SACRAMENTO, California, Dec. 12 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * California state parks are for everyone, while Trump turns national parks into his vanity project What you need to know: The Trump administration eliminated free entrance days at national parks on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth -- and added Trump's birthday to the list. California is holding the line: keeping parks accessible, celebrating the state's diversity, and honoring  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (TNSjou) -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: * * * Ancient Manatee Relative Reveals That Sea Cows Have Engineered the Arabian Gulf's Seagrass Ecosystems for Over 20 Million Years Smithsonian Researchers and Collaborators at Qatar Museums Describe a Sea Cow Bonebed in Qatar That Is Among the Richest Deposits of Marine Mammal Fossils in the World Note to editors: Photos of the Al Maszhabiya site and fossils, an artist's reconstruction of the ne more PR

MIDDLESBROUGH, England, Dec. 11 -- Teesside University issued the following news release: * * * Teesside University leads new research into Roman Empire's leather economy Pioneering research led by Teesside University will unlock clues to the Roman Empire's leather economy, shedding new light on ancient manufacturing, trade, and everyday life. The research project aims to uncover how leather was produced, traded, and used across the Roman Empire, a topic that has long remained elusive due to more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Here are awards announced by colleges, public policy organizations and government agencies - Dec. 9, 2025: * * * Optica And IEEE Photonics Society John Tyndall Award Optica and the IEEE Photonics Society presented the 2026 John Tyndall Award to Professor Graham Trevor Reed of the University of Southampton, honoring him in Washington for his pioneering contributions to silicon photonics. He was recognized for groundbreaking innovations that shaped modern fiber-optic and  more ST