WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 [Category: Sociological] -- The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee issued the following news release: * * * ADC Files Federal Lawsuit Against DHS and CBP Over Unconstitutional Targeting of Journalist Max Blumenthal * August 18, 2026 media@adc.org Washington, D.C. | The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of journalist Max Blumenthal against Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodn more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, Aug. 18 [Category: Religion] -- The World Council of Churches posted the following news: * * * Bossey alum reflects on special years of living and learning * Rev. Dr Esther R. Suter, who currently lives in Basel, Switzerland, attended the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Institute at Bossey for a term from 1978-79. "I had not finished my own studies in theology yet, but exceptionally, I was accepted," recalled Suter. "I was the only Swiss participant at that time, and the subject of the term was The Holy Spirit an more PR

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 18 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Bunn named provost's fellow for public engagement * Austin Bunn, professor of performing and media arts in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), has been appointed provost's fellow for public engagement. Bunn is the seventh faculty member to hold this position in an initiative that launched in 2011 to strengthen Cornell's capacity to support public engagement. He will work with the Office of the Vice Provost for Engagement and Land-Grant Affairs and the Davi more PR

DELAWARE, Ohio, Aug. 18 -- Ohio Wesleyan University issued the following news release: * * * Campus Happenings * DELAWARE, Ohio - Ohio Wesleyan University, including its Richard M. Ross Art Museum and Perkins Observatory, announced its public events for August and September 2026 today. Unless otherwise noted, admission is free. 9 p.m. Aug. 21 and 28 and 8 p.m. Sept. 11, 18, and 25 - Friday night skywatches, at Ohio Wesleyan's Perkins Observatory, 3199 Columbus Pike (U.S. 23), Delaware. Content varies based on weather conditions, but may in more PR

MANHATTAN, Kansas, Aug. 19 -- Kansas State University issued the following news: * * * CoSearch brings K-State researchers together to solve Kansas water challenges Cooking up great research The CoSearch recipe is K-State's approach to sparking new campus connections for solving interdisciplinary water challenges By Melissa Harvey, Kansas Water Institute What happens when the Kansas Water Institute puts an entomologist, a journalist, a chemical engineer, a statistician, and a graphic artist at the same table and asks them to tackle a wate more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 18 -- The University of Chicago posted the following news: * * * From lab to layperson, UChicago students learn to make science land * While many environmental science majors spend their summers in campus labs, rising third-year Brianna Leech found herself in a NASA research center, building presentations on the spread of invasive tree species across the state of Utah. It was less a typical research gig than a crash course in building and communicating data on the ground. In a small cohort at a NASA research center, more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: * * * Iraq: Man Dies in Police Drug Unit Custody * (Beirut) - A 22-year-old man detained for drug use died in police custody in late June 2026, a day after Iraqi police removed him from a hospital in the southern city of Najaf while he was being treated for severe abdominal pain, Human Rights Watch said today. A family member of the man, Muhsin Ali Kani, said that the authorities told them to retrieve his body the following day. The Najaf General D more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 18 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Nepal: Police raid newsroom after chief editor arrested Kathmandu police raided the Jana Aastha Weekly newsroom after editor-in-chief Kishor Shrestha was arrested over a privacy complaint on August 14. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ), condemn the government's overreach in bypassing Nepal's Press Council and call on the authorities t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Pulitzer Center, an organization that says it combines journalism and engagement, posted the following news: * * * Behind the Story: Uncovering Truths About Mega Data Centers Author: Ella Beiser, Pulitzer Center Staff "One of the major challenges in investigating the physical infrastructure surrounding the artificial intelligence boom is the lack of transparency with which these large tech companies generally operate their data center complexes," said 2024 Pulitzer Center AI Accountability Fellow Pablo Jimenez Arandia more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11471) by legislative attorney Dorothy C. Kafka: * * * The Reporter's Privilege and Government Employee Confidential Sources In the course of gathering news, journalists frequently rely on confidential sources. Prosecutors or parties in civil litigation may seek to compel reporters to reveal these confidential sources through subpoenas for testimony or documents. Reporters have at times argued that such requests violate  more PR

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Aug. 17 -- South Dakota State University posted the following news: * * * They Were There: Witnesses from Sept. 11 * As the nation marks 25 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania -and reflects during the United States' 250th anniversary -South Dakota State University's College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences will present a public panel featuring firsthand accounts from that day. The discussion will take place Friday, Sept. 11, at 10 a.m. in the more PR

GENESEO, New York, Aug. 17 -- The State University of New York Geneseo Campus posted the following news: * * * Tim Wu to deliver 2026 Walter Harding Lecture * Tim Wu, an author, policy advocate, and law professor, will give the. 2026 Walter Harding Lecture at SUNY Geneseo on Wednesday, September 30, at 4:30 p.m. in Doty Recital Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public. Prior to his talk on Wednesday, Wu will appear on WXXI's Connections with Evan Dawson at noon. Following the lecture, Wu will sign copies of his most recent book, T more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: * * * WTAS: HHS Releases Report Exposing Fraudulent Insurance Coding For Sex-rejecting Procedures On Minors * WASHINGTON, D.C. -August 18, 2026 -The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday released a report Wolves in White Coats: How Doctors and Hospitals Pushed and Profited from the Fraud of "Gender Medicine," a commissioned report examining insurance coding practices, perverse financial incentives, and the prov more PR