COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 9 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson defends the right of churches to be free from unnecessary litigation * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a 23-state friend-of-the-court brief to the Supreme Court supporting churches' right to autonomy in decisions touching on religious faith, doctrine, leadership, membership, and internal affairs. "Churches have a clearly d  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 9 [Category: BizHospital] -- Cedars-Sinai, a nonprofit academic healthcare organization, posted the following news: * * * Cedars-Sinai Expands Virtual Second Opinion to Patients in 39 States * Cedars-Sinai has expanded availability of its Virtual Second Opinion program to residents of 39 states, giving people across the U.S. fast, Shoma Desai, MD convenient, at-home access to expert medical insights on treatment options for more than 600 health conditions.   more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 10 -- The National Federation of State High School Associations issued the following news release on March 9, 2026: * * * Five Former Multi-Sport Athletes Headline 2026 Class of the National High School Hall of Fame Five former standout high school athletes, including baseball star Joe Carter and football standout Patrick Willis, along with volleyball stars Alisha Glass Childress and Jordan Larson and ice hockey standout Krissy Wendell-Pohl, highlight the 2026 cla  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 7 -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * Marian (Ind.) Captures Back-to-Back NAIA Men's Indoor Track & Field Titles GAINESVILLE, Fla. [RESULTS] - One NAIA Championship Record was broken on the third and final day of the 2026 NAIA Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship as Marian (Ind.) secured its second consecutive Red Banner at the Alachua County Sports and Events Center. Mile * Tristan Trevino of Ma  more

DUNCAN, Oklahoma, March 6 -- The National Rural Water Association issued the following news release on March 5, 2026: * * * EPA Announces Launch of RealWaterTA Initiative NRWA applauds agency's refocus on technical assistance to a "back to basics" approach * The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the launch of the Real Water Technical Assistance (RealWaterTA) initiative on March 4, 2026. With a "back to the basics" approach, RealWaterTA realigns the Office of Water's mission t  more

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, March 9 -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news: * * * New study finds deep ocean microbes already prepared to tackle climate change * CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -Deep-sea waters are warming due to heat waves and climate change, and it could spell trouble for the oceans' delicate chemical and biological balance. A new study, however, demonstrates that the microbe Nitrosopumilus maritimus may already be adapting well to warmer, nutrient-poor w  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- American Oversight posted the following news: * * * Newly Released Video Raises Serious Questions About ICE's Account of Fatal Shooting of U.S. Citizen * Newly released body-camera footage appears to call into question Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) account of the fatal shooting of 23-year-old American citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in South Padre Island, Texas, in March 2025. Reports indicate the video, released ov  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, March 10 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on March 9, 2026: * * * Drummond pursues motion to support Trump Administration's rollback of extremist vehicle emissions standards Attorney General Gentner Drummond has filed a motion to intervene with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in support of the Trump Administration's efforts to eliminate radical regulations of carbon emissions. At issue is a decision by the  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release: * * * THE FUTURE OF AVIATION IS HERE: Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy and FAA Unveil Eight Selections for Pilot Program Testing Next-Gen Aircraft in America's Skies U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced eight proposals were selected as part of the brand-new Advanced Air Mobility and El  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- The White House sent to the Senate on March 9, 2026, the nominations of seven individuals for positions in the federal government: * * * Markwayne Mullin, of Oklahoma, to be Secretary of Homeland Security. James Arnott, of Missouri, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Missouri for the term of four years. Jack Chambers, of West Virginia, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of West Virginia for the term of four years. Darrell Owens  more