BRISTOL, Connecticut, June 26 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * A nationwide celebration: ESPN marks America 250 with unforgettable content across platforms * * SportsCenter July 4 th special originates from multiple locations across the country * com multimedia presentation takes road trip across America * Get Up, First Take programs joining the celebration ESPN is celebrating America's 250 th anniversary with multiple content initiatives, including a special edition of  more PR

ITHACA, New York, June 26 -- Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine posted the following news: * * * A win-win: Scholarship gift emerges from Qualified Charitable Distribution * Creating a D.V.M. scholarship may feel out of reach for most of us -giving away large dollar amounts that are meant to make a significant difference for a professional student is no small financial feat. But, for folks with a reasonable retirement account, making this kind of impact is more feasible than most people think. Take Mia Stone Simpson, MBA '0 more PR

OLYMPIA, Washington, June 26 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * AG Brown calls for transparency as ICE refuses to release fatality information * Attorney General Nick Brown today joined a coalition of 22 other attorneys general in urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to reverse a dangerous new policy ending investigations and public reporting of deaths that occur shortly after people are released from ICE custody. In a  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 25 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Blocks Trump Administration From Exerting Federal Control Over Elections * Boston -Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today secured a victory from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, blocking President Trump's unlawful Executive Order that attempted to interfere with states' constitutional authority to administer elections. The final ruling follows a multistate lawsu more PR

LANSING, Michigan, June 25 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Blocks Administration from Exerting Federal Control Over Elections * LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today secured a victory (PDF) from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, blocking President Trump's unlawful Executive Order that attempted to interfere with states' constitutional authority to administer elections. The final ruling follows a multistate lawsuit brought by Attorney General more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 27 -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Alumni elect Mariko Silver '99 to serve on Yale's Board of Trustees Silver, president and chief executive officer of Lincoln Center, was elected in a worldwide balloting of university graduates and begins a six-year term on July 1. Four trustees will conclude their service on June 30. - Mariko Silver '99 has been elected to serve as an alumni fellow of Yale's Board of Trustees, known formally as the Yale Corporation, in a worldwide balloting of university  more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 27 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on June 26, 2026: * * * Attorney General Mayes Demands Transparency as ICE Refuses to Release Fatality Information Attorney General Kris Mayes today joined a coalition of 22 other attorneys general in urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to reverse a dangerous new policy ending investigations and public reporting of deaths that occur shortly after people are released from ICE c more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 25 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL PROTECTS ELECTIONS FROM FEDERAL OVERREACH, PERMANENTLY BLOCKS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S UNLAWFUL EXECUTIVE ORDERS * Chicago -Attorney General Kwame Raoul scored two separate legal victories permanently blocking the implementation of key provisions in President Trump's unlawful executive orders that attempted to interfere with states' constitutional authority to administer elections. "These rulings are a win for  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal & Markey Introduce Legislation to Prevent Frontover Child Deaths * [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) introduced legislation to prevent child deaths due to frontover incidents. The Standards to Prevent (STOP) Frontovers Act would require all new vehicles to come equipped with cameras, sensors, or other technology to improve drivers' visibility and perception of kids,  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 27 -- The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following news release on June 26, 2026: * * * DEEP Announces New Long Island Sound Research Vessel The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) unveiled today its new Research Vessel named Sound Outlook. The vessel was named after its intended use, to provide the outlook on the health of our treasured Long Island Sound ecosystem. The Sound Outlook will help safeguard water quality in the Long Island Sou more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 27 -- The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following news release: * * * DEEP Highlights Major Progress Improving Efficiency and Speed of its Permitting Programs, Regulations, and Processes More Effective Cleanup Regulations, More Streamlined General Permits, New Permitting Lanes Framework, Faster Payment System, Faster Grant Contracts Process, and More Through DEEP's 20BY26 Initiative - The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) announced tha more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Courtney Meets with Australian Ambassador to the United States Greg Moriarty * WASHINGTON, DC - Yesterday, Congressman Joe Courtney AO (CT-02), Co-Chair of the bipartisan Congressional Friends of Australia Caucus and Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, met with new Australian Ambassador to the United States Greg Moriarty AO. "It was a pleasure to welcome Ambassador Moriarty back to Capitol Hill," Courtney  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * DeLauro Secures Report on US Involvement in Gaza Ceasefire * WASHINGTON -Today, US Representative Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement regarding language she secured in the committee report of the 2027 Defense Appropriations Bill which would require a report from the Department of Defense within 30 days regarding US support for the Gaza 20-point peace plan, as well as disclosing more PR

BRISTOL, Connecticut, June 26 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * E60 examines the Enhanced Games and the impact of performance-enhancing drugs * * What happens when human performance is pushed beyond its natural limits? * Fear and Doping in Las Vegas debuts Thursday, July 2, at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN, streaming afterward on ESPN App For decades, conventional wisdom has been that performance enhancing drugs are unsafe, unfair, and threaten the spirit of sports. The Enhanced Games,  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Invests in Making America Healthy Again with Announcement of $1.5 Million to Improve Drinking Water in New England * BOSTON (June 26, 2026) - Today, U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing $1.5 million in grant funding to improve drinking water infrastructure in New England. These grants will help Make America Healthy Again by providing communities with needed resources to make critical drinking water infrastructure upgrad more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Invests in Making America Healthy Again with Announcement of $25 Million to Improve Drinking Water in Small and Rural Communities * WASHINGTON- Today, U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing more than $25 million in grant funding to improve drinking water infrastructure in small and rural communities. These grants will help Make America Healthy Again by providing communities across the nation with needed resources to make  more PR

BRISTOL, Connecticut, June 26 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * ESPN delivers third most-watched Men's College World Series on record * * 2026 MCWS averaged 1.5 million viewers, up 24% year-over-year * NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament posts third-best audience since 2009 * Most-watched Super Regionals since 2009, most-watched Regionals round on record and most-watched regular season since 2012 ESPN's exclusive presentation of the 2026 Men's College World Series Present more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 26 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Lamont Announces Enhanced Public Transportation Services, Free and Reduced-Price Transit Fares for Connecticut's America 250 Celebrations * Special Rail and Bus Fares and Schedules Set To Provide Stress-Free Travel to Independence Day Festivities Statewide (HARTFORD, CT) - Governor Ned Lamont today announced that Connecticut will have a package of public transportation service enhancements in recognition of the upcoming Ind more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine Leads Colleagues in Calling for Study on Post-Secondary Outcomes for Students with Disabilities * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led his colleagues in a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting that the Trump-Vance Administration conduct a study to help improve post-secondary outcomes for American students with disabil more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Files Amendment to Stop Costly "Department of War" Name Change at the Pentagon * Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would stop Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth's costly name change at the Pentagon. In September, the President signed an executive order (link is external) to rename the Department of Defense as the "Department of  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * LeachGarner to Pay $2.8 Million in EEOC Pay Discrimination Suit Metallurgical company settles federal suit charging it placed female workers in lower-paying departments and paid them less than men for similar work BOSTON -LeachGarner, Inc., a metallurgical manufacturer and supplier, will pay $2.8 million and provide other relief to settle a federal sex discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ann more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy Highlights Historic Reductions in Gun Violence on 4th Anniversary of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act * WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) spoke on the Senate floor to mark the 4th anniversary of the passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA), the first federal anti-gun violence legislation in 30 years. Murphy highlighted the dramatic decline in rates of gun deaths and mass shootings since the bill was  more PR

BRISTOL, Connecticut, June 26 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * New ESPN multimedia investigation exposes exploitation, neglect inside system for developing young soccer players in Argentina * Eight-year investigation culminates with documentary film & ESPN.com story  * The Dream Factory published today on ESPN App and ESPN.com * Film will make television debut June 30 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes - A new ESPN multimedia investigation, eight years in the making, exp more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, June 26 (TNSrep) -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary by Criminal Justice Policy Director Vittorio Nastasi, Managing Director of Government Finance Jordan Campbell, criminal justice policy intern Maegan Smarkusky and Sephria Reynolds-Tanner, criminal justice and drug policy analyst: * * * Taxation by citation: A 50-state data and policy report on local government fines and forfeitures This report maps the scope of local governments' dependence on fines and forfeitures to fund basic operations and more PR

ITHACA, New York, June 26 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Researchers achieve the 'impossible' low-loss, tunable dielectric * The result on his computer screen looked impossible. Late one night in 2009, Nate Orloff was alone in a laboratory, analyzing measurements from a set of experimental thin films sent to him by Darrell Schlom, the Tisch University Professor in Cornell University's Department of Materials Science and Engineering. "I jumped out of my chair and shouted, 'Eureka,'" said Orloff, who at the time wa more PR

WESTPORT, Connecticut, June 27 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, posted the following news release: * * * Venezuela Earthquake: 'A Cataclysmic Event' - Children Spend Second Night Sheltering in Open Spaces Amid Hundreds of Aftershocks as Needs Rapidly Rise CARACAS - Families in earthquake-devastated Venezuela spent a second night sheltering in open spaces amid fears of further building collapses and raising serious concerns over childr more PR

WESTPORT, Connecticut, June 26 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, posted the following news release: * * * Venezuela Earthquake: Rescuers race to free people trapped in rubble as children forced from their homes by massive quakes CARACAS - Rescuers in Venezuela are racing to find people trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings after two massive earthquakes struck west of the capital Caracas, forcing children and their families from  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on June 25, 2026, at a hearing to consider nominees for the International Trade Commission: * * * "Before us today are five bipartisan individuals nominated to serve as Commissioners at the U.S. International Trade Commission, or ITC. "They are David Foley, Jr. of Virginia, a Republican nominee; Brett Doyle of Connecticut, also a Republican nominee; Peter-Anthony Pappas of New Jersey, our final Republican nominee; Bart Th more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026: * * * The James T. Woods Act Fights Online Child Exploitation That's Sweeping the Nation BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - Online child exploitation, sextortion and violent online criminal networks like '764,' which coerce children into violent or suicidal acts, are sweeping the nation, impacting children across all 50 states. Each of the 56 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) field offices are invol more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 6/19/2026-6/26/2026 Demanding Action on Social Media Victims Remembrance Day  - On Tuesday, June 23, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joined 48 bereaved families, lawmakers, youth advocates, and child safety experts at a memorial marking Social Media Victims Remembrance Day.  "We are here to honor so many young people. But we need to honor them with more than words - we need to honor them with  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 27 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Seven recent Yale graduates to continue their studies as U.K. fellows Seven recent graduates of Yale College, including six members of the Class of 2026, have been awarded fellowships for graduate study in the United Kingdom. - Seven recent Yale graduates, including six members of the Yale College Class of 2026, have been awarded fellowships from various organizations for graduate study in the United Kingdom. They join four other 2026 Yale graduat more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, June 26 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following statement by Andrew C. Agwunobi, UConn Health CEO and executive vice president for health affairs: * * * CEO Update - June 26, 2026 Dear Colleagues, It's hard to believe it, but we are at the end of our fiscal year (July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026). As I reflect on the last year, you are perhaps wondering what is top of mind for me. I would divide my thoughts into four main categories: 1) pride about the accomplishments UConn Health has achieved, 2) opportuni more PR

BRISTOL, Connecticut, June 25 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * Viewership for 2026 NBA Draft First Round presentation up 10 percent year over year * ESPN and ABC's presentation of the first round of the 2026 NBA Draft on Tuesday, June 23, averaged 4.2 million viewers, up 10% year over year. The audience peaked with 5.5 million viewers during the 8:15 p.m. ET quarter hour. The NBA Draft Preview on ESPN averaged 1 million viewers, also up 10% year over year. -30- ESPN media more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Wash. Post: Bill To Raise Minimum Wage To $25 An Hour Will Be Introduced In Senate * By: Matthew Choi and Riley Beggin Source: The Washington Post The minimum wage would be raised to $25 an hour under a new bill to be introduced by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) on Thursday, in a bid to enthuse the working-class voters who have abandoned the Democratic Party. The legislation, dubbed the Living Wage for All Act, has a companion bi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Cloud Secure Major Privacy Victory as ATF Cancels Warrantless Location Data Contract * Following Bipartisan Oversight, ATF Drops Controversial Commercial Phone-Tracking Tool; Commits to Reviewing All Contracts for Illegal Location Data Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and U.S. Representative Michael Cloud, R-Texas, today announced that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has canceled a controversial  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 23 -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Yale Library partners to support deep research into digitized map collections worldwide Yale Library and the IIIF Consortium (International Image Interoperability Framework) have partnered with Allmaps, an open-source ecosystem that provides tools to turn static digitized images into interactive maps. The free software allows anyone to explore, curate, and georeference the hundreds of thousands of IIIF-enabled digitized maps in the collections of libraries, more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 27 -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * The political determinants of health As a visiting fellow, health equity scholar Daniel Dawes integrated his work on the political determinants of health into Yale School of Nursing's curriculum By Meg Dalton Daniel Dawes has been thinking about health equity for a long time. Growing up in Lincoln, Nebraska, he noticed the disparities in health care access and the disparities in health status among his own family. The child of a white mother and a Black  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 27 -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * 'Paradigm-shifting' treatment for pediatric diabetes cleared by FDA Yale's Kevan Herold was the senior investigator on a clinical trial which showed that the drug teplizumab -- recently approved for pediatric patients with Stage 3 Type 1 diabetes -- delays the progression of the disease. By Meg Dalton For more than 30 years, Yale endocrinologist Kevan Herold has been researching treatments for Type 1 diabetes (T1D). For just as long, he's been the princi more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 24 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * The Hidden Signaling Network of Blood Vessels By Peter Jurich The cells lining your skin's capillaries are constantly sending each other messages--tiny pulses of calcium that help regulate blood flow, sense physical forces, and keep vessel walls intact. Scientists have known about this signaling for decades. What they didn't know, until now, is that it follows a remarkably organized pattern, one that persists across days and weeks, governed by a ne more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 27 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * People with Disabilities Often Overlooked in Orthopedic Research By John Ready, MS More than 1 in 4 adults in the United States have some type of disability as of 2026, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A Yale study published in the Cureus Journal of Medical Science found that patients with disabilities are almost entirely unrepresented in orthopedic research. "When we look at how health care disparities are studied, we  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 22 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * The secret lives of salamanders A new Yale-led study finds that while the outward appearance of woodland salamanders has changed little over millions of years, their physiology has evolved in striking ways. By Karen Guzman For her doctoral dissertation, Yale's Nathalie Alomar decided to study a small amphibian that appeared to have eluded the forces of evolution. She found that there is more to its evolution than meets the eye. In a new study, more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 27 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * What the Immune System Does When You're Not Sick--and Why It Matters for Aging By Kimberly Conner When most of us think of the immune system, we picture the body's emergency response, protecting us from invading pathogens and reacting to injuries. While it's true that the approximately 1.8 trillion immune cells in our bodies serve an important protective role, the immune system does more for us than put out physiological fires. In fact, the innate  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 22 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Will GLP-1s Lead to Fewer Prescriptions for Older Adults? By Amy Anderson As people age, they often develop chronic conditions, many of which need to be managed with multiple prescription medications. While medications are important for disease management, polypharmacy poses an increased risk for harmful side effects and contraindications. In a new study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, Yale researchers sought to understand i more PR