LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Jan. 21 -- The Nevada Democratic Party posted the following news release: * * * "Goodbye New Hampshire, Hello Nevada?": NV Dems Bids to Host First in the Nation Presidential Nominating Contest * As the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee prepares to set the 2028 presidential nominating calendar, the Nevada State Democratic Party submitted a proposal to be included in the early presidential primary nominating calendar and earn the first spot. We know that winning back the White  more PR

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Jan. 22 -- Boyd Gaming issued the following news release: * * * $104K+ Bad Beat Jackpot Hits at The Orleans Poker Room One player's bad luck at the poker table turned into paydays for more than 100 poker players on Wednesday, January 14, when a guest at The Orleans triggered the property's $104,872 progressive bad beat Texas Hold'em jackpot. The "unlucky" Las Vegas local drew four 5s but was topped by another player with four 8s. He didn't win the pot but scored quite a c more PR

LONDON, England, Jan. 22 (TNSjou) -- BMJ Group issued the following news release about their journal "The BMJ": * * * Precautionary approach to alcohol-free and low alcohol drinks needed to protect public health, say experts Alcohol-free and low alcohol ("nolo") drinks have the potential to improve public health, but experts (https://www.bmj.com/content/392/bmj-2025-086563) in The BMJ today call for a precautionary approach that maximises potential benefits (eg. increased substitution of alco more PR

BROOKLYN, New York, Jan. 22 -- Brooklyn Law School issued the following news: * * * Professor Aaron Twerski Reflects on Breaking Stereotypes at JITC's Jewish Media All-Star Award Event Professor Aaron Twerski, the Irwin and Jill Cohen Professor of Law and a preeminent authority in the areas of products liability and tort law, spoke about the importance of breaking stereotypes at an event where he was honored with the Jewish Media All-Star Award. The award was presented by the Jewish Institu more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Jan. 21, 2026: * * * Slovakia: Technicolor Culture Wars and Grayscale Economics Prime Minister Robert Fico's government is struggling to make the sums add up. By James Thomson In the Slovak media's recent year-end round-ups, mounting concern about the country's declining economic prospects and growing resentment at official corruption were encapsulated in a single word: slayada. This neologis more PR

CLEMSON, South Carolina, Jan. 22 -- Clemson University posted the following news: * * * Paul Dawson: Using CI to have fun with food science Ever wondered if the "five-second rule" actually keeps your food safe? Or if double-dipping a chip is really "like putting your whole mouth in the dip," as proclaimed in the 1990s sitcom "Seinfeld"? And what about blowing out birthday candles -are we basically spraying germs all over the cake? These are the kinds of questions that Professor Paul Dawson  more PR

LONDON, England, Jan. 21 [Category: Arts/Cultural] -- The Museums Association posted the following news: * * * DCMS announces PS1.5bn to tackle underfunding across culture sector * A highly anticipated funding announcement by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has confirmed that PS1.5bn will be invested in cultural organisations over a five-year period - including PS600m for its directly-funded museums and PS160m for regional and local museums. Culture secretary Lisa Nandy  more PR

MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. 22 -- La Trobe University issued the following news release: * * * Drinking less could prevent cancer deaths: study * Using more than 70 years of national mortality, alcohol and tobacco consumption, and health-expenditure data, researchers examined how long-term population level alcohol consumption in Australia is associated with mortality from four alcohol-related cancers. Published in the British Journal of Cancer, the study said that long-term alcohol exposure more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 21 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Heart disease, stroke deaths down, yet still kill more in U.S. than any other cause * Highlights: * According to the American Heart Association's 2026 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics Update, heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S. and stroke has moved up to the #4 spot. * Together, heart disease and stroke accounted for more than a quarter o more PR

PEPPER PIKE, Ohio, Jan. 22 -- The North American Menopause Society, an organization that promotes the health and quality of life of all women during midlife and beyond through an understanding of menopause and healthy aging, issued the following news release: * * * Hormone Therapy Underused in Women With Premature Ovarian Insufficiency New study suggests that misinformation is keeping women with premature ovarian insufficiency from getting the help they need, despite proven benefits of hormon more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 -- The City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism issued the following news: * * * Meet the 24 Practitioners Selected for AI J Lab: Builders, in partnership with Nordic AI Journalism The AI Journalism Labs at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, supported by Microsoft, is thrilled to announce the 2026 AI Journalism Lab: Builders cohort, offered in partnership with the Nordic AI Journalism (NAIJ) network, the leading international group for  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 21 -- The American College of Surgeons issued the following joint statement on Jan. 20, 2026, with the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Emergency Physicians and Emergency Nurses Association: * * * National Healthcare Organizations Issue Statement to Set Life-Saving Standards for Pediatric Readiness in Emergency Departments A new joint statement released today outlines what every emergency department needs to be ready to care for kids -- an effort tha more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 21 -- The City University of New York's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy posted the following news release: * * * New journal section tackles AI, ethics, and digital health communication The CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) is pleased to announce the launch of AI, Health, and Digital Spaces, a new section of the peer-reviewed Journal of Health Communication, International Perspectives. The section responds to the growing influ more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- TechFreedom, a technology policy think tank, issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2026: * * * FCC Overhaul of Space Licensing Rules Is Giant Leap for U.S. Space Leadership Yesterday, TechFreedom submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on their Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to "overhaul and modernize the Commission's space and earth station licensing process." In recent years, the Commission has done much to streamline the licens more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 21 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * To explain or not? Need for AI transparency depends on user expectation * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -Artificial intelligence (AI) is said to be a "black box," with its logic obscured from human understanding -but how much does the average user actually care to know how AI works? It depends on the extent to which a system meets users' expectations, according to a new study by a team that includ more PR

MACAU, China, Jan. 21 -- The University of Macau posted the following news: * * * UM scholar publishes paper in world-leading mathematics journal * A paper co-authored by Gui Changfeng, chair professor and head of the Department of Mathematics in the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of Macau (UM), has been published in Inventiones Mathematicae, one of the world's leading journals in mathematics. The paper, titled Uniqueness of critical points of the second Neumann eigenfun more PR

LONDON, England, Jan. 22 -- The University College London posted the following news: * * * Over 1 million estimated to have glaucoma in UK Over one million people are estimated to currently have glaucoma in the UK, a figure projected to reach more than 1.6 million by 2060, according to a study led by UCL and Moorfields researchers. The new figures, published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology and commissioned by Glaucoma UK, are nearly 50% higher than previous estimates of glaucoma pre more PR

BOCHUM, Germany, Jan. 22 -- The University in Bochum issued the following news release: * * * Why We Believe What We Click Information that we select for ourselves, such as things we click online, has a stronger impact than passively acquired information on our perception of truth and falsehood. The more often we see information, the more likely we are to believe it is truthful. This has been known for 50 years. Researchers in Bochum have now demonstrated that this "truth effect" becomes st more PR