.2M grant for global training in religion, mental health The John Templeton Foundation has awarded a $1.2 million grant to Swayam Bagaria, assistant professor of Hindu studies at Harvard Divinity School (HDS), and Bhrigupati Singh, senior lecturer at the Center for Anthropology and Mental Health Research in Action (CAMHRA) at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS),   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 8 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Home Hospital Program Supports Recovery After Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation * Mass General Brigham offers all the latest AFib treatments Alan clearly values long-term relationships. He has been a Mass General patient for 50 years and married for over 40 years. He and his wife, Susan, have three adult children and six grandchildren. To explore the possibility of a Wat  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 8 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Large-Scale Study Provides Real-World Data on Rare Side Effect of Cancer Immunotherapy * Researchers led by investigators at Mass General Brigham have published valuable information about a rare but serious complication of anti-cancer immunotherapy, providing the first large-scale description of its risk factors and clinical course, and underscoring the importance of early d  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Dec. 8 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * LEADS Program Celebrates 25th Session of Leadership Development * The Fall 2025 LEADS workshop, held November 7-8 at the Warren Conference Center & Inn in Ashland, Massachusetts, marked the 25th session of this impactful leadership development program. Twenty VHBe  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Moulton Introduces the NOEM Act to Hold ICE Officers Accountable for Constitutional Violations * SALEM, MA - Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) has introduced the National Oversight and Enforcement of Misconduct Act (NOEM Act) which would permit victims of constitutional violations committed by federal immigration enforcement officersincluding masked agents running roughshod on our streetsto sue   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 8 [Category: Medical] -- The Broad Institute posted the following news: * * * NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya visits Broad to engage with scientists about the impact of federally-funded research * Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), visited Broad Institute on Friday, December 5 for a tour and discussion about how Broad researchers use federal funding to drive impact for patients. The visit was organized by Massachusetts Rep. Jak  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 8 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya visits MIT * National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya visited MIT on Friday, engaging in a wide-ranging discussion about policy issues and research aims at an event also featuring Rep. Jake Auchincloss MBA '16 of Massachusetts. The forum consisted of a dialogue between Auchincloss and Bhattacharya, followed by a question-and-answe  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 9 -- Northeastern University issued the following news: * * * Matthews Arena demolition planned. Here's what you need to know Your Matthews Arena demolition teardown questions answered By Cesareo Contreras Northeastern University will soon begin building a state-of-the-art, multi-purpose athletics and recreation complex on the site of Matthews Arena in Boston. After more than 115 years of operation, hosting countless hockey and basketball games, ceremonies, con  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 9 -- The Oceantic Network, formerly the Business Network for Offshore Wind, issued the following statement on Dec. 8, 2025: * * * Oceantic Statement: Judge Declares Wind Executive Memorandum Unlawful in State-Led Federal Lawsuit Moments ago, a Boston District Court judge ruled in favor of 17 states (and the District of Columbia), including the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of New York, declaring section two of the January 20 "Wind Order" unlawful, and t  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 6 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute issued the following news release: * * * Phase III VERONA trial results show potential benefit for some groups with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) * Pivotal phase III VERONA trial results presented at the American Society of Hematology annual meeting show no overall survival improvement, but potential for sub-group benefit and no added side effects. Based on a subgroup analysis of the phase III VERONA  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 8 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Prognostic tool could help clinicians identify high-risk cancer patients * Aggressive T-cell lymphoma is a rare and devastating form of blood cancer with a very low five-year survival rate. Patients often relapse after receiving initial therapy, making it especially challenging for clinicians to keep this destructive disease in check. In a new study, researchers from MIT, in colla  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 8 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute issued the following news release: * * * Sara Tolaney Honored With AACR's Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research * Dr. Sara M. Tolaney is the recipient of the 2025 AACR Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research, supported by the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. This award was established to honor an investigator whose novel and significant work has had or may have a   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Warren Statement on New Lawsuit Against Vought's Illegal Plan to Starve the CFPB of Funding U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the new lawsuit filed against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2025: * * * Senator Warren Statement on Republicans Blocking Bill to Lower Housing Costs U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following statement on House Republicans blocking the bipartisan ROAD to Housing Act, which passed through  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 6 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute issued the following news release: * * * Sickle-cell disease associated with early onset of clonal hematopoiesis, a precancerous condition * The discovery, led by researchers at Dana-Farber, could pave the way for interventions to reduce the risk of blood cancers among people with sickle-cell disease. A large-scale genomic analysis, led by investigators at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, has uncovered a  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 7 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute issued the following news release: * * * Triplet Therapy Shows Promise for BPDCN, a rare blood cancer, in Dana-Farber Study * RESEARCH SUMMARY Study Title: Tagraxofusp, azacitidine, and venetoclax (TAG-AZA-VEN) triplet therapy shows efficacy, tolerability, and transplant potential in patients with blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN): Results of a phase 2 trial Publication: Presente  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Dec. 9 -- The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School issued the following news: * * * PhD candidate Emily Sholi receives grant to study pathogens' impact on ribosomes By Hallie Leo PhD candidate Emily Sholi has received a prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to further her ribosome research, using cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) methods to understand   more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Dec. 9 -- The University of Massachusetts issued the following news: * * * Jamie Rowen Publishes New Book Examining Veterans Treatment Courts Jamie Rowen, professor of legal studies and director of the Center for Justice, Law and Societies, has published a new book examining what Veterans Treatment Courts (VTCs) reveal about inequality in U.S. institutions. "Worthy of Justice: The Politics of Veterans Treatment Courts in Practice" (Stanford University Press, December 2  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren on Paramount-Skydance Hostile Bid: "Five-Alarm Antitrust Fire" * Washington, D.C. - Today, in response to the news that Paramount-Skydance launched a hostile bid for Warner Bros., U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement: "A Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. merger would be a five-alarm antitrust fire and exactly what our anti-monopoly laws are written  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Statement on Bipartisan Bill Protecting American National and Economic Security from Threats Posed by China United States Senator Elizabeth Warren, Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the bipartisan bill she co-sponsored to codify an ou  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2025: * * * Warren Statement on Trump Administration Greenlighting Sale of H200 Chips to China United States Senator Elizabeth Warren, Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee released the following statement on reporting that the Trump Administration plans to grant NVIDIA's reque  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Schatz, Senators Launch Investigation into Trump Administration's Plans for Gaza Aid * Senators concerned that "aid distribution system that would be similar to the deadly sites run by the failed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation... more than 1000 Palestinians were killed near these sites while seeking food." "The public deserves a clear understanding of how US troops and diplomats wil  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Senators Press Federal Student Loan Servicers for Data on Customer Service and Performance * Investigation follows months of policy whiplash from Trump Administration on student loan repayment "Borrowers pay the price for servicers' neglect and incompetence." Text of Letters (PDF) Washington, D.C. \- U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), R  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Sheehy Blast Removal of Right to Repair from NDAA * Washington, D.C. In response to the release of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26 NDAA) not including bipartisan language from Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tim Sheehy's (R-Montana) bill to give the military the right to repair their own equipment, Senators Warren and Sheehy released the fol  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 8 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * When companies "go green," air quality impacts can vary dramatically * Many organizations are taking actions to shrink their carbon footprint, such as purchasing electricity from renewable sources or reducing air travel. Both actions would cut greenhouse gas emissions, but which offers greater societal benefits? In a first step toward answering that question, MIT researchers fou  more