BRISTOL, Connecticut, June 15 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release on June 14, 2024: * * * * Reigning NWSL champions NJ/NY Gotham FC in three June matches on ESPN platforms * NWSL-WNBA doubleheader day set for Sunday, June 23 * * * The 2024 season of NWSL on ESPN platforms continues this month, beginning Saturday, June 15, with the telecast of Racing Louisville FC vs. NJ/NY Gotham FC Presented by Ally at 12 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN Deportes and simulcast live o  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 15 -- Yale University issued the following news: By Andrea Thompson Peed Felicia F. Norwood '89 J.D., a business executive and expert in law and policy, has been elected to serve as an alumni fellow of Yale's Board of Trustees, known formally as the Yale Corporation, in a worldwide balloting of university graduates. She begins a six-year term on July 1. Norwood is executive vice president and president of government health benefits at Elevance Health (formerly Ant  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 14 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on June 13, 2024: * * * Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the unanimous decision issued today by the U.S. Supreme Court in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine preserving access to medication abortion. In its decision, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that had imposed medically unnecessa  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 15 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on June 14, 2024: * * * Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Garland v. Cargill, which challenged the federal ban on bump stock. In a 6-3 decision, the Court found that a bump stock did not meet the statutory definition of a machinegun. This was not a Second Amendment challenge. "This disappointing decision is a serious  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, June 15 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release: The average audience for NBA Finals Game 3 on ABC and ESPN was up two percent from last year's Game 3, according to Nielsen. The Boston Celtics victory over the Dallas Mavericks to take a commanding 3-0 lead averaged 11,426,000 viewers, peaking with 13,926,000 viewers at 10:45 p.m. ET. Game 3 won the night for June 12 across all of television and in every key demographic. Through three games, ABC'  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, June 14 -- St. Louis Lambert International Airport issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Avelo Airlines takes off today with exclusive nonstop service between St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) and Southern Connecticut's most convenient airport - Tweed-New Haven Airport (HVN). Avelo is the only airline offering nonstop service between Missouri and Connecticut. Avelo operates this route twice weekly on Thursdays and Sundays, utilizing Boeing Next-Ge  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 14 (TNSres) -- Yale Law School issued the following news: The first three years of the The Tsai Leadership Program have all been action-packed. But this year --which saw the graduation of the first cohort of students who began the program in 2021 -- may have been its busiest yet. The Leadership Program offers a diverse range of classes, workshops, training opportunities, and events to Yale Law School students each year. Designed to reinforce the School's existing c  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 12 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: Attorney General William Tong and 42 other attorneys general today announced a $700 million nationwide settlement to resolve allegations related to the marketing of Johnson & Johnson's baby powder and body powder products that contained talc. As part of the settlement, Connecticut will receive $9,273,125.22. This settlement is pending judicial approval. "Johnson & Joh  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 13 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is appointing Martin Guay to serve as chair of the Connecticut Board of Regents, the governing body for the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) system. In assuming the leadership role, Guay will succeed its current chair, JoAnn Ryan, who announced today that she will not seek reappointment to the board when her term as a  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 14 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont and Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz are applauding today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, in which the justices unanimously reversed a lower court ruling and thus maintained the ability of Americans to access the widely used abortion medication mifepristone. Governor Lamont and a coalition of 22 other governors known as t  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 14 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) has selected nine applicants to build out electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across Connecticut. The conditional awards totaling more than $5 million will fill gaps in the state's federally-designated Alternative Fuel Corridors (AFC). Funding will support entities to plan, design, construct, operate, and mai  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 13 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) today announced the results of the 2024 Drive Less Connecticut Climate Challenge. During the Challenge, residents across Connecticut united to reduce their carbon footprint by choosing sustainable travel options rather than driving alone. The 2024 event ran from April 22 through May 31, 2024 and surpassed all esta  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jahana Hayes is continuing to deliver for Connecticut's families and economy by working to pass the Save Our Small (SOS) Farms Act of 2024 - a critical piece of legislation that would "improve the farm safety net and expand federal crop insurance" for family farms. Hayes has a strong record of working to improve the everyday lives of her constituents. Over the past six years,  more

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, June 15 -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: Eastern Connecticut State University is the only organization in Connecticut to receive a Big Read award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for the 2024-25 academic year. Following the theme "Where We Live," Eastern's Big Read grant will support a yearlong community-reading program centered around the book "The Bear" by Andrew Krivak. The University will release a detailed event cal  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, June 13 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: The SEC/ACC Men's and Women's Basketball Challenges return for the 2024 college basketball season after a successful inaugural showing last year. Matchups and dates for the 2024 Challenge have been determined and are highlighted by two NCAA Men's Final Four teams in action (Alabama, NC State) and the past two NCAA Women's Champions in South Carolina and LSU, joined by two additiona  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, June 12 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release: Following the May 30th announcement of all start times for the first three weeks, ESPN has released the approximate start times for the remainder of the 2024 SEC football season, with all SEC games exclusively on ABC and ESPN platforms for the first time. Designating windows for all games after Week 3 prior to the start of the season is a new benefit of the new conference rights agreement between t  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, June 13 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: * * * * Game 2 of Championship series will be first-ever MCWS Game on ABC - Sunday, June 23 * SEC Network and ACC Network to provide on-site coverage from Omaha with all eight teams representing the two conferences * All games to stream on ESPN+ * * * ESPN's first pitch through final out coverage of the NCAA Division I Men's College Baseball Tournament continues with exclusive  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, June 15 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: ESPN today announced two significant Major League Baseball schedule updates. The Baltimore Orioles and Gunnar Henderson will host the defending World Series Champion Texas Rangers and Corey Seager on the June 30 edition of Sunday Night Baseball Presented By Capital One at 7 p.m. ET. In addition, ESPN will exclusively televise the Wednesday, July 10 matchup between two National Lea  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, June 12 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release: ESPN has agreed to a multi-year contract with Pro Football Hall of Famer and three-time Super Bowl champion Shannon Sharpe. Under this new deal, Sharpe will expand his role on First Take, ESPN's signature morning debate show featuring Stephen A. Smith and host Molly Qerim. "Shannon Sharpe has been an incredible addition to the First Take team, enhancing the show's dynamic with his engaging presenc  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, June 13 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release: * * * * Most-Watched NCAA WCWS Finals on Record with 2 Million Average Viewers * Regular Season, Regionals, Super Regionals and WCWS All Finished up Year-Over-Year * * * The 2024 NCAA Division I Softball season was one for the record books, as the sport saw continued growth across ESPN platforms from the first pitch to the final dogpile. The NCAA Women's College World Series Finals between Tex  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, June 12 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: ESPN's exclusive coverage of the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. New York Yankees game on June 9 delivered the largest Sunday Night Baseball audience in two years, according to Nielsen. The broadcast averaged 2,300,000 viewers and peaked with 2,620,000 viewers from 9:15-9:30 pm. ET. It was up 18 percent from last year's comparable game (New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox). In addition, E  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, June 12 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: Sunday's action-packed Formula 1 AWS Canadian Grand Prix, airing live on ABC, earned its largest live television audience on record as an average of 1.8 million viewers watched the race-only portion of the telecast from 2-4 p.m. ET. The audience peaked at 1.97 million viewers between 3-3:15 p.m. Viewership was up two percent from last year's race, which at the time had also set an  more

STAMFORD, Connecticut, June 14 (TNSres) -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: * * * HR Functions Must Increase HR Technology Adoption and Utilize Technology to Create Higher Impact Contributions * * * Less than one-quarter of HR employees (24%) reported that their organization's HR function is deriving the maximum value from HR technology, according to Gartner, Inc. A Gartner survey of 85 HR leaders in Februa  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 15 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following statements on June 14, 2024: * * * Governor Ned Lamont and Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz released the following statements regarding today's U.S. Supreme Court 6-3 ruling in Garland v. Cargill, striking down a federal rule issued by the Trump administration banning bump stock devices. The devices increase the rate of fire of semiautomatic weapons to the rate of automatic weapons. "This is a terrible decision  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 15 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 14, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Connecticut Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (DEMHS), in consultation with the Connecticut Cybersecurity Planning Subcommittee, is now accepting applications for the first round of funding authorized under Connecticut's State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program. This newly established program was created as a   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 14 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont today announced the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) has selected nine applicants to build out electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across Connecticut. The conditional awards totaling more than $5 million will fill gaps in the state's federally-designated Alternative Fuel Corridors (AFC). Funding will support entities to plan, design, const  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 15 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 14, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has approved a series of state grants totaling $26.3 million that will be used to support the remediation and redevelopment of 130 acres of contaminated land throughout Connecticut, consisting of 22 properties located in 17 towns and cities. The funds will support the communities with the costs of cleaning up these properties so they c  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 14 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Revolution Wind is marking the completed construction of the project's union-built advanced foundation components, the latest milestone for Rhode Island and Connecticut's first large-scale offshore wind farm and the first multi-state offshore wind farm in the nation. Governor Dan McKee, the Department of the Interior's U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Elizabeth Klein, U.  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 13 -- Yale University issued the following news: By Jim Shelton This story is the fourth in a series about Yale's evolution under President Peter Salovey as he prepares to return to the faculty at the end of this month. One recent afternoon, physicist Larry Gladney, dean of science for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Phyllis A. Wallace Dean of Diversity and Faculty Development, took the elevator to the top floor of Kline Tower. Windows dominate this spac  more

GREENWICH, Connecticut, June 14 -- Interactive Brokers Group, an automated global electronic broker, issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global electronic broker, today announced the addition of European stock options and European index futures and options through Cboe Europe Derivatives (CEDX). This addition allows Interactive Brokers' clients another means to trade European equity derivatives alongside a broad range of global fi  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 11 -- Trinity College issued the following news: Christopher Hager, Hobart Professor of the Humanities and professor of English at Trinity College, has received a summer stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities for his project, "The Public Library and the Unfinished Civil War." The stipend will cover research and writing leading to a book about how the ascendancy of U.S. public libraries during the Reconstruction Era (1863-1877) has shaped their subsequ  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, June 12 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: ESPN today announced that nine-time NBA All-Star Paul George will serve as a guest analyst on its NBA Countdown shows for NBA Finals Games 3 and 4. George, currently with the LA Clippers, will join the NBA Countdown team on site from American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. George will join NBA Countdown host Malika Andrews, analysts Stephen A. Smith and two-time NBA Executive o  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 13 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: Don Scavia's hypoxia forecast page A team of scientists, including a University of Michigan aquatic ecologist, is forecasting an above-average summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico covering about 5,827 square miles--an area roughly the size of Connecticut. This summer's dead zone is about 12% higher than the average dead zone measurement over the 37-year period of record. The dead zone, or hypoxic area,   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 13 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following statement on June 12, 2024: * * * As students in Pittsburgh finish their last day of school today, the Pennsylvania Democratic Party is giving David McCormick's dangerous agenda a failing grade. The Connecticut mega-millionaire and hedge fund CEO is failing at standing up for Pennsylvanians, protecting American jobs and supporting working people, as well as being honest about his upbringing and his supp  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 11 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: Connecticut mega-millionaire and hedge fund CEO David McCormick's lies about where he lives are back in the spotlight following a report from the Daily Beast detailing how he hid millions of dollars in Connecticut based investments on his personal financial disclosure. Read more: Daily Beast: GOP Star's Big-Money Secret Smells a Lot Like Dr. Oz (https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-stars-big-money-s  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 12 -- Trinity College issued the following news: In the three-story Austrian apartment building where Sigmund Freud once saw patients, a Trinity College alumna will soon pursue her own analysis. Sarah Durkee '24 won a Fulbright Combined Award for Austria to perform research, take classes, and teach English in Vienna, the city where the famous neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis worked and lived much of his life. Durkee is already familiar with the city's Sigm  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, June 15 -- UFC, a part of ESPN, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: UFC action continues this weekend with UFC Fight Night: Perez vs. Taira live from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday, June 15. The main card begins at 10 p.m. ET with the prelims starting at 7 p.m., both available on ESPN+, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and SiriusXM Fight Nation. Main Event: * 5 ranked UFC flyweight Alex Perez and No. 13 Tatsuro Taira collide in the main event. Perez (25-8), wh  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 15 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: Pennsylvanians are calling out Connecticut hedge-fund CEO and mega-millionaire David McCormick for investing millions in Chinese military companies and lying about living in Pennsylvania. Here's What Pennsylvanians Are Saying: PennLive Op-Ed: We need leaders who can stand up to the threat from China * As a veteran and voter in Pennsylvania, I am shocked by a new report that shows [...] McCormick  more

NORWALK, Connecticut, June 12 (TNSres) -- Xerox issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: Xerox has reaffirmed its leadership position in Quocirca's 2024 Cloud Print Services Landscape report, a vendor evaluation of the worldwide cloud print services market. Within the report, Xerox is positioned ahead of all competitors in both strategic vision and depth of service with its cloud service offerings. The report commends Xerox for its secure cloud platform and approach to zero-trust,   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 15 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Yale researchers are engaging with business leaders on policy-relevant research to make supply chains more efficient and resilient. * * * By Mike Cummings In recent years, the words "supply chain issues" have emerged as a familiar explanation for the inability of families and businesses in the United States and elsewhere to access certain goods, from toilet paper to computer chips. The COVID-19 pa  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 14 -- Yale University issued the following news: By Mike Cummings A rising junior at Yale College, Micah Gold can pilot drones and write algorithms. He'll utilize both skills this summer in central Greece as part of a unique archaeological project. Gold is part of a research team for the Yale Ancient Pharmacology Program (YAPP), a multidisciplinary initiative that harnesses ethnography, science, and technology to uncover evidence of how people lived thousands of y  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 14 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: By Mallory Locklear The capacity to adjust beliefs about one's actions and their consequences in a constantly changing environment is a defining characteristic of advanced cognition. Disruptions to this ability, however, can negatively affect cognition and behavior, leading to such states of mind as paranoia, or the belief that others intend to harm us. In a new study, Yale scientists uncover how one specif  more