BRISTOL, Connecticut, Jan. 26 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * 2026 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series returns Sunday with Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning on ESPN * * Stadium Series coverage from Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Raymond James Stadium begins Sunday at 6 p.m. ET * ABC Hockey Saturday doubleheader: Colorado Avalanche vs. Red Wings at 1 p.m. and New York Rangers vs. Pittsburgh Penguins at 3:30 p.m. * Seven more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, Jan. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey posted the following news release: * * * Amtrak Employees Admit Participating in $11 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme Four Amtrak employees admitted participating in a health care fraud scheme to defraud Amtrak, Senior Counsel Philip Lamparello announced. Yesterday, Timothy Bogen, 60, of Hamden, Connecticut, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo in Newark federal court to an I more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 26 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Opposes Federal Efforts Obstructing Wind and Solar Energy Development * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a coalition of 20 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief in support of a challenge brought by clean energy trade associations against six federal agencies: the Department of the Interior (DOI), the Bureau of Land Managem more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 26 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Opposes U.S. DOJ's Continued Misuse of Power in Attempts to Subpoena Gender-Affirming Care Records * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday joined 20 other attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in United States v. QueerDoc in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The brief opposes the U.S. Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ)' more PR

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 26 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Demands More Action from xAI to Stop Grok Chatbot from Producing Inappropriate Images to Protect Children and Adult Users * NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan coalition of 34 other attorneys general demanded that xAI take additional steps to protect users from inappropriate images and content created by its AI chatbot Grok and s more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 26 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Nessel Demands Action from xAI over Grok's Creation of Nonconsensual Sexual Content * LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and a bipartisan group of 35 attorneys general have sent a letter (PDF) demanding that xAI, the company that owns both the X social media platform and the AI chatbot Grok, take additional action to prevent its AI chatbot, Grok, from gen more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Jan. 26 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General David W. Sunday issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Sunday Co-Leads Letter to xAI Demanding Change to Grok's Unchecked Creation of Nonconsensual Sexual Content * HARRISBURG -Attorney General Dave Sunday is co-leading a bipartisan group of 35 attorneys general demanding that xAI -the company that owns both the X social media platform and the AI chatbot Grok -take additional action to prevent Grok from generating  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on Jan. 26, 2026: * * * Blumenthal Statement on Murder of VA Nurse Alex Pretti U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, released a statement on the murder of Alex Pretti, a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Intensive Care Unit nurse who worked at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center. "I am de more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 [Category: Business] -- The National Federation of Independent Business issued the following news release: * * * California Small Businesses Challenge Law Restricting Employer Free Speech SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Jan. 26, 2026) -NFIB, the nation's leading small business association, filed an amicus brief in the case California Chamber of Commerce v. Bonta at the United States Court of Appeals for the 9 th Circuit. The case challenges California SB 399, California's law restrict more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Courtney Cosponsors Impeachment Resolution Against Secretary Kristi Noem * NORWICH, CT - Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement. "My office has received numerous inquiries regarding Congresswoman Robin Kelly's bill to start impeachment proceedings against Kristi Noem. As this list released today from Rep. Kelly's office confirms, I am a cosponsor of this bill  more PR

BRISTOL, Connecticut, Jan. 26 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * ESPN presents televised early round coverage of Farmers Insurance Open, Brooks Koepka's return to the PGA TOUR * ESPN golf highlights * Thursday-Friday: Announced today on The Pat McAfee Show, ESPN will bring PGA TOUR LIVE coverage to its primary linear channel from 12-3 p.m. ET, for the first and second rounds of the Farmers Insurance Open, with Thursday's window c more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Rep. Daniel Goldman, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Goldman, Meng, Chu, Vargas Introduce Legislation to Protect Multilingual Services in the Federal Government * New legislation would protect language access for 25 million individuals in the U.S. with limited English proficiency, including 32 percent of Asian Americans and 12 percent of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders Washington, D.C. \- Today, U.S. Representatives Dan Goldman (NY-10), a  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 26 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Lamont Extends Severe Cold Weather Protocol Through February 5 * (HARTFORD, CT) - Governor Ned Lamont today announced that due to an updated weather forecast indicating that this stretch of brutally frigid temperatures Connecticut is experiencing will remain for at least another ten days, he is ordering the duration of the state's currently enacted Severe Cold Weather Protocol  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 26 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Lamont Lifts Emergency Order on Commercial Vehicle Travel Effective at 6:30AM Monday * (HARTFORD, CT) - Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the emergency order he enacted prohibiting commercial vehicles from traveling on all limited access highways in Connecticut due to the major winter storm that is impacting the state has been terminated effective at 6:30 a.m. on Monday, more PR

CLEMSON, South Carolina, Jan. 26 -- Clemson University posted the following news: * * * Long-term collaboration earns national recognition from American Chemical Society * Clemson University Chemistry Professor Joe Thrasher and two long-time collaborators have received a national honor for their work on high-performance lubricants that keep machinery running under extreme conditions. The 2026 American Chemical Society Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering Cooperative Res more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 26 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * Manganese Helps Reduce Agricultural Nitrogen Pollution in Air, Water * Nitrogen pollution is a serious concern for the agriculture industry. Agricultural fertilizers contain nitrogen, an essential nutrient for plant health. However, these fertilizers also produce nitrogen runoff which occurs when excess nitrogen seeps into the surrounding environment, like waterways. This causes toxic algal bloom more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 27 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Co-Leads Comment Letter to FERC Opposing Blanket Permit to Construct New and Expanded LNG Plants Without Notice and Consultation Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today co-led a coalition of 9 attorneys general opposing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) efforts to allow the construction and expansion of liquefied natural ga more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy on Substack: My Trip To Texas Confirmed We Can't Fund This Version Of ICE * WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Friday published a Substack post detailing the horrors he observed while visiting the San Antonio immigration court, and calling on his congressional colleagues to take deci more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 27 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2026: * * * Acting AG Davenport Demands Immediate Action from xAI to Stop Production of Nonconsensual Intimate Images and Child Sexual Abuse Material Bipartisan Multistate Coalition Tells Grok It Must Stop Abusive and Illegal AI Images * Acting Attorney General Jennifer Davenport announced today that she is partnering with a bipartisan coalition of 35 attorneys more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Jan. 27 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2026: * * * Drummond demands xAI take action to protect children, prevent abuse of AI technology Attorney General Gentner Drummond today is demanding that xAI, the company that owns both the X social media platform and the AI chatbot Grok, take action to prevent the chatbot from generating nonconsensual intimate images and child sexual abuse material. Drummond and a co more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 26 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release: * * * Renee Watson, Catia Chien win Newbery, Caldecott Medals * CHICAGO -Renee Watson, author of "All the Blues in the Sky," and Catia Chien, illustrator of "Fireworks," are the 2026 recipients of the John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott Medals, the most prestigious awards in children's literature. Watson and Chien were among the award winners announced today by the Associ more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee released the following testimony by Jean M. Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University, from a Jan. 15, 2026, hearing entitled "Plugged Out: Examining the Impact of Technology on America's Youth": * * * Around 2012, something began to go wrong in the lives of American youth: Their mental health steadily deteriorated and their academic performance began to decline. * * * The adolescent mental he more PR

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, Jan. 26 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology posted the following news: * * * Spotlight on Sports: Four wrestlers make podium * Last week in review: Four Pennsylvania College of Technology wrestlers reached the podium in an invitational, and the basketball teams split in their games, each winning once and falling once. On the horizon: The athletics department will host its eighth Girls and Women in Sports Day Clinic from 1-3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 8, at Bardo more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Jan. 27 -- The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2026: * * * Stroke Warning Signs Often Overlooked in Pregnancy, Pitt Study Finds More than 25% of pregnant or postpartum women who suffered an acute stroke had encounters with health care providers for stroke-related symptoms within the prior month but did not receive a timely diagnosis, finds University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine analysis published today in Str more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 26 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * UConn Crowd Hears from Pete Buttigieg: 'Hope is the consequence of action more than its cost' * Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg had a simple three-word answer Saturday night to the question of whether he's running for president in 2028 - "I don't know." "I'm not being cagey. It's just too early to make a big decision like that," he told a Connecticut Forum audience at The Bush more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 26 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * UConn John Dempsey Hospital 2025 Annual Awards of Excellence * Each year, UConn John Dempsey Hospital celebrates the people who make exceptional care possible, those whose dedication, leadership, and compassion elevate the experience of patients and colleagues alike. The Annual Awards of Excellence, sponsored by the hospital's Medical Staff, recognize individuals whose extraordinary contributions s more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 26 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release: * * * WeatherHunters, Inc. and Silver Creek Falls Entertainment win Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Award for 'Weather Hunters' * CHICAGO -Producers WeatherHunters, Inc. and Silver Creek Falls Entertainment, Inc. are the 2026 recipients of the Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Award for "Weather Hunters." The award was announced today by the Association  more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 [Category: BizMedia] -- Warner Bros. Discovery, a media and entertainment company, posted the following news release: * * * What's New On HBO Max This February * FEATURED PROGRAMMING Series Debuts this February HBO Original Late-Night Series NEIGHBORS 6 Episodes Rollout: Episodes debut weekly Logline: The series examines stories of absurd, outrageous, and dramatic real-life residential conflicts from a wide range of larger-than-life characters across the United State more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 27 -- Yale Law School issued the following news: * * * Josh Lerner to Deliver the 2025-2026 Raben Lecture on Feb. 9 Josh Lerner, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School, will deliver the John R. Raben/Sullivan & Cromwell Fellowship Lecture titled "The Government as Investor in an Era of Great Power Competition" on Feb. 9 at 4:30 p.m. at Yale Law School. Lerner's research focuses on venture capital and private equity organiza more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 27 -- Yale Law School issued the following news: * * * The Philosopher in the Machine As AI moves from the periphery to the center of society and the legal profession, Yale Law School alumni are shaping the emerging industry of AI law * In February 2018, Danny Tobey '03 presented a paper at the inaugural Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society that made a bold claim. Tobey argued that artificial intelligence (AI) could potentially supplement o more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 27 -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * The cosmochemist studying the 'seeds' of the solar system FAS faculty member Damanveer Grewal conducts high-pressure experiments and analyzes meteorites to figure out how planets form--and where they obtain the ingredients that support life. By Michaela Herrmann Every year, Yale's Faculty of Arts and Sciences welcomes exceptional scholars across the sciences, humanities, and social sciences. This series prof more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 27 -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * ISPS Launches New Funding Program to Create High-Value Social Science Datasets The Institution for Social and Policy Studies has announced a new funding initiative to create high-value datasets for social science research. The new grants will build upon existing ISPS support for research that advances survey methodology, research exploring democratic innovations, as well as conferences addressing important so more PR