OLYMPIA, Washington, July 2 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * AG Brown leads multistate opposition to Postal Service's attempt to undermine voting rights * Attorney General Nick Brown co-led a multistate coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing a formal comment letter today opposing the Postal Service's attempt to aid the President's efforts to seize control of elections and restrict mail-in voting through a proposed rule, and asking the Postal Service to withdraw the proposed rule.  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives issued the following news release: * * * ATF secures indictment on 16 New Haven gang members for murder, attempted murder, and firearms and drug trafficking BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Following an ATF-led investigation into gang violence in New Haven, a federal grand jury in Bridgeport has returned a 19-count indictment charging 16 alleged members and associates of the "Stand On Business" or "SOB" street gang in New Haven with various offense more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, July 2 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Co-Leads Opposition to Proposed USPS Rule Creating Centralized Voter List, Restricting Mail Voting * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today co-led a coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing a comment letter opposing a United States Postal Service (USPS) proposed rule that would facilitate the president's efforts to exert greater control over elections and restrict mail-in voting. The coalit more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, July 2 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Urges Trump Administration to Withdraw Unlawful Contractor Production and Reporting Requirements * Proposal would impose unclear, confusing, potentially duplicative, and burdensome obligations on federal contractors and subcontractors OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today co-led a multistate coalition in submitting a comment letter urging the Trump Administration to withdraw a proposed info more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, July 2 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Joins Multistate Opposition to Postal Service's Attempt to Undermine Voting Rights * Attorney General Charity Clark joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing a formal comment letter today opposing the Postal Service's attempt to aid the President's efforts to seize control of elections and restrict mail-in voting through a proposed rule and asking the Postal Service to withdraw the proposed rule.  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 2 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL OPPOSES POSTAL SERVICE'S UNLAWFUL ATTEMPT TO UNDERMINE VOTING RIGHTS * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 24 attorneys general, took action to oppose the U.S. Postal Service's attempt to aid the president's efforts to seize control of elections and restrict mail-in voting through a proposed rule. The coalition is calling on the Postal Service to withdraw the proposed rule, which th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Ridgefield, Connecticut, has submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services responding to the agency's proposed rule addressing interoperability standards and prior authorization requirements for drugs under Medicare Advantage, Medicaid managed care, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and Marketplace plans. The biopharmaceutical company emphasizes the role prior authorization and utilization management practices play in patient access to thera more ST

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- CRISP Shared Services Inc., a Baltimore, Maryland not-for-profit organization managing shared infrastructure for Health Information Exchanges and Health Data Utilities, has submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services addressing the proposed rule on interoperability standards and prior authorization for drugs under Medicare Advantage and Medicaid managed care programs. The letter highlights considerations for CMS to improve patient event notification systems and strengthen data exchange more ST

BRISTOL, Connecticut, July 2 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * ESPN delivers most-watched Wimbledon Day 2 coverage on record * Serena Williams' Wimbledon return on Tuesday, June 30, delivered record viewership. * 1.8M fans (2:30-5 p.m. ET) with a peak of 2.1M between 4-4:15 p.m., tuned to ESPN to watch the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, seven of them at Wimbledon, step on to Centre Court to face Maya Joint. * For the entire day on Tuesday, ESPN's Wimbledon coverage ave more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following opening remarks on June 5, 2026, at a Homeland Security Subcommittee markup of the fiscal 2027 U.S. Department of Homeland Security funding bill: * * * Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and I too am so appreciative of your work and the work of Ranking Member Cueller in getting this bill to where it is. There obviously are serious differences with the bill which we will address, and look forward to the opportunity more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following opening remarks on June 5, 2026, at a Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies markup of the fiscal 2027 appropriations bill: * * * Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and Chairman Cole it is good to be here this morning dealing with the Labor-HHS appropriations bill. I think it is the center of whatever the Congress does with regard to the overall lives of people in this nat more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following opening remarks on June 24, 2026, at a markup of the fiscal 2027 Defense funding bill: * * * Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And Chairman Calvert, Ranking Member McCollum. Thank you, thank you for your work together in bringing forward this bill today. I also want to say a thank you at the outset to the subcommittee staff for their work on this bill. Jennifer Chartrand, Jason Gray, and Ed Etzkorn on the minori more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 29 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * 'Atomic zoom' brings gum disease bacteria into sharp focus By Jon Atherton The technology at the center of the growing 'resolution revolution' has again showed its value to scientists at Yale by revealing the secrets of gum disease. Leveraging the advanced imaging techniques of electron microscopy - or cryo-EM - the lab of Jun Liu, professor of Microbial Pathogenesis at the Yale Microbial Sciences Institute(Link is external) (MSI), has visualized  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 29 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * The Case for Fewer Antibiotics in Joint Replacement Surgery By John Ready, MS For anyone undergoing a total hip or knee replacement, the goal is a smooth recovery and a return to pain-free movement. However, a possible risk from these procedures is periprosthetic joint infection. Infections are leading causes of joint replacement failures, often requiring additional surgeries, prolonged hospital stays, as well as emotional and financial strain on  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 30 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Genetic analysis of Medicis' remains reveals Renaissance-era malaria strains - and closes book on a murder mystery An analysis of the centuries-old remains of two Medici brothers revealed genetic evidence of malaria infections, settling a long-standing mystery and illuminating the deadly pathogen's past. By Mike Cummings In 1562, Cardinal Giovanni de Medici, a scion of the dynastic family that dominated politics and banking in Tuscany during the  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 29 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder Can Reverse Harmful Brain Effects By Isabella Backman When we drink alcohol, our liver breaks it down into acetate, which the body can then burn as fuel. A new Neuropsychopharmacology study has discovered that chronic alcohol use can alter how the brain metabolizes acetate--and that these effects are reversible. Research has shown that our brain adapts to the presence of alcohol. In a 2013 study, a group led by G more PR