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The Second Battle of Fallujah 20 Years Later: One Marine's Reflections
ERLANGER, Kentucky, Oct. 31 -- Disabled American Veterans issued the following news:

By Brian Buckwalter

Content warning: This story contains frank descriptions of urban combat that may be disturbing for some readers.

Marine veteran Alex Nicoll remembers Fallujah, Iraq, as a dead city.

When he and others from Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, stepped foot inside the "City of Mosques" in early November 2004, nearly all of the residents were gone. Leaflets dropped by U.S. forces warned of an impending attack and told them to get out. Most listened.

Anyone remaining--estimates put ... Show Full Article

Scripps Research Institute: Calibr-Skaggs Announces Initial Dosing of a First-in-Class Regenerative Lung Medicine in a Phase 1 Trial for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
LA JOLLA, California, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- The Scripps Research Institute issued the following news on Oct. 30, 2024:

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CMR316 is a once-weekly inhaled, lung-targeted drug designed to precisely expand lung stem cells and regenerate damaged lung tissue.

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The Calibr-Skaggs Institute for Innovative Medicines, the nonprofit drug development division of Scripps Research, announced today that the first dose of a pioneering regenerative lung therapy, CMR316, has been given in a phase 1 trial assessing safety and tolerability in healthy volunteers and patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ... Show Full Article

PCAOB Welcomes Global Partners to 16th International Institute on Audit Regulation
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2024:

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) today concluded its two-day 2024 International Institute on Audit Regulation, in Washington, DC. Established by the PCAOB in 2007, the event offers regulators from around the world a chance to discuss issues related to auditor oversight, audit quality, and investor protection. Attending the Institute this year were nearly 90 officials from audit regulators in 40 non-U.S. jurisdictions, as well as officials from several international ... Show Full Article

Jonathan Knauth, Marine Regimental Combat Camera Staff Noncommissioned Officer, Bravo Co., 1st Bn., 8th Marines
ERLANGER, Kentucky, Oct. 31 -- Disabled American Veterans issued the following news:

Jonathan Knauth was packed inside a combat vehicle, waiting for the call to enter Fallujah. As "Breach, breach, breach!" screamed across the radio, the tracks began rolling, and he and others from Company B, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, were unknowingly on their way to fight in the bloodiest battle of the Iraq War.

He was used to viewing the Marine Corps through a photographic lens. Knauth's job as a combat camera Marine was to document, create a visual record and ultimately tell the story of life among ... Show Full Article

American Bridge 21st Century Launches Six-Figure Ad Campaign Targeting Puerto Rican Voters
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- American Bridge 21st Century, an organization that says it focuses on holding Republicans accountable and helps deliver Democratic victories, issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2024:

Today, following the horrific comments made about Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican community at Donald Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden, American Bridge 21st Century announced a rapid-fire text campaign in three key battleground states -- Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

This campaign will reach out directly to the Puerto Rican community in these three Blue Wall states ... Show Full Article

Advocates Launch Awareness Campaign to Get Thousands of DACA Recipients Enrolled in ACA Health Coverage
LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 31 -- The National Immigration Law Center issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2024:

WASHINGTON - Today, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), United We Dream (UWD), and Young Invincibles launched an online campaign to reach thousands of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients who will soon be eligible to purchase health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The campaign, which enlists more than 200 organizations representing 41 states, aims to encourage DACA recipients across the country who are in need of health coverage ... Show Full Article

ADL Commends 10 Colleges, Universities for Efforts Made to Fight Campus Antisemitism
NEW YORK, Oct. 31 -- The Anti-Defamation League issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2024:

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Urges other institutions to follow suit as it reassesses Report Card grades

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ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today commended 10 colleges and universities for their recent efforts and policies to address campus antisemitism. Since the initial release of ADL's Campus Antisemitism Report Card in April of 2024, and a subsequent update in June following the protest encampments, these institutions have taken proactive steps to foster a more inclusive environment for Jewish students and ... Show Full Article