BLOOMFIELD, Connecticut, July 25 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: * * * - PETA Memorial Will Encourage Anyone Upset by Animal's Violent Death to Go Vegan * * * In response to reports that a cow's throat was slit in a Home Depot parking lot after she escaped from the Saba Live Poultry slaughterhouse on July 13, PETA plans to place a thought-provoking billboard nearby urging anyone appalled by this act of violence to stand up for all animals ki  more

HAMDEN, Connecticut, July 25 -- The Quinnipiac University Polling Institute issued the following news release: Former Vice President Joseph Biden leads President Donald Trump 50 - 42 percent in the critical swing state of Ohio, the only leading Democratic candidate to top the Republican incumbent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. The other leading Democratic contenders each are locked in a dead heat with President Trump, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) Univ  more

NORWALK, Connecticut, July 24 -- The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued the following news release: The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) will host its semiannual online training forum for professionals and companies who offer accounting continuing professional education (CPE). IN FOCUS: CPE Provider Forum will be webcast live on Friday, September 13, 2019, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Participants in the live forum must register in advance. The event will   more

NEWTOWN, Connecticut, July 25 -- The National Shooting Sports Foundation issued the following news release: The National Shooting Sports Foundation(R) (NSSF(R)), the trade association for the firearms industry, is pleased to announce that FN has donated a spectacular Gearbox Giveaway as part of the National Shooting Sports Month(R) celebration. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, FN is a manufacturer of handguns, rifles and shotguns. Personal protection aficionados, recreational target shooters  more

WINDSOR, Connecticut, July 22 -- LIMRA issued the following news release: * * * - Combination products represented 27% of all individual life insurance premium collected in 2018 * * * After three consecutive years of growth, total new premium for individual life combination products dropped 2% to $4.3 billion in 2018, according to LIMRA's 2018 Individual Life Combination Products Annual Review. There were 404,000 policies sold in 2018, a 2% increase, compared with 2017 results. Life combina  more

NEWTOWN, Connecticut, July 22 -- The National Shooting Sports Foundation issued the following news release: The National Shooting Sports Foundation(R)(NSSF(R)), the trade association for the firearms industry, is pleased to announce that it has chosen the winners of its 2019 Patron Member Scholarship Contest (formerly Voting Member Scholarship Contest). The annual competition is open to Patron company members, their employees and family members, with a total of $60,000 in college costs awards d  more

TORRINGTON, Connecticut, July 23 -- The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation issued the following news: Every 10 years, the United States government conducts the Census - a national accounting of everyone living in every state. The census helps create accurate population numbers and determines the allocation of hundreds of millions of federal dollars, where new infrastructure is built, and what kind of representation each locale has in elections at every level. The Census is important to  more

TORRINGTON, Connecticut, July 24 -- The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation issued the following news: The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation has awarded grants to 26 area nonprofit organizations, totaling $133,050 during its second grant cycle of 2019. The Community Foundation awards discretionary grants to Northwest Connecticut charities three times a year: early spring, late June and late fall. Noteworthy among the recent awards include: * $7,500 to The Licia & Mason Beekley  more

HAMDEN, Connecticut, July 26 -- The Quinnipiac University Polling Institute issued the following news release: With little gender difference, Ohio voters oppose 52 - 39 percent banning abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Support for a fetal heartbeat abortion ban runs the religious gamut, from 55 - 38 percent among white evangelical Christians, to a divided 47 - 44 percent among Protestants, and a divided 48 - 44 percent among  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, July 24 -- Save the Children issued the following news release: * * * - Deadliest week since violence escalated in northwest Syria at the end of April * * * The number of children killed in Idlib in the last four weeks has exceeded the total for 2018, Save the Children and its partner organization Hurras Network have found, as the latest escalation of fighting claimed the lives of eight children on Monday. The escalation in violence, which started at the end of April  more

NEWTOWN, Connecticut, July 26 -- The National Shooting Sports Foundation issued the following news release: The National Shooting Sports Foundation(R) (NSSF(R)), the trade association for the firearms industry, is pleased to announce that Sightmark has partnered with Phoenix Weaponry, LLC, to provide a special Gearbox Giveaway as part of the National Shooting Sports Month(R) celebration. Sightmark, with U.S. headquarters in Mansfield, Texas, and European headquarters in Bulgaria, is a manufact  more