BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 26 (TNSpol) -- Boston University issued the following news: By Joel Brown It has come to this: Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine's heroic president, who is in the midst of a brutal and deadly war, sends his condolences to America. "Deeply saddened by the news of the murder of innocent children in Texas," Zelensky tweeted after what is already known as the Texas School Massacre. Tuesday's murders of 19 children and 2 teachers in a Uvalde, Tex., elementary school by a teena more PR

CANTON, Michigan, May 24 (TNSpol) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on May 23, 2022: The Michigan chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), a local branch of the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the suspension of a Metro Detroit teacher who reportedly used a worksheet in class which compared former President Barack Obama with monkeys. A teacher from the prestigious Roeper School in Bloo more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47110) on May 20, 2022, entitled "FY2022 National Defense Authorization Act: Context and Selected Issues for Congress" by defense budget analyst Brendan W. McGarry. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is policy legislation typically introduced and reported each year by the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and the Senate Armed Services Committee ( more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 (TNSconf) -- The National Collegiate Athletic Association issued the following news on May 23, 2022: The NCAA Inclusion Forum returns in 2022, bringing together administrators, coaches and student-athletes from member schools around this year's theme of "It's Time: Delivering on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging." The 10th annual event will take place virtually June 15-16. Registration is open until June 3. "The Inclusion Forum is always an event where attendees can more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minnesota, ranking Republican member of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, issued the following commentary to the Duluth News Tribune: * * * Anti-Mining, Anti-Northland Bill Demands to Be Rejected As the member of Congress from Minnesota's 8th Congressional District, I am blessed to represent mining country. I'm proud of my constituents who work in our mines developing the resources we need for America's steel.  more PR

SEATTLE, Washington, May 26 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) applauded the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to ban the disposal of mining waste in the Bristol Bay watershed. The Clean Water Act Section 404(c) Proposed Determination would permanently protect Bristol Bay and its wildlife from the proposed Pebble Mine. "The waters of Bristol Bay are hugely important to the economy and heritage of the entire Pacific N more PR

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law issued the following testimony by Jim Harper, a nonresident senior fellow with the American Enterprise Institute, involving a hearing on May 4, 2022, entitled "Platform Transparency: Understanding the Impact of Social Media". Harper is also a senior research scholar at the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law * * * I am Jim Harper, a nonresident senior fellow with the American Enterpr more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release on May 26, 2022: Following his long advocacy and recommendation to the Department of Defense, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced that Sergeant Henry Johnson, African-American World War I hero and Albany resident, has been recommended to have Fort Polk in Louisiana renamed in his honor. This comes after Congress authorized the Naming Commission to provide new more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 (TNStalk) -- Georgetown University Law Center issued the following news: This spring's Georgetown Law Journal Alumni Banquet was the largest one to date, with over 300 former and current GLJ editors and their guests in attendance. This ninth annual gathering also had its highest-profile keynote speaker yet: Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor of the Supreme Court of the United States joined outgoing Georgetown Law Journal Editor in Chief Agnes Lee (SFS'17, L'22) for an onstage  more PR