WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48089) on July 31, 2026, entitled "Columbia River System Operations and the Future of the Lower Snake River Dams." The report is written by natural resources policy specialists Anna E. Normand, and Pervaze A. Sheikh, and research planning coordinator Erin H. Ward. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Congress has repeatedly debated how to operate and allocate resources from federal water resources projects - such as multipurpose federal dams - more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 8 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Morgan Lewis, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Philadelphia Business Journal Names Morgan Lewis Lawyer Maddy Anand a 2026 Women of Influence Rising Star Morgan Lewis associate Madhumita (Maddy) Anand has been named a 2026 Women of Influence Rising Star by the Philadelphia Business Journal. Maddy is one of seven women selected as rising stars in connection with the publication's 2026 Women of Influence Awards, which recognize women age 35 or younger who have de more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 7 (TNSjou) -- The European Union issued the following news release: * * * Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine: EU lists five additional individuals supporting Russia's military-industrial complex In response to Russia's continued aggression against Ukraine and its intensified strikes deliberately targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure, the Council today adopted additional restrictive measures against five individuals responsible for supporting Russia's military and industrial complex in the context of  more PR

DAVIS, California, Aug. 8 -- The University of California Davis School of Law issued the following news: * * * Professor Ziegler Elected to the American Law Institute Professor Mary Ziegler has been elected to the American Law Institute, the nation's premier nongovernmental law reform organization. UC Davis Law now counts 21 current and nine emeriti faculty in the ALI, which consists of judges, lawyers and law professors and caps membership at 3,000. It has been a year of accolades for Ziegler, a Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law, Gu more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 8 -- University of Southern California Pullias Center for Higher Education issued the following news: * * * USC Rossier's Royel Johnson to lead ASHE's flagship research journal starting November 2026 By Ellen Evaristo Royel M. Johnson, USC Rossier associate professor of higher education and faculty member of the Pullias Center for Higher Education, has been appointed editor of The Review of Higher Education, the flagship journal of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). The appointment follow more PR

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Illinois, Aug. 1 -- The American Society of Plastic Surgeons issued the following news release: * * * World's First Combined Face and Whole Eye Transplant Expands Reconstructive Options Procedure improves appearance, function and quality of life, although vision was not restored - The first combined face and whole eye transplant shows surgeons can address traumatic facial and eye injuries once considered beyond the limits of conventional reconstruction, according to a study in the August issue of Plastic and Reconstructi more PR