WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following news on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * The project, supported by the Biden-Harris Administration's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, is key to Amtrak's new era of passenger rail * * * OLD LYME, Conn. - Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner today joined U.S. Department of Transportation Deputy Secretary Polly Trottenberg, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, Representative Joe Co  more

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- Antioch University issued the following news: Samantha Blair Rotay, PsyD, a 2024 graduate of the PsyD Program in Clinical Psychology at Antioch University's New England campus, recently published her dissertation entitled Graduate Students' Accessibility to Human Sexuality Training. The dissertation highlights a critical gap in the education psychologists receive related to sexual functioning and advocates for mandatory human sexuality training in gradu  more

MONTEREY, California, Sept. 3 -- The Monterey Bay Aquarium, a non-profit that focuses on conservation of the ocean, issued the following statement with the Aquarium Conservation Partnership members and several zoos and aquariums: * * * "I applaud this clear leadership by the White House. Plastic production, use, and disposal practices aren't sustainable and cause significant harm to human health, the environment, and the economy, while driving deep societal injustices. We can solve this proble  more

BERLIN, Germany, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- Charite - Berlin University Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Severe systemic lupus no longer detectable after cancer medication treatment * * * The team at Charite - Universitatsmedizin Berlin is astounded by the huge improvement seen in a female patient with severe systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) after being treated with the cancer medication teclistamab. Not long ago, the 23-year-old was wheelchair-bound due to the autoimmune disease  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston issued the following Beige Book on Sept. 4, 2024: * * * Summary of Economic Activity Economic activity was mixed, increasing modestly overall. Employment and wages were flat, and prices increased only slightly. Consumer spending was mixed, as retailers and restaurants owners posted slightly softer sales, but tourism spending grew modestly. Consumers were described as increasingly inclined towards discounted goods and services.  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 3 -- The National Center for Lesbian Rights issued the following news release: * * * In their friend-of-the-court brief filed today in U.S. v. Skrmetti, Kentucky parents and a wide array of civil rights groups say laws like Tennessee's and Kentucky's discriminate against transgender people and harm youth and their families * * * LOUISVILLE, Ky - Kentucky parents of transgender children and a wide array of civil rights groups have weighed in as the Supreme Cou  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2024: A Mexican man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy. In March 2023, 20 kilograms of cocaine was seized during a traffic stop, along with a tracking device that had been installed in the vehicle by a Mexican drug cartel. Erasmo Lira-Mendez, 39, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2024: A Stoughton man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a wide-ranging fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. The defendant was on federal supervised release at the time that he committed the offenses, after being granted compassionate release in 2020. Angel Morales, 53, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Angel Kell  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Sept. 6 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 27,054) on Sept. 5, 2024, involving Public Service Co. of New Hampshire dba Eversource Energy: * * * Request for Change in Distribution Rates Order Granting Petitions to Intervene In this order, the Commission grants the Petitions to Intervene filed by Clean Energy of New Hampshire (CENH), Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire (CPCNH), Conservation Law Foundation (CL  more

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts, Sept. 6 -- The New England First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release: The New England First Amendment Coalition is asking the Massachusetts Attorney General to order the disclosure of certain motor vehicle records that were once public but are now kept secret due to a misconstrued law. The Work Family Mobility Act and related regulations pose an impassable barrier for journalists seeking a variety of Registry of Motor Vehicles records that were pre  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Sept. 6 -- The New England Journal of Medicine, a peer-reviewed medical journal from the Massachusetts Medical Society that says it delivers research and interactive clinical content to physicians, educators and the global medical community, published research articles on the following topics in its Sept. 5, 2024, edition (Volume 391, No. 9): Perspective * Supreme Power -- The Loss of Judicial Deference to Health Agencies * Shared Savings for Nursing Homes -- The Poten  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 7 -- New England for Offshore Wind, an organization that says it commits to combatting climate change by increasing the supply of clean energy to regional grid, issued the following news: New England for Offshore Wind (@NE4OSW) is proud to announce its collaboration with Acadia Center and the Environmental League of Massachusetts on a webinar that will uncover the benefits of balancing US-Canada energy resources to bolster Atlantic offshore wind potential. Bridgin  more

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- Newcastle University issued the following news: * * * New research has found that an invasive treatment approach is a safe option to help reduce risk of subsequent heart attacks in older patients. * * * With older heart attack patients often less likely to be offered these procedures, the Newcastle University findings reveal important insights into potential benefits of surgery, that could help clinicians better tailor treatment plans to ind  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: By Mary Bradley Warnock, ORTT, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Researchers from eight U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Districts have been selected for the 2024 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Risk Manager - Megaprojects Alexander Bredikhin of the Pittsburgh District has been chosen as a participant for this detai  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 7 -- Save the Sound issued the following agency statement on Sept. 6, 2024: * * * Until recently, Connecticut had been a leader on climate initiatives, air quality and renewable energy. Sadly, our neighbors have taken the lead, prioritizing solar and wind and making needed infrastructure investments for the future. Our state now has an opportunity to again position itself as a leader with the deployment of offshore wind technology in the region. It would be ill-  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Sept. 6 -- The State University of New York Upstate Medical University campus issued the following news: Amy Caruso Brown, MD, MSc, interim chair of the Center for Bioethics and Humanities and associate professor of Bioethics and Humanities and Pediatrics, will serve as director-at-large and Rachel Fabi, PhD, associate professor in the Center for Bioethics and Humanities, will serve as secretary of the board. Their terms will begin at the society's annual meeting later this   more

BUFFALO, New York, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: Elad I. Levy, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor and the L. Nelson Hopkins Endowed Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo, has been awarded the Ralph G. Dacey, Jr. Medal for Outstanding Cerebrovascular Research. The international award was established in 2018 at the Joint Cerebrova  more

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine, Sept. 6 -- The University of Maine's Presque Isle Campus issued the following news release: The University of Maine at Presque Isle will present author and educator Dr. Andrew Dolloff as the first speaker in its 2024-2025 Libra Distinguished Lecture Series on Thursday, Sept. 19 at 6 p.m. in the Campus Center. During his talk, Leading with Trust, Dr. Dolloff will share insights and observations from his latest book, The Trust Imperative: Practical Approaches to Effective Sch  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Hits Offshore Wind Milestone, Continues to Advance Clean Energy Opportunities - Administration approves 10th offshore wind project; previous Administration approved none - With this approval, Nation has permitted 15 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity, as progress continues toward President Biden's goal of deploying 30 gigawatts by 2030 President Biden and Vic  more