WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, the second American citizen, Liat Beinin, a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen, has been released after being kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz during the attack on October 7. Liat's family lives in Waterford and are active members of eastern Connecticut's Jewish community. "My Beinin family from Israel spent five days in eastern Connecticut with us this August. We grew very close to them as they walked with  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Providence, RI - Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo announced $3,483,190 in grants to support the adoption of innovative fishing gear in Rhode Island and across New England to reduce the risk of gear entanglement for the endangered North Atlantic right whales. These grants, administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Providence, RI - Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo announced $3,483,190 in grants to support the adoption of innovative fishing gear in Rhode Island and across New England to reduce the risk of gear entanglement for the endangered North Atlantic right whales. These grants, administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NF  more

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 29 -- Zoological Science, a peer-reviewed journal from the Zoological Society of Japan that says it features zoology, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2024 edition (Vol. 41, No. 1): REVIEWS: * Ovarian Follicle Development in Ascidians * Endocrine Regulation of Aging in the Fruit Fly Drosophila melanogaster ORIGINAL ARTICLES: * Identification and Physiological Assays of Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormones in the Japanese Spiny Lobster, Pa  more