POCATELLO, Idaho, Aug. 7 -- Idaho State University posted the following news: * * * Alumni Spotlight: ISU Athletes in the NFL * With seven home games scheduled in the ICCU Dome, there are plenty of chances to see the Bengals in action this fall. But it wasn't so long ago, before the dome, and before ISU was officially a four-year institution, that Bengal football looked a little bit different. Football at the Academy of Idaho began in September 1902, when the school was barely one year old.   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Aug. 6 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * Debora Kapisha, RN, freed from ICE custody, returns home * Debora Kapisha, the registered nurse detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently at Boston Logan International Airport, has been released from ICE custody and is on her way home to Maine. Kapisha, a medical-surgical nurse at Maine Medical Center (Maine Med) in Portland, is a member of Maine State Nur  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 6 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Lamont Announces Connecticut Tourism Growth More Than Doubled the National Rate in 2025 Connecticut Welcomed 72.2 Million Visitors, Generated $20.1 Billion in Economic Impact, and Is Outpacing Both New England and the Nation in 2026 Hotel Occupancy Growth - Governor Ned Lamont and the Connecticut Office of Statewide Marketing and Tourism today are highlighting the release of th  more

LONDON, England, Aug. 8 (TNSjou) -- The Institute of Cancer Research issued the following news: * * * ICR welcomes MHRA approval of breast cancer drug that targets tumours before they have a chance to grow The Institute of Cancer Research, London, strongly welcomes the news that camizestrant, a powerful new drug for advanced breast cancer that can be used to treat emerging tumours, has been approved by the medicines regulator, the MHRA. The drug has been approved to be used in combination wi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Helps Pass Tick Research Bill to Combat Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Illnesses * WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Senate passed the Kay Hagan Tick Act (S.2398), reauthorizing through 2030 the nation's existing framework for tick-borne disease to ensure the program to improve research, prevention, diagnostics, and treatment for tick-borne diseases continues. Federal funding for that program lapse  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey Releases New Comprehensive Report "Under the Radar" Documenting Trump's Second Administration Stealth Attack on U.S. Immigration System * Markey report reveals some of the most expansive and damaging measures have unfolded largely outside of public view Report Text (PDF) Washington (August 7, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released a comprehensive new repo  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Trinitarios Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Participating in 2023 Double Murder * BOSTON - A member of the Manchester Chapter of the Trinitarios pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to racketeering charges, including his participation in two murders and two other attempted murders. Kelvin Liranzo Roman, a/k/a "Whoopty," 27, pleaded guilty to  more