RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina, Aug. 10 (TNSawa) -- Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, issued the following news release: Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society is honored to announce that Bruce Alberts, PhD, is the 2022 recipient of the Gold Key Award. As the Society's highest and most prestigious honor, the Gold Key Award is presented to a member who has made extraordinary contributions to their profession and has fostered critical innovations to enhance the health of more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 9 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2022: The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) today condemned the Gwinnett County GOP for hosting anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist Trevor Loudon at the party's August 6, breakfast event, titled "The War Against the West." Trevor Loudon is a virulently anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant conspiracy theorist from New Zealand who believes that former P more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The House Judiciary Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 117-441) on Violent Incident Clearance and Technological Investigative Methods Act (H.R. 5768), which aims to direct the attorney general to establish a grant program to establish, create and administer the violent incident clearance and technology investigative method. The report was advanced by Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, on July 26, 2022. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary H.R. 5768, the "Violent I more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (TNSpol) -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken should publicly promote free and fair elections, respect for human rights, and anti-corruption efforts during his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo on August 9 and 10, 2022, 17 US and Congolese organizations and experts said today. Blinken's visit comes as the abusive M23 armed group has expanded its control in eastern Congo, attacking villages and summari more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 11 -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2022: Premiere Networks announced today that award-winning media personality Angela Yee will host a new weekday broadcast radio show, "Way Up with Angela Yee." The program, which will air middays, will launch Fall 2022 across more than 30 iHeartMedia stations, including New York's Power 105.1, and will be available for syndication through Premiere Networks to stations across the country. "Way Up with Angela Yee" wi more PR

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Aug. 9 (TNSawa) -- The American Association of Physics Teachers issued the following news release: Dr. Sylvester James Gates, Jr. has been named as the 2023 recipient of the prestigious Hans Christian Oersted Medal, presented by the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT). The Medal will be awarded at a Ceremonial Session of the 2023 AAPT Winter Meeting. The Oersted Medal recognizes his outstanding, widespread, and lasting impact on the teaching of physics throug more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (TNSrep) -- The National Academy of Public Administration and the Project Management Institute in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, issued a 26-page report in July 2022 entitled "Agile Regulation - Gateway to the Future." Here are excerpts: * * * FORWARD The National Academy of Public Administration recently presented the results of a year-long effort to identify the Grand Challenges in Public Administration. These 12 challenges across four focus areas represent some of the m more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2022: Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) authored an op-ed for Fox News on how the Democrats' "Build Back Manchin" reconciliation package is a partisan tax-and-spend scheme that has nothing to do with tackling inflation. It includes handouts for the liberal elite and will leave the American people with higher taxes, an outsized IRS, increased energy costs, and a ballooning national debt. Womack emp more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism issued the following testimony by Weldon Project President Weldon Angelos involving a hearing on July 26, 2022, entitled "Decriminalizing Cannabis at the Federal Level: Necessary Steps to Address Past Harms." Angelos is also the co-founder of the Cannabis Freedom Alliance and the Mission (Green), a music producer and a criminal justice reform advocate. * * * My name is Weldon Angelos, and I am li more PR