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'Turn the Tide': University of Alabama Students, Alums Petition to Erect Memorial for Animals Killed for Dining Hall Meals (10)
NORFOLK, Virginia, Nov. 10 [Category: Animals] -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release:
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'Turn the Tide': University of Alabama Students, Alums Petition to Erect Memorial for Animals Killed for Dining Hall Meals
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Tuscaloosa, Ala. - Could the University of Alabama become the first university in the South to recognize and honor animals killed for food served on campus? As calls for Animal Recognition Memorials spread to college campuses across the country, a group of Alabama students and alumni, more PR
49 Attorneys General Urge FCC to Strengthen Robocall Mitigation Database (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Association of Attorneys General issued the following news release:
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49 Attorneys General Urge FCC to Strengthen Robocall Mitigation Database
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA--November 10, 2026-- The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) sent reply comments on behalf of a bipartisan group of 49 attorneys general urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen its Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) to help combat illegal robocalls.
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AACOM Members Earn 2026 National Honors for Educational Excellence, Well-Being and Leadership (10)
BETHESDA, Maryland, Nov. 10 [Category: Medical] -- The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine issued the following news release:
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AACOM Members Earn 2026 National Honors for Educational Excellence, Well-Being and Leadership
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Four member institutions and one institutional leader recognized by INSIGHT Into Academia
(Bethesda, MD) - The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) celebrates four member institutions and one institutional leader recognized with 2026 INSIGHT Into Academia awards for t more PR
ACLJ to Supreme Court: States Can Choose Not To Teach Racial Guilt in Schools (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- The American Center for Law and Justice posted the following news:
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ACLJ to Supreme Court: States Can Choose Not To Teach Racial Guilt in Schools
By Nathan Moelker November 10
Should a state be allowed to decide that its public universities won't teach students they are oppressive racists because of the color of their skin? That shouldn't be a hard question. But a federal appeals court has ruled that determination isn't for Florida legislators to decide. The ACLJ is asking the Supreme Court to step in.
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Adelphi Professor Paul Moravec Completes His American Voices Trilogy at Carnegie Hall (10)
GARDEN CITY, New York, Nov. 10 -- Adelphi University issued the following news:
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Adelphi Professor Paul Moravec Completes His American Voices Trilogy at Carnegie Hall
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer's new oratorio, All Shall Rise, is the third chapter of a trilogy that traces 250 years of the country's struggle for equality.
University Professor Paul Moravec, DMA, is one of Adelphi's most decorated faculty members. He's won a Pulitzer Prize, received a Guggenheim Fellowship and been nominated for a Grammy Award. Now, he can add more PR
Alexis Gregorian Quoted in Part B News on Expanded Healthcare Fraud Self-Disclosure Options (10)
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Nov. 9 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Bradley, a law firm, posted the following news release:
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Alexis Gregorian Quoted in Part B News on Expanded Healthcare Fraud Self-Disclosure Options
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Bradley partner Alexis Gregorian was quoted in Part B News in an article about the importance of healthcare organizations strengthening and publicizing their internal compliance reporting structures.
Gregorian warned that the new DOJ whistleblower incentive program gives employees additional motivation to report suspected misconduc more PR
America is tired of the name-calling and culture wars (10)
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Nov. 10 -- The University of Auckland issued the following news:
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America is tired of the name-calling and culture wars
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Comment: From record youth voter turnout to historic firsts for diverse candidates, the US midterms signal a major generational and political shift says Jennifer Frost.
While the massive, historic achievement of Democratic candidates and voters in the US midterm elections is still being celebrated, pundits and politicians are already drawing conclusions about this unprecedented blue wave.
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As Big Tech Sues to Avoid Accountability to Protect Children, NCOSE Calls on Congress to Pass KOSA (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 [Category: Sociological] -- The National Center on Sexual Exploitation issued the following news:
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As Big Tech Sues to Avoid Accountability to Protect Children, NCOSE Calls on Congress to Pass KOSA
WASHINGTON, DC (November 9, 2026) - The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) says Congress needs to prioritize child safety online by passing the Kids Online Safety Act during the lame-duck session, pointing to Big Tech's new lawsuits filed in California and Alabama as evidence the industry wants to avoid account more PR
Attorney General Brenna Bird Pushes Federal Government to Improve the Robocall Mitigation Database to Combat Illegal Robocalls (10)
DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 10 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Brenna Bird Pushes Federal Government to Improve the Robocall Mitigation Database to Combat Illegal Robocalls
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DES MOINES--Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced she and a bipartisan coalition of 49 attorneys general are urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to make improvements to its Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) that would help curb illegal robocalls.
"Too many Iowans have been scammed by ille more PR
Attorney General Griffin Urges Federal Government to Improve Safeguards to Prevent Illegal Robocalls (10)
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Nov. 10 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Griffin Urges Federal Government to Improve Safeguards to Prevent Illegal Robocalls
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Griffin: 'No Arkansan should have to worry that answering a phone call or opening a text message could put their financial security at risk'
LITTLE ROCK - Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after joining 48 other attorneys general in submitting reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission, ur more PR
Attorney General Jeff Jackson Calls for Improvements to Federal Robocall Database to Combat Illegal Calls (10)
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 10 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Jeff Jackson Calls for Improvements to Federal Robocall Database to Combat Illegal Calls
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RALEIGH -- Attorney General Jeff Jackson is leading a bipartisan coalition of 49 attorneys general pushing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to make improvements to its Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) that would help curb illegal robocalls.
"I hear from people all the time that they're fed up with rob more PR
Auburn Engineering tests smart crosswalk technology to improve pedestrian (10)
AUBURN, Alabama, Nov. 10 -- Auburn University College of Engineering posted the following news:
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Auburn Engineering tests smart crosswalk technology to improve pedestrian
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Auburn Engineering tests smart crosswalk technology to improve pedestrian safety
Published: Nov 10, 2026 1:30 PM
By Dustin Duncan
Smart crosswalk technology is being implemented in the city of Auburn.
Nsong Ernest Asiedu, graduate research assistant and Huaguo Zhou, the Elton Z. and Lois G. Huff Professor of Transportation, both in the Department of Civil and En more PR
Auburn to expand rural student support through major new investment (10)
AUBURN, Alabama, Nov. 9 -- Auburn University posted the following news:
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Auburn to expand rural student support through major new investment
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A visiting educator reviews information about Auburn's pharmacy programs during February's STARS Counselor Fly-In. The visit introduced rural high school counselors and administrators to Auburn's academic programs and student support resources.
STARS continue to align for Auburn's rural recruitment efforts.
The university is expanding its work to help rural and small-town students prepare for more PR
Baker Donelson Adds 31 Associates Firm-Wide (10)
MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Nov. 10 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Baker Donelson, a law firm, posted the following news release:
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Baker Donelson Adds 31 Associates Firm-Wide
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Baker Donelson has added 31 new associates across the Firm.
These associates and their primary areas of practice are:
Atlanta, Georgia
* Catherine F. Brennan (New Litigator)
* Tyler S. Connor (Financial Services Litigation & Compliance)
Baltimore, Maryland
* George S. Rice (Construction)
Birmingham, Alabama
* Alan Crisologo (Corporate)
* Henry R. Harris (Financial more PR
Carlyle ranks near bottom on climate scorecard amid oil and gas expansion (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 10 [Category: Business] -- The Private Equity Stakeholder Project issued the following news:
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Carlyle ranks near bottom on climate scorecard amid oil and gas expansion
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Carlyle ranks near the bottom among peers on the 2026 Climate Scorecard while recent oil and gas deals threaten net-zero goals
The Carlyle Group and its subsidiary, NGP, have a long history of fossil fuel-intensive energy investments and have been on an oil and gas acquisition spree since last year, with 14 oil and gas deals totaling at least $ more PR
Coppin State Alumnus Named Superintendent of Three National Historic Sites (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 10 -- Coppin State University issued the following news:
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Coppin State Alumnus Named Superintendent of Three National Historic Sites
Baltimore native Robert Stewart brings nearly two decades of National Park Service experience to historic sites central to America's civil rights history.
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BALTIMORE -- Coppin State University alumnus Robert Stewart has been appointed superintendent of three nationally significant historic sites: the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail, Tuskegee Institute National Histo more PR
Educator Pay 2026: Finger Lakes (10)
ALBANY, New York, Nov. 10 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Empire Center, a non-profit think tank, issued the following news release:
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Educator Pay 2026: Finger Lakes
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A total of 52 school district educators in the Finger Lakes region were paid more than $200,000 in fiscal year 2025-26, according to payroll data reported to the New York State Teachers' Retirement System (NYSTRS). The highest paid was John Abbott, deputy superintendent of East Irondequoit CSD, at $306,144.
Statewide, the 239,288 public school teachers, superintendents, princi more PR
Eight Attorneys, Seven Offices: Constangy Expands Its Labor and Employment and Cyber Practices (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 10 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete, a law firm, posted the following news release:
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Eight Attorneys, Seven Offices: Constangy Expands Its Labor and Employment and Cyber Practices
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Constangy is pleased to announce the addition of eight attorneys in its Dallas, Denver, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Nashville, San Diego, and Tampa offices. George Albutt, Collin Delano, Susan Holley, Haley Klima, Sara McCallum, Paul Newman, and Nelson Suarez join the firm's labor and employment practice more PR
Federal Register: Fish & Wildlife Service Initiates 5-Year Status Reviews for 81 Threatened, Endangered Species (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following action in the Federal Register.
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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews for 81 Southeastern Species
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are initiating 5-year status reviews under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, for 81 species. A 5-year status review is based on an assessment of the best scientific and commercial data available at the time of the review. We ask t more PR
Governor Ivey Honors Veterans in Veterans Day Message, Salutes Alabama's 400,000 Heroes (10)
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Nov. 10 -- Gov. Kay Ivey, R-Alabama, issued the following news release:
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Governor Ivey Honors Veterans in Veterans Day Message, Salutes Alabama's 400,000 Heroes
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MONTGOMERY - Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday released a video message ahead of Veterans Day thanking the more than 400,000 veterans and their families who call Alabama home and honoring the generations of Americans who have served in the United States Armed Forces.
In the message, Governor Ivey recalls how her father, Boadman Nettles Ivey, served as a field more PR
Hospital Crisis Watch: Democrats' "Midterm Landslide" Signals Relief for Hospitals and Marks a Renewed Fight for Affordable Health Care (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 [Category: Health Care] -- Protect Our Care issued the following news:
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Hospital Crisis Watch: Democrats' "Midterm Landslide" Signals Relief for Hospitals and Marks a Renewed Fight for Affordable Health Care
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After health care drove last week's blue tsunami, bringing Democrats to a commanding majority in both the House and the Senate, Republicans have nowhere to run from their betrayal. Last year, Trump and Republicans in Congress sold out working families' health care when they slashed over $1 trillion from Medicai more PR
Join Tuskegee University for a Student-Led Music Workshop Saturday in the University Chapel (10)
TUSKEGEE, Alabama, Nov. 10 -- The Tuskegee University posted the following news:
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Join Tuskegee University for a Student-Led Music Workshop Saturday in the University Chapel
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Tuskegee Music Experience offers music education, mentorship, and more for all ages
Sharing the joy of music with the community, the upcoming Tuskegee Music Experience aims to make quality music education accessible while showcasing the talent, leadership, and community connection that are hallmarks of Tuskegee University.
The free music education event for all more PR
Kellogg Center Soft Open Is a Shining Example of the Renaissance Era (10)
TUSKEGEE, Alabama, Nov. 9 -- The Tuskegee University posted the following news:
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Kellogg Center Soft Open Is a Shining Example of the Renaissance Era
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Alumni Gather for Ribbon-Cutting and President's State of the University.
With cellphones up and heads turning to take it all in, alumni, faculty, staff and students walked with purpose into the Tuskegee University Kellogg Center during the Homecoming soft open. After an exciting ribbon cutting of the partially restored iconic space, now on the road to a full restoration, Dr. Mark A. B more PR
MEMO: How the DCCC Delivered Democrats The Largest House Majority This Century (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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MEMO: How the DCCC Delivered Democrats The Largest House Majority This Century
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From: DCCC
Date: November 9, 2026
Subject: How the DCCC Delivered Democrats The Largest House Majority This Century
The DCCC started the 2026 election cycle only needing to net three seats to win back the majority, thanks to House Democrats' overperformance across the country in 2024. Heading into the cycle, we knew three things:
To win back the m more PR
MICC welcomes new command sergeant major during change of responsibility ceremony (10)
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Army Contracting Command posted the following news:
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MICC welcomes new command sergeant major during change of responsibility ceremony
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JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - Command Sgt. Maj. JennyAnne Bright relinquished responsibility as the command sergeant major for the Mission and Installation Contracting Command to Command Sgt. Maj. Nadeja Vorobyeva-Santiago during a change of responsibility ceremony hosted by Brig. Gen. Freddy Adams, MICC commanding general, Nov. 10 at t more PR
MIT student leaders: Q&A with men's football co-captain Dominic Hess (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 10 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news:
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MIT student leaders: Q&A with men's football co-captain Dominic Hess
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A senior studying mechanical engineering and finance, Dominic Hess is an Academic All-American with a packed study schedule. But he and his teammates still make room for about 20 hours a week of football during the regular season. ("It's a little less in the spring," he notes.) All this time practicing, working out, and playing in games, he says, doesn't take a more PR
Pinnacle Financial Partners is a Best Bank to Work For (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 10 [Category: BizFinancial Services] -- Pinnacle Financial Partners, an asset regional bank that says it provides banking, investment, trust, mortgage and insurance products and services, posted the following news release:
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Pinnacle Financial Partners is a Best Bank to Work For
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NASHVILLE, TN, Nov. 10, 2026 - For the 14th consecutive year, Pinnacle Financial Partners (Nasdaq/NGS: PNFP) has earned a spot on American Banker's list of the nation's Best Banks to Work For in 2026, landing at No. 32 overall, by wide m more PR
PRESS RELEASE: Congressman Michael Guest Introduces Resolution to Honor Veterans on Veterans Day 2026 (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- Rep. Michael Guest, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release:
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PRESS RELEASE: Congressman Michael Guest Introduces Resolution to Honor Veterans on Veterans Day 2026
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Congressman Michael Guest Introduces Resolution to Honor Veterans on Veterans Day 2026
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael Guest (R-MS) introduced a resolution in the United States House of Representatives to honor "the service and sacrifice of America's veterans" and to call "on the people of the United States to observe Veterans Day in more PR
Support for the Death Penalty Falls to Lowest Point Since 1966 (10)
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Nov. 10 [Category: Sociological] -- The Equal Justice Initiative posted the following news:
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Support for the Death Penalty Falls to Lowest Point Since 1966
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The majority of U.S. adults do not support the death penalty, according to a recent poll. Death penalty support has fallen below the majority level--only 49% of adults are in favor of the death penalty, and 45% are opposed.
The last time support was lower, Gallup reports, was in 1966, when a record-low 42% favored the death penalty. Support has dropped dramat more PR
Telia Estonia trials Adtran 50G PON technology to prepare for next-generation broadband services (10)
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, Nov. 10 [Category: BizTelecommunications] -- Adtran, a provider of networking and communications equipment, posted the following news release:
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Telia Estonia trials Adtran 50G PON technology to prepare for next-generation broadband services
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* Telia Estonia is preparing its fiber network to support the next generation of residential and business broadband services
* Trial of Adtran's 50G PON solution establishes a practical path to higher-capacity access over existing infrastructure
* Project will validate how 5 more PR
The Battle Continues: Attorney General Bonta Pushes Federal Government to Combat Illegal Robocalls (10)
SACRAMENTO, California, Nov. 10 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release:
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The Battle Continues: Attorney General Bonta Pushes Federal Government to Combat Illegal Robocalls
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OAKLAND -- Attorney General Bonta and a bipartisan coalition of 48 attorneys general urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to make improvements to its Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) that would help curb illegal robocalls (https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/reply-comments-49-state-ags-re-fcc-rob more PR
The Wilmington Massacre of 1898 (10)
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Nov. 10 [Category: Sociological] -- The Equal Justice Initiative posted the following news:
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The Wilmington Massacre of 1898
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In the late 1890s, Wilmington, North Carolina, a port city between the Atlantic's barrier islands and the banks of the Cape Fear River, became an island of hope for a new America.
Residents of the city's thriving Black community made themselves a political force, exercising the rights of citizenship guaranteed to them after the Civil War by the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendme more PR
Tired of Robocalls? AG Rayfield Wants the FCC to Cut Scammers Off at the Source (10)
SALEM, Oregon, Nov. 10 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release:
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Tired of Robocalls? AG Rayfield Wants the FCC to Cut Scammers Off at the Source
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Attorney General Dan Rayfield is calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to tighten the rules on who gets to carry phone calls in the United States, so scammers have a harder time reaching Oregonians.
"Most Oregonians have stopped picking up calls from numbers they don't recognize," said Attorney General Rayfield. "But that means people miss more PR
UAH expands pathways in entrepreneurship and biotechnology to meet growing workforce needs (10)
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, Nov. 9 -- The University of Alabama issued the following news:
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UAH expands pathways in entrepreneurship and biotechnology to meet growing workforce needs
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Students at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will have new pathways to turn ideas into ventures and prepare for careers in biotechnology through two undergraduate concentrations launching in spring 2027. UAH is a part of The University of Alabama System.
"These new concentrations reflect UAH's commitment to providing students with relevant, hands- more PR
USGS Awards $1.7 Million to 26 States to Preserve Data for Energy, Groundwater, Minerals Exploration (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release:
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USGS Awards $1.7 Million to 26 States to Preserve Data for Energy, Groundwater, Minerals Exploration
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RESTON, Va. -- The U.S. Geological Survey announced $1,685,806 in matching grants to 26 state geological surveys to inventory, catalog and preserve historic geoscientific data and physical samples critical to understanding the nation's energy, groundwater and mineral resources, and mapping geologic hazards like landslid more PR
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