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Aditya Birla Housing Finance Raises Rs. 2,750 Crore of Growth Capital From Advent International (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 4 -- Advent International, a private equity investor, issued the following news release:
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Aditya Birla Housing Finance Raises Rs. 2,750 Crore of Growth Capital from Advent International
Mumbai - The Boards of Directors of Aditya Birla Capital Limited ("ABCL") and Aditya Birla Housing Finance Limited ("ABHFL") approved a proposal for a primary capital infusion of Rs. 2,750 Crore in ABHFL (a wholly owned subsidiary of ABCL) from Indriya Limited, one of the entit more PR
AG Campbell Secures $17.85 Million Settlements With Pharmaceutical Companies Lannett And Bausch Over Widespread Price Manipulation Scheme; Announces New Complaint Against Novartis And Sandoz (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 3 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release:
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AG Campbell Secures $17.85 Million Settlements With Pharmaceutical Companies Lannett And Bausch Over Widespread Price Manipulation Scheme; Announces New Complaint Against Novartis And Sandoz
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BOSTON -Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell joined a coalition of 48 states and territories in securing two settlements totaling $17.85 million against pharmaceuti more PR
AG Campbell Sues Bitcoin Kiosk Operator For Facilitating Crypto Scams Against Massachusetts Consumers (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 3 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release:
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AG Campbell Sues Bitcoin Kiosk Operator For Facilitating Crypto Scams Against Massachusetts Consumers
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Boston -Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today filed a lawsuit against cryptocurrency kiosk operator Bitcoin Depot Inc. and Bitcoin Depot Operating LLC (Bitcoin Depot) for allegedly using misleading and deceptive sales tactics to overcharge consumer more PR
AG Nessel Announces Settlements with Lannett and Bausch Totaling $17.85 Million Over Conspiracies to Inflate Prices and Limit Competition, Announces New Complaint Against Novartis AG, Sandoz AG, and Sandoz Group AG (10)
LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 3 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release:
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AG Nessel Announces Settlements with Lannett and Bausch Totaling $17.85 Million Over Conspiracies to Inflate Prices and Limit Competition, Announces New Complaint Against Novartis AG, Sandoz AG, and Sandoz Group AG
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LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 50 states and territories announcing two additional settlements (PDF) in the long-running generic more PR
All Banking Committee Democrats Demand Chairman Scott Delay Warsh Nomination Hearing Until Sham Investigations Against Fed Board Members are Closed (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release:
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All Banking Committee Democrats Demand Chairman Scott Delay Warsh Nomination Hearing Until Sham Investigations Against Fed Board Members are Closed
All eleven Democratic Members of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs sent a letter to Chairman Tim Scott calling on him to delay the nomination hea more PR
American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries: 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit Doesn't Proceed (10)
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Feb. 4 -- The American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries issued the following news on Feb. 3, 2026:
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401(k) Excessive Fee Suit Doesn't Proceed
By Ted Godbout
In considering the impact of a Supreme Court decision on the burden of proof in a prohibited transaction suit, a federal judge found that the plaintiff had to first have standing to bring suit for that burden to shift.
The case was, in most respects, a traditional excessive fee suit -- with the pl more PR
Ariz. A.G. Mayes Blasts Federal Government for Endangering Seniors (10)
PHOENIX, Arizona, Feb. 4 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2026:
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Attorney General Mayes Blasts Federal Government for Endangering Seniors
Today, Attorney General Kris Mayes announced she has joined a coalition of attorneys general in filing a comment letter challenging the federal government's Interim Final Rule, intended to eliminate minimum staffing standards and other comprehensive regulations for long-term health care facilities.
Or more PR
Attorney General Jeff Jackson Reaches $17.85 Million Settlement with Lannett and Bausch Over Generic Drug Price Fixing; Sues Novartis and Sandoz (10)
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 3 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Jeff Jackson Reaches $17.85 Million Settlement with Lannett and Bausch Over Generic Drug Price Fixing; Sues Novartis and Sandoz
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If you bought certain generic prescription drugs in the United States between May 1, 2009, and December 31, 2019, you could be eligible for money.
RALEIGH -Attorney General Jeff Jackson reached two settlements totaling $17.85 more PR
Boston University Ranks 41st in Time's Inaugural Ranking of World's Top Universities (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 4 -- Boston University issued the following news:
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Boston University Ranks 41st in Time's Inaugural Ranking of World's Top Universities
With emphasis on global engagement, economic impact, and research innovation, BU outpaces several Ivy League schools
By Rich Barlow
Time has ranked Boston University 41st in its list of the World's Top Universities of 2026, the publication's first such ranking. BU's global footprint--measured by both its economic impact and more PR
Boston University: You Can Gentrify Anything Today. What Does That Say About Society? (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 4 -- Boston University issued the following Q&A on Feb. 2, 2026, by Joel Brown with Japonica Brown-Saracino, professor of sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences:
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You Can Gentrify Anything Today. What Does that Say About Society?
Boston University sociologist Japonica Brown-Saracino's new book looks at how the meaning of gentrification has changed
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Boston University ethnographer Japonica Brown-Saracino says gentrification means more than a fresh coat more PR
CATF Report: As Global Development Finance Retreats, Gulf Countries Could Play a Decisive Role in Africa's Clean Energy Future (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 4 (TNSrep) -- Clean Air Task Force, an organization that says it works to safeguard against the impacts of climate change by catalyzing the development and deployment of low-carbon energy and other climate-protecting technologies, issued the following news:
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New CATF report: As global development finance retreats, Gulf countries could play a decisive role in Africa's clean energy future
As traditional sources of development finance recede, a new report from Cl more PR
CLF Urges Court to Protect Monterey Bay Aquarium's Free Speech (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 3 -- Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release:
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CLF Urges Court to Protect Monterey Bay Aquarium's Free Speech
Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) has filed a friend of the court brief in defense of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's right to speak freely about vital environmental issues.
A small group of businesses and associations working within the Maine lobster industry sued the Monterey Bay Aquarium for defamation after it added American lob more PR
Consumer Reports Applauds Virginia Senate for Advancing Key Location Privacy Bill (10)
YONKERS, New York, Feb. 4 -- Consumer Reports posted the following news release on Feb. 3, 2026:
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Consumer Reports applauds Virginia Senate for advancing key location privacy bill
Richmond, VA - The Virginia Senate voted unanimously today to pass SB 338, legislation to amend the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act to ban the sale of consumers' precise geolocation data. Consumer Reports recently led a coalition of privacy and consumer groups in support of the bill.
"Consumer Reports a more PR
Continuing the March Toward Constitutional Funding - Teach Plus Applauds Governor Shapiro's Proposed Investments in Adequacy Funding and Student Teacher Stipends (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 4 -- Teach Plus, an organization that empowers teachers to take leadership over key policy and practice issues that affect their students' success, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2026:
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Continuing the March toward Constitutional Funding -- Teach Plus Applauds Governor Shapiro's Proposed Investments in Adequacy Funding and Student Teacher Stipends
Harrisburg, PA, February 3, 2026--Today, Governor Josh Shapiro proposed a 2026-27 state budget that i more PR
Counter intelligence (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 3 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news:
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Counter intelligence
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How can artificial intelligence step out of a screen and become something we can physically touch and interact with?
That question formed the foundation of class 4.043/4.044 (Interaction Intelligence), an MIT course focused on designing a new category of AI-driven interactive objects. Known as large language objects (LLOs), these physical interfaces extend l more PR
Dartmouth College: U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas Urges Action Over Dismay (10)
HANOVER, New Hampshire, Feb. 4 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news:
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U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas Urges Action Over Dismay
The New Hampshire lawmaker tells students "all is not lost" despite turmoil.
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With violence erupting at home and instability spreading overseas, U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas, D-N.H., challenged Dartmouth students to see uncertainty not as a barrier, but as a call to action.
"I would say, don't wait around. You have power now," Pappas told a crowd of 80 during a Ja more PR
Del. A.G. Jennings Secures $17.85 Million Settlement With Lannett and Bausch Over Conspiracies to Inflate Prices (10)
DOVER, Delaware, Feb. 4 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2026:
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AG Jennings secures $17.85 million settlement with Lannett and Bausch over conspiracies to inflate prices
Attorney General Kathy Jennings today joined a coalition of 48 states and territories announcing two settlements with Lannett Company, Inc. ("Lannett") and Bausch Health US, LLC and Bausch Health Americas, Inc. ("Bausch"), totaling $17.85 million to resolve allegati more PR
Did We Just See a Black Hole Explode - Physicists at UMass Amherst Think So--and It Could Explain (Almost) Everything (10)
AMHERST, Massachusetts, Feb. 4 (TNSjou) -- The University of Massachusetts issued the following news:
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Did We Just See a Black Hole Explode? Physicists at UMass Amherst Think So--and It Could Explain (Almost) Everything
Cosmic mystery of the impossibly high-energy neutrino solved by "dark charge" model of black holes
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In 2023, a subatomic particle called a neutrino crashed into Earth with such a high amount of energy that it should have been impossible. In fact, there are no known sou more PR
Florida Poly's Data Science Program Ranks Top 10 in the U.S. (10)
LAKELAND, Florida, Feb. 4 -- Florida Polytechnic University issued the following news release:
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Florida Poly's data science program ranks Top 10 in the U.S.
Florida Polytechnic University's undergraduate data science degree program has been ranked No. 9 in the nation by TechGuide.org for 2026, placing it among prestigious institutions in the top 10 such as Stanford University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Duke University.
The online resource for computer science a more PR
For People With Traumatic Brain Injury and Their Caregivers, Recovery of Basic Communication Is an "Acceptable" Outcome (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 3 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release:
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For People With Traumatic Brain Injury and Their Caregivers, Recovery of Basic Communication Is an "Acceptable" Outcome
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Mass General Brigham co-led surveys identify basic communication as the minimum acceptable outcome after TBI, despite the milestone being considered below the typical threshold for a "favorable" recovery outcome.
A federally funded study of more than 50 more PR
Four Charged in Multi-State SNAP and PUA Fraud Conspiracy (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release:
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Four Charged in Multi-State SNAP and PUA Fraud Conspiracy
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BOSTON - Three individuals have been arrested, and another individual has been charged, with an alleged fraud scheme that used the stolen identities of more than 100 individuals to obtain $440,000 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from Massachusetts and Rhode Island. T more PR
Four New Members Elected to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Board of Trustees (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 3 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute issued the following news release:
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Four New Members Elected to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Board of Trustees
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At a recent meeting of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's Board of Trustees, four new trustees-Peter DeFeo, Wyc Grousbeck, Tom O'Rourke, and Emilia Fazzalari-were elected to serve three-year terms.
Peter DeFeo, Natick, MA, and Edgartown, MA, is the co-founder of VetCor, a leading veterinar more PR
GE Vernova Launches GridOS for Distribution, the Industry's First Unified Solution for Grid Orchestration (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 4 -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, posted the following news release on Feb. 3, 2026:
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GE Vernova Launches GridOS for Distribution, the Industry's First Unified Solution for Grid Orchestration
* Comprehensive software platform enables utilities to operate the distribution grid as one intelligent system, accelerating the transition to ultra-resilient power networks.
* Alabama Power among leading utilities adopting GridOS portfolio to advance grid orchest more PR
Governor Healey Issues Statement After Federal Judge Blocks President Trump from Ending Haitian TPS (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 3 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release:
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Governor Healey Issues Statement After Federal Judge Blocks President Trump from Ending Haitian TPS
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Boston -Governor Maura Healey issued the following statement in response to a U.S. District Court Judge's ruling that blocks President Donald Trump and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem from terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian nationals tomorrow. The H more PR
Governor Healey Welcomes Delegation from Denmark to Strengthen Scientific, Technological and Commercial Ties (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 3 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release:
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Governor Healey Welcomes Delegation from Denmark to Strengthen Scientific, Technological and Commercial Ties
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Boston -Today, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey welcomed a delegation from Denmark for a series of meetings focused on strengthening the scientific, technological and commercial ties between Massachusetts and Denmark. During the visit, Governor Healey and Denmark's Ambass more PR
Governor Plan for Pensions Needs to Uphold Full Commitment, Tax the Rich to Expand the Budget, Trump-Proof the State, and Deliver for Students, Public Workers, and Illinois Families (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 3 [Category: Education] -- Chicago Teachers Union issued the following news release:
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Governor Plan for Pensions Needs to Uphold Full Commitment, Tax the Rich to Expand the Budget, Trump-Proof the State, and Deliver for Students, Public Workers, and Illinois Families
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In response to reports of Governor Pritzker's plans for state pensions, CTU Vice President Jackson Potter issued the following:
Pensions are a covenant that gives security to people who dedicate more PR
Hampshire Dance Program Presents HAZE: The Heightened Liminal Sense (10)
AMHERST, Massachusetts, Feb. 3 -- Hampshire College posted the following news:
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Hampshire Dance Program Presents HAZE: The Heightened Liminal Sense
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The Hampshire Dance Program will present HAZE: The Heightened Liminal Sense, an evening of new dance works by eight student choreographers. Performances will take place on Thursday, February 12 and Friday, Friday February 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Hampshire College Music and Dance Building in the Main Dance Studio; doors open at 7.
The conc more PR
Healey-Driscoll Administration Opens Sports and Entertainment Events Fund Grant Program (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 3 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release:
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Healey-Driscoll Administration Opens Sports and Entertainment Events Fund Grant Program
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Boston -Today, the Healey-Driscoll Administration, in partnership with the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism (MOTT), announced the opening of the Sports and Entertainment Events Fund Grant Program application portal. This competitive grant program will support major sports and entertain more PR
Imminent Expiration of New START Could Start Dangerous New Nuclear Arms Race (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 3 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release:
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Imminent Expiration of New START Could Start Dangerous New Nuclear Arms Race
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Once New START expires, the two countries with the world's largest nuclear arsenals by far will face an era without any formal restrictions on their strategic nuclear forces for the first time since 1972. The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) recently published an in-depth analys more PR
In a celebration of partnerships, Mayor Wu joined President Aoun to mark the beginning of a new 23-story residence hall taking shape (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 3 -- Northeastern University issued the following news:
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In a celebration of partnerships, Mayor Wu joined President Aoun to mark the beginning of a new 23-story residence hall taking shape
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The project demonstrates Northeastern's commitment to Boston and neighbors in the Roxbury area to build more on-campus housing for students.
by Cyrus Moulton February 3, 2026
The hard hats were fire-engine red.
The metal on the shovels gleamed.
And leaders from t more PR
Katie Spivakovsky wins 2026 Churchill Scholarship (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 3 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news:
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Katie Spivakovsky wins 2026 Churchill Scholarship
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MIT senior Katie Spivakovsky has been selected as a 2026-27 Churchill Scholar and will undertake an MPhil in biological sciences at the Wellcome Sanger Institute at Cambridge University in the U.K. this fall.
Spivakovsky, who is double-majoring in biological engineering and artificial intelligence, with minors in mathematics and more PR
Larson Votes Against Additional Funding for ICE (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release:
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Larson Votes Against Additional Funding for ICE
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Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted against a government funding package that would continue funding for ICE, with no restrictions to rein in the agency's abuses of power. Last week, at the direction of U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Larson was illegally denied entry to an ICE facility in Burlington, Mas more PR
Major Victory: Planned Parenthood Surrenders - Drops Lawsuit Against "Big Beautiful Bill's" Defunding of Planned Parenthood (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- The American Center for Law and Justice posted the following news:
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MAJOR VICTORY: Planned Parenthood SURRENDERS - Drops Lawsuit Against "Big Beautiful Bill's" Defunding of Planned Parenthood
By Nathan Moelker
In a stunning development, Planned Parenthood has voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit challenging the "Big Beautiful Bill's" efforts to cut off taxpayer funding to the nation's largest abortion provider. This represents a major victory for the sanctity of life, more PR
Markey Applauds Haiti TPS Court Ruling (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release:
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Markey Applauds Haiti TPS Court Ruling
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Today's U.S. District Court ruling references Markey-led amicus brief
Washington (February 2, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia paused the Trump administration's termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti, which was set to expir more PR
Massachusetts Man Charged for Assaulting Federal Officer With Dangerous Weapon (10)
SYRACUSE, New York, Feb. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York posted the following news release on Feb. 3, 2026:
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Massachusetts Man Charged for Assaulting Federal Officer with Dangerous Weapon
Cedric E. Cundiff, age 67, of Massachusetts, appeared in federal court yesterday for an initial appearance on a charge of assaulting a federal officer with a knife.
The announcement was made by Attorney General Pamela Bondi, Acting United States Attorney John more PR
Md. A.G. Brown Announces Settlements With Lannett and Bausch Totaling $17.85 Million Over Conspiracies to Inflate Prices and Limit Competition, Announces New Complaint Against Novartis, Sandoz AG, and Sandoz Group AG (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 4 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Brown Announces Settlements with Lannett and Bausch Totaling $17.85 Million Over Conspiracies to Inflate Prices and Limit Competition, Announces New Complaint Against Novartis, Sandoz AG, and Sandoz Group AG
Consumers Could Be Eligible for Compensation if They Purchased Certain Generic Prescription Drugs in the United States Between May 1, 2009, and December 31, more PR
Moulton Files Amendments To Homeland Security Appropriations Bill (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release:
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Moulton Files Amendments To Homeland Security Appropriations Bill
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) filed the following amendments to the Homeland Security Appropriations bill, aimed at holding federal immigration enforcement officers accountable and protecting the constitutional rights of all individuals.
" Congress cannot keep pouring taxpayer dollars into an agency that more PR
Moulton Hails Federal Court Ruling Pausing Trump Administration's Effort to Terminate TPS for Haitians (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release:
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Moulton Hails Federal Court Ruling Pausing Trump Administration's Effort to Terminate TPS for Haitians
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) issued the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia paused the Trump administration's effort to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians, just one day before protections were set to expire more PR
Moulton Votes No on Funding Package, Citing DHS Funding Stopgap Bill (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release:
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Moulton Votes No on Funding Package, Citing DHS Funding Stopgap Bill
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WASHINGTON, D.C. \- Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) issued the following statement regarding his decision to vote No on today's government funding package, which includes a stopgap funding bill for Homeland Security appropriations.
"Today I voted No on the government funding package, which includes the DHS funding stopgap more PR
N.J. Acting A.G. Davenport Files Multistate Complaint Against Novartis and Sandoz Alleging Prescription Drug Price Fixing (10)
TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 4 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2026:
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Acting AG Davenport Files Multistate Complaint Against Novartis and Sandoz Alleging Prescription Drug Price Fixing
Complaint Alleges Conspiracy to Fix Prices for Generic Drugs, Driving up Costs for Patients
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Acting Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and the Division of Consumer Affairs (DCA) announced today that New Jersey filed a multistate complai more PR
New tissue models could help researchers develop drugs for liver disease (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 3 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news:
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New tissue models could help researchers develop drugs for liver disease
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More than 100 million people in the United States suffer from metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), characterized by a buildup of fat in the liver. This condition can lead to the development of more severe liver disease that causes inflammation and fibrosis.
In hopes of discoveri more PR
Newbond's Acquisition of Two of San Francisco's Largest Hotels Named 'Transaction of the Year' at The Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS) (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 2 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release:
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Newbond's Acquisition of Two of San Francisco's Largest Hotels Named 'Transaction of the Year' at The Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS)
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Congratulations to Newbond, in partnership with Conversant Capital, on its previously announced acquisition of the Hilton Union Square and Parc 55 and related loan restructuring with KeyBank being named "Single Asset Transaction o more PR
NEWS: Pressley Applauds Ruling to Temporarily Block Trump Attempt to Terminate TPS for Haitians, Continues to Fight for TPS Extension (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news:
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NEWS: Pressley Applauds Ruling to Temporarily Block Trump Attempt to Terminate TPS for Haitians, Continues to Fight for TPS Extension
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Ahead of Termination Deadline, Judge Delays Trump Attempt to End Protections for 350,000 Haitian Nationals
Pressley Continues to Press for TPS Extension through Discharge Petition
Field Hearing Footage
WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Co-Chai more PR
Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology Intends to Repatriate Cultural Items Affiliated With 4 Native American Tribes (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (TNSFR) -- The Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Andover, Massachusetts, intends to repatriate 320 cultural items affiliated with the Ak-Chin Indian Community, Gila River Indian Community, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community and Tohono O'Odham Nation of Arizona. The items include sacred objects and unassociated funerary objects removed from various locations across Arizona.
The collection consists of 95 unassociated funerary objects and 225 sacred objects, inc more PR
Senator Warren to Trump Administration: Release January Jobs Report As Soon as Possible (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2026:
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Senator Warren to Trump Administration: Release January Jobs Report As Soon as Possible
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee released the following statement:
"The Trump Administration delayed the January Jobs Report because of more PR
SMART launches new Wearable Imaging for Transforming Elderly Care research group (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 3 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news:
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SMART launches new Wearable Imaging for Transforming Elderly Care research group
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What if ultrasound imaging is no longer confined to hospitals? Patients with chronic conditions, such as hypertension and heart failure, could be monitored continuously in real-time at home or on the move, giving health care practitioners ongoing clinical insights instead of the occasional snapshots - more PR
Three Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientific leaders elected as Fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Academy Class of 2026 (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 3 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute issued the following news release:
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Three Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientific leaders elected as Fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Academy Class of 2026
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Dr. Alice Shaw, Dr. Kimberly Stegmaier and Dr. Matthew Vander Heiden have been elected as Fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Academy Class of 2026.
The Fellows of the AACR Academy hav more PR
UConn Faculty, Alum Help Bring Story of Tortured Renaissance Composer to Life (10)
STORRS, Connecticut, Feb. 3 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news:
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UConn Faculty, Alum Help Bring Story of Tortured Renaissance Composer to Life
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Kathryn Moore admits she didn't know much about Renaissance composer Carlo Gesualdo before Bill Barclay, founder and artistic director of Concert Theatre Works, gave her a homework assignment last spring.
The assignment: Find 100 paintings that might inspire Barclay in developing the movement score for his latest show more PR
UMass Amherst Earns 5th 'Top Producer' Honors for Fulbright Scholars (10)
AMHERST, Massachusetts, Feb. 4 -- The University of Massachusetts issued the following news:
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UMass Amherst Earns 5th 'Top Producer' Honors for Fulbright Scholars
The University of Massachusetts Amherst has been named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for the fifth time, a designation awarded to an elite group of U.S. universities with the most faculty researchers and administrators selected for the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program 2025-26.
UMass Amherst faculty members re more PR
URI Receives $2 Million Gift to Establish Athletic Endowment, Rename Football Practice Field (10)
KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Feb. 4 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news:
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URI receives $2 million gift to establish new athletic endowment, rename football practice field
Gift from alums Mark S. Cruise, a URI Athletic Hall of Famer, and wife Sue to support student-athletes is largest in URI football program history
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Mark S. Cruise '81 '84, a University of Rhode Island football program all-time great, and his wife, Sue Cruise '84, have gifted their alma mater $2 mill more PR
Verisk Estimates Insured Losses for Winter Storm Fern Could Reach USD 4 Billion (10)
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Feb. 4 -- Verisk Analytics Inc., a data analytics provider, issued the following news:
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Verisk Estimates Insured Losses for Winter Storm Fern Could Reach USD 4 Billion
Freeze is expected to be the largest driver of insured losses among the modeled perils
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BOSTON - Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK), a leading strategic data analytics and technology provider to the global insurance industry, estimates insured industry losses to property and auto from Winter Storm Fern coul more PR
Voting Rights Advocates Sue Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth for Failing to Disclose Information on Jail-Based Voting (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release:
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Voting Rights Advocates Sue Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth for Failing to Disclose Information on Jail-Based Voting
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BOSTON - Today, voting rights and prisoners' rights advocates filed a lawsuit in Massachusetts' highest court seeking an order compelling Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin to release reports on jail-based voting, as required by a more PR
Warren Calls For Trump Administration To Act As New START Expires, Warns Of Nuclear Arms Race (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release:
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Warren Calls For Trump Administration To Act As New START Expires, Warns Of Nuclear Arms Race
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The U.S.-Russia arms control treaty is set to expire in two days.
Former New START negotiator confirmed that walking away from arms control negotiations on Russia's nuclear arsenal would make China less likely to engage in limiting its nuclear arsenal.
Warren: "It is a mistake to let New STAR more PR
Warren Statement on Federal Judge Upholding Temporary Protected Status for Haitians (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release:
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Warren Statement on Federal Judge Upholding Temporary Protected Status for Haitians
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Washington, D.C. - Following a federal court ruling blocking the Trump administration's attempt to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from hundreds of thousands of Haitians across the country, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement:
"Today's decision makes clear tha more PR
Warren, Kim Press Key Commerce Department Official on Continuing Financial Conflicts of Interest and Failure to Divest (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2026:
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Warren, Kim Press Key Commerce Department Official on Continuing Financial Conflicts of Interest and Failure to Divest
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee and U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee more PR
Warren, Lawmakers Push for Expedited Probe of ICE's Violence After Watchdog Confirms Investigation (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release:
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Warren, Lawmakers Push for Expedited Probe of ICE's Violence After Watchdog Confirms Investigation
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Lawmakers urge independent Inspector General to fast-track investigation following horrific videos, witness statements, reports of masked immigration agents using aggressive force in communities across America
Text of Letter (PDF)
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass more PR
Warren, Wyden, Sanders Announce New Investigation into Equifax's Plan to Profit from Trump's So-Called Work Requirements in Medicaid, SNAP (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release:
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Warren, Wyden, Sanders Announce New Investigation into Equifax's Plan to Profit from Trump's So-Called Work Requirements in Medicaid, SNAP
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Equifax CEO calls new work requirements "a big positive" for the company as it holds a near monopoly on employment verification services
Text of Letter (PDF)
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate more PR
Xcel Energy and GE Vernova Announce Strategic Alliance Agreement to Advance the Future of Energy (10)
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Feb. 4 -- Xcel Energy issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2026:
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Xcel Energy and GE Vernova Announce Strategic Alliance Agreement to Advance the Future of Energy
* Reservation Agreement for five, GE Vernova F-class gas turbines
* Capacity Reservation Agreement to utilize multiple gigawatts of GE Vernova wind turbines in future projects
* Additionally, the companies are collaborating on several grid equipment opportunities that build on a critical order more PR
Your future home might be framed with printed plastic (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 3 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news:
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Your future home might be framed with printed plastic
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The plastic bottle you just tossed in the recycling bin could provide structural support for your future house.
MIT engineers are using recycled plastic to 3D print construction-grade beams, trusses, and other structural elements that could one day offer lighter, modular, and more sustainable alternatives to traditional wood- more PR
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