NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: BizHospital] -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, posted the following news release: * * * 32-Year-Old Westchester Mom Treated for Breast Cancer While Pregnant, Thanks to Multidisciplinary Team of Experts * C hristina, a former teacher, was 32 years old when she found out she was pregnant with her second child. Two weeks later, she received the shocking news that she had breast cancer. Christina's journey began  more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- Accenture, a global professional services company, presented the following news release: * * * Accenture Invests in Lyzr to Bring Agentic AI to Banking and Insurance Companies Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is investing in Lyzr, an AI company that has developed a full-stack enterprise agent infrastructure platform. As part of this investment, made through Accenture Ventures, Lyzr will collaborate with Accenture to bring agentic AI to banking, insurance and financial services compa more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 24 [Category: BizMedia] -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release: * * * Actress Ego Nwodim Brings Award-Winning Series "Thanks Dad" To iHeartMedia and Will Ferrell's Big Money Players Podcast Network * On "Thanks Dad," Nwodim invites guests for funny and heartfelt conversations about growing up and lessons learned from the people who shape us Launching October 28, season two of the hit show will feature special guests including Heidi Gardner, Tamron Hall, M more PR

GARDEN CITY, New York, Oct. 30 -- Adelphi University issued the following Q&A on Oct. 29, 2025, by Liza N. Burby with Vice President of Finance Michael Rhattigan: * * * Smart Money Moves: Q/A with Michael Rhattigan, VP of Finance Michael Rhattigan, vice president of finance, shares how Adelphi University is staying ahead of the many challenges in higher education today. To say that 2025 is a tumultuous time in higher education is an understatement. But amid widespread instability, some colle more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2025: * * * AICPA Recognizes 16 Outstanding Contributors to Forensic and Valuation Fields at Annual Conference The Standing Ovation and Volunteer of the Year Awards are given every year to exemplary finance professionals in the FVS area. * The American Institute of CPAs honored the contributions of exemplary finance professionals during the 2025 AICPA Forens more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: Religion] -- The American Jewish Committee posted the following news release: * * * American Jewish Committee Applauds Increased Support for Holocaust Survivors from Claims Conference and German Government * One billion euros slated to support home-care assistance for more than 100,000 survivors American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, welcomes today's announcement from the Claims Conference and the German governm more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Are European Football Clubs Sportswashing Libyan Abuses? * On the evening of October 10, two European football giants played a friendly match amid much fanfare in the newly renovated Benghazi International Stadium, to the spectators' delight. Altetico Madrid beat Internazionale Milan 4-3 in a penalty shootout to take home the "Reconstruction Cup." The teams reportedly received EUR3 million each more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 -- The United Nations posted the following news release: * * * As Climate Crisis Intensifies, World Must Move Faster to Match Rising Needs, Says Secretary-General in Message on Release of Adaptation Gap Report * Following is UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' message on the release of the Adaptation Gap Report, today: Today's Adaptation Gap Report is a red alert. Climate impacts are accelerating. Yet adaptation finance is not keeping pace, leaving the world's most v more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- Asian American Scholar Forum, an organization that says it promotes academic belonging, openness, freedom and equality for all, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2025: * * * Asian American Scholar Forum Commends Faculty Letter Opposing SAFE Research Act The Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF) today expressed strong support for the open letter led by Professors Peter F. Michelson and Steven A. Kivelson that was sent to the House and Senate Committees on Armed S more PR

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, New York, Oct. 30 -- Bard College issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2025: * * * Bard College's Levy Economics Institute Launches New Capitol Hill Series in D.C. on November 19 WASHINGTON, D.C.--On November 19, the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College is launching its Capitol Hill Series, which will bring together financial experts, academics, and policymakers in Washington, D.C., to discuss the most pressing issues facing the economy. The inaugural session more PR

BINGHAMTON, New York, Oct. 29 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * The River Advocate: Harpur Fellow finds her mission in protecting the Susquehanna Wendy Skinner's project includes community education, river cleanups and a future book By Jennifer Micale On her drive to campus, Wendy Skinner couldn't help but notice the mighty Susquehanna, its broad waters shining in the sun on its long journey to the Chesapeake Bay. While the Ithaca resident is pursuing a master's deg more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- Bloomberg issued the following news: * * * Bloomberg Adds Hamilton Lane Private Market Indices to the Bloomberg Terminal Leading global private markets firm Hamilton Lane launches private markets indices on Bloomberg, providing investors robust benchmarking for private equity, credit, and real assets fund performance * Bloomberg today announced the addition of Hamilton Lane's (Nasdaq: HLNE) suite of twenty private market closed-end fund performance indices to the Bloomb more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- Bloomberg issued the following news: * * * Bloomberg Expands Analytics to Help Investors Evaluate Transition Risk and Opportunity Amid the Rise of Low Carbon Technologies New analytics provide deeper insights into company exposure and investments, including the impact of changing market forces * Bloomberg today announced the expansion of its climate solutions suite, with new analytics designed to help financial firms evaluate how companies and portfolios are set to perf more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release: * * * Canceling U.S. Visa for Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka is "Deeply Troubling" and Likely to Impede Further Cultural Exchanges with the United States * Updated 3:35 pm EST with more context on visa (WASHINGTON)PEN America today condemned the cancellation of entry visas for Nigerian more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * CARIBBEAN CAUCUS CO-CHAIRS CLARKE AND WATERS CONDEMN TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S ILLEGAL MILITARY STRIKES IN THE CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC OCEAN * WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Caribbean Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-43) issued the following statement: "In the strongest possible terms, we condemn the Trump Administration's unilateral and unlawful military strikes aga more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO Actors Equity Association issued the following news release: * * * CASA BONITA PERFORMERS ON STRIKE! * Casa Bonita Management Walked Away from the Bargaining Table "Casa Boo-nita" will be dressed as an empty pink building for Halloween! Lakewood, Colorado - The management of Casa Bonita walked away from the negotiating table, so the performers of Casa Bonita are walking onto the picket line. Picketing begins at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 30 more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 29 [Category: BizMedia] -- CNN posted the following news: * * * CNN FINISHES OCTOBER WITH STRONG MULTIPLATFORM PERFORMANCE AS NETWORK LAUNCHES NEW STREAMING SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE * NEW YORK, NY (October 30, 2025) As CNN launched a new subscription tier to its direct-to-consumer offering to include streaming video, it continued to see notable growth and deep engagement across all platforms in October. The month was also marked by distinct coverage of U.S., international  more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 29 [Category: BizMedia] -- CNN posted the following news: * * * CNN's Have I Got News For You Announces This Week's Guests * October 29th, 2025 NEW EPISODE PREMIERES SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 AT 9PM ET/PT ON CNN NEW YORK - (October 29, 2025) - Podcast host Jennifer Welch and journalist Max Chafkin will join as guests on this week's episode of CNN's Have I Got News For You, the American version of the long-running UK comedy series. Produced by Hat Trick Productions for C more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 (TNSrep) -- Columbia University issued the following news: * * * Ahead of Mayoral Election, New Communities Speak Survey Reveals Severity of New York City's Affordability Crisis As New York City prepares to elect its next mayor, new survey data from Columbia University's Communities Speak project underscores the severity of the city's affordability crisis, especially for families with young children. This new research, released today by Columbia's School of International and more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- Columbia University issued the following Q&A on Oct. 29, 2025, by Columbia News with Katharina Pistor, Edwin B. Parker professor of comparative law: * * * Can Capitalism Be Transformed Before It Is Too Late? Yes, says Columbia Law School Professor Katharina Pistor, who shows in her book how the legal underpinnings of the system must be altered. * Even though capitalism has been described as an economic system, it is a deeply entrenched legal regime, argues Katharina Pis more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: BizHospital] -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, posted the following news release: * * * Compound Reduces Diabetic Tissue Damage * A n experimental compound reduced the cell death, inflammation, and organ damage seen with diabetes. Led by NYU Langone Health researchers, a new study in mice showed that a drug candidate prevented the interaction between two proteins, RAGE and DIAPH1, a coupling that enables hear more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Convicted in Mali for Expressing 'Unwavering Solidarity' * On Monday, Mali's national cybercrime court convicted former Prime Minister Moussa Mara for posting a message online expressing solidarity with political prisoners in the country. The prosecution represents the military junta's starkest expansion yet of its campaign against free expression. Authorities arrested Mara in August for expr more PR

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 30 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Cornell startup aims to monitor heart and lung health without touch * Wearable devices and hospital monitors may dominate conversations about remote health care, but a new Cornell-affiliated startup is betting its future on something almost invisible: radio waves. SensVita is developing a clinical-grade sensing platform that can track heart and lung health at home - without wires, without electrodes and withou more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 -- We Act for Environmental Justice issued the following news release: * * * Court Rules in Favor of WE ACT and Fellow Plaintiffs Requiring New York State to Implement Its Landmark Climate Law New York State's Department of Environmental Conservation Must Issue Regulations by February 6, 2026 * As one of the plaintiffs in the litigation against the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) for failing to issue the regulations required by law, under the  more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 28 (TNSjou) -- The City University of New York's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy issued the following news release: * * * Parental pushback threatens HPV protection A new wave of HPV vaccine hesitancy is spreading across the United States, worrying public health experts as coverage stalls and disparities grow. In a new study by researchers including Associate Professor Spring Cooper and doctoral students Ingrid Williams and Aisha King, over 55% of parents and more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: International] -- The International Rescue Committee posted the following news release: * * * Darfur: IRC warns civilians trapped in or fleeing El Fasher risk being killed as arrivals in Tawila remain alarmingly low * The IRC warns today that hundreds of thousands of people are in grave danger in and around El Fasher. Despite reports of large numbers of families attempting to flee towards Tawila, IRC teams on the ground have seen fewer than 5,000 arrive. With El  more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: BizMedia] -- Warner Bros. Discovery, a media and entertainment company, posted the following news release: * * * Discovery Channel November Programming Highlights * Week of November 2, 2025 Sunday, November 2 * "In the Eye of the Storm" New Season Debuts on Discovery Channel - 10pm ET/PT * From real-time footage to raw, firsthand accounts, each episode captures the chaos, courage and resilience of those who faced the fury head-on. This season kicks off with a  more PR

HAYS, Kansas, Oct. 30 -- Fort Hays State University issued the following news: * * * Dr. Ziwei Qi selected for national fellowship supporting innovation in justice and health research Dr. Ziwei Qi, associate professor of criminal justice at Fort Hays State University, has been selected to join the highly competitive 2025-2026 Investigators Cohort of the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network's (JCOIN) Learning Experiences to Advance Practice (LEAP) program. The LEAP program, led by nati more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: Media] -- Fox News Media, a business unit of Fox, posted the following news release: * * * FOX BUSINESS NETWORK BEATS CNBC ACROSS THE BOARD WITH BUSINESS DAY, MARKET HOURS AND TOTAL DAY IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER * FBN Won Every Weekday Hour from 6 AM-8 PM/ET with Viewers for Fourth Straight Month 'Varney & Co.' and 'Kudlow' Remained the Top Two Business Programs CNBC Posted Lowest Rated Month Since 1992 in Viewers and Network Low in Prime with the 25-54 Demo  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * GILLIBRAND SLAMS RFK JR. FOR PURGING STAFF ON FRONTLINES OF OPIOID CRISIS * U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is slamming the Trump administration for needlessly firing federal employees who work on the front lines of America's opioid crisis. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has now terminated more than 100 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAM more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Oct. 29 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Greenberg Traurig Attorneys Recognized in IFLR1000 2025 Western Europe Rankings * NEW YORK - Oct. 29, 2025 - Thirty-six Greenberg Traurig, LLP attorneys, 15 practices, and four jurisdictions are recognized in the International Finance Law Review 's IFLR1000 2025 rankings covering Western Europe. IFLR1000 is the only international legal directory dedicated to ranking l more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: BizInsurance] -- MetLife, a provider of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs, issued the following news release: * * * Helping Workers Retire with Confidence: MetLife Expands Access to Lifetime Income Through Strategic Collaboration with Alight * R elationship aims to alleviate Americans' concerns about outliving retirement savings: 62% say it's a top worry 1 NEW YORK and CHICAGO, October 29, 2025 Amid the decline of traditional pensions and ongoin more PR

HEMPSTEAD, New York, Oct. 30 -- Hofstra University issued the following news: * * * Hofstra Research Competition Inspires Sustainability Innovation Across Disciplines Students and faculty from across Hofstra came together this semester to address pressing environmental challenges during the Interdisciplinary Research Competition, an initiative designed to foster collaboration between disciplines and strengthen community partnerships. Organized by Dr. Nicholas Merna, associate professor of en more PR

HEMPSTEAD, New York, Oct. 30 -- Hofstra University issued the following news: * * * Recording Studio Prepares Students for Careers in the Music Industry Hofstra University's Music Business program is making headlines in the professional audio world. The B2B magazine Mix recently spotlighted the program and its state-of-the-art recording studio, which officially opened last spring. In the feature, Terry Tompkins, associate professor and coordinator of Music Business, praised the collaborative more PR

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 29 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * How federal funding cuts are impacting each NYS county * An interactive mapping tool developed by ILR School researchers enables policymakers and the public to see how billions in reduced federal funding are impacting jobs and spending in each New York county - and to track how those trends shift over time. Analysis by the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab shows that in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, federal funding to more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (TNSLrpt) -- Human Rights First, New York, issued a report warning that Ukraine's anti-corruption activists, journalists, and oversight institutions are facing an escalating wave of intimidation, raids, and legislative threats, even as Russian aggression against the country continues. The document highlights physical attacks, politically motivated legal actions, smear campaigns, and direct government measures targeting members of civil society and key anti-corruption bodies more ST

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 29 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Indonesian women created a political voice through gendered care work * In the early 20th century Dutch East Indies, colonial authorities set about instructing residents of Java and Sumatra on hygiene and nutrition. "Literate women often noted that the 'new scientific knowledge' broadcast by the Dutch administration echoed indigenous practices, such as the advantages of eating unpolished rice, or religious man more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 29 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * IP Transactions Attorneys Host Right of Publicity Roundtable * IP transactions partners Erica Han and Dan Freshman, IP transactions counsel Evan Gourvitz, senior counsel Dennis Coleman, who founded the firm's sports law practice, and IP transactions associate Jackie Malmed hosted a Right of Publicity Roundtable on October 28 in New York City. The Ropes & Gray attorneys jo more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- The National Basketball Association posted the following news release on Oct. 29, 2025: * * * Kia America announces multiyear partnership extension with the NBA, WNBA and NBA G League The National Basketball Association (NBA) today announced the renewal of its longstanding partnership with Kia America, extending the multiyear agreement across the NBA, Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and NBA G League. The extension builds on Kia's deep integration across the more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON MSNBC: "THE ADMINISTRATION IS CLEARLY TRYING TO WEAPONIZE HUNGER" * Yesterday, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MSNBC's The Last Word, where he highlighted that Democrats will continue fighting to protect the healthcare and nutritional assistance of the American people from Republicans who continue to weaponize them. LAWRENCE O'DO more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON MSNBC: "THE ADMINISTRATION IS CLEARLY TRYING TO WEAPONIZE HUNGER" * Yesterday, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MSNBC's The Last Word, where he highlighted that Democrats will continue fighting to protect the healthcare and nutritional assistance of the American people from Republicans who continue to weaponize them. LAWRENCE O'DONNELL: Leading off our dis more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: "THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS THE MONEY TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT A SINGLE AMERICAN GOES HUNGRY" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press availability, where he emphasized that while Donald Trump and Republicans are choosing to rip nutritional assistance and healthcare from the American people, Democrats will continue to fight to end th more PR

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 29 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Library exhibit to showcase plant-human communication * Plants that send text messages when their leaves get injured; crops that change color to signal a lack of water or nutrients; computerized models that tell farmers how plants will behave under different conditions - these and other examples of innovations in plant-human communication are part of a new exhibit, opening Nov. 6 at Mann Library gallery. The C more PR

BUFFALO, New York, Oct. 29 [Category: BizFinancial Services] -- M&T Bank, a financial holding company, issued the following news release: * * * M&T Bank Decreases Prime Rate * BUFFALO, N.Y., Oct. 29, 2025 Effective Thursday, October 30, 2025, M&T Bank Corporation ("M&T") (NYSE: MTB) will decrease its prime lending rate from 7.25% to 7.00%. About M&T M&T Bank Corporation is a financial holding company headquartered in Buffalo, New York. M&T's principal banking subsidiary, M&T Bank, provi more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Oct. 28, 2025, to the Wall Street Journal: * * * The Enduring Success of Piney Woods School By Jason L. Riley The historically black boarding academy in Mississippi is a model worth seeking to emulate. It's no revelation that Dixie has long lagged other parts of the country--be it economically, educationally or otherwise--or that Mississippi has long been the region's poster child for underachievem more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Merz Shouldn't Ignore Turkiye's Assault on Rights, Democracy * On the heels of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to sign a deal for Turkiye to acquire fighter jets, on October 30 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will beat his own path to the presidential palace. While the announced focus is foreign policy, security, and bilateral matters, Merz should n more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 30 -- Michigan State University issued the following Q&A on Oct. 29, 2025, by LaShawn Harris, an associate professor in the Department of History: * * * Ask the expert: Historian explores how Eleanor Bumpurs' killing reshaped New York City's fight for justice In 1984, the police killing of Eleanor Bumpurs during an eviction shocked New York City and ignited one of the first anti-police brutality campaigns centered on a Black woman. Four decades later, LaShawn Har more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- Morgan Stanley, a multinational financial services corporation, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2025: * * * Morgan Stanley to Acquire Leading Private Shares Platform EquityZen * Strengthens Morgan Stanley's leadership position in private markets by enabling clients to better access and trade shares in private market companies * Establishes an issuer-aligned model that combines deep expertise in cap table management with a scaled private shares marketplace  more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 28 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mount Sinai Health System posted the following news release: * * * Mount Sinai Awarded $4.5M BD2 Grant to Advance Research on the Biology of Bipolar Disorder * The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is pleased to announce it has received a three-year, $4.5 million grant from BD 2 : Breakthrough Discoveries for thriving with Bipolar Disorder to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying bipolar disorder and pioneer novel neuromodulation-base more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: BizMedia] -- NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast, posted the following Q&A with NBC Sports President Rick Cordella: * * * NBC Sports President Rick Cordella Shares Insights on NBCUniversal's Sports Strategy and Reviving the NBA Experience A Q&A with Rick Cordella on how bringing back NBA basketball fits into NBC's overall sports strategy. * As NBA excitement powers forward - and NBCUniversal clocks significant ratings numbers - President of NBC Sports Rick Cor more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following staff report (No. 1169) in October 2025 by Carole Roan Gresenz, Jean M. Mitchell, R. Scott Turner, Wilbert van der Klaauw, and Crystal Wang entitled "Cognitive Health, Household Financial Decision-Making, and Intrahousehold Financial Spillovers." Here are excerpts: * * * We study the spillover effects of cognitive decline in one member of a coupled household on the financial outcomes of their partner and  more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following staff report (No. 1168) in October 2025 by Sergio Correia, Stephan Luck, and Emil Verner entitled "Supervising Failing Banks." Here are excerpts: * * * This paper studies the role of banking supervision in anticipating, monitoring, and disciplining failing banks. We document that supervisors anticipate most bank failures with a high degree of accuracy. Supervisors play an important role in requiring troub more PR

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 29 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * New York wool goes to fashion school * Happy sheep trotting toward a fresh pasture inspired fiber science major Miriam Lourie's wool sock design: a creamy white stripe across a textured green knit that puckered like a gently rolling field. Lourie is one of 9 budding fashion designers in Knitwear Design and Other Applications, a College of Human Ecology class where students are working with New York sheep farme more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- Newmark Group posted the following news release: * * * Newmark Facilitates Landmark Sale of Pacwest, a 30-Story Class A Office Tower in Portland's CBD Newmark announces the Company has arranged the sale of Pacwest, an iconic 30-story, 547,992-square-foot Class A office tower located at 1211 SW 5th Avenue in the heart of Portland's Central Business District (CBD), for an undisclosed amount. The tower is one of the city's most distinguished high-rise assets, blending instit more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) posted the following news release: * * * No child safe in Al Fasher UNICEF is gravely concerned by the images and reports coming from Al Fasher, in the Darfur region of Sudan. The escalating violence has left thousands of children, already besieged for more than 500 days, further trapped amid relentless shelling, heavy fighting, and severe shortages of food, safe water, and medicine. "No child is safe," sai more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * NEW: Radical Manny Rutinel in NYC with Socialist Zohran Mamdani New reporting highlights that Manny Rutinel was spotted in New York City with Socialist Zohran Mamdani. "Manny Rutinel's quest to be the Zohran Mamdani of House candidates proves just how disconnected he is from the people of Colorado's 8th District. His sprint to the far left will be rejected by Coloradans who value common s more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * NRDC Sues EPA for Unreasonable Delay in Addressing Toxic Pesticides in Food * WASHINGTON, D.C. - NRDC filed suit against the Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today for failing to respond to a petition requesting that the agency revoke all "food tolerances" for neurotoxic neonicotinoid pesticides. Food tolerances are the pesticide residue leve more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2025: * * * NY-Based ASPCA Drops Endorsement of Deceptive Animal Welfare Labels Following PETA Push This week, after more than a decade of sitting on the board of directors of a group that slaps deceptive "animal welfare certified" labels on meat sold at Whole Foods, New York-based ASPCA has quietly fled the board. PETA had been pressuring the national animal welfare group to withdra more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: Health Care] -- The New York Health and Hospitals posted the following news release: * * * NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Earns Gold Safe Sleep Hospital Redesignation, Manhattan's Only Hospital with this Distinction * Prestigious recognition underscores Metropolitan Hospital's sustained commitment to infant safety and education in accordance with the highest national standards Metropolitan Hospital is the first NYC Health + Hospitals facilityand one of jus more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: Health Care] -- The New York Health and Hospitals posted the following news release: * * * NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull Opens New Minor Surgery Suite, Expanding Access and Enhancing Patient Experience State-of-the-art suite improves efficiency, reduces wait times, and supports multidisciplinary care in a modern, patient-centered space *  NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull proudly unveiled its new Minor Surgery Suite, a modern and efficient addition designed to  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * NYC Labor Union Calls Out Suozzi & Gillen for Keeping the Government Closed A major NYC labor union called out radical Democrats Tom Suozzi and Laura Gillen for keeping the government shut down, urging them to "pass the clean continuing resolution so that the American people don't bear the burden of Washington's inaction." Thanks to Suozzi and Gillen's shutdown, New York workers are facing more PR

HAMDEN, Connecticut, Oct. 30 -- Quinnipiac University Poll has issued the following news: * * * NYC Mayor's Race: Mamdani 43%, Cuomo 33%, Sliwa 14%, Undecided 6%, Quinnipiac University New York City Poll Finds; Stark Generational Divide Among NYC's Likely Voters In the final days of the race to become New York City's next mayor, Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani leads with 43 percent support among likely voters, independent candidate Andrew Cuomo receives 33 percent support, and Republican  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Ogles Leads Charge to Denaturalize and Deport Zohran Mamdani * Washington, D.C. - Congressman Andy Ogles (TN-5) has sent a letter requesting that the Department of Justice provide an update on investigating New York Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani's naturalization documents over his publicized support for the five convicted jihadists running the "Holy Land Foundation," an organization that funneled more PR

LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, Oct. 29 [Category: BizMedia] -- Altice USA (formerly the Cablevision Systems) posted the following news release: * * * Optimum Opens Free Calling and Texting to Jamaica * Optimum Mobile and Optimum Phone Customers Can Stay Connected to Family and Friends in the Wake of Hurricane Melissa NEW YORK, NY (October 29, 2025) - Optimum, a leading provider of fiber internet, TV, mobile, and home phone services today announces free calling and texting (SMS and MMS) from t more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2025: * * * New Poll Shows Mamdani Ahead, Despite Unpopular Agenda; Stefanik Leads Democrats Statewide With New York City's mayoral election just one week away, new data offer a clear snapshot of voters' mindsets as they begin heading to the ballot box. Between October 22nd and 26th, 2025, the Manhattan Institute surveyed 600 likely voters for the 2025 NYC mayoral election and 300 registered voters acr more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. John Mannion, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Protect agencies that ensure we do right by every student * The following is a Guest Opinion written by Congressman John Mannion that ran in the Syracuse Post Standard. Read here (link is external). In every administration, no matter which party is in power, there are certain promises that should always be kept. Whatever you like or dislike about our current government, I know we can find consens more PR

UNIONDALE, New York, Oct. 30 -- Public Service Electric and Gas Long Island, a subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2025: * * * Circuit Reliability Upgrades Begin in Riverhead PSEG Long Island is improving the reliability of the energy grid in Riverhead. The storm hardening work on this distribution circuit is part of many system improvements included in the "Power On" program. * * * "We are working hard to reduce the number of outages more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft issued the following policy note (No. 17) on October 29, 2025, by Jake Werner, James Park, Sarang Shidore and Karthik Sankaran entitled "APEC Summit 2025: What's at Stake?" Here are excerpts: * * * Overview From Oct. 31 to Nov. 1, representatives of 21 member countries of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, or APEC, will gather in South Korea's southeastern city of Gyeongju for its annual summit. The APEC summit is more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft issued the following brief on September 25, 2025, by Michael Swaine entitled "Beyond Strategic Ambiguity: Supporting Taiwan Without a Commitment to War." Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary The first brief in this series made the case that Taiwan is not a vital interest justifying a war between the United States and China. This second brief outlines how Washington can transition from strategic ambiguity to  more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft issued the following policy note (No. 16) on October 24, 2025, by Caroline Wagner entitled "China's Historic Rise to the Top of the Scientific Ladder." Here are excerpts: * * * Overview For decades, Western scientists and policymakers dismissed China's research boom as a matter of quantity over quality. Those days are over. In 2024, China achieved what seemed impossible just a few years ago, overtaking the United  more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft issued the following (report or white paper) (No. 83) on September 8, 2025, by Ben Freeman and Nick Cleveland-Stout entitled "Soft Power, Hard Influence: How Qatar Became a Giant in Washington." Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary This brief explores Qatar's evolution into one of the more influential foreign lobbies in the United States. Qatar's story demonstrates how money begets influence in the United St more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft issued the following brief (No. 84) on September 25, 2025, by Michael Swaine entitled "Taiwan: An Important but Non-Vital U.S. Interest." Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary Taiwan is the most likely flashpoint that could trigger a direct war between the United States and China. It is critical, therefore, to examine whether or not Taiwan constitutes a vital U.S. interest. This brief asserts that Taiwan is a more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft issued the following brief (No. 86) on October 7, 2025, by William Hartung entitled "U.S. Military Aid and Arms Transfers to Israel, October 2023 - September 2025." Here are excerpts: * * * Introduction The United States has provided at least $21.7 billion in military aid to Israel since the start of the war in Gaza on October 7, 2023. However, under both the Biden and Trump administrations, an additional tens of  more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft issued the following policy note (No. 15) on September 11, 2025, by Trita Parsi and Marcus Stanley entitled "Unquestioning Support for Israel Will Only Deepen America's Problems in the Middle East." Here are excerpts: * * * Overview The U.S. is in danger of being further captured by Israel's foreign policy agenda. Continuing military support for Israel without exercising leverage to constrain Israel's actions will more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- The National Action Network issued the following news release: * * * REV. SHARPTON REACTS TO CONVICTION OF ILLINOIS SHERIFF'S DEPUTY FOR FATAL SHOOTING OF SONYA MASSEY Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of National Action Network (NAN), issued the following statement after an Illinois jury convicted the sheriff's deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey. Sangamon County deputies arrived at Massey's home after she called 911 on July 6, 2024. Massey, who had a history of m more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 28 [Category: Energy] -- United Against Nuclear Iran posted the following news release: * * * Risky Business: New Zealand Insurer Maritime Mutual Under Investigation--UANI Repeatedly Urged P&I Club to Stop Providing Cover for Iranian Oil from 2020 to 2024 * (New York, N.Y.) UANI CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace and Research Director Daniel Roth stated: "UANI is deeply concerned by today's investigative report from Reuters indicating that the New Zealand-based insurer, Maritime more PR

ROCHESTER, New York, Oct. 30 (TNSjou) -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * RIT research reveals new details in the Red Spider Nebula New images of the cosmic object published in 'The Astrophysical Journal' and featured as ESA's Webb picture of the month * A creepy, crawly object in the middle of the Milky Way can now be seen clearer than ever thanks to work by RIT scientists. The Red Spider Nebula, catalogued as NGC 6537 and named for its distinct s more PR

ROCHESTER, New York, Oct. 30 -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * Simons Empire Faculty Fellowship to fund four College of Science positions Faculty positions are in priority areas of mathematics, neuroscience, physics, and ecology * RIT's College of Science will receive funding from the Simons Empire Faculty Fellowship program for four new tenure-track faculty members. The four positions are in priority areas of mathematics, neuroscience, physics,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), New York, reported a continued deceleration in U.S. home price appreciation, with the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index posting a modest 1.5% annual gain for August 2025. This rate marks the weakest year-over-year increase in over two years and is significantly lower than the current rate of inflation, a trend that suggests homeowners are seeing a decline in their real wealth, according to the firm's analysis. Nich more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Saudi Arabia: Grand Mufti Should Back Religious Tolerance * (Beirut) - Saudi authorities on October 22, 2025, appointed a new Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia who has demonized the country's Shia Muslim minority in past public written statements and comments, Human Rights Watch said today. Sheikh Saleh bin Abdullah bin Fawzan al-Fawzan was appointed Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, the country's highest more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 -- The United Nations posted the following news release: * * * Secretary-General Voices Grave Concern as Hurricane Melissa Devastates Caribbean * The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres: The Secretary-General is gravely concerned as Hurricane Melissa one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded unleashes widespread devastation across the Caribbean. The hurricane made landfall on Tuesday in Jamaica more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Renewing Our Commitment: How the Older Americans Act Uplifts Families Living with Aging-Related Diseases" at 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 5, 2025, at 216 Hart Senate Office Building: Members * Chairman Rick Scott (Republican-Florida) * Ranking Member Kirsten Gillibrand (Democrat-New York) Witnesses * Erick Montealegre, Family Caregiver, Broward County, FL * Stephen Sappington, Patient more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Oct. 30 -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: * * * Seton Hall's Johanna Pan-Carr Honored With Prestigious NAFSA Distinguished Service Award By Angelina Gonzalo Seton Hall University proudly announces that Shao-Chen "Johanna" Pan-Carr, director of International Student and Scholar Services, has been recognized by NAFSA: Association of International Educators with the James O'Driscoll Distinguished Service Award. This distinguished honor celebrates sust more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- Skanska, a construction and development company, issued the following news release: * * * Skanska Integrated Solutions breaks ground on Correctional Facility for Women in Chesterfield Township, New Jersey CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, NJ - Skanska, a leading global construction and development firm, assisted in the groundbreaking of a new correction facility for women, where its program management and consulting group, Skanska Integrated Solutions (SIS) is serving as the owner's more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * South Korea: Census to Count Same-Sex Couples * (Seoul) - South Korea 's Ministry of Data and Statistics updated the 2025 Population and Housing Census on October 22, 2025, to allow same-sex couples to be counted, Human Rights Watch said today. The census, which will be conducted from October 22 to November 18, will recognize the same-sex relationships of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Sudan: Mass Atrocities in Captured Darfur City * (Nairobi) - Dozens of videos posted on social media in recent days show Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carrying out extrajudicial killings and other serious violations against people fleeing North Darfur 's capital, El Fasher, Human Rights Watch said today. Thousands of people are leaving following the RSF takeover of the city on October 26, 2025.  more PR

STONY BROOK, New York, Oct. 30 (TNSjou) -- The State University of New York's Stony Brook University issued the following news release: * * * Sleep Regularity and Other Sleep Habits in Adolescence Predict Young Adult Heart Health Stony Brook-led study of hundreds nationwide reveals that earlier, efficient, and regular sleep patterns in adolescence better predict future heart health * A study of 307 youth from a diverse population across the United States whose health data were documented f more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Tens of Millions at Risk of Hunger if US Food Assistance Lapses * The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced last Friday that it will stop distributing payments for essential food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) starting November 1 if the federal government is still shut down. Suspending these payments would force tens of millions to cut back on fo more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 29 [Category: BizMedia] -- CNN posted the following news: * * * The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper Returns with "The Hidden Homeless" * NEW YORK, NY - (October 29, 2025) - The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper, a six-time Emmy Award-winning CNN Original, returns with an intimate portrait of the forgotten victims of New York City's worst housing shortage in half a century - homeless youth. "The Hidden Homeless" premieres Sunday, November 2 at 8pm ET/PT on CNN, and will more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 29 [Category: BizMedia] -- CNN posted the following news: * * * Top 5 CNN Heroes to Be Honored at the 19th Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute Hosted by Anderson Cooper and Laura Coates * NEW YORK, NY - (October 29, 2025) - The Peabody and Emmy Award-winning CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute, which honors everyday people who are making extraordinary contributions to help improve the lives of others, returns on Saturday, December 6 at 8pm ET/PT. This year's Top 5 CNN  more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Trump, Xi Attacks on Rights a Challenge for APEC Summit * U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will meet on October 30 during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Gyeongju, South Korea. Media headlines will focus on trade and tariffs. But away from the limelight of the great powers boxing ring and the fears about how China-U.S. competition is impacting glo more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Turkiye: Draft Law Threatens LGBT People with Prison * (Istanbul, October 29, 2025) - A government proposal would pave the way to bring criminal charges against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Turkiye, one of the most alarming rollbacks of rights in decades, Human Rights Watch said today. The proposal should be immediately withdrawn. A draft of the omnibus reform law, more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: BizConstruction] -- Turner Construction Co. issued the following news: * * * Turner and D.A. Everett Complete Major Renovation of Spectrum Center in Charlotte * A joint venture of Turner Construction Company and D.A. Everett Construction Group, in partnership with Hornets Sports & Entertainment (HSE), the City of Charlotte, and the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, announced the completion of the multi-phase renovation of Spectrum Center, home of the Charlot more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: Energy] -- United Against Nuclear Iran posted the following news release: * * * UANI Statement on Sentencing in Iranian Regime Murder-for-Hire Plot Against Masih Alinejad * United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) Chairman Governor Jeb Bush and CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace released the following statement today upon the sentencing of Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov for murder-for-hire and attempted murder targeting Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad: "Today j more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- UBS, a financial services provider, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2025: * * * UBS Announces Cash Tender Offers for Debt Securities UBS Group AG and UBS AG, acting through its Stamford branch (each an "Offeror" and together the "Offerors") announce today that they are commencing seven concurrent and separate offers (each, an "Offer" and collectively, the "Offers") to purchase outstanding notes of the series listed in the table below (collectively, the "Note more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Oct. 30 (TNSjou) -- The State University of New York Upstate Medical University campus issued the following news: * * * Upstate researcher co-authors study linking routine military duties to chronic respiratory symptoms By Jean Albanese A new study co-authored by the by the medical director of the SUNY Occupational Health Clinical Center found that non-war time, routine military activities performed by soldiers are associated with chronic respiratory symptoms. The study, more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: International] (TNSrpt) -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * US: Parental Notice for Abortion Causes Harm * State laws requiring healthcare providers to notify a parent about a young person's abortion decision cause harmful delays and can block access to health care. * While policymakers have described parental notification as less onerous than parental consent laws, parental notification laws effectively grant parentsor a judgeveto power over  more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: BizTelecommunications] -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release: * * * Verizon Reports 3Q 2025 Earnings; Reiterates Full-Year Financial Guidance * Download News Release PDF Download 3Q Financials PDF Download Non-GAAP Reconciliations PDF 3Q 2025 Key Results * Grew wireless service revenue 1 to $21.0 billion * Over 18 percent of the company's Consumer postpaid phone customers have a converged offe more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 -- Common Cause - New York issued the following news release: * * * Voters, Pro-Democracy Groups Seek to Stop Retaliatory Redistricting Targeting NC Black Belt DURHAM, N.C. -- Individual voters and two pro-democracy groups are challenging the North Carolina General Assembly's latest congressional map -- the fifth in six years -- as an unconstitutional, retaliatory redraw designed to punish Black voters in the state's historic Black Belt for how they voted in 2024. Lawmakers more PR

BUFFALO, New York, Oct. 29 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) posted the following news release: * * * Western New Yorkers were significant contributors to major NEJM study that confirmed exercise and PT help ease knee pain More than half of the participants were UBMD Ortho patients in national research study led by Mass General Brigham and the Jacobs School By Ellen Goldbaum More than half of the participants in a major study Mass General Brigham researchers cond more PR

BUFFALO, New York, Oct. 30 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) posted the following news release: * * * What's really happening when whales sing? By Bert Gambini Eduardo Mercado III, PhD, a University at Buffalo professor of psychology and a groundbreaking expert on whale song, wasn't impressed as a young researcher in the 1990s when he first heard humpbacks singing. Mercado is a cognitive scientist and a 2023 fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation. He knows how certa more PR

BANGALORE, India, Oct. 30 -- Wipro, an AI-powered technology services and consulting company, issued the following news release: * * * Wipro to Ring The Closing Bell at the New York Stock Exchange Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading AI-powered technology services and consulting company, today announced that it has been invited to ring The Closing Bell(R) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) tomorrow, Oct. 31, 2025, in commemoration of its 25 years on the NYSE and th more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 28 -- The United Nations posted the following news release: * * * Women Must Lead in Peace Processes, Underlines Deputy Secretary-General, in Remarks to High-level Event * Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed's remarks to the high-level event on the Secretary-General's Common Pledge for Women's Full, Equal and Meaningful Participation in Peace Processes, in New York today: It is an honour to open this high-level event on behalf of the Secretary-General.  more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: BizMedia] -- Dow Jones, a provider of news and business information, issued the following news release: * * * WSJ. Magazine Announces Honorees for 15th Annual Innovator Awards * The luxury lifestyle magazine's Innovator Awards honor the year's groundbreaking talents and industry-movers in music, beauty, film, fashion, design, entertainment and philanthropy in science. New York, NY [October 29, 2025] - WSJ. Magazine announced the honorees for its 15th annual Inn more PR