BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 [Category: Sociological] -- Oxfam America issued the following news release: * * * 100 days into ceasefire Gaza still deliberately deprived of water as aid groups forced to scavenge under illegal blockade * Oxfam and partners restore limited water access for 156,000 amid near-total water and sanitation infrastructure collapse. 100 days into the ceasefire announcement, in a week that has seen more severe weather hitting Gaza, needs remain desperate. Oxfam and   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Celebrates Trump Administration's Decision to Drop Appeal of Court Order Blocking Illegal Conditions on Transportation Grant Funding * BOSTON -Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion to dismiss its appeal of the final judgment permanently blocking the Trump Admini  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 14 -- The American Farm Bureau Federation issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2026: * * * American Farm Bureau Establishes 2026 Policies New Grassroots Leaders Also Elected * Farmer and rancher delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation's 107th Convention today adopted policies to guide the organization's work in 2026. Key topics ranged from labor to animal health to risk management. For the fourth year, delegates were polled during the voting ses  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2026: * * * At Hearing, Warren Calls Out How Trump Administration Efforts to Dismantle the CFPB Are Making Seniors Less Safe From Scams Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging,   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * At MIT, a continued commitment to understanding intelligence * The MIT Siegel Family Quest for Intelligence (SQI), a research unit in the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, brings together researchers from across MIT who combine their diverse expertise to understand intelligence through tightly coupled scientific inquiry and rigorous engineering. These researchers engage in colla  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 [Category: BizConsulting] -- Bain and Co., a management consulting firm, posted the following news release: * * * Bain & Company formalizes partnership with seven flagship venture capital firms to drive AI innovation opportunities for clients * BOSTON - January 14, 2026 -Bain & Company, a global management consulting firm, today announced a partnership with seven leading venture capital firms as the core part of its Venture Ecosyste m to connect startup innovat  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Biostatistician Charged with Insider Trading * BOSTON - A New Jersey biostatistician was charged today in federal court in Boston with allegedly earning more than $450,000 by trading on the material non-public information of a Massachusetts company. Hong Wang, 59, of East Brunswick, N.J., was charged in an indictment with three counts of securities fr  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Blood Test Predicts Which Patients with Lung Cancer Will Benefit from Newly Approved Immunotherapy Drug * A team led by investigators at the Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute has discovered that a particular marker on tumor cells circulating in the blood indicates whether a patient with lung cancer will experience a lasting response to a newly approved immunotherapy cal  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 15 -- The Boston University Wheelock College of Education and Human Development issued the following news: * * * What's at Stake for English Learners The role of funding and resources in English language acquisition By Stephanies Vang As English becomes the official language of America, more than 5 million English learners face new challenges in their educational journeys. They now must navigate reduced aid in language acquisition support resulting in loss of ac  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Chemists determine the structure of the fuzzy coat that surrounds Tau proteins * One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease is the clumping of proteins called Tau, which form tangled fibrils in the brain. The more severe the clumping, the more advanced the disease is. The Tau protein, which has also been linked to many other neurodegenerative diseases, is unstructured in its nor  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- Clark University posted the following news: * * * Clarkies examine goals and challenges of urban schooling * Students share their experiences and education School in Cities: Complexities, Opportunities, and Narratives, a course taught in the fall by Education Professor Raphael Rogers '94, took a layered approach to exploring the history, goals, and challenges of urban schooling. Students spent time each week observing in a Worcester Public Schools class  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- The Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Color-Changing Wipes Can Detect Whether Lead Is Present in Your Home or Vehicle *. Environmental Health A new study found that colorimetric wipes are a reliable and easy-to-use tool that families can use to quickly determine whether they are exposed to hazardous lead in their homes through occupational "take-home" pathways or lead-based paint. Knowing whether lead is present   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 15 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2026: * * * Court Urged to Uphold Ship Strike Protections for North Atlantic Right Whales Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and other groups have filed a friend of the court brief expressing support for a federal vessel speed limit rule to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales and other whale species from being struck and killed by vessels. The rule is being ch  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Murphy Call On Appropriations Leadership To Protect Funding For Amtrak & Rail Projects In Illinois * January 14, 2026 In their letter, the Senators made clear that federal investment is critical in improving and expanding passenger rail services in Illinois WASHINGTON-U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, joined U.S. Senato  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Jan. 15 -- The Education Development Center issued the following news on Jan. 14, 2026: * * * EDC and Partners Transform Rural Health As many states consider ways to transform rural health care, EDC is prepared to support them and rural health organizations in improving access to high-quality health and behavioral health care. Our services are designed to address increased requests from states who have received Rural Health Transformation Program awards and build on ED  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Feeding innovation to solve complex urban problems * The Mexico City Initiative at MIT, led by the Institute's Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism (LCAU), has conceived and modeled an impressive array of solutions for challenges facing urban areas in Mexico and beyond. Faculty and students have designed the repurposing of a vintage roller coaster as a public meeting sp  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Generative AI tool helps 3D print personal items that sustain daily use * Generative artificial intelligence models have left such an indelible impact on digital content creation that it's getting harder to recall what the internet was like before it. You can call on these AI tools for clever projects such as videos and photos -but their flair for the creative hasn't quite crossed   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Healey Announces Evidence-Based Childhood Immunization Schedule, Aligning with American Academy of Pediatrics * Boston -Governor Maura Healey is announcing that the Massachusetts Department of Public Health has issued evidence-based childhood immunization recommendations. The state continues to recommend the full routine pediatric vaccination schedule endorsed by the Americ  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Healey Condemns President Trump's Cancellation of Millions in Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Grants * Boston -Governor Maura Healey is condemning President Trump's abrupt cancellation of tens of millions of dollars in grants for substance use disorder prevention and treatment, overdose prevention, mental health care, suicide prevention and more in Massachusetts. T  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Healey Takes Nation-Leading Action to Make It Easier, More Affordable for People to Get Health Care * Boston -Today, Governor Maura Healey announced nation-leading action to make it easier and more affordable for Massachusetts residents to get the health care they need. The Division of Insurance (DOI) is issuing updated regulations to streamline prior authorization practice  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Jan. 13 -- Hampshire College posted the following news: * * * Hampshire Student Beau Guenther 23S Balances Competitive Bike Racing, Art, and Photography * We talked to Beau about what brought him to Hampshire, how the College has enabled him to merge his passions into related projects, and the specific kind of biking he's so excited about. Please describe the type of bike racing in which you compete. I've raced a lot of different bikes within a lot of different di  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Lujan, Wyden, Markey Urge Apple and Google to Remove X and Grok from App Stores Following Grok Generating Illegal Sexual Images at Scale * Washington, D.C. - In Case You Missed It : In response to X Corp's Grok AI tool being used to generate nonconsensual sexualized images of women and children at scale in recent days, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Edward J  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Large-Scale Counterfeit Pill Manufacturer Pleads Guilty * BOSTON - A Cambridge, Mass. man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with an ongoing investigation of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Over the course of the past four years, the defendant is alleged to have been responsible for the manufactu  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 14 [Category: Business] -- The National Marine Manufacturers Association posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Challenging 2008 Vessel Speed Rule Moves through Court * Before the holiday break, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), represented by the U.S. Department of Justice, filed a motion asking a federal judge to uphold a $15,000 fine issued for a violation of the existing North Atlantic right whale vessel speed limits - which wer  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 21 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Litigation & Enforcement Partners to Speak at Boston Bar Association Program on 2026 White-Collar Enforcement Landscape * On January 21, litigation & enforcement partners JR Drabick and Sarah Walters will speak at the Boston Bar Association's event, the 2026 Landscape for White-Collar Crime Enforcement. The event will feature two practitioner panels examining expected enfor  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Massachusetts Company Charged with Violating OSHA Rule Leading to Worker's Death * BOSTON - John Oliveira & Sons Stamp Concrete, Inc., a corporation doing business in East Freetown, Mass. has been charged and has agreed to plead guilty to willfully violating Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") safety standards in a 2023 incident that   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. James McGovern, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * McGovern Announces Statewide End Hunger Now Tour, Slams Trump's Big Ugly Bill for Making Hunger Worse * WASHINGTON -Today, Rules Committee Ranking Member James P. McGovern (D-MA) announced a statewide End Hunger Now Tour, during which he will visit every congressional district in the Commonwealth to hear firsthand from people struggling to put food on the table, see how the Trump administrat  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Meta's New Data Center Financial Arrangement Puts Louisianans at Higher Risk of Shouldering Costs of Stranded Assets * NEW ORLEANS, La. (Jan 14, 2026)-Earthjustice filed a motion today on behalf of the Alliance for Affordable Energy (AAE) and the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) recommending the Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) conduct an invest  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Michael Moody: Impacting MIT through leadership in auditing * Michael J. Moody, who has served as Institute auditor since 2014, will retire from MIT in October, following a career in internal and external audit spanning 40 years. Executive Vice President and Treasurer Glen Shor announced the news today in a letter to MIT's Academic Council. "I have greatly appreciated Mike's ri  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Moulton Introduces Healthcare Reinvestment Act to Redirect ICE Funding to Protect Affordable Healthcare * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) today introduced the Healthcare Reinvestment Act, legislation to rescind the massive influx of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) funding that was enacted in the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) and redirect those taxpayer d  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Moulton Joins As Cosponsor of Articles of Impeachment Against Secretary Kristi Noem * WASHINGTON, D.C. \- Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) has today joined as a cosponsor of the articles of impeachment filed by Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. So far, 70 Members of Congress have cosponsored the impeachment resolution. The impeac  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * New Data Shows Planet Continues to Heat Up While US Radically Backslides on Climate Action * WASHINGTON (January 14, 2026)--The past year was the third hottest on record, closely trailing 2023 and 2024 and making the past 11 years the hottest on record in terms of global average temperatures, according to new scientific data (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/g  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * New Study Identifies Signature in Blood to Better Predict Type 2 Diabetes Risk * Diabetes, a metabolic disease, is on the rise worldwide, and over 90 percent of cases are type 2 diabetes, in which the body does not effectively respond to insulin. Researchers from Mass General Brigham and Albert Einstein College of Medicine identified metabolites (small molecules found in bl  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 [Category: Environment] -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * New study quantifies sargassum's multi-million dollar impact to U.S. coastal economies * A newly published study led by researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ( WHOI ) and the University of Rhode Island ( URI) provides the most comprehensive assessment to date of the economic damage caused by recurring sargassum seaweed inundation events  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Podcast: Curiosity Unbounded, Episode 16 -- Toxoplasma and the human host * Introduction Sebastian Lourido is an associate professor of biology at MIT and a member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. Sebastian studies human pathogens and uncovers the genetic pathways that allow parasites like Toxoplasma gondii to survive and replicate inside human cells. His work c  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Jan. 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: * * * Promotion marks next chapter for Cyber & Networks leader * Brig. Gen. Joshua P. Williams was promoted to the rank of brigadier general during a ceremony at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, on Dec. 19. Williams serves as the program executive officer of the Cyber and Networks Directorate, headquartered at Hanscom AFB. In this role, he leads more than 2,400 personnel and oversees  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 15 (TNSjou) -- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center issued the following news: * * * Research in Brief: BIDMC Investigators Lead Inaugural Report on State of US Cardiovascular Health JACC Report Highlights National Trends, Persistent Disparities, and Opportunities To Improve US Heart Health * After decades of progress, cardiovascular health in the United States has been sliding backward, and younger adults are bearing the brunt. A new national effort now aims to   more

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, Jan. 15 -- Roger Williams University issued the following news: * * * Research Opportunities from Oyster Health to Aquatic Robots Empower Marine Biology Student to Carve His Own Path at RWU For Konnor Collins, the ocean wasn't just a distant fascination, it was a calling. Growing up in landlocked Broken Arrow, Okla., he developed an early curiosity about marine life. "I didn't grow up around the ocean, so it was always something kind of distant and unknown to me," Col  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Revere Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Role in International Money Laundering Organization * BOSTON - A Revere man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars in drug proceeds for drug suppliers based in Central and/or South America and for possessing over 17 kilograms of various controlled su  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 14 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Scientists demonstrate first-time use of AI for genetic circuit design * There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it takes for cells to behave in desired ways -for example, getting them to produce a therapeutic molecule or assemble into a tissue graft -is the right DNA sequence. The problem is figuring out what DNA sequence codes fo  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey Slams Trump Administration Decision to Freeze Immigrant Visa Processing for 75 Countries * Washington (January 14, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released the following statement slamming the Trump administration's decision to stop processing immigrant visas for applicants from 75 countries seeking to live in the United States. "The State Department's cru  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Murray Slams Republicans for Sham HELP Committee Hearing to Discredit Medication Abortion: "We All Know This Hearing is Not About Safety--It's About Banning Abortion Nationwide" * Murray presses Republican witness on efforts to weaponize environmental laws to ban mifepristone, anti-abortion group talking point that "people need to understand that they are likely drinking other people's ab  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * The "delicious joy" of creating and recreating music * As a graduate student, Leslie Tilley spent years studying and practicing the music of Bali, Indonesia, including a traditional technique in which two Balinese drummers play intricately interlocking rhythms while simultaneously improvising. It was beautiful and compelling music, which Tilley heard an unexpected insight about one  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Jan. 15 -- The University of Massachusetts issued the following news: * * * UMass Amherst Receives $1.66 Million Grant to Enhance Electrical Distribution System In December, the Healey-Driscoll Administration announced $8 million in grants through the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center's (MassCEC) Enhancing Grid Resilience and Reliability Program, including $1,665,000 to UMass Amherst to upgrade its electrical distribution system. The grant program was designed in partn  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 15 -- The University of Massachusetts Boston campus issued the following news: * * * UMass Boston's Xiaohui Liang Named 2026 Fellow for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) By Madeline Kaprich UMass Boston's Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Computer Science, Xiaohui Liang, has been named an IEEE Fellow for his contributions in Internet of Things (IoT) communication and data security. "I was thrilled to learn that I had been name  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB Announces Key Leadership Team Advancements * To support continued growth, VHB is strengthening its leadership team with the appointments of Tom Jackmin as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Mike McArdle as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO). These leadership advance  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * VIDEO: Pressley Co-Chairs Hearing on Housing Affordability, Demands Congress Affirm Housing as a Human Right * Shadow Hearing Held Amid Trump Housing Crisis, Cuts to Critical Housing Assistance Programs "We cannot talk about closing the racial wealth gap or stabilizing families without talking about housing as what it is: our most important infrastructure." Pressley Opener + Question Line | Full   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2026: * * * Warren Statement on New BIS Regulation Considering Licenses for the H200s Trump's export control enforcer takes a page out of the Warren and Banks-led GAIN AI Act. If the Administration implements this in good faith, it should not approve a single H200 license. * U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, Rank  more