NEW YORK, Dec. 22 -- The National Basketball Association issued the following news release: NBA Africa today announced that global economist and New York Times best-selling author Dr. Dambisa Moyo and Academy Award-winning actor and social activist Forest Whitaker have joined NBA Africa as strategic investors. Moyo, who was born in Zambia, is a global economist, author and international public speaker. She previously served as a consultant for the World Bank, as a research economist and strate more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Dec. 21, 2021, entitled "Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument; Monument Management Plan". The notice was issued by Robyn Thorson, Regional Director, Columbia-Pacific Northwest and Pacific Islands Regions, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. DATES: We must receive comments by January 20, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Malia Chow, NOAA,  more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on Dec. 20, 2021, by Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken to the staff members and volunteers from refugee resettlement agencies: * * * MS O'MARA VIGNARAJAH: Thank you so much for being here. My name is Krish O'Mara Vignarajah, and I'm the president and CEO of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. It is so nice to be back here. Just a week ago, we opened officially this office, and it is really so nice  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by J. Michael Chavarria, governor of the Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico, involving an oversight hearing on Dec. 8, 2021, entitled "Restoring Justice: Addressing Violence in Native Communities through VAWA Title IX Special Jurisdiction": * * * Introduction. Thank you Chairman Schatz, Ranking Member Murkowski, and Members of the Committee for holding this important oversight hearing on Addressing Violenc more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following testimony by Charles D. Stimson, senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation, involving a full committee hearing on Dec. 7, 2021, entitled "Closing Guantanamo: Ending 20 Years of Injustice". Jaffer is also an assistant professor of law and director of the national security law and policy program at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University. * * * My name is Charles Stimson. I am a Senior Legal Fellow  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions has issued a public comment on the Federal Trade Commission notice entitled "Making Competition Work: Promoting Competition in Labor Markets". The comment was posted on Dec. 16, 2021: * * * The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions Statement for the Federal Trade Commissions Work Shop on Making Competition Work The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) wants to thank th more ST

SANTA CRUZ, California, Dec. 22 (TNSOps) -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: The University of California at Santa Cruz announced today that College Ten--an undergraduate residential learning community founded on principles of social justice and community--will be named in honor of the late congressman and civil rights icon John R. Lewis. Lewis was a renowned student leader in the civil rights movement who stood against racism with bravery, conviction, more PR