HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 15 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General David W. Sunday issued the following news: * * * AG Sunday Takes Action to Ensure Sensitive Consumer Information is Protected in Character.AI Bankruptcy, Potential Sale * HARRISBURG - Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that Pennsylvania is joining a coalition of state attorneys general in filing a notice in the bankruptcy proceedings of Character Technologies, Inc. -- the company behind the popular chatbot company Character.AI. The court filing regards sensitive consume more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 15 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Nessel Seeks Consumer Protections in Character.AI Bankruptcy * LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today announced that Michigan is joining a coalition of state attorneys general in filing a notice in the bankruptcy proceedings of Character Technologies, Inc. (PDF), the company behind the popular chatbot company Character.AI. The court filing identifies serious concerns about the company's safety and priv more PR

HANOVER, New Hampshire, Oct. 16 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news: * * * Society of Fellows Welcomes New Postdoctoral Scholars Four new fellows will conduct research and teach undergraduates. 10/13/2026 Dartmouth's Society of Fellows has welcomed four new postdoctoral fellows to campus. The two-year fellowship gives early-career scholars time, funding, and intellectual freedom to push their research forward, trade ideas across disciplines, and teach undergraduate courses with support from the Dartmouth Center for the Advancem more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * NEW: Inside Elections Shifts Additional Senate Races Towards Democrats, Warn of "Embarrassing" Potential "Blowout" for GOP in Final Stretch Inside Elections shifts Texas, Kansas, South Carolina, New Hampshire, and Florida Senate races towards Democrats - With under three weeks to go until the midterms, race raters at Inside Elections have shifted five additional Senate races toward Democrats and are warning of a potential "embarrass more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Oct. 15 -- Florida State University posted the following news: * * * FSU expert breaks down the rise of trendy fall travel * * Florida State University Cecil B. Day Distinguished Professor Nathan Line provides his expertise on what is causing fall travel numbers to rise, rivaling the summer travel season. * Line believes the rise of fall travel benefits smaller towns and local economies despite the unpredictability of the weather in the months of October and November. Once considered a slow season for travel, fall is more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Oct. 15 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Holland and Knight, a law firm, posted the following news release: * * * Holland & Knight Advises Watsco on Acquisition of The Granite Group * MIAMI (October 15, 2026) - Holland & Knight represented Miami-based Watsco Inc. (NYSE: WSO), the largest distributor of air conditioning, heating and refrigeration (HVAC/R) equipment and supplies in North America, in its acquisition of The Granite Group, a diversified distributor of plumbing and HVAC products with approximately $500 million in sales more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 [Category: Political] -- Senate Majority PAC, an organization that works to elect Democratic senators who are committed to an economy that provides opportunity and security for America's working families and who stand up to protect the rights of all Americans, posted the following news release: * * * New Ad: John Sununu Cashed in While Chris Pappas Fought for New Hampshire. * WinSenate's new ad, "People Who Pay," lays out the choice facing voters in New Hampshire's Senate race: Backing John Sununu who left Congress to ma more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news release: * * * October 15, 2026 NEW: Home Heating Oil Costs Hit Record High Amid Trump's Iran War -- a 39% Hike in Northeastern States WASHINGTON - This winter, families will be forced to spend record amounts on home heating oil amid President Trump's war with Iran, per updated data released today by the Joint Economic Committee - Minority. Home heating oil is most commonly used in Northeastern states, includ more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news release: * * * October 15, 2026 NH Families Have Had to Spend an Additional $5,900+ on Everyday Essentials Under President Trump Amid Trump's Iran War, Data Show that the Cost to Fill a Home Heating Oil Tank in NH Has Risen to $1,494 per family; Committee Estimates 39% Home Heating Oil Cost Increase in NH This Season - WASHINGTON - New Hampshire families have had to spend an additional $5,900+ on goods and  more PR

NEW LONDON, New Hampshire, Oct. 15 -- Colby-Sawyer College posted the following news: * * * Olivia McAnirlin '17 Delivers Nature Virtually * Visiting the river where you learned to swim. Seeing the small town in Germany where your parents grew up. Attending a game at your beloved alma mater's stadium. Olivia McAnirlin '17 understands the importance of last visits and bucket-list checkmarks. In 2020, as a doctoral student in parks, recreation and tourism management at Clemson University, McAnirlin had an idea about using virtual reality (VR more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas Leads Bipartisan Call to Increase Home Heating Assistance Funding * Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) led a bipartisan group of 73 members in calling on the House Appropriations Committee to provide an additional $3 billion in emergency supplemental appropriations for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27). In the letter, the members wrote, "As the war with Iran remains unresolved, ener more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Pingree Joins Bipartisan Call to Increase Home Heating Assistance Funding * Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and a bipartisan group of 73 members called on the House Appropriations Committee to provide an additional $3 billion in emergency supplemental appropriations for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27). In the letter, led by New Hampshire Congressman Chris Pappas, the members wrote, more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Oct. 15 -- Seton Hall University posted the following news: * * * Poet Chelsea Woodard to Read at Seton Hall * The Poetry-in-the-Round reading series is honored to welcome the poet Chelsea Woodard to Seton Hall. Woodard will read from and discuss her new collection, Lentic Systems, at 5 p.m., Thursday, November 12, in Fahy Hall 7. This reading is free. Poetry-in-the-Round and Seton Hall extend an invitation to all students, faculty, staff and alumni to attend. About the Author: Chelsea Woodard is the author of fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * October 15, 2026 Shaheen, Tillis Lead Bipartisan Senators in Calling for Department of Defense Inspector General Investigation into Starlink Disruptions in Ukraine WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Thom Tillis (R-NC), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Susan Collins (R-ME), Jack Reed (D-RI), John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris C more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * SIGNED INTO LAW: Hassan-Ernst Bill to Expose Government Waste * WASHINGTON - Bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan and Joni Ernst (R-IA) to increase government transparency was recently signed into law. The Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act requires disclosure of any government project that is $1 billion over budget or five years behind schedule. "Granite Staters deserve to know that their hard-earned tax-dollars are being s more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 [Category: Sociological] -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws posted the following news release: * * * Study: Most Daily Cannabis Consumers Don't Meet Criteria for "Moderate" or "Severe" Cannabis Use Disorder * Orono, ME: Few heavy, daily users of cannabis meet the diagnostic criteria for either "moderate" or "severe" cannabis use disorder (CUD), and many don't meet any criteria for CUD, according to data published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine. A team of investigators affiliated with the more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon Visits New Hampshire on Returning Education to the States Tour * MANCHESTER, NH - Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon visited New Hampshire as part of her Returning Education to the States Tour. Alongside New Hampshire Commissioner of Education Caitlin Davis, Secretary McMahon began her visit at the Manchester School of Technology, where she toured the specialized woodworking, cosmetology,  more PR