WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: Tax filings obtained by government watchdog Accountable.US and first reported by Politico reveal that Vivek Ramaswamy, a top advisor to President-elect Trump, was a top individual donor in 2023 to The Council for National Policy (CNP), a far-right organization that has operated for over four decades as a secret h more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 13 -- Airbnb, a community-driven hospitality company, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * Key Takeaways * Airbnb is rolling out anti-party technology in countries and regions globally to help reduce the risk of unauthorized and disruptive parties over NYE. * Nearly 74,000 people globally were deterred from booking last New Year's Eve. * * * This New Year's Eve, Airbnb is introducing measures to help reduce the risk of unauthorized and disruptive pa more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 13 -- Airbnb, a community-driven hospitality company, issued the following agency statement on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * Key Takeaways * Product and policy updates informed by Project Lighthouse have supported hundreds of thousands of bookings in the US over two years. * Following these changes, the booking success rate has improved for all perceived racial groups since 2021, leading to more bookings for all. * The largest booking success rate disparity in 2021, between gues more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The Architect of the Capitol issued the following public notice: * * * Cannon (1857-1932) was a physician, women's suffrage leader and orator, public health advocate, and first woman elected to a state senate in the United States. * * * Utah gave this statue of Dr. Martha Maria "Mattie" Hughes Cannon to the National Statuary Hall Collection in 2024. The statue depicts Cannon as she appeared during her term as Utah state senator in the late 1890s, around age 40. Cannon more PR

CAMBRIDGE, England, Dec. 12 -- The Asian Journal of Comparative Law, a peer reviewed journal from the Asian Law Institute that says it covers theoretical, empirical, socio-legal, doctrinal or comparative that relates to Asian legal systems, epidemiology and virology, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2024 edition (Vol. 19, Issue 2): CALS-Jones Day Professorial Lecture on the Rule of Law in Asia - Public Lecture * International Sanctions and the Rule of Law - A more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- The American Theological Library Association issued the following news release: The editorial board of Books@Atla Open Press is pleased to announce the publication of Managing a Small Theological Library: How to Color with Broken Crayons, by Kris Veldheer. While books and articles about library management are plentiful, most of these resources do not focus on the unique challenges and opportunities of serving as a director of a small library. Drawing on y more PR

CARDIFF, Wales, Dec. 12 -- British Catholic History, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features British and Irish Catholic history from the Catholic Record Society, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2024 edition (Vol. 37, Issue 1): Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Research Article * The Conversion of Sir Tobie Matthew: Homosocial Bonds and Affective Networks in Early Modern Catholicism Review Article * The End of the Beginning? Book Review * Thomas  more PR

MILTON, England, Dec. 12 -- The British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features practice and understanding of counselling, psychotherapy and career guidance, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 52, Issue 6 edition: Counselling & Psychotherapy - Article * Do insight and altruism lead to flourishing through providing self-compassion in mental health professional candidates? * On becoming a counsellor: a posthuman reconfigur more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Dec. 12 -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation issued the following news release: To promote innovation in oyster restoration, aquaculture, and education, the Chesapeake Oyster Alliance (COA) announced $150,000 in grants distributed to 17 organizations across Maryland and Virginia. The Chesapeake Oyster Innovation Awards Program is funded by Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) and administered by Chesapeake Bay Trust. The 2025 grant awardees will use the funds for creative approache more PR

FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, Dec. 11 -- Christendom College issued the following news: In Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables, Montgomery presents the character of Matthew Cuthbert a shy, old farmer. How does his fatherly love emulate the love of Christ? Christendom English Language and Literature Professor Dr. Kathleen Sullivan explains in this latest piece for Instaurare Magazine. A lady shopkeeper is not as menacing as a hungry lion in his den, but Matthew Cuthbert would rather face the l more PR

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- Clark University issued the following news: * * * An expert in environmental humanities, new Leir Chair champions climate solutions, not despair * * * By Meredith Woodward King Christina Gerhardt, Clark's new Henry J. Leir Endowed Chair of Comparative Literature, recognizes that today's college students face what a colleague has termed a "polycrisis," the confluence of systemic tipping points in historical and economic inequities, and climate ch more PR

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Dec. 12 -- EBSCO Industries, a provider of research databases, e-journals, magazine subscriptions, e-books and discovery service to libraries, issued the following news release: IPSWICH, Mass. -- December 11, 2024 --EBSCO Clinical Decisions has announced the formation of its Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Advisory Council. Established in June 2024, the Advisory Council was created to provide an independent source of expert oversight and pioneer the responsible, saf more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Nov. 28, 2024, from IonKraft GmbH, Aachen, Germany: * * * To: Mr. Thomas Groeneveld Existing Chemical Risk Management Division (7404M) Office Of Pollution Prevention And Toxics U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460-0001 Response to TSCA Section 21 Petition: PFOA, PFNA and PFDA Formed During Plastic Fluorination: Comment to  more ST

ISPRA, Italy, Dec. 13 -- The European Commission's Joint Research Center issued the following news: * * * Not all social media use is the same. A JRC study finds that "how" young Europeans use social media may be associated to loneliness more than "how much time" they spend online. * * * Passive consumption of social media seems to reinforce feelings of disconnection, according to a JRC policy brief which examines the relationship between social media use and loneliness. Social media has  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 13 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Capital Markets team advised the joint lead book-running managers and underwriting syndicate in the completion of ImmunityBio's (Nasdaq: IBRX) underwritten public offering of 33,333,334 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $3.00 per share for gross proceeds of $100.0 million. ImmunityBio is a vertically-integrated commercial stage biotechnology company developing next-generation th more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Government Publishing Office issued the following news release: The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has made the United States Policy and Supporting Positions, or "The Plum Book", available in print and online. The publication lists more than 7,000 Federal civil service leadership and support positions in the executive and legislative branches that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment. Users can access The Plum Book on GPO's GovInfo and c more PR

MCLEAN, Virginia, Dec. 13 -- Hilton Worldwide Holdings issued the following news release: * * * * The signing of more than 10 new properties brings Hilton's pipeline in Egypt to 25 hotels, with plans to grow its footprint to more than 40 properties operating across the country in the coming years * Signings include Curio Collection by Hilton and Tapestry Collection by Hilton, bringing Hilton's lifestyle brands to Egypt for the first time, as well as an all-inclusive resort * The highly antic more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Dec. 12 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: A Virginia Tech English major is learning more about the human dimensions of infectious disease through a hands-on research experience. Hailey Richards recently joined as an undergraduate research assistant for a team led by Julie Gerdes, assistant professor of technical and professional writing and rhetoric in the Department of English, and Heidi Lawrence, a collaborator and graduate of the department's rhetoric and wri more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service issued a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register on Dec. 3, 2024, entitled "Substantiation Requirements and Qualified Nonpersonal Use Vehicles". Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY: This document sets forth proposed regulations relating to the definition of qualified nonpersonal use vehicles. Qualified nonpersonal use vehicles are excepted from the substantiation requirements that apply to certain more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: * * * Defendant Operated an "Off-the-Books" Payroll and Caused Over $2M Loss to IRS * * * A Massachusetts man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for an employment tax scheme and making a false statement at an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hearing. According to court documents and statements made in court, Mauricio Baiense, formerly of Quincy, owned and ope more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Longtime MIT faculty member used X-ray astronomy to study neutron stars and black holes and led the All-Sky Monitor instrument on NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. * * * By Sandi Miller, Department of Physics MIT Professor Emeritus Hale Van Dorn Bradt PhD '61 of Peabody, Massachusetts, formerly of Salem and Belmont, beloved husband of Dorothy A. (Haughey) Bradt, passed a more PR

ITHACA, New York, Dec. 12 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Biologist Thomas Seeley has been delving into the mysteries of honey bee behavior ever since he discovered a bee tree as a boy, inspired by reading "Winnie the Pooh" 62 years ago. In his new book, "Piping Hot Bees & Boisterous Buzz-Runners: 20 Mysteries of Honey Bee Behavior Solved," he shares some of the findings of his many investigations. Among them: The insects are humanly relatable. For example, just like us, the more PR

LONDON, England, Dec. 13 -- The city of London issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: The London Archives and Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) have announced a unique collaboration that will - for the first time ever - showcase their impressive collections alongside one another. From summer 2025, the City of London Corporation-owned archives in Clerkenwell will host some of the most popular items from the RIBA Collections, one of the largest architectural collections i more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 13 -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following statement on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * Following Mayor Adams' meeting with President Elect Donald Trump's border czar and his subsequent apparent willingness to help Trump's deportation machine, the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) issued the following statement, attributable to Executive Director Donna Lieberman: "Mayor Adams's apparent willingness to help Trump's deportation machine is wrong, a waste of resources, and more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 13 -- Oregon Wild issued the following commentary on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * Imnaha River: Wolves, Wilderness, and Wildlands By Marina Richie "Our responsibility as life tenants is to make certain that there are wilderness values to honor after we have gone." - William O. Douglas Snap snap, SNAP! Then came the whooooooosh and a thud that shook our popup camper by the Imnaha River in the predawn. Wes and I felt the reverberation from 150 yards away. Later, we found the D more PR

ITHACA, New York, Dec. 12 -- Cornell University issued the following news: During the past century, experimental poets in Japan have been stretching the conventional definition of the genre by creating poems in unexpected places: augmented reality apps, manipulated tape recorders, music videos, protest performances and other hybrid forms. In "Expanding Verse: Japanese Poetry at the Edge of Media," Andrew Campana, assistant professor of Asian studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, writes more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- President Biden issued the following statement on Dec. 11, 2024, on the death of Nikki Giovanni: * * * In 2020, Nikki Giovanni's majestic voice echoed her powerful words, "and sometime, there has to be something called courage. You have it in your hands." Born in segregated Knoxville, Tennessee, she became a renowned activist, professor, and literary legend who had that courage in her hands and in her heart. A pioneering poet of the Black Arts Movement and the Civil Ri more PR

DOHA, Qatar, Dec. 13 -- Qatar Airways, a carrier airline, issued the following news release: * * * The World's Best Airline now offers three-weekly non-stop flights to Toronto Pearson - its 14th destination in the Americas and second gateway to Canada New route comes as airline surpasses Starlink roll-out target for 2024, equipping 15 Boeing 777 aircraft with Starlink instead of the planned 12 * * * TORONTO, Canada - Qatar Airways is marking two historic milestones: new flights to Toronto C more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. Mark Takano, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Mark Takano, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the first openly LGBTQ+ person of color elected to Congress, released the following statement following a CNN report on comments from President-elect Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, regarding LGBTQ+ servicemembers and Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT): "Attacking policies that allow LGBTQ more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks by Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Anti-Corruption Champions Award Ceremony at Dean Acheson Auditorium: * * * SPEAKER: (In progress) 2024 International Anti-Corruption Champion award recipients. (Applause.) ASSISTANT SECRETARY ROBINSON: Secretary Blinken, Ambassador Makunts, Speaker Emerita Pelosi, Senator Cardin, and Mrs. Cardin - Mrs. Edelman Cardin - Under Secretary Zeya, family members, distinguished guests, a more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks by Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a portrait unveiling of the 68th Secretary of State John Kerry: * * * MR ROSENZWEIG: May I have your attention, please? Ladies and gentlemen, please, can I have your attention? Good afternoon. I'm Ethan Rosenzweig, the acting chief of protocol of the United States. Welcome to this wonderful celebration and unveiling. If you'll please join me in watching your video monitors to start th more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee and the last Vietnam veteran serving in the Senate, delivered a farewell address on the Senate floor commemorating a lifetime of public service to the nation. After serving as a Senator for Delaware for 23 years, his term will end on Jan. 3, 2025. You can watch a video of Senator Carper's full  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rand Paul (R-KY), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced the publication of the 2024 edition of the Plum Book. The 2024 Plum Book can be accessed online at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GPO-PLUMBOOK-2024/context. P more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 [Category: Political] -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following news release: New CNN reporting is shining a light on former Fox News host and Trump Secretary of Defense pick Pete Hegseth and his outspoken disdain for LGBTQ+ servicemembers. In his 2024 book "The War on Warriors," Hegseth expresses regret for not fighting the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell and makes false claims about the impact of allowing gay, lesbian, and bisexual people to serve their country ope more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 12 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: From integrating literacy into music education to empowering teens to lead a more balanced digital life, seven innovative projects have been awarded funding through the fall 2024 cycle of the Community Engagement Collaboration Fund. Administered by the Division of Government and Community Relations, the program encourages radical collaboration of Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students with the Nashville communit more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- The West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy issued the following news release: The West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy (WVCBP) is excited to announce the release of the 2024 KIDS COUNT(R) Data Book for West Virginia. KIDS COUNT in West Virginia is a joint effort by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the WVCBP which provides an annual snapshot of the well-being of West Virginia children statewide and on a county-by-county basis via the public more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 12 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Wellington Pham has been named a National Academy of Inventors Fellow, the highest professional distinction awarded solely to academic inventors. The NAI announced today the election of 170 exceptional inventors from 135 research universities, governmental and non-profit research institutions worldwide into the 2024 Class of Fellows. Fellows will be inducted at the NAI 14th Annual Meeting in June in Atlanta. Well more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 12 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: This painting is among works in in the "Painted for Illustration: Paintings and Published Western Art from the Collection of Naoma Tate" exhibition now on display at the University of Wyoming's American Heritage Center. (Naoma Tate Collection) "Painted for Illustration: Paintings and Published Western Art from the Collection of Naoma Tate" is now on display at the University of Wyoming's American Herita more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The White House issued the following transcript of news briefing on Dec. 11, 2024, by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers Jared Bernstein: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: All right. Good afternoon, everybody. Q: Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Foggy day. Foggy day. So, this afternoon, President Biden delivered a major address on his economic legacy. After decades of trickle-down econ- -- economics, President Biden has written a n more PR