BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 5 -- The Jed Foundation issued the following news release: * * * 2026 JED Gala Honors UBS Optimus Foundation, Tom Kitt, and Student Mental Health Champions The Jed Foundation (JED) hosted its annual gala on June 3 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City, bringing together 650 attendees and raising more than $1.7 million to support its mission to protect emotional health and prevent suicide for teens and young adults nationwide. Because of this support and commitment to JED's mission, the organization has been abl more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Television Academy issued the following news release on June 3, 2026: * * * ABC7's David Ono Named Recipient of Los Angeles Area Emmy Governors Award The Television Academy today named Emmy Award-winning journalist David Ono as the recipient of the 2026 Los Angeles Area Emmy Governors Award, recognizing his more than three decades of broadcasting and his passion for in-depth storytelling. The surprise announcement was made by Cris Abrego, chair of the Television Academy, on ABC7's Eyewitness News at 4 p.m. The awar more PR

SURREY, England, June 5 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * CargoMart launches on AI platforms in response to changing user behaviour By Damian Brett CargoAi's air cargo booking platform CargoMart can now be used through AI platforms, including ChatCGP, Copilot and Claude as the company responds to changing customer behaviour. The air cargo tech firm said that its booking platform would be available on any platform supporting the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and added that users would be able to search, compare, create shipm more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on June 4, 2026, by non-resident senior fellow Alexander Kolyandr: * * * Russia's Economy: Bent Out of Shape The economy's two main tracks are moving in different directions. - Russia's wartime economy was already running on two separate tracks. Now they're diverging even faster, and the gap is certain to widen still more. On one side sits a state-subsidized, demand-guaranteed military-industrial complex, expanding at a pace that would be the env more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on June 3, 2026, by David Kirichenko, a freelance journalist and an associate research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society: * * * Russia's Threadbare Air Defenses For a country that has built its foreign policy on the notion of encirclement, Russia is surprisingly bad at defending itself. - The morning of June 3 dawned bright and sunny in Vladimir Putin's home city of St Petersburg, which might have been seen as a happy portent for the 29th Intern more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 4 -- The European Federation of Journalists posted the following news: * * * France: MFRR partners and RSF to carry out media freedom mission in Paris * The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), its partner organisations from the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) will travel to Paris from 9 to 11 June 2026 to assess the current state of media freedom in France, less than a year before the presidential elections. While France's legal and regulatory framework is generally su more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, posted the following news release on June 3, 2026: * * * Hearing Wrap Up: Rampant Fraud in Medicaid Waiver Program The Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses held its first hearing today titled "Universal Basic Fraud: Vulnerabilities in Medicaid Waiver Programs." During the hearing, members examined fraud in Ohio's Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver program that pa more PR

NEW YORK, June 4 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Human Rights Watch Mourns the Passing of Carola Frediani * Human Rights Watch is deeply saddened by the death on June 3, 2026, of Carola Frediani at the age of 51 following a long illness. Carola was an information and security technologist at Human Rights Watch and a longtime journalist. She was regarded as an authoritative voice on the relationship between technology, security, and digital rights. "Carola was a valued and beloved member of  more PR

SURREY, England, June 5 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * Interesting times for heavylift airfreight By Damian Brett The current turmoil in global aviation is affecting the heavylift segment of the market, along with the rest of the airfreight industry. But while carriers have suffered serious disruption to schedules and workflows, the geopolitical situation might bring opportunities, at least in the longer term. It's very hard to put a finger on the future direction of the market for air chartering and heavylift airfreigh more PR

SURREY, England, June 5 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * JAL weighs up freighter expansion By Damian Brett More than a decade after retreating from the freighter business, Japan Airlines (JAL) is once again betting on cargo. The carrier's decision to exit the all-cargo market in 2010 came in the wake of bankruptcy, as management focused on rebuilding around the most profitable segments of the business. However, after a 13-year hiatus, the company re-entered the all-cargo market in early 2024 through the introduction of t more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 4 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Lebanon: The safety of journalists in Lebanon must be guaranteed * 04 June 2026 In recent weeks, a number of journalists working in Tyre, southern Lebanon, have reported receiving threats and evacuation warnings from the Israeli military. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Union of Journalists in Lebanon (UJL), in condemning these threats, which come in the context of I more PR

SURREY, England, June 5 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * Logistics UK tackles the rising cost of doing business By Damian Brett The UK's airfreight market is in a good position, but operating costs are high, reflects Logistics UK's new chief executive, Ben Fletcher. When Ben Fletcher took over as chief executive of trade association Logistics UK in December of last year, his priority was to meet as many members as possible to understand the challenges faced by companies operating in the country's supply chain industry.  more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 5 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release on June 4, 2026: * * * Essex County Prosecutor's Office Sergeant Allegedly Steals Injured Journalist's Camera Bag and Equipment During Delaney Hall Protest, Charged with Theft Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) today announced the filing of a criminal charge against an Essex County Prosecutor's Office sergeant, stemming from his alleged theft of a photojournalist's camer more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 4 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * NMiF reviews results of June's primary election * This week, New Mexico in Focus runs through the results of June's primary election as Deb Haaland and Gregg Hull advance in the governor's race. Host Nash Jones sits down with Dede Feldman, a Democratic former state senator, and Merritt Allen, a former Republican candidate, to discuss how Haaland and Hull secured their nominations in the race. Later, Feldman and Allen weigh in on the down-ballo more PR

SURREY, England, June 5 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * Ostend-Bruges Airport welcomes electric cargo aircraft By Damian Brett An electric cargo aircraft carried out a demonstration flight at Ostend-Bruges Airport as part of efforts to scale up low-emissions aviation. The flight was carried out by a Beta Alia CX300 convetional take off and landing (CTOL) aircraft and was part of a series of operational test flights operated within the Benelux region. Flight tracking website FlightRadar24 shows that on 29 and 30 May, the more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Pulitzer Center, an organization that says it combines journalism and engagement, posted the following statement on June 4, 2026, by staffer Hannah Berk: * * * The Pulitzer Center Shares the Power of Journalism in Health Reporting at High School Journalism Conventions Author: Hannah Berk, Pulitzer Center Staff "Journalism can open your mind." "Stop misinformation." "Save democracy." "Change the world." These are a few of the dozens of responses high school students shared when we asked them a question: "What can journ more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 4, 2026: * * * Opening statement of Co-Chairman Smith at CECC hearing The PRC's Threats to Americans: Transnational Repression & State-Level Responses The following are excerpts of Co-Chairman Chris Smith's (R-NJ) opening statement at the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)'s June 4th hearing, entitled "The PRC's Threats to Americans: Transnational Repression & State-Level Responses": Before we begin, I want to mark a solemn anniv more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 (TNSletter) -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following letter to the Small Business Administration Inspector General: * * * Here is the text of the letter: May 20, 2026 Mr. William "Bill" Kirk Inspector General U.S. Small Business Administration 409 3rd Street, SW Washington, D.C. 20416 Dear Inspector General Kirk, Unfortunately for taxpayers, fraudsters keep reinventing the con faster than watchdogs can shut it down. Americans were rightly ap more PR