WACO, Texas, Oct. 18 [Category: Sports] -- The American Football Coaches Association posted the following news: * * * BYU takes care of Notre Dame in Top 10 Showdown * BYU quarterback Bear Bachmeier hit Walker Lyons with a six-yard touchdown pass with 1:47 left to go in the game, giving the Cougars a 28-24 lead over Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish drove all the way to the BYU four-yard line with four seconds remaining, but their game-winning touchdown pass missed its mark and BYU held on for the win. The Cougars move up five spots to No. 3 i more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The Center for a Humane Economy posted the following news release: * * * The Center for a Humane Economy to Sue NPS Over Final Rule Restoring Bear Baiting on Alaska National Preserves The agency is putting bears and people at risk by allowing hunters to bait black and grizzly bears with human foods on National Park Service lands. October 18, 2026 - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy today condemned a final rule from the National Park Service (NPS) that reverses a 2024 regu more PR

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Oct. 15 -- The University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences posted the following news: * * * Katherine Boyer Inducted as Fellow in the National Academy of Kinesiology * Professor of Kinesiology Katherine Boyer was one of fifteen distinguished scholars inducted as Fellows into the National Academy of Kinesiology during the Academy's 95th annual meeting on October 3, 2026, in Portland, Oregon. Boyer was recognized for her distinguished and sustained contributions to the field of kines more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Oct. 12 -- The Oklahoma City Museum of Art issued the following news: * * * OKCMOA Announces Interim Leadership Bryon Chambers and Maury Ford named Co-Interim Directors of Oklahoma City Museum of Art - OKLAHOMA CITY (October 12, 2026) -- The Oklahoma City Museum of Art (OKCMOA) today announced its interim leadership. Bryon Chambers, Director of Education & Visitor Experience, and Maury Ford, Director of Collections & Exhibitions, have been named Co-Interim Directors by the Board of Trustees. The two will lead the M more PR

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, Oct. 18 -- Purdue University posted the following news release: * * * Search for Amelia Earhart's plane continues after Taraia Object expedition on Nikumaroro rules out latest hypothesis * NIKUMARORO, Kiribati -- The Taraia Object expedition, a joint effort by the Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI), Purdue Research Foundation and Purdue University, announced Monday, Oct. 19, local time that it found no conclusive evidence to confirm a hypothesis that wreckage from Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra 10-E was in a l more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 10/9/2026-10/16/2026 * [Hartford, CT] - U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Susan Collins (R-ME), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Alan Armstrong (R-OK), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Jack Reed (D-RI), Chris Coons (D-DE), Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and John Cornyn (R-TX) wrote President Donald Trump urging him to rescind his recent agreement with Preside more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Coast Guard Releases Major Incident Investigation Report into Fatal MH-60T Mishap West off Cape Flattery * WASHINGTON -- The United States Coast Guard today publicly released the Major Incident Investigation (MII) report examining the Feb. 27, 2026 aviation mishap involving an MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter (CG-6063) assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, Oregon. The mishap occurred during a search and rescue mission a more PR

HAILEY, Idaho, Oct. 18 -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release: * * * Judge issues injunction blocking Riddle Mountain wild horse roundup in victory for science-based management October 16, 2026 EUGENE, Ore. - Last night, a federal judge issued a Preliminary Injunction blocking an emergency roundup that would have removed 100 percent of the Riddle Mountain wild horse herd from its wild horse Herd Management Area southeast of Burns, Oregon, confine them to holding pens for at least two years, and after this period more PR