PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 18 [Category: BizHospital] -- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia issued the following news release: * * * A Field of Their Own: UAE Embassy, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Philadelphia Parks & Recreation Bring the Spirit of Soccer to Conestoga Park in West Philadelphia * Today, UAE Ambassador to the United States Yousef Al Otaiba joined Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) CEO Madeline Bell, Philadelphia Parks Commissioner Susan Slawson, Councilmember Curtis Jones Jr. and West Philadelphia So more PR

BUFFALO, New York, June 19 [Category: BizTravel] -- Delaware North posted the following news release: * * * Above the Roar virtual reality attraction opens at Niagara Falls State Park * Delaware North Parks and Resorts on June 18 revealed a new attraction for the millions of guests visiting Niagara Falls State Park. Above the Roar, located inside the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Welcome Center at the park, is a fully immersive, multisensory virtual reality (VR) experience and takes participants on a thrilling journey around the most powerful water more PR

NEW YORK, June 19 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release: * * * ACLU Statement on DOJ Memo Threatening the Right to Community Living for People with Disabilities * WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) has issued a memorandum that incorrectly purports that neither federal disability rights laws nor Supreme Court prec more PR

NEW YORK, June 19 -- The Anti-Defamation League, an anti-hate organization that aims to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment for all, posted the following news release on June 18, 2026, with the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law: * * * ADL, Brandeis Center Urge Somerville City Officials to Oppose Israel Boycott Ordinance Organizations warn the ordinance is divisive, harmful, and unconstitutional, and say it would incite hostility toward Jewish residents, harm local businesses, an more PR

NEW YORK, June 15 -- The American Society of Magazine Editors issued the following news release: * * * ASME ANNOUNCES 2026-2027 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Alison Overholt reelected president; Allure's Jessica Cruel joins board - The American Society of Magazine Editors today announced the results of its 2026 election. Alison Overholt, Founder, Good People LLC, and Professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, was reelected president of ASME. As president, Overholt will continue to oversee the administration and presentation of the  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses released the following written testimony by David J. Bier, chair in immigration policy at the Cato Institute, from a June 9, 2026, hearing entitled "Amnesty and Chaos: Abuse of U.S. Immigration Policy": * * * Chairman Gill, Ranking Member Simon, and distinguished members, thank you for the opportunity to testify before this task force on Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abus more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The Congressional Hispanic Caucus issued the following joint statement on June 18, 2026, by Chair Adriano Espaillat, D-New York, and Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-New York, on the power and water outages in Puerto Rico: * * * "We stand in solidarity with the people of Puerto Rico as communities across the island face power outages and water shortages. Puerto Rican families and businesses should not be left to bear the consequences of years of delayed recovery and chronic underinvestment in critical infrastructure. We must hol more PR

NEW YORK, June 19 [Category: Law/Legal] -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following news release: * * * Court Blocks Nassau County from Enforcing Unlawful No-Speech Buffer Zone Policy * NASSAU COUNTY, NY - In a win for free expression, a U.S. District Court granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting Nassau County officials from enforcing the county's law that squashes constitutionally-protected speech within 35 and 100 feet of places of worship, respectively. This is the first judicial order in response to a "buffer zone" law p more PR

BUFFALO, New York, June 19 -- D'Youville College posted the following news: * * * D'Youville University Names Dr. Nicholas Camposeo Dean of College of Osteopathic Medicine * D'Youville University has named Nicholas Camposeo, DO, FACEP, Dean of the D'Youville University College of Osteopathic Medicine (DYU-COM), a key leadership appointment as the University prepares to welcome its inaugural class of medical students this August. Dr. Camposeo has been part of the College of Osteopathic Medicine since its earliest stages and was among the f more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, June 19 [Category: BizTravel] -- Delta Air Lines posted the following news: * * * Delta celebrates 20 years of connecting Ecuador to the world with Quito-Atlanta service * Delta Air Lines is celebrating 20 years of service between Quito and Atlanta, a key route that has connected Ecuador to Delta's global network since 2006-supporting tourism, trade, and cultural exchange between Ecuador and the United States. Over the past two decades, the Quito-Atlanta route has evolved alongside growing demand and changing customer ex more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on June 18, 2026: * * * Trump's Coalition Outraged Over Trump and Vance's Iran Deal After nearly four months of conflict, which resulted in the death of over a dozen U.S. service members, billions of taxpayer dollars spent, and skyrocketing costs, Donald Trump and JD Vance are touting their weak and shaky "deal" with Iran -- that even their biggest supporters are rebuking. Trump and Vance's "deal" gives Iran sanctions relief, oil sales, and a $300 bil more PR

NEW YORK, June 19 -- Educators for Excellence, a teacher-led organization that ensures teachers have a leading voice in the policies that impact their students and profession, issued the following news release on June 18, 2026: * * * Massachusetts Educators Celebrate Passage of the Right to Read Act in House The Massachusetts Educator Collective for Change (MECC), a statewide cohort of educators that shape the policy agenda for Educators for Excellence-Massachusetts (E4E-MA), issued the following statement today, celebrating the House passin more PR

NEW YORK, June 18 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * Federal Court Allows Challenge to Executive Order Restricting Mail-in Voting to Proceed with Respect to the Midterm Elections A federal court today ruled that nonpartisan voting rights groups could continue with their legal challenge to President Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting ahead of the upcoming 2026 primaries and November midterm elections.  In the ruling, the court recognized that the Trump admin more PR

NEW YORK, June 18 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release: * * * Federal Court Allows Challenge to Executive Order Restricting Mail-in Voting to Proceed with Respect to the Midterm Elections * BOSTON - A federal court today ruled that nonpartisan voting rights groups could continue with their legal challenge to President Trump's executive order restr more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses released the following written testimony by Matt O'Brien, deputy executive director of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, from a June 9, 2026, hearing entitled "Amnesty and Chaos: Abuse of U.S. Immigration Policy": * * * Amnesty for illegal aliens simply encourages fraud and criminality. As any parent, school teacher or police officer knows, rewarding bad simply begets more bad more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet released the following written testimony by Rachel Goode, senior vice president and head of legal and intellectual property of Fresenius Kabi, from a June 4, 2026, hearing entitled "Medicines and IP: Balancing Innovation and Access": * * * Chairman Issa, Ranking Member Johnson, and Distinguished Members of the Subcommittee: Good morning and thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony on Medicines and IP: Ba more PR

PARIS, France, June 19 [Category: Business] -- The International Chamber of Commerce posted the following news: * * * ICC Advanced Arbitration Academy returns to North America and Asia * ICC has launched a second edition of the Advanced Arbitration Academy for North America and fourth Asia edition. The Academies reinforce ICC's long-standing commitment to training arbitrators of tomorrow across the world. The ICC Advanced Arbitration Academy has established itself as a rigorous, practice-oriented training programme. For one year, senior a more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The House Judiciary Committee released the following testimony by Mary McCord, executive director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, and a visiting professor at Georgetown University Law Center, from a June 9, 2026, hearing entitled "The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate, Part II": * * * Distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today. I am currently the Executive Director of the non-partisan Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection  more PR

NEW YORK, June 18 -- Hunter College, a constituent college of the City University of New York, posted the following news: * * * Jane Fonda to Hunter Graduates: 'You Are Taking the Reins' * Academy Award-winning actor, activist, and cultural icon Jane Fonda delivered a powerful keynote address at Hunter College's June 4 commencement at Barclays Center, bringing her decades-long commitment to social justice, climate action, and public service to an unforgettable celebration of the Class of 2026. Hunter, in turn, awarded Fonda an honorary do more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, June 18 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * Journalists offer advice on uncovering medical stories in court with surgical precision How to uncover great medical stories in court * Moderator: Randy Dotinga, independent journalist; AHCJ Board Member * Moderator: Alice Miranda Ollstein, health care reporter, POLITICO * Seamus Hughes, research journalist and editor, New York Times and Court Watch By Zach Boblitt/Kansas Health Journalism Fellow Three journalism  more PR

MERRIFIELD, Virginia, June 18 [Category: Environment] -- The National Wildlife Federation posted the following news release: * * * Latest Offshore Wind Lease Buy-Backs Threaten Affordable Energy, Wildlife Protections * WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of the Interior's latest settlement with the developer Invenergy to buy back four offshore wind leases located in the New York Bight, off the Central Coast of California, and in the Gulf of Maine further damage progress toward clean and affordable energy. Conditions of the buy back require $7 more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, June 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas posted the following news release: * * * Leader of drug trafficking organization linked to Mexican cartels sentenced in Homeland Security Task Force case * CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 28-year-old Mexican national who illegally resided in Cleveland has been ordered to federal prison for his role in a conspiracy involving large quantities of cocaine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney John G.E. Marck. Elmer Vargas-Serrato pleaded guilty Oct. 28, 2025, to more PR

NEW YORK, June 19 -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: * * * LEI for Australia Rose in April Using the Composite Indexes: The Leading Economic Index (LEI) provides an early indication of significant turning points in the business cycle and where the economy is heading in the near term. The Coincident Economic Index (CEI) provides an indication of the current state of the economy. Additional details are below.  This month's release of the composite economic indexes incorporates annual benchmark revisions which bring th more PR

NEW YORK, June 20 -- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued the following news on June 18, 2026: * * * Mayor Mamdani Awards Key to the City of New York to New York Knicks Following Historic Ticker Tape Parade What you should know * Mayor Mamdani also invited special guests who embody New York City's love of basketball - Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani today awarded Keys to the City of New York to the New York Knicks and honored them at both a ticker-tape parade along the "Canyon of Heroes" and a City Hall ceremony. The parade, which started more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy: AI Use In Classrooms Needs a Lot More Scrutiny U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) this week, during a hearing of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, discussed the risks of rushing AI into schools without a plan to regulate the technology or verify whether AI improves the educational process. Murphy expressed serious doubts that AI companies have the right incentives to support student learning. more PR

NEW YORK CITY, June 17 (TNSxrep) -- NERA Economic Consulting issued the following news release: * * * NERA Experts Recognized in Lexology Index Energy Report 2026 NERA is pleased to announce eight of its experts have been recognized as leading experts in energy by Lexology Index. Lexology Index: Energy 2026 aims to identify private practice lawyers and experts who have a demonstrated history of representing and advising significant independent energy companies and financiers engaged in the exploration, production, marketing, and transporta more PR

NEW YORK, June 19 -- The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship issued the following news on June 18, 2026: * * * NFTE West Youth Entrepreneurship Showcases Send Top Student Innovators to National Competition in New York City Winners from Los Angeles and Bay Area showcases to represent the West region at NFTE's national competition in November - The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) today announced the student innovators advancing from its 2026 West Youth Entrepreneurship Showcases to the National Youth Entrepreneurship Showcase more PR

NEW YORK, June 20 -- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued the following news on June 19, 2026: * * * Mayor Mamdani Announces New and Upgraded Bus Lanes and Widened Bike Lanes on Manhattan's Sixth Avenue What you should know * New and upgraded bus lanes would deliver faster, more reliable service for 51,000+ daily bus riders -- in a corridor where bus speeds are as low as 3.5 mph * Widened protected bike lanes would create a safer riding experience on one of Manhattan's highest-crash corridors - Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and New Yo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- New York City Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch held a media briefing at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn to provide details on a barricaded perpetrator incident that left an emergency service unit detective wounded. The incident began early Friday morning in Bedford-Stuyvesant when officers responded to a 911 call reporting gunfire inside a residence. After a lengthy standoff involving hostage negotiators, drones and the evacuation of neighboring homes, tactical officers entered the bu more PR

NEW YORK, June 18 (TNSrep) -- The Rockefeller Foundation posted the following news release: * * * New Potential Energy Study Commissioned by Rockefeller Foundation: Climate Support Strong Across Leading Democracies, But Words Matter * Ahead of London Climate Action Week #LCAW, a study of more than 83,000 adults across the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Canada reveals strong support for climate solutions across the ideological spectrum * But message matters: "net zero" was the single least popular climate term more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley Commends Senate Partners for Introducing Bill to Designate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status Following House Passage Senate Bill Follows Successful House Passage of Pressley's Discharge Petition to Extend TPS for Haitians -  Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) commended Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), along with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and 16 other Senate colleagues, fo more PR

ARMONK, New York, June 19 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- IBM issued the following news release: * * * Protecting and Innovating Critical Infrastructure Through New Security Landscapes Over the last few years, we've seen seismic shift in enterprise computing. From the rise of machine learning to today's agentic AI, computing systems have advanced beyond tools into active assistants, requiring new levels of secure, high-powered and efficient infrastructure. One thing hasn't changed though the decades. IBM Z has been the most resilient  more PR

NEW YORK, June 19 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * S&P Global | Portfolio company minority stake sales rise as liquidity pressure intensifies * White & Case partners Daniel Kozin and Ken Barry spoke with S&P Global about how pressure on private equity funds to return profits to investors has contributed to an increase in minority stake transactions. Ken explained that the prominence of these transactions is being driven in part by the "desire to de-risk, the desire for sponsor more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following opening statement on June 18, 2026, at an executive business meeting to vote on eight nominations and three bills: * * * Good morning. On today's agenda, we have eight nominations and three bills. We'll vote on two circuit court nominees: Benjamin Flowers, for the Sixth Circuit; and Matthew Schwartz, for the Second Circuit. We'll vote on four district court nominees: Michael Hendershot, for the Northern District of Ohio; more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following news: * * * Signers of the Declaration of Independence: New York * Delegates to the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776. The 56 delegates who signed the formal break from Britain are all considered Founding Fathers; four represented New York. The New York delegates included William Floyd, Francis Lewis, Philip Livingston and Lewis Morris. Their signatures are grouped on the top second column from the right of the document.  more PR

STONY BROOK, New York, June 19 -- The State University of New York Stony Brook University posted the following news: * * * Stony Brook University Researchers Look to Help Reverse Climate Change by Developing Computational Process Using Clean Electricity to Identify the Best Carbon Dioxide Dissolving Liquid Solvents Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) is a primary driver of climate change in the Earth's atmosphere. At the State University of New York at Stony Brook (Stony Brook University), PhD researcher Kuldeepsinh Raj, along with Principal Investigator more PR

NEW YORK, June 20 -- The United Nations posted the following statement on June 18, 2026, by the spokesman for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the escalation of fighting in Sudan: * * * The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by the escalation of fighting in and around El Obeid, North Kordofan State, including drone attacks impacting civilians and civilian infrastructure. He is particularly alarmed by reports of the deployment by the Rapid Support Forces of substantial military reinforcements around El Obeid, which may indicate an im more PR

NEW YORK, June 20 -- The United Nations posted the following remarks on June 18, 2026, by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the opening of the U.N. 2.0 Awards: * * * Congratulating Winners on Impressive Achievments, Secretary-General, at Opening of First UN 2.0 Awards, Urges Them to Think Big for People, Planet Our world is being transformed by breakneck technological change. More data. Faster decisions. And higher expectations. To meet this moment, we need a United Nations that is creative, agile and ready to deliver; that is the ambiti more PR

NEW YORK, June 18 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * White & Case advises lead arrangers on financing of EQT's PS10.9 billion cash offer for Intertek * Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised the mandated lead arrangers on the underwritten TLB and senior secured note financing for the recommended cash offer by funds advised by EQT and other co-investors for Intertek Group plc, the UK-listed quality assurance provider. "This was a complex and fast-moving financing that requi more PR

NEW YORK, June 19 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * White & Case advises lead managers on proposed IPO of Jio Platforms Limited * Global law firm White & Case LLP is advising the book running lead managers (BRLMs) on the proposed Rule 144A and Regulation S initial public offering (IPO) of Jio Platforms Limited. Jio Platforms Limited filed its draft red herring prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India on June 19, 2026. The syndicate of BRLMs comprises a total  more PR

NEW YORK, June 18 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * White & Case advises lenders on NZ$285 million financing for Glorit Solar Farm * Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised ANZ Bank New Zealand, Bank of China, China Construction Bank, DZ Bank and Mizuho on the NZ$285 million project financing of the 171MWdc Glorit Solar Farm in New Zealand. "The Glorit Solar Farm is another exciting milestone for New Zealand's renewable energy sector," said White & Case partner Cameron Wat more PR