BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 5 -- The Jed Foundation issued the following news release: * * * 2026 JED Gala Honors UBS Optimus Foundation, Tom Kitt, and Student Mental Health Champions The Jed Foundation (JED) hosted its annual gala on June 3 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City, bringing together 650 attendees and raising more than $1.7 million to support its mission to protect emotional health and prevent suicide for teens and young adults nationwide. Because of this support and commitme  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Television Academy issued the following news release on June 3, 2026: * * * ABC7's David Ono Named Recipient of Los Angeles Area Emmy Governors Award The Television Academy today named Emmy Award-winning journalist David Ono as the recipient of the 2026 Los Angeles Area Emmy Governors Award, recognizing his more than three decades of broadcasting and his passion for in-depth storytelling. The surprise announcement was made by Cris Abrego, chair of the Television Acad  more

SURREY, England, June 5 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * CargoMart launches on AI platforms in response to changing user behaviour By Damian Brett CargoAi's air cargo booking platform CargoMart can now be used through AI platforms, including ChatCGP, Copilot and Claude as the company responds to changing customer behaviour. The air cargo tech firm said that its booking platform would be available on any platform supporting the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and added that us  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on June 4, 2026, by non-resident senior fellow Alexander Kolyandr: * * * Russia's Economy: Bent Out of Shape The economy's two main tracks are moving in different directions. - Russia's wartime economy was already running on two separate tracks. Now they're diverging even faster, and the gap is certain to widen still more. On one side sits a state-subsidized, demand-guaranteed military-industrial   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on June 3, 2026, by David Kirichenko, a freelance journalist and an associate research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society: * * * Russia's Threadbare Air Defenses For a country that has built its foreign policy on the notion of encirclement, Russia is surprisingly bad at defending itself. - The morning of June 3 dawned bright and sunny in Vladimir Putin's home city of St Petersburg, which might hav  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 4 -- The European Federation of Journalists posted the following news: * * * France: MFRR partners and RSF to carry out media freedom mission in Paris * The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), its partner organisations from the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) will travel to Paris from 9 to 11 June 2026 to assess the current state of media freedom in France, less than a year before the presidential elections. While Franc  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, posted the following news release on June 3, 2026: * * * Hearing Wrap Up: Rampant Fraud in Medicaid Waiver Program The Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses held its first hearing today titled "Universal Basic Fraud: Vulnerabilities in Medicaid Waiver Programs." During the hearing, members examined fraud in Ohio's Medicaid Home and Comm  more

NEW YORK, June 4 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Human Rights Watch Mourns the Passing of Carola Frediani * Human Rights Watch is deeply saddened by the death on June 3, 2026, of Carola Frediani at the age of 51 following a long illness. Carola was an information and security technologist at Human Rights Watch and a longtime journalist. She was regarded as an authoritative voice on the relationship between technology, security, and digital rig  more

SURREY, England, June 5 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * Interesting times for heavylift airfreight By Damian Brett The current turmoil in global aviation is affecting the heavylift segment of the market, along with the rest of the airfreight industry. But while carriers have suffered serious disruption to schedules and workflows, the geopolitical situation might bring opportunities, at least in the longer term. It's very hard to put a finger on the future direction of the  more

SURREY, England, June 5 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * JAL weighs up freighter expansion By Damian Brett More than a decade after retreating from the freighter business, Japan Airlines (JAL) is once again betting on cargo. The carrier's decision to exit the all-cargo market in 2010 came in the wake of bankruptcy, as management focused on rebuilding around the most profitable segments of the business. However, after a 13-year hiatus, the company re-entered the all-cargo   more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 4 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Lebanon: The safety of journalists in Lebanon must be guaranteed * 04 June 2026 In recent weeks, a number of journalists working in Tyre, southern Lebanon, have reported receiving threats and evacuation warnings from the Israeli military. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Union of Journalists in Lebanon (UJL), in condem  more

SURREY, England, June 5 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * Logistics UK tackles the rising cost of doing business By Damian Brett The UK's airfreight market is in a good position, but operating costs are high, reflects Logistics UK's new chief executive, Ben Fletcher. When Ben Fletcher took over as chief executive of trade association Logistics UK in December of last year, his priority was to meet as many members as possible to understand the challenges faced by companies o  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 5 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release on June 4, 2026: * * * Essex County Prosecutor's Office Sergeant Allegedly Steals Injured Journalist's Camera Bag and Equipment During Delaney Hall Protest, Charged with Theft Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) today announced the filing of a criminal charge against an Essex County Prosecutor's Office sergeant, stemming f  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 4 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * NMiF reviews results of June's primary election * This week, New Mexico in Focus runs through the results of June's primary election as Deb Haaland and Gregg Hull advance in the governor's race. Host Nash Jones sits down with Dede Feldman, a Democratic former state senator, and Merritt Allen, a former Republican candidate, to discuss how Haaland and Hull secured their nominations in the race. L  more

SURREY, England, June 5 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * Ostend-Bruges Airport welcomes electric cargo aircraft By Damian Brett An electric cargo aircraft carried out a demonstration flight at Ostend-Bruges Airport as part of efforts to scale up low-emissions aviation. The flight was carried out by a Beta Alia CX300 convetional take off and landing (CTOL) aircraft and was part of a series of operational test flights operated within the Benelux region. Flight tracking webs  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Pulitzer Center, an organization that says it combines journalism and engagement, posted the following statement on June 4, 2026, by staffer Hannah Berk: * * * The Pulitzer Center Shares the Power of Journalism in Health Reporting at High School Journalism Conventions Author: Hannah Berk, Pulitzer Center Staff "Journalism can open your mind." "Stop misinformation." "Save democracy." "Change the world." These are a few of the dozens of responses high school students sha  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 4, 2026: * * * Opening statement of Co-Chairman Smith at CECC hearing The PRC's Threats to Americans: Transnational Repression & State-Level Responses The following are excerpts of Co-Chairman Chris Smith's (R-NJ) opening statement at the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)'s June 4th hearing, entitled "The PRC's Threats to Americans: Transnational Repression & State-Level Responses  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 (TNSletter) -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following letter to the Small Business Administration Inspector General: * * * Here is the text of the letter: May 20, 2026 Mr. William "Bill" Kirk Inspector General U.S. Small Business Administration 409 3rd Street, SW Washington, D.C. 20416 Dear Inspector General Kirk, Unfortunately for taxpayers, fraudsters keep reinventing the con faster than wat  more