WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The Campaign for Youth Justice issued the following news release: State legislatures across the country are passing laws to "raise the floor" by raising the minimum age at which a child could be prosecuted as an adult, according to a new brief by the Campaign for Youth Justice. The brief highlights legislative efforts in a variety of states including California, Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vermont that have raised their mini  more

BETHEL, Connecticut, Sept. 11 -- Experimental Mechanics, a journal from the Society for Experimental Mechanics says that it addresses research in design and implementation of novel or enhanced experiments to characterize materials, structures and systems, published nine research articles, including the following topics, in its October 2019 edition: * 3D Printed Loading Device for Inducing Cellular Mechanotransduction via Matrix Deformation * Full-Field Surface Pressure Reconstruction Using the  more

NORWALK, Connecticut, Sept. 12 -- The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued the following news release: * * * - Incorporates private company and other stakeholder input on original 2017 proposal * * * The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) today issued a proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU) intended to improve guidance used to determine whether debt should be classified as a current or noncurrent liability in a classified balance sheet. Stakeholders are encouraged to rev  more

MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 10 -- The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation issued the following news release: The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Board of Trustees have unanimously elected Francisco L. Borges, an investment manager, two-time Connecticut state treasurer, and former Hartford deputy mayor, as the foundation's next board chair. Borges will assume the post in December, succeeding John Palfrey, who became president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation on Sept. 1.   more

NORWALK, Connecticut, Sept. 10 -- Cancer Research Institute issued the following news: NORWALK, CT, and NEW YORK CITY - Health Media Network (HMN), a leading and trusted Digital Point of Care company, has teamed up with the Cancer Research Institute (CRI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving more lives by advancing scientific efforts to develop new and effective immunotherapies for all forms of cancer, to distribute CRI's cancer immunotherapy and clinical trials education and awareness  more

WINDSOR, Connecticut, Sept. 12 -- LIMRA issued the following news release: Ever wonder what C-suite executives think about how to turn potential into success? Join us at the 2019 LIMRA Annual Conference on Oct. 27-29 in Boston, Mass., to find out what Roger Crandall, chairman, president and CEO of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual); Penny Pennington, managing partner with Edward Jones; and Michael Roberge, CEO of MFS Investment Management have to say about this topic. "We  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Sept. 10 -- Save the Children issued the following news release: In celebration of World Literacy Day, Save the Children is proud to announce its summer reading campaign exceeded its 100 million minutes goal in its first year. Read a Story, Change Their Story - 100 Days of Reading began on June 1, and encouraged all children, parents, teachers, librarians, caregivers and adults to log their summer reading minutes at SavetheChildren.org/READ. More than 170 million minutes  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 9 -- American Dental Association issued the following news release: Richard J. Rosato, D.M.D., an oral and maxillofacial surgeon practicing in Concord and Peterborough, New Hampshire, was recently installed as a trustee of the American Dental Association (ADA) in San Francisco at the ADA FDI World Dental Congress 2019. Dr. Rosato will serve on the ADA Board of Trustees as the trustee from the First District, which is comprised of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Isl  more

HAMDEN, Connecticut, Sept. 11 -- The Quinnipiac University Polling Institute issued the following news release: * * * - But Warren Narrows Gap Quinnipiac University Poll Finds - Texas Voters Are Divided On Gun Issues * * * One day before the next Democratic debate is held in Houston, former Vice President Joe Biden tops the field in the Texas Democratic primary with 28 percent of Democratic voters and independent voters who lean Democratic. Sen. Elizabeth Warren follows with 18 percent, wh  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Sept. 10 -- Save the Children issued the following news release: Millions of children living in high-intensity conflict zones or forced to flee as refugees will require support to address mental health concerns, according to a new briefing, "Road to Recovery: Responding to Children's Mental Health in Conflict," released by Save the Children ahead of critical meetings at next week's United Nations General Assembly. The latest figures show that 142 million children live i  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Sept. 11 -- Save the Children issued the following news release: Thousands of families are suffering severe food shortages six months after Cyclone Idai tore through central Mozambique, says Save the Children. Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique on March 14, killing 603 people and injuring 1,641. The country was struck by another devastating cyclone, Kenneth, on April 25 and was then hit by drought. The combined crises have destroyed crops and seeds and devastated people's mea  more